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Question on Gary Cooper. (SPOILER ALERT)

posted 14 years ago by wtl471629
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(SPOILER ALERT)

In Gary Cooper Episode Cooper is given the check for the $1M but sees it is April 1st and doesn't believe it is real and sells it for carnival money. That isn't bright. I know the old saying if it is too good to be true it probably isn't and especially on April 1st maybe but rather than sell (and commit a fraud time if it isn't good in the first place) why not just take the time to go to a bank and have it checked out. If it isn't good you have only lost a little time and if it is you have a million dollars. That is good common sense. I wonder why Cooper didn't at least check it out. Wouldn't it have been worth a try to check it out?
If someone gave me a check for a million dollars even if it was April 1st I would at least take it to the bank to get it checked out.

[–] Molly-31 14 years ago

Marie wasn't just a soldier's plaything but a dirty little rat fink. She spotted that check as real right away and didn't say anything.

Gallagher just didn't want to look like an idiot for taking it seriously enough to have it confirmed, but he still should have done it and Marie should have told him to.

Let's just say that God doesn't believe in me.

[–] HarlowMGM 13 years ago

Actually, Marie thought it was a fake check just like Gallagher did but she went along with it as it would give him money to take her to the carnival. The irony is she didn't suffer a bit for her presumed bad deed since she gladly became the old cook's girl once she found out he was rich.

Truthfully, how many people would believe a stranger would give them a million dollar check. I could see a lot of people tearing it up thinking it was a scam or just not taking it seriously like Gallagher and his pals did.