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One scene that always bugged me

posted 9 years ago by Kroyall1962
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When Erin is in the bar and the seedy looking dude starts talking to her about what he knows about the documents at PG&E. Inexplicably, she panics and goes to the car to call Masry and he talks her through how to handle the guy.

This is absurd because the film goes through great pains to show that Erin is a "woman of the people" and Ed is the one that is awkward when dealing with common folk. Erin would have been able to talk to this guy easily but I guess they wanted to create some drama.

[–] always_keep_fighting 9 years ago

I thought it was more that she needed to know exactly how she needed to handle the matter so that everything would be legally correct. Especially seeing how the documents weren't exactly legally acquired.

[–] Milkdoesabodygood 9 years ago

She froze up so she needed moral support and Ed has been thru tough dispositions so he talked her thru the process.

Spoiler alert for them spoil sports out there! Y'all like spoiled milk, stop crying over it!

[–] blackICE612 9 years ago

Agree with whippetchick. I think it's more about what is permissible regarding their case and not that Erin can't kick it with common folk.

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