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There WAS a dog.

posted 18 years ago by CmdrCody
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Some posters are confused about what happened at the second murder scene.

The police captain (Freeman) and Sgt. "Opie" already know that Hearst didn't pick up Tango at the house to go jogging with him. So when Hearst at first insists that he did pick up the dog, the police guys say to themselves, "...ah ha! A lie."

Then, later, Hearst lamely changes his story and says he intercepted the loose dog during his jog. He said that it happened all the time. By now, the police (and the movie audience) don't believe Hearst.

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But, by the end of the picture...as the credits roll...we realize that for Hearst to find the body deep in the brush, off the jogging trail, Tango had to have been with him and DID find the body first...barking and causing Hearst to leave the pathway and look into the brush.

Tango was with him, just as he stated.

CmdrCody

[–] TinaKimo 17 years ago

Right, but I don't think Henry was lying the first time. I truly believe he was having a senior moment and just forgot how Tango came about. Think about it, after seeing the body and then running home to call police, he was scared and nervous. You can't always remember things correctly first time when you're in that state of mind.

[–] CmdrCody 17 years ago

TinaKimo: I agree completely. Good point.

[–] jgain 17 years ago

That's the way I took it. He jogged with Tango every day and he usually picked up the dog at the old man's house, but on that day he met him on the trail. A minor detail (at the time) so he didn't remember until pressed..