This week we're sitting down at the table and eating a big plateful of dinner scenes! Dinner scenes are prevalent in film and television. They work because it's an excuse to get a lot of characters into one place where things that are both mundane and fraught with tension can happen.

SHOW NOTES

• "The Incredibles" (Richard's Choice)
• "Dysfunctional Family Dinner" from "SNL" (Michael's Choice)
• "Back to the Future" (Richard's Choice)
• "Beetlejuice" (Joint Choice)
• "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (Michael's Choice)
• "Goodfellas" (Joint Choice)