When I first saw that, I felt sick. She was killed in probably one of the worst way possible, falling thounsands of feet to her death in a jungle, I could think of some other mean of taking her out, but the assassins grab her and toss her from a plane now that is definitely in the top most horrible deaths ever.
Don't worry, I saw Lord of the Rings. I'm not going to end this 17 times.
I agree it affected me, too.
As others have said, though, she knew the risks of becoming an "asset." Apparently she had compromised other men before. And she was at least blamed for compromising the Bay of Pigs. Remember, the real reason it failed was JFK's reversal on supporting the invasion.
Wilson would no doubt have transferred his anger at his son for blabbing to the woman for "digging" it out of him. Thus the brutality of her death. Plenty of time for her to think about her betrayal on the way down.
For those who thought it unusual, check on other CIA-involved killings. This was a favorite method in Vietnam, and also in South America. I think CIA-backed Pinochet especially favored tossing people out of planes. Perhaps getting info out of them first with the threat, then killing them anyway.
I wondered, at first, how the death would be explained to Junior. Then I realized Wilson wanted to be the one to tell his son about it, to punish him for lying to him and for betraying the secret. He didn't want it to look like an accident. He didn't care how Margaret felt about it, either. They were "just visitors" in his life.
I think we were supposed to have a moment in which the veil looked like a chute starting to open. I figured she had clutched it to her as they grabbed her, knowing it was her last few moments.
I agree, too, with those who think the best part of Junior ran down his father's leg. Only thing, I had figured he was gay. Same with a lot of those Skull 'n' Bones brothers. NTTAWWT!
The Russians did it. The agent made it clear he was going to hurt the son, but not how. Edward just assumed he meant kill his son.
They did it because it would hurt the relationship between Edward and son. The son would always have a question in his mind that Ed was responsible for her death. They also, in essence, ended his family line (the loss of the grandchild).
Edward was scary but I don't think he harmed the girl. He wouldn't have showed up for the wedding if he was involved.
Agreed. The least they could have done is shot her first, or even better yet drugged her drink so she passed out and wasn't aware of it. Throwing her out alive and conscious like that seemed like a depraved act of sadism.
shareThey want their victims conscious so that they know actions have consequences.
She wasn't an innocent.
If the the US did it (Edward wasn't in on it), then it was a lesson that you don't spy on the CIA. If the Russians did it, it was because she was found out and not careful enough. Honestly, it was a suicide mission from the get go. She was set up to fail and she was too naive to see it.