I really don't understand why he went after Micheal initially. He already wanted Karen at that point and thought that Michael wasn't such a great husband for her. Why not just set him up with the phony drug charge immediately? Why waste time messing with Michael's credentials?
shareIf I remember correctly - Pete decides he doesn't like Michael after the scene at Michael's grand opening. So, he fks with him a bit. He already likes Karen. But ultimately, it's the scene in the bar after Pets speaks to the schoolkids. At that point, he decides he wants her. He has to get Michael out of the way. MIchael seals his own fate when he drives up to meet Pete in secret, offers him $ - and they end up in a fight. Then he's doomed. Pete first trips the alarm and walks in on the two of them while doing it. Michael goes bananas. Soon thereafter, the drugs are planted. Probably Michael making a formal complaint against Pete was another inspiration to plant the drugs. I think that's how it went but I could be wrong cuz it's been an awful long time since Ive seen this flick.
shareYeah that's how it went, but he walks in on them making love before Michael offers him the cash. I was just wondering what his motive was behind ruining Michael's finances or sneaking in his house if he wanted his wife. He doesn't actively go after the wife until Michael tries to pay him off, he just had a friendly chat in the bar with her.
shareRight, again if I remember correctly, it's an escalation between the two of them. Starting with the semi fight at Michael's club. Concluding with the drug bust. In between you have Pete at the school, and the beer afterwards with Karen. You have the jack on the tire and the parking tickets business. You have the scene on the hill when Pete puts a gun in Mike's mouth. You have the bedroom scene after Pete trips the alarm. You have Pete killing his partner. You have Michael making the formal complaint. Yeah, that's all I can remember - don't quite remember the order of the events though. What makes the most sense to me is what I said previously. Michael dooms himself. Pete might have just walked away if Michael had simply let him stay at the grand opening. He could have just let him stay and left it at that. Instead he humiliates Pete. Then the payoff attempt, the formal complaint. Its almost as if Pete goes after Karen just to stick it to Michael, ahahahah
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