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Seeking to understand a story plot better, or to clear up confusion about certain aspects or plot points. Please also use the specific tag for the movie or TV series, if it exists.

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Are seasons of 24 standalone stories or related in some way?

24 is one show that I would not recommend starting in the middle. While each season is one complete day in the life of Jack Bauer, making each one mostly a self-contained story, there are going to be …
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Henry's secret in The Time Traveler's Wife

Henry does have a relationship with another woman named Ingrid in the book. This takes place before he meets Clare. Ingrid doesn't appear in the movie, but it's her lipstick that Clare finds in the …
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How did Thresh know that Katniss befriended Rue in Hunger Games?

In addition to overhearing the conversation between Katniss and Clove in the arena, Thresh may have also noticed that Rue had been "shadowing" Katniss during the training sessions. This may lend some …
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What does the "Walking Distance" phrase mean?

He had overheard the phrase earlier when listening in on the military radio frequency. From the IMDb Super 8 Synopsis: Jackson soon grows concerned when the Military begins to roll into Lillian. …
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Facts revealing Hannibal

The post below contains a lot of spoilers, so stop reading now if you want to enjoy the show. I'm not convinced that anyone other than Will Graham was 100% sure that Hannibal was the Chesapeake Rippe …
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What did the diamond patterns on Fredrica's dress mean?

The diamond pattern itself doesn't mean anything, but Clarice recognizes it from earlier. Cuts in the same pattern were taken from the skin of one of Buffalo Bill's earlier victims. Clarice realized …
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Why did Vera kill this character?

Vera treats Shayla like she's his property. He even tells Elliot in an earlier episode not to touch her because she belongs to Vera. She's a piece of his empire. When Elliot tries to use Vera's money …
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Why was Sean Divine embarrassed with his friends in Mystic River?

The childhood abduction and the murder investigation in Mystic River take place 28 years apart, and we don't really know at what point in that gap Sean grew apart from Jimmy and Dave. I was left with …
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How did Poirot figure out one person's identity on the Orient Express?

Poirot figured out the victim's true identity only after discovering partially destroyed threatening letters in the man's cabin after the murder. The letters referenced a famous recent child abduction …
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Why was Jim so enthusiastic about Dwight's Christmas party?

I think there was quite a bit of sarcasm/irony behind Jim's enthusiasm for Dwight's Christmas party. Messing with Dwight is one of Jim's favorite hobbies, and with his impending departure to Philadel …
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What time era is the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast meant to be set in?

Beauty and the Beast was originally a French fairy tale written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740. An abridgement was publis …
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Keys to Monika's apartment

Years pass between these episodes, so I don't think this can really count as a plot inconsistency. After everyone is locked out of the apartment, Monica could have made sure everyone had a key so thi …
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"She did her best to convince me that she was still in love with me"

I think the ambiguity concerning whether Ilsa is really in love with Rick or with Laszlo is one of the elements that makes Casablanca such a timeless classic. Ingrid Bergman's performance convinced m …
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Why does Sollozzo frisk Michael before Michael retires to the restroom rather than after he ...

Sollozzo wasn't the one to frisk Michael initially, McCluskey was, so Sollozzo was just making doubly sure that Michael wasn't carrying a gun. He's made suspicious by Michael's request to use the rest …
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How did Jason Bourne know the location of the only other living Treadstone assassin?

I didn't notice that this was glossed over the first time I watched it, but I see two possible explanations. At the end of The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne briefly had access to some information ab …
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