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Sleeping Hostage Taker

  • How does Jasper sleep and when does he have the time to do so? He's been in that bank for 5 months and he doesn't look the slightest bit tired. If Jasper were to rest for even a minute, he'd be letting his guard down, allowing the cops to come in and stop him, yet he's still there with all his hostages.
    • The most recent episode shows he sleeps on a pile of money in the vault with Charlene—it also shows that every cop surrounding the place also happens to sleep at the same time. Jasper also sleeps with his gun in hand—if the cops were to get smart and try something, Jasper could easily shoot one of the hostages, which is something they're trying to avoid.

Are they or are they not?

  • Are Jasper and Charlene in love or do they just act like a stereotypical married couple?
    • Probably a li'l bit of both. Trauma bonding is one helluva drug.

Charlene being tied up

  • Why is Charlene the only one tied to a chair, when the kids are allowed to move freely?
    • Also, why is Charlene still tied to a chair? She's obviously gone through Stockholm syndrome. She has no intention of turning on Jasper and running away so why's she still tied up?
      • Perhaps it as per her request and she's just really into bondage
    • A few explanations: 1) Charlene is a teller and so would know how to escape from bank (the kids are just bonus hostages), the kids don't try to escape nor do they know the bank's layout like Charlene would, and 3) Charlene's job was was kinda boring, so being tied up and held hostage might be something exciting for her (for whatever weird psych reason).

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