re: Let's Overanalyze "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2"

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She doesn't give his age nor does she explain the fact they forgot him and know he's there, and basically just acts like she's some helicopter parent whose teenager is home and just wants them to "check on him."

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You know, I never thought of it that way.

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I can't believe I'd never thought of it until they mentioned it on The Rewatchables.

To be fair to Officer Balzak (also can't believe I never caught that one), he even repeats his question to her to try to clarify the ask - "let me get this straight, you want us to go over to your house just to check on your son" and Kevin's mom is like yep that's it. Uh, no, you're sort of burying the lede there, Kate.

Also, the biggest plot hole in the movie —in addition to the McAllisters not calling their own home to see if Kevin would answer — is the fact that they never called the cops back. Never called the Village PD back to see how the check-in went, how/what the officer reported back, etc.