And the best segments are...


OK, so will all agree that the best segments are "Cousins" and "Cousins?", right?

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The ones I liked best were the ones that weren't trying too hard to be funny:
1. Cate Blanchett as cousins in the hotel lounge. It perfectly captures the way that people who grew up together but have taken radically different paths in life have can difficulty communicating. But it's really touching the way they cherish and value each other, they're not really judgemental or envious. There's awkwardness, but the love cuts through the awkwardness. And they genuinely had me fooled - I didn't realise it was the same actress until the credits.
2. No Problem. Takes a familiar theme - people who say they're alright when they're not - and takes it to a sort of absurd extreme. I like the ambiguity - you can't tell whether Isaach de B's repeated questioning was friendly concern or neurotic control-freakery. Acting and delivery of lines was spot on.
3. Tesla Coil. Maybe just because it's just such a bizarre and random thing to do, bringing a Tesla coil into a coffee shop, but I like the interaction between him, Meg and the waiter.

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