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Why couldn't the Teacher leave well alone?


The trial was over. Boffano was acquitted. Nothing Annie could do would have made any difference. Killing Juliet served no other purpose than sealing the Teacher's (or Vincent or whatever his name was) own fate - it was the trigger that made Annie decide to get him killed. Why couldn't the Teacher leave well alone?

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He miscalculated. As a sociopath he couldn't accurately predict Annie's response. He believed applying pressure on her would scare her into continuing her silence. If you remember (I know it was a decade ago you saw this), his boss was nervous the DA would make her talk.

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I see what you mean and in hindsight, you definitively have a point. The thing is, The Teacher thought this was hitting 2 birds with one stone: tying up loose ends with a potential witness who knows too much and at the same time applying pressure on Annie in order to convince her even more that she shouldn't try anything.

The poster above is right i think, The Teacher simply miscalculated. But it was foreseeable in my opinion. As soon as Juliet said she has a new BF, it was obvious it was him and as soon as this occurred to me, i knew he would bring about with his actions the very thing he was trying to avoid. Very "time-travel-y", if you ask me - it's a recurring theme in those movies.

Little anecdote: happened to me not so long ago, a friend of mine was dancing and fooling around in my living room when i said "Watch out for the beer behind you!", he froze, turned around slowly and with his elbow knocked the beer over.

Oh, geee, just realized that's exactly what happens in The Matrix! So, am i the chosen one? And if the answer is no, that means that I am, right? Fvçk. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Ok i think the acid just kicked in. Bye!


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