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JJ's final call to Falco? (spoilers)

posted 14 years ago by anneandwalt-1
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Rewatching this fabulous classic again, I was struck by the question:
why does JJ actually leave a message for poor Falco to meet him at his apartment?
Of course it's needed to set up the dramatic final events and all the revelations, but why would JJ want to see Sidney where his sister would probably be within earshot?
There's only one answer that fits - JJ was planning to throw Sid under the bus all along - he wanted his sister to think that Falco had acted on his own in framing her boyfriend.
And since JJ was obsessed with his own sister, he probably felt it was credible that other men would be jealously obsessed with her too.
Thoughts?

[–] raoulduke1314 14 years ago

JJ didn't call Falco. It was JJ's sister all along; she knew what was going on and made the call to set Sidney up.

[–] gac1999 14 years ago

Yep, that was my assumption as well. She made that call to Falco that got him to the apartment.

But what I'm wondering is, did she actually intend to kill herself or was that a ruse? Either way, her goal was accomplished, hurt the two men that ruined her life and breakup their unholy alliance.

[–] taggerez 13 years ago

Her plan was to kill herself with Falco present so the scandal would taint him. Killing two birds with one stone.

[–] vpilutis 13 years ago

I disagree

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