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  • Ham and Cheese: Daryl Hannah dials it up to 11 in her every scene as Susan, whether it's being the doting mom or going completely unhinged after she gets fingered as the hacker.
  • Narm:
    • Despite the creepy "To Catch a Predator" setup of the scene where a sleazy guy named Herbert shows up to Emily's house, it also ends up being amusing, especially this exchange.
      Emily: (trying to make sense of a paunchy middle-aged man on her doorstep toting a six-pack of wine coolers who just told her she was "so beautiful") Are you here to see my dad?
      Herbert: I thought you said we were gonna be alone.
      Emily: (shrieking as though she saw a tarantula in her bedroom) DAAAAAD!!
      Herbert: (scolding) That's no way to treat your HoneyDaddie!
    • While it's part of a harrowing climax, this exchange is peak Lifetime insanity.
      911 Dispatcher: What's your emergency?
      Cat: (desperate) It's my mother! She's attacking my best friend!
  • Padding: Cat's encounter with Rodger and "Cool D" comes across as this, since it never comes up again afterwards and serves no real narrative function outside of being another stop on Cat's Trauma Conga Line.


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