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The Pelican Brief

Picking Nits

Security; editor decisions; convenient discoveries; unexplained details

In the discussion (10)
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  • Giving Mattiece scenes might supply a stronger antagonist, although using the president as the plot’s visible representative is defended.
  • Security for a Supreme Court justice seems insufficient, although Khamel’s exceptional assassin skills are offered as an explanation.
  • The newspaper gives Darby Gray’s cabin address after she merely claims to be his sister.
  • The editor’s obstruction and reassignment demands are so irrational that he initially seems part of the conspiracy.
  • The FBI’s alarm over an unverified brief seems excessive.
  • Verheek’s stated height and weight divide opinion rather than producing agreement.
  • The parking-garage escape depends on a dog attacking the pursuing woman; her affiliation also briefly confuses the discussion.
  • A conveniently placed registrar’s-office bystander supplies the information Gray needs.
  • The student on medical leave is distractingly handsome for the brief part.
  • The video affidavit’s basement contains an oddly large number of saws.