Welcome Ferret
Good question, that would make a nice modification. I would think most of the work could be done with the templates, would be a matter of making the first post of a different style,
or being able to pull a thread into the article page minus the header/footer. I think JustDave had planned to include a "reviews" section with his integrated index page, which would do exactly what you have planned here I believe. I'll be thinking about a way to do this if someone else doesn't jump on it before I get a clue
, I'll share