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Praised for "Gritty Realism," but some scenes make no sense (?)

posted 8 years ago by jimmybern
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[Sort of Spoiler for Episode 7]

Episode 7 just seems to break from the realism of the show and I wonder if I'm missing something. Why did Hamas detonate the captive half-way between and what kind of way is that to do a prisoner swap? Isn't the whole point to wait for the solider to get with his comrades, to kill them as well? (Same goes for Shik--why not wait till he joins Hamas operative?)

[–] GordianNott (137) 6 years ago

Admittedly confusing, but I *think* the rationale is that 1) Abu Ahmed didn't want the little girl blown up, so he couldn't blow up the Israeli (Boaz) near her, 2) he also wanted revenge on the Israeli prisoner for killing his brother, so for him, it was unacceptable to let him get away entirely.

Then Doron blew up the Palestinian prisoner in the same spot Boaz was blown up for simple revenge. At least, that's how I make sense of it.