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Question: I don't understand why the government thought Biederman was dead. They would have identified the body in the car crash as the astronomer. They would have found only one body. But yet they think Biederman was dead?

Question: How does the motel scene pan out? Crawford enters without taking any precautions (except the hat that manages to fool the one security camera) and only by plot armor cloak is by neither victim, who are frolicking in the pool a few feet from him and could and should see the old stocky dude hobbling around their bungalow fully in the open. Then he enters through a keycard that is never explained. Poolside we then see at one point the lieutenant looking towards the bungalow, frowning; what's with the frown? There is nothing suspicious about what is shown there, and Hopkins is not doing - at that part of the scene, the way it is edited - anything that would draw attention. Also, the phone call at the beginning doesn't make sense for anything but providing background for the audience, considering he already knew where Nunally was.

Sammo

Question: Were there any hints of foreshadowing of Alex being the killer?

Question: In the film, Manny is in jail for safe-cracking and Buck is in for statutory rape (he didn't know the girl was underaged). Aren't these crimes pretty minor for both men to be in a dangerous maximum security prison in Alaska?

Gavin Jackson

Death's Hand in Mine - S1-E7

Question: Where do Lilia Calderu's final words to Agatha come from? All the other premonitions came from experiencing her life out of sequence or by performing well-established rituals. She will be long gone by the time Agatha and the villain have their showdown, and she did not read Agatha's future through other means (she did a tarot reading just for the Teen and for herself). (00:27:10)

Sammo

Question: Who were the two guys who took Rich away in the ending? Did they arrest him for his actions on the island? If so, how did Frida get the evidence against him?

Cody Fairless-Lee

Question: Did the reality star Sarah survive? I ask because one moment she's talking to Frida outside the burning villa, and the next moment she's gone.

Cody Fairless-Lee

Question: Why was Susan so upset with Benjamin after he left, and why is it she suddenly breaks down, cries, and pleads for him not to go away before he leaves again?

Hank's Dirty Laundry - S2-E17

Question: After Hank defeats Arlen Video in court, how is he able to buy the dryer machine so fast? He passes the credit check at the store. Wouldn't it take thirty days or more for the Arlen Video debt to disappear from his credit history? The time doesn't pass because Bobby still thinks that the dryer is an early birthday present.

Question: Maybe I just missed it, but why did Nicky suddenly abandon Jess in New Orleans by asking the driver to take her to the airport while he gets into another car? When they meet again a few years later in Buenos Aires, he tries to explain himself to her, but she stops him.

The Bat Jar Conjecture - S1-E13

Question: The PMS team won a trophy for beating Sheldon's team, but at the beginning of the match, Dr. Gablehauser said it was a preliminary match. Would they really get a trophy for winning a preliminary game?

Question: The people are downsized at a cellular level. But unless that means changing DNA, doesn't that mean that children of the downsized would be normal sized? We're shown downsized babies, but would that actually happen?

Show generally

Question: All of the Rangers had lives prior to being called to duty, so why couldn't they continue their jobs, schooling, etc. even after they became Rangers?

Question: When the family received the staff and visitation spell, Barley and Ian recited the spell. Why did the staff respond to Ian and not Barley?

Question: Might count as a stupidity, but given the high chance of death, why is only "revive me" written on his chest when he goes back, instead of also the details about the bomber and ferry?

Question: 1. In at least 3 scenes, the person or truck tries to get to the front set of steps. Why didn't they try for the back set, or the steps on the 2nd locomotive; once aboard, they could get to the cab in front. 2. In the 2-engine attempt, there's no way those engines could go onto a siding and the rest of the train continue on the main track, is there? 3. When 1206 is moving onto the rip rail siding and 777 is coming at them, why does Frank blow the horn? He knows nobody is aboard 777.

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