officer ramsey


there is just one thing i haven't understood...what role does officer ramsey (sutherlands partner) play? was he a former partner of fonda's husband? the strange thing about this is, that the woman (fonda) says that it was his voice she had heard last before she got deaf...

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The way I understand it is after her husband beat her at one point, a year or two before the movie starts, she called the police (or at least someone does). Ramsey is the one who investigated the report. But he didn't take it very seriously, and if I remember correctly, he got another call which he figured was more important and he left. Then as punishiment after Ramsey left, Jimmy's husband hit her so hard that she lost her hearing. She kind of hates Ramsey for not taking her seriously and arresting her husband.

"Give me an occupation... or I shall run mad." ~ Colonel Brandon, Sense & Sensibility

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That's exactly what I took from the movie, too. She blames him for not listening to her. He told her that she should make up with her husband and play nice, then left on another call. I like Steven Weber, but I hated him in this movie. He was such a jerk!

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