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Is this a plot hole?


So Pepper discovers the video file incriminating Obadiah in Tony's kidnapping/attempted assassination, manages to exit before he can act against her, and grabs Coulson on the way out the door as a human "SHIELD" of sorts.

Then between that time, and when Tony answers an evening call from Pepper in Malibu, Obadiah has the time to visit his lead research scientist, harshly berate him for failing to replicate work Tony accomplished in a cave with spare parts, and then travel to his home, bypass security and have entered like a ninja to stop Tony from learning the truth seconds too late.

Guess the question is, why didn't Pepper, with the resources of SHIELD supporting her, not call Tony within seconds of exiting Obadiah's view? Was she just really upset about not getting her dirty martini, or just a very forgetful assistant?

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Tony doesn't answer his phone.

He probably heard it ringing and wondered why Pepper wasn't answering it, because he had already forgotten that he sent her to his office.

By the tenth time she called he finally answered because it was annoying him, and that's the call we saw in the movie.
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She didn't get Coulson's attention in seconds. He had wanted to bring her in for questioning and she had been avoiding him. His being there was just convenient for her. He brought her back to his office and she had to show him her evidence before he was willing to act. That took time.

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