This has bugged me for some time, but I could never undersand it. Why does Rhoda put up with Leroy for soo long? He pretty much harassed her on a daily basis, and spraying her with hose. And although he didn't really know she killed Claude, but he is accusing her of doing it, and she does nothing about.
shareShe didn't like him, but never had a reason to kill him. Not until she thought he had the shoes she tried to burn and cover up. She would probably say that it pushed her to her brink, and it was only then that she decided he had to go. Before, he teased that she killed Claude and whatnot, but had nothing feasible to make her take him seriously. But telling her he had her bloodied shoes was the worst thing he could have done for himself.
She never killed for the pleasure of it, just to accomplish desired results: Pushing a lady down the stairs for a snow-globe, killing Claude for the medal and so he wouldn't tell on her, then killing Leroy to secure her freedom.
I think she was just an opportunist and waited for the exact moment when she knew she could make it look like an accident and get away with it. She had probably wanted to kill him for a very long time. She was just waiting for the right moment to prevent itself. Of course when he started to catch on to what she did she had to act fast. It was an emergency situation.
shareYes. I think if she did not already she would grow into enjoy the act itself of killing not just for possessions. I can see her growing up to be a female version of hannibal lector with a career as a psychiatrist. Not eating people but she would be very elegant.
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From my perspective, Rhoda didn't kill because she didn't like someone. She killed to get something she wanted from someone, or to keep someone from potentially harming her.
Rhoda did not like Leroy but, after she killed Claude (and before Leroy realized that), Leroy was telling her stories about blood not washing off, "stick bloodhounds," electric chairs for children, etc. Rhoda put up with Leroy because she felt she was gaining valuable information from him (although much of it was not true).
It wasn't until Leroy threatened to turn her shoes into the police that Rhoda decided to kill him.
So, do you think that's also the reason for Rhoda defending Leroy when Christine caught them conversing and she claimed to have initiated the conversation?
shareYes, I do think so. In the firs conversation, Leroy was talking about "stick bloodhounds" and other things. Rhoda wanted to hear what he had to say, so she defended Leroy when Christine caught them talking. The second time was all about the shoes, which is why Rhoda told Christine about it. Then, of course, Rhoda went all pyro and Leroy was roast beef afer that.
shareI think Rhoda took some kind of interest, if not pleasure, that Leroy was the only person who actually talked to her like an adult, and didn't coddle her or spoil her like everyone else. Even though she dislikes him and is annoyed by him, she wants to know what his thoughts are about her and her actions. He may not be intellectually smart, but he's common sense smart, at least enough to see through her facade. Sociopaths and psychopaths are narcissists, and Leroy feeds Rhoda's ego by figuring out her true character. She may have been waiting for the right opportunity to kill him, but she also wanted to keep that intriguing conversation going with him as long as possible.
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I think it was more of her wanting too see how much he really knew. If she kills everyone on a hunch it would lead too her doom. See how in some scenes she plays it off as if he were lying or full of it.
shareI think Rhoda enjoyed her adversarial relationship with Leroy. He was a sparring partner and she enjoyed besting him.
shareYep. That played a huge part of it. She thought that Leroy knew she had murdered Claude and that it annoyed him to know but not be able to nail her. So, she enjoyed toying with him about it, as in, "Ha ha, so what if you know I killed Claude? There isn't a damned thing you can do about it, ha ha!"
shareLeroy wasn't a threat to her in the beginning; that's why she put up with him. She didn't care about what he thought as long as he didn't have anything he could pin on her. In fact, I think she liked the fact that he "could know" and not be able to prove it, because she knew it annoyed him.
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