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A dead man is the best fall guy in the world. He never talks back.
Philip Marlowe, The Long Goodbye

Max: So I say to myself, if I turn the job down, he just gets somebody else, and I lose Faith... to coin a phrase. So to buy time, I do the skank, but I still gotta do something about Gant... I figure it's him or me. But I can't just cap him without a chump to take the fall, and who better than his girlfriend's loser ex-boyfriend... a known criminal... who has been seen hassling them in public numerous times?
Lenny: And who was, regrettably, also your best fucking friend.
Max: Well, no plan is perfect, Lenny.

Superwoman: Now that you're here on Earth someone else can play the role of Agent Liberty's Kryptonian murderer.
Supergirl: But the hard drive image—
Superwoman: Was easily dealt with, along with records of its existence. And with the good Inspector counting feathers on his wings in Heaven no one will be able to point the finger at me. I'll make sure that you are the one who's blamed. Unfortunately for you, you won't be able to tell them otherwise as you'll have suffered a "mysterious disappearance".


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