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** Related to this, the Sandford police officers (with the possible exception of Danny) should probably be a little worried as well, as their passive obliviousness towards what was essentially a cult of serial killers operating right under their very noses doesn't reflect incredibly well on them. While their conduct in the climax probably rules out questions of possible collusion with Frank and the NWA, at the very least they have some very serious questions about gross incompetence to answer for. Danny may be innocent, but being the son of a murderous cop will be a painful cross to bear.

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** Related to this, the Sandford police officers (with the possible exception of Danny) should probably be a little worried as well, as their passive obliviousness towards what was essentially a cult of serial killers operating right under their very noses doesn't reflect incredibly well on them. While their conduct in the climax probably rules out questions of possible collusion with Frank and the NWA, at the very least they have some very serious questions about gross incompetence to answer for. Danny may be innocent, but being the son of a murderous cop will be a painful cross to bear. It really won't help too if it was found out how the Sanford police were initially scoffing and having some flat out hostility at Angel when he was the only one that saw the clear signs that something was amiss with the village.
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* Imagine what the Sandford Police were thinking when they heard that Sgt. Angel had gone postal and went on a mass shooting in the village.
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* Nick knocks out "Lurch" by a TapOnTheHead...with a potted ''peace'' lily. Angel's ex (and the film) used the plant as evidence of how he's MarriedToTheJob and doesn't really care about anyone else, and Angel destroys it with a one-liner. Because he became friends with Danny, and watched a lot of action movies with him, and Danny loves those movies. But first, Angel distracts Lurch with a plush monkey...which he won for Danny. It's ''another'' symbol of how he's opening up.

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** Imagine being one of the residents of Sandford finding out about the murders, discovering that several of your pleasant, seemingly-ordinary neighbors, people you probably like and trust, have been part of an insane murder cult that's been offing dozens of people over absurdly petty reasons for decades. Even worse if you were close to one of the victims - those underage drinkers probably had parents. Imagine finding out that your kid who went missing hadn't run away from home, but was actually murdered just for being a minor nuisance and the killer was your kindly old neighbor who helped console you, or your trusted Reverend who helped you find solace in your faith. A lot of people in that town are probably going to have trust issues for the rest of their lives once they realize that the "tragic accident" their rowdy friend had was probably orchestrated by people they thought were kind, friendly people.

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** Imagine being one of the residents of Sandford finding out about the murders, discovering that several of your pleasant, seemingly-ordinary neighbors, people you probably like and trust, have been part of an insane murder cult that's been offing dozens of people over absurdly petty reasons for decades. Even worse if you were close to one of the victims - those underage drinkers probably had parents. Imagine finding out that your kid who went missing hadn't run away from home, but was actually murdered just for being a minor nuisance and the killer was your kindly old neighbor who helped console you, or your trusted Reverend who helped you find solace in your faith. A lot of people in that town are probably going to have trust issues for the rest of their lives once they realize that the "tragic accident" their rowdy friend had was probably orchestrated by people they thought were kind, friendly people. And that's if said residents even want to remain living in Sandford after this discovery.
*** Tying into the above, a few non-NWA citizens could be briefly glimpsed going about their business before the shootout and then running for cover once it begins. Imagine how terrifying the whole situation must have been from their point of view; one moment, everything is fine and dandy, the village is calm, waiting for the judges to come along. Then the new police sergeant rides up the high street on the back of a horse, armed to the teeth with guns, and after a few moments of confused tension all hell breaks loose as ordinary, friendly, peaceful villagers pull guns out of nowhere and start shooting at him. They must have terrified out of their minds thinking the world had gone completely mad.
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* In the scenes in which Angel and Danny are brainstorming their theory of the crime, for each of the victims they unwittingly hit on the ''actual'' reasons they were murdered -- Tim Messenger's terrible spelling and editing, George Merchant's ugly property developments, Martin Blower's bad acting and Eve Draper's annoying laugh -- but brush past them because they're focussed on the big picture (and, of course, find it hard to believe that anyone would murder people over such petty reasons).

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* In the scenes in which Angel and Danny are brainstorming their theory of the crime, for each of the victims they unwittingly hit on the ''actual'' reasons they were murdered -- Tim Messenger's terrible spelling and editing, George Merchant's ugly property developments, Martin Blower's bad acting and Eve Draper's annoying laugh -- but brush past them because they're focussed focused on the big picture (and, of course, find it hard to believe that anyone would murder people over such petty reasons).



* Reverend Shooter's profession is ironic, considering he commits the sin of ThouShaltNotKill countless ties. But Shooter's also indulges several of the SevenDeadlySins, which makes him much worse than the typical religious hypocrite.

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* Reverend Shooter's profession is ironic, considering he commits the sin of ThouShaltNotKill countless ties. times. But Shooter's Shooter also indulges in several of the SevenDeadlySins, which makes him much worse than the typical religious hypocrite.



* While the motives that Angel gives for suspecting that Skinner commited the crime aren't the actual reasons the crime was done, and Skinner didn't personally do it, the facts mentioned still exist. Skinner *is* now free to build his new supermarket. Nearly every death caused by NWA seemed to have a secondary benefit attached to it for the town, which makes it more likely for people to sign up for and stay loyal to the NWA in the first place.

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* While the motives that Angel gives for suspecting that Skinner commited committed the crime aren't the actual reasons the crime was done, and Skinner didn't personally do it, the facts mentioned still exist. Skinner *is* now free to build his new supermarket. Nearly every death caused by NWA seemed to have a secondary benefit attached to it for the town, which makes it more likely for people to sign up for and stay loyal to the NWA in the first place.
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* While the motives that Angel gives for suspecting that Skinner commited the crime aren't the actual reasons the crime was done, and Skinner didn't personally do it, the facts mentioned still exist. Skinner *is* now free to build his new supermarket. Nearly every death caused by NWA seemed to have a secondary benefit attached to it for the town, which makes it more likely for people to sign up for and stay loyal to the NWA in the first place.

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