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by Richard
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Sandow was supposed to kill Lloyd Venture when he found the Orb, but didn't.
Brock was supposed to kill Rusty when he found the Orb, but didn't.
I am guessing that Kano did not kill Dr. Venture Sr.

Nov. 17, 2009, 12:10am

by Phil
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Sandow wasn't supposed to kill Lloyd when he found the Orb...he was supposed to kill him if he tried to ACTIVATE it. Big difference, as Lloyd was involved in constructing the thing in the first place.

Ditto Brock/Rusty. Rusty finding it wasn't the problem (especially since he relocated it to a much more secure hiding place...well, more secure than out in the open...), Brock was only meant to kill him if he tried to activate it. Once Rusty made clear to Billy that he wouldn't, Brock sighed relief and put the knife away.

Of course, you're right to second-guess the Kano assassination thing. I can't wait to see how that pans out.

Nov. 17, 2009, 12:30am

by Richard
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Well, you can change "found" to "tried to activate" in my previous comment. But I'm not sure you're right about Brock's orders. If Brock wasn't supposed to kill Rusty, why did he think the OSI was on his trail? I assumed it was for dereliction of duty.

Nov. 17, 2009, 11:32am

by The Sunshine Kid
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He thought the OSI was on his trail because of two things:
1) His car was suppoused to terminate him, but failed, so he would assume a follow up.
2)This was reinforced by Molotov telling him about the three top assassins.

Nov. 17, 2009, 11:44am

by Hardy
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Rewatch The Family that Slays Together Stays Together, Richard. OSI was never after Brock. Brock accidentally told his car to eliminate him and Molotov told him OSI was after him for her own benefit. OSI came to help Brock when he was doing too much public killing.

Nov. 17, 2009, 3:10pm

by Richard
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I know that the OSI wasn't actually after Brock. But Brock thought that the OSI was after him. It's no good to say that it's because his car tried to kill him and Molotov told him about the assassins... he would still wonder *why* the OSI sent the assassins after him. And in both episodes, he doesn't bother looking for any sort of a motive... he doesn't discuss it with Hunter or anything.

In other words, it's pretty clear that Brock thought that the OSI was coming after him, and he thought he knew why the OSI was coming after him. It's that second question that's the problem. I can't see why he'd think he was a legitimate target unless he thought he had done something wrong.

(In my original comment I wrote "why did he think the OSI was on his trail?", which is scopally ambiguous between two propositions. That's kind of neat. One of them would accept an answer "X caused Brock to think the OSI was after him" and the other would accept an answer "Brock thought X was the reason the OSI was after him." I'm interested in the second.)

Nov. 22, 2009, 6:30am

by The Mysterious 'H'
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Bureaucratic mixup probably. Because the car was supposed to terminate him, OSI would be on alert to terminate him, regardless of why. Act first, question later- that's the way it is with supersecret agencies.

Nov. 22, 2009, 9:52am

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