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If the Hitcher wanted to die so bad, why didn't he commit suicide?


I just watched this for the first time on HBO recently, so I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but it was pretty obvious the Hitcher had a death wish and wanted to be killed... So why didn't he just commit suicide? Also, when he was taken into the police station and Jim walks in and spits in his face, why did the Hitcher reach out to grab his hand?

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The dude was simply nuts and wanted to torment C. Thomas Howell until he died or was murdered horrifically. Don't over think it??

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