phil is getting really familiar with the day, but that doesn't mean he's been at it for a long time (wolf gnards), in #groundhogday minute 42.

step three in phil connoring: profit. and the movie is careful to give us room to be forgiving; nancy needs to be into this or we might not like phil going forward. it's #groundhogday minute 41.

step two in phil connoring: lie. and you know it's going well when they lie right back rather than admit they don't remember you. it's #groundhogday minute 40.

phil sets up a new way to game the time loop with nancy taylor but i'm distracted by how phil is already altering his reality in #groundhogday minute 39.

rita wins the conversation by using poetry to insult phil, and then she's gonna leave him behind in punxsutawney like a good producer should in #groundhogday minute 38.

phil carb loads for the marathon to come while rita looks on in #groundhogday minute 37. plus, clocks, cakes, and blueberry waffles.

the movie wants us to be able to forgive phil's bad behavior, starting with his kissing mrs lancaster in #groundhogday minute 36, but it also removes a person from reality, so...

phil crashes then rises again and i get sidetracked by location shooting and watching a completely different movie be filmed as he overtakes reality in #groundhogday minute 35.

the police light 'goof', engine 6244, and living with the consequences (or not) of driving on the railroad tracks in #groundhogday minute 34.

phil contemplates what it means to have no tomorrow and recounts some of the rules he's had to follow in his life in #GroundhogDay minute 33.