Picking Nits

Minor complaints and logical inconsistencies.

Picking Nits has run in 149 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

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Episode	Host	Answer
‘Sicario’	Bill Simmons	Two main complaints: what's the plan after the strangling scene (how does he get away with killing an FBI agent), and why is Ted carrying around the cartel money band as his wallet instead of getting a different wallet
‘Sicario’	Chris Ryan	Agrees with Bill's complaints about Ted's poor decision-making, noting that Ted striking out in slow pitch softball shows he's not a brain genius
‘Sicario’	Sean Fennessey	Explains that Ted being a flawed hire by the cartel makes sense because he's not really in control of situations
‘GoldenEye’	Bill Simmons	James escaping from 100 Russian soldiers in close quarters, Natalia surviving the tank explosion, tanks not being able to do that maneuver, and Sean Bean surviving a 100-foot fall without dying instantly
‘GoldenEye’	Chris Ryan	James Bond getting out of the tank too slowly as the train approaches, and Bond and Natalia surviving a missile hit and plane crash into the jungle with only minor injuries
‘GoldenEye’	Sean Fennessey	The missile acting like a boomerang instead of exploding the plane, villains not shooting Sean Bean when they had the chance, and Sean Bean not shooting Bond when he could have
‘Wild Things’	Craig Horlbeck	The famous pool scene where she takes her top off wasn't in the original theatrical cut, only in later unrated versions
‘Wild Things’	Van Lathan	Questions whether Neve Campbell's character is hero or villain - she's mistreated for being from wrong side of tracks but also kills people
‘Zodiac’	Bill Simmons	Why is the cartoonist in high-level editorial meetings when they're reading the zodiac letter? Also, Chloe ordering penne alla vodka but asking to substitute cream sauce when penne alla vodka already is a cream sauce
‘Zodiac’	Chris Ryan	Toskey saying 'I can't help you, but if I were to help you I'd tell you to call Ken Darlow' - they don't have to make this into the Riddler
‘Zodiac’	Sean Fennessey	Gyllenhaal's character falling for the 'your wheel looks loose' trick with a kid in the car. Also the insanity of Toskey continuing to work the case for seven years despite accepting the handwriting evidence. Plus penne alla vodka didn't exist until the 1980s
‘Another 48 Hrs’	Bill Simmons	Multiple nits: Reggie shooting someone with no consequences, revolvers having too many bullets, timeline inconsistencies with Malcolm Price ID scene, Jack's racism disappearing between movies, and Cherry Gant being an odd name for a villain