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What kept Vincent from going to the ER, or calling 911 when Mia OD'd?

posted 8 years ago by riddick-11114
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Just curious because most people when dealing with drug overdoes would just call 911 and request an ambulance and let them go to the hospital and deal with it, as long as drugs arent in their possesssion they cant really do anything except charge them for the hospital treatment.

And it wouldnt be impossible to drive Mia to the hospitals Emergency Room and say that Vincent came to her house and found her OD'd on something and not responding, just hope that Mr. Wallace isnt called after the fact.

You could even call the police but that might be a terrible mistake, unless he lied to them and said he found her that way somewhere.

Also what would Marsellous do if Lance had refused to help Vincent after Vincent showed up at his house with Mia?

[–] I-Sank-The-Titanic 8 years ago

Also what would Marsellous do if Lance had refused to help Vincent after Vincent showed up at his house with Mia?

Probably something to the effect of a blowtorch and a pair of pliers.

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[–] MadSimian 8 years ago

He wasn't afraid of getting in trouble with the authorities; he was afraid of Marsellus. After all, it wasn't so much that she'd (almost) ODed but that she'd done so off of Vince's heroin which makes him DIRECTLY responsible for her near death. Lance would probably be in a similar boat since he was Vince's heroin supplier(i.e. Vince wouldn't have had the heroin for Mia to OD on if Lance hadn't sold it to him in the first place).

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[–] BooBooCat (652) 5 years ago

Lance would probably be in a similar boat since he was Vince's heroin supplier(i.e. Vince wouldn't have had the heroin for Mia to OD on if Lance hadn't sold it to him in the first place).

Hahaha this is one of those case when a drug dealer selling his product to every irresponsible junkies.

[–] PreachCaleb 8 years ago

Lance does tell Vince to bite the bullet and hire a lawyer, implying the hospital would be the ones to call the police.

And it wouldnt be impossible to drive Mia to the hospitals Emergency Room and say that Vincent came to her house and found her OD'd

Oh crap. So now the police would have probable cause that there are drugs in Marcelles Wallace's house? Yikes, Vince would definitely be a dead man.

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[–] BooBooCat (652) 5 years ago

^^^^
This. We are not dealing with amateur drug sellers who provide for their friends, we are talking about a mobster boss.

[–] Panthro44 8 years ago

Uhhh, wife of a gangster, doing illegal drugs, and oh, btw, he himself is a hitman, who probably has a warrant or two. Oh, yeah, he probably had some weed on him as well.

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[–] cabal24 8 years ago

Back in the mid 90s, most states had laws saying if someone was brought to the hospital after Oding the hospital was supposed to call the police. Ohio I know had that law and Im fairly sure California did too. This was the tail end of the tough on drugs era.

Then lawmakers realized that people were dying of overdosing and could have been saved. But they werent going to the hospital because they were afraid of getting into legal trouble.

So Vince was afraid of both the law and Marcellus.

[–] bobbydallas (8678) 8 years ago

The first time I watched it, I was wondering the same thing about the hospital. Then I remembered that Vincent really is a sketch character even though during the "date" scene he appears to be an average joe. But nahh he's a gangster! lol - most definitely could not take Mia to the ER.

[–] snelling 8 years ago

If Vince got into trouble with Marcellus, he was an effing grease spot.

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[–] SpaceMountainMike 8 years ago

Take her to a payphone and anonymously call 911 then take off. Tell Marcellus that she didn't answer the door when he went to pick her up or better yet they went out and he dropped her off at home and that was the last that he saw of her.

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[–] sukhisoo 8 years ago

Take her to a payphone and anonymously call 911 then take off. Tell Marcellus that she didn't answer the door when he went to pick her up or better yet they went out and he dropped her off at home and that was the last that he saw of her.

Vincent would have to undergo some pretty intense questioning. I would *not* want to face a POed Marsellus in that situation. He seemed like a guy who was pretty adept at smelling BS.

Vincent probably made the best decision out of a list of very bad choices. In doing what he did, even if she dies, he at least made an honest effort to save her life. He'd have at least a slim chance of surviving.

[–] stevekaczynski 8 years ago

Vincent seems to be an old friend but even so, Marsellus would have subjected him to some close questioning, and the true story might well have come out, resulting in anything between "grease spot" and "Zed's dead" status for Vincent. If M is feeling merciful, Vincent might die quickly.
When Butch fails to take the dive, M orders his hoods to take in Butch's coach for questioning even though he probably knew nothing about Butch's plans. His coach was in for a rough time, and I don't think his wife ODing is just going to be shrugged off by Marsellus. V probably handled the situation about as well as he could.

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[–] riddick-11114 8 years ago

Thank you for all of your answers, maybe Vincent could have driven her to the ER and left her right outside of the main entrance to the ER section of the hospital, then one of the nurses, doctors or orderlies could walk outside to smoke a cigarette or an ambulance could arrive with someone else and just notice her lying there, take her inside and save her life.

Vincent could just tell Marsellous that he never saw her at the house and have the hospital contact her husband later on, that would save her life and get Vincent out of the mess, but Mr. Wallace might get into trouble.

[–] bohunkchicklet 8 years ago

Mia would tell him and he was on camera at their house. This was also after 1am. If Vega hadn't shown up, her hubby would have known. Mia would have called him and said that he never showed up.

And Wallace isn't stupid. Too many coincidences. Vincent just so happens to defy an order from his boss by not showing up or arriving at the house and not calling to say that his wife was missing?

There's no way that Vincent could have come up with a believable story. Not to mention the fact that we would have missed all those comedic gems.

"Prank caller, prank caller"
"I gotta stab her 3 times?"
"The day that I bring an od-ing bitch over to your house, then I give her the shot"
"That was f##king trippy"
"If it's so important than why don't you keep it with the shot?"

I could go on and on. Just another hilarious scene in this movie.
We would have missed out on all that if he had taken her to the hospital.

[–] zilla7777 8 years ago

Right on, bohunkchicklet.

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[–] stevenackerman69 8 years ago

I think he felt that Lance could help him without the incident getting back to Marcellus. He would've ordered Vincent's death if Mia had died. If he took her to the hospital, Marcellus would've found out about it.

If Lance refused to help Vincent, Vincent probably would've told Marcellus about Lance not helping him and Marcellus would've killed him too.

[–] AP (5295) 7 years ago

Didn't Vince say something to that affect to get Lance to help?