Party aside, John might start feeling paranoid if there were no connection between staring dude and Remy, but there is, so there's most likely no reason to worry. Besides, staring dude seems to be fairly preoccupied.

It takes him a moment to work out what bothers him in Kate's comment about 'Steve'. People without various levels of familiarity with 20th century technology are pretty common in Baedal, but he presumes the only people who want to watch It's A Wonderful Life are people who at least know what it is.

"He from, uh, earlier times too?"