MovieChat Forums > Columbus Circle (2013) Discussion > Questions about the Fight Near the End, ...

Questions about the Fight Near the End, Spoilers


The gun Lillian used was supposed to be loaded with blanks, so Charles would just fake his death & scare Abigail. But when Abigail went through his pockets later on, he seemed totally dead. How did Charles die?

What are they doing? Why do they come here?
Some kind of instinct, memory, what they used to do.

reply

Multiple stabbing in the back from Abigail. How did you miss that?

reply

I only remembered Lillian and Charles fighting, part of the act

reply

If you have Netflix, which is where I watched it, go check it out. While Charles is on top of Lillian "choking" her, Abigail grabs a knife or letter opener (couldn't really tell what it was) and stabs him in the back 7 times. That's why I was wondering how you could've missed that. She worked him over pretty good.

reply

Okay
I am always doing web design or surfing the web, a lot of time her, when I am watching the tube like that night.

What are they doing? Why do they come here?
Some kind of instinct, memory, what they used to do.

reply

So what exactly was going to be the plan after fake-shooting the husband, if Selma Blair hadn't intervened and really killed him?

reply

[deleted]

I was surprised that after getting shot he started choking Lilian. Enough already.
Yep! That was really dumb. Charles went to Plan B whilst Lillian was still playing to Plan A, inviting trouble from Abigail.🐭

reply

It was just an elaborate plan to get Abigail out of the apartment.

Lilian needed money to escape, so maybe she thought she could convince Abigail to take her to the bank. Meanwhile, Charles would retrieve the thumb drive.

Then either of these scenarios could happen:

1) Lilian ditches Abigail and meets up with Charles later. They have the thumb drive and clean out Abigail's account.

2) Same as above but they kill Abigail (mentioned above as Plan B).

3) Lillian and Abigail pull a Thelma and Louise and disappear together.

No matter the conclusion, the staged fight was just a very elaborate scheme to get her out of the apartment so that Charles could retrieve the thumb drive.

A better approach would've just been to have Dr. Ray retrieve it sometime. She must've gone to the bathroom at some point while they were together.

reply