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Something that's always bugged me


At the farmhouse, after Jessie and the old woman have locked up Toecutter's gang in the barn, why do they then get in the car with Sprog and drive away? Shouldn't they stay and keep guard, and wait for Max? He wasn't far away, he'd have heard the gunshot and be hurrying back. It just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

But it gets worse. After the car has broken down on the road, the old woman, knowing the thugs are rapidly approaching on their motorcycles, tells Jessie to grab Sprog and make a run for it up the road.....In the name of God, why? They must both realize that Jessie can't possibly outrun them. Stupid.

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They just thought getting away was the best thing to do at the point, and Ziggy the sheriff, who Max told May to call, could do more than they possibly could.

And no, Jessie can't outrun a biker gang but at that point blind panic had set in. Human beings do stupid things when they panic.

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