Chris:
Here begins the first actual storyline. This was kind of a hasty rewrite, because I originally had something else as the trigger for his depression. When it came time to actually do the comic though, I realized the other idea was not only a cliché, but a really bad cliché at that. All that really mattered was getting Jack depressed and having Matt want to cheer him up, so I gave him a depressing movie and went from there.

For the curious: the reason he keeps watching it is that it was one of, if not the best movie to come out of 2000.