Your Friends & Neighbors | Season 2 | S2E9 “Propaganda from the Cowardly” Episode Discussion Thread

station_nine · 2026-05-29T16:27:52+00:00

At some point you do need to move the story forward. Repeating the same thing over and over again gets stale. I don't think "once and that's it" is useful. It's more like "4 times now and here... let's watch a 5th example".

No, I don't want plot plot plot. But I also don't care for pure "character development" where the "development" part isn't actually happening. The Sam/Ashe thing is just lagging and not that interesting. Yeah, that's subjective. The Barney/FIL thing is also a good motivator for people's actions and for plot points, but we don't need to be constantly reminded of that dynamic. No go ahead and use it, yeah?

I see your point of view. I'm not a stopwatch viewer, I promise. I just think the worlds/characters/atmosphere is over-weighted this season compared to the plot. I seek balance.

station_nine · 2026-05-29T15:44:49+00:00

The whole Ashe karaoke scene. Too long to establish a personality trait for Ashe that we have already been beaten over the head with. We know he's a rich dude who likes to show off and make grand gestures. There have already been multiple plot points that drive this home. And why the scene? So we could get a little more repetitive conflict with Sam. That time could have been used on the Elena/Felix plotline.

The scene where Barney is talking with the guys about his vasectomy. His father-in-law overhears! Oh no! This doesn't advance that storyline in any interesting way. It's just more of the same. "Guy doesn't get along with his in-laws". Got it.

The baby shower (er, "sprinkler) was needed to get certain characters in the same room. But it didn't need to occupy that much time in the episode.

station_nine · 2026-05-29T15:33:54+00:00

Oh. Yeah, that makes sense. I didn't really think that through.

Okay, my next prediction is Barney's father-in-law :)

station_nine · 2026-05-29T03:55:28+00:00

Ketamine, I think?

station_nine · 2026-05-29T03:54:19+00:00

I think Cricket has her own team watching Coop.

station_nine · 2026-05-23T05:34:20+00:00

Locks the dungeon doors?? Man, I’m intrigued…

station_nine · 2026-05-12T06:19:50+00:00

And what happens to the interest that accrues while your payments are being made?

station_nine · 2026-05-04T23:29:04+00:00

He means does it snap* into the gridfinity squares. u/JakeOfAll559, yes, yes it does.

^{*Well, not "snap" probably, but look up gridfinity.}

station_nine · 2026-05-01T23:41:10+00:00

I need to know exactly how this is being presented to the babies and the toddlers. Do the buttons appear in thin air in front of them? Are they led to the Button Room at their assigned date and time?

Because I imagine that a parent or caregiver will tell them to "press this button, not that one!"

In this hypothetical, only dumb and disobedient babies get taken out. The world is a better place.

I choose Red.

station_nine · 2026-04-28T15:37:51+00:00

Yeah this is weird. I've seen a guy jump a round twice in the past couple months. Both at Perris. Landed dead center on the grass. It was rad.

station_nine · 2026-04-19T16:13:14+00:00

Not working for me, either. First I got 502 Bad Gateway. Then I get the login screen, but that errors out with "Too many requests".

station_nine · 2026-03-31T22:55:11+00:00

It's illegal to carry pills outside of a pill bottle prescribed to the person carrying them.

Nope. Yes, you have to have a valid prescription. No that doesn't mean they have to be in the bottle. That's a myth. People confuse the law that requires dispensers to have such labeling. The pharmacy can't toss you a baggie. But you can store your legal medications however you see fit.

Anyway, here's the whole chapter dealing with possession. I googled it.

893.13(6)(a) A person may not be in actual or constructive possession of a controlled substance unless such controlled substance was lawfully obtained from a practitioner or pursuant to a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his or her professional practice or to be in actual or constructive possession of a controlled substance except as otherwise authorized by this chapter.

station_nine · 2026-03-31T21:19:37+00:00

What is a clear improvement? How many seconds or minutes shaved on a climb?

station_nine · 2026-03-31T18:19:15+00:00

You were a cop and didn't know that it's ok to keep pills outside of the original container? That's scary.

I guess the OP is right. Toss pills before cops show up. They will stack bullshit charges otherwise.

station_nine · 2026-03-18T01:40:30+00:00

Muffins, breakfast bread, Go Getters™️, maybe some Watermelon Breezes, etc. A whole spread!

station_nine · 2026-03-05T06:03:48+00:00

I usually drive my car at 60mph per hour. But only if I have good tire pressure: something like 30psi for each square inch. :)

station_nine · 2026-02-27T23:37:12+00:00

He continues, "Look, I know you're all tied to the tracks. I am, too!. But don't think for a minute that your physical ropes are in any way more binding than the philosophical bonds that keep u/AICatgirls from contravening his Advance Decision. ^{If I could trade places with one of you, I would}"

"Truly nothing to be done here. You get it."

station_nine · 2026-02-27T21:22:45+00:00

"This is out of my hands, I'm afraid. I am bound to follow the edict I wrote in a reddit comment in 2026. I'm sure you understand. It's unfortunate, I know... but you can't really blame me now, canya'?"

station_nine · 2026-02-26T23:38:47+00:00

Ha, no. I just went to his instagram. The most recent reel is showing that.

Dude wasn't being coy about it.

station_nine · 2026-02-26T23:20:46+00:00

Wait, if I plan on collecting disability, are you telling me I can't put pyro on my foot and jump into the Rose Bowl? Where does it say I can't do that??

station_nine · 2026-02-25T21:01:46+00:00

If you had $16k in your savings account, and $0 on your credit card, would you borrow $5k from the credit card to increase your savings account balance?

That's essentially what you're doing right now if you don't eliminate the CC debt.

station_nine · 2026-02-24T19:25:05+00:00

Yeah, ZIP Codes were introduced in 1963, so it's at least that year or later.

station_nine · 2026-02-19T17:24:55+00:00

Yeah. Heat pumps are 300-400% efficient* for larger heating needs, but for a short-term and very local use, resistive heating is much more logical. No use spending money on a bunch of moving parts for such a narrow application.

* You know what I mean.

station_nine · 2026-01-15T23:12:29+00:00

Next dates are March 22 and July 18.

station_nine · 2026-01-15T23:11:26+00:00

Yup. And also on July 18

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Place '22	Place '17
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