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Something interesting about how Ben and Jess's minds seem to work very similarly, but Ben's ability to solve puzzles is in large part due to him having spent his entire adult life garnering random knowledge specifically in the pursuit of solving a specific puzzle, whereas Jess is written to just be Like That, someone with a natural knack for noticing patterns and where those patterns disrupt and connecting information to each other. She does have a large body of random knowledge that helps her solve puzzles, but it seems like mostly she's garnered that knowledge for fun rather than in the pursuit of applying it to any particular situation.

It's true that she has a puzzle-related goal; she wants to get her US citizenship so she can join the FBI's Cryptofuckology department I'm sorry I can't remember what it's called right now, but it seems that her desire to do so stems from the fact that she is good at and enjoys solving puzzles. As opposed to Ben's ability to solve puzzles being the result of his wanting to find the treasure.

Basically, Jess landed on a puzzle-related goal because she enjoys puzzles and is good at solving them, and so being in a situation where she could solve puzzles seemed natural to her. Whereas Ben is good at solving puzzles because he has a puzzle-related goal.

I don't really have an value judgments on this, I just think it's interesting.

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Fake FBI agents arguing with Billie: No she definitely doesn't have the letter, she definitely believed we were real FBI

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Jess arguing with Tasha: I couldn't give them the letter, they definitely weren't real FBI because their names on the badges were in size 15 font instead of the standard 14.5.

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Billie is hot and I can't make her not hot, that's not my fault.

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National Treasure show has a kind of "how do you do fellow kids?" vibe but otherwise fun so far. Also upon doing further research I am learning that my beloved Riley Poole will return to me in less than a week, after fifteen years have passed since Book of Secrets. It is a good day and I have many reasons to live.

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN GLASSES!!! CHARLOTE PIPE!!! RILEY POOLE'S PODCAST!!!

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I think the thing I enjoy about the National Treasure movies, and now the show, is that it's really fun to watch people just keep trying out outsmart each other for hours in a cycle.

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Billie: Name your price

Jess: The relic isn't for sale

Billie: Then I'll name your price. Your friend's life.

Jess: ....My price is my friend's life plus one million dollars.

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"I am not a woman I'm a god" playing while Jess figures out that the photo is a clue they made this show for ME!!!

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That theme music....god...