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Probably Unanswerable Questions

Henchman profit shares; Delmar’s soccer ability; bats; Hal revenge ending

In the discussion (5)
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  • Questions imagine terrorist profit shares and whether underlings should expect betrayal: Travers and Qualen might each take a third, while lesser henchmen receive percentages or are killed before payment. These are hypotheses, not explicit film contracts.
  • Delmar's actual soccer ability is questioned because repeated kicks fail to finish Hal; minor-league/club or teenage-level ability is imagined.
  • The cave bats raise questions about bite risk and damage, with uncertainty explicit and First Blood as another Stallone cave comparison.
  • A proposed alternate ending has Hal throw Jesse off the mountain to even the score, setting up a villainous-Rooker sequel.
  • Throwing Jesse into helicopter blades would escalate the hypothetical ending further, and both speakers favor the outrageous bookend.