Picking Nits
Conspicuous behavior; death mechanics; Polaroid continuity; framing plan; extraction; news coverage
In the discussion (10)
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- Tom gains little by lingering outside Susan’s apartment where Brice might see him.
- Susan’s instant death from the short fall onto a coffee table seems doubtful.
- Tom’s arm position in the Polaroid differs from the moment the picture is taken.
- Scott invents the Yuri framing plan implausibly quickly.
- Nina’s refusal to expose Tom is questioned, then defended as loyalty to Susan, perhaps supported by omitted scenes.
- The Russians’ failure to extract Tom once Susan dies leaves his compromised position unexplained.
- Tom leaves incriminating bodily evidence through careless sexual conduct.
- Tom eating something from the windshield is considered strange; whether it is a bug or a berry is disputed.
- Local news reporting a Pentagon spy hunt seems implausible, although the concentration of reporters offers a defense.
- Brice’s silent, accommodating wife leaves his domestic life underdeveloped.