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Picking Nits

Elevator capacity; agency oversight; Harry’s cover; disguise; dress; limo; Dana; marksmanship

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  • The horse and passengers potentially exceeding the elevator’s capacity is debated using rough weights and capacity estimates. A horse defecating in the elevator is suggested as a missed joke.
  • Omega Sector’s authority, accountability, building, and ability to mobilize military force are questioned. Harry’s use of state surveillance to investigate his wife is treated as a major management failure.
  • News coverage might expose Harry’s identity, but a counterargument notes that the reporters explicitly do not know who is responsible.
  • Harry’s uncertainty about whether striking the bridge might detonate a nuclear weapon is criticized.
  • Harry’s distinctive appearance is questioned as a liability for undercover counterterrorism work.
  • Helen failing to recognize Harry’s body during the seduction and failing to suspect his occupation after seventeen years are major nitpicks.
  • Harry’s accent, languages, combat skills, and flight training raise unanswered questions about his origin and recruitment; imagined college-to-spy biographies are jokes.
  • Helen’s indifference to his job seems less plausible with modern family location tracking that could expose his overseas travel.
  • The tuxedo remaining dry beneath the diving suit is questioned and defended as a Bond convention.
  • Harry visiting Juno the day after a conspicuous massacre seems reckless, particularly given his distinctive appearance and the lack of an apparent international response.
  • Helen transforming her dress so neatly by tearing it is questioned.
  • The dead limousine driver keeping the vehicle on course is questioned.
  • Dana taking the key without an obvious plan and the logistics of abducting her from Washington and bringing her to Florida are questioned; the wallet photograph explains how the terrorists learned about her.
  • Whether the horse could support Harry’s weight over the roof edge is questioned and defended, with the earlier elevator objection repeated.
  • The terrorists’ repeatedly terrible marksmanship is criticized, with Rambo II offered as an even greater example; shooting bystanders is distinguished from hitting the heroes.