Picking Nits
Missing dog and sports poster; Carl’s decisions; Wade’s suspicion; Jerry’s money trouble; travel distances
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- Nitpicks question the lack of a family dog or sports poster and Carl being uncircumcised.
- Carl returning to Gaear and burying the money far away are questioned; avoiding discovery of the full ransom and fear of retaliation are possible explanations.
- Wade failing to connect Jerry’s funding request to the ransom is a nitpick. Jerry’s underlying money trouble remains intentionally unexplained, with gambling and sexual misconduct only guesses.
- The long criminal road trip and overnight stay are challenged by the short regional distances, with blizzard conditions offered as a counterpoint.