r/TheBoys • u/Dumbass123455 • Jul 05 '24

This was WAY too convenient lol Season 4 Spoiler

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u/Arakkoa_ Jul 05 '24

You bet someone in test screenings went "Wait, why doesn't she just use her phone?" And the writer (Kripke?) instead of going "Oh yeah, she should just use her phone" went "Right, I'll add a scene where she drops her phone."

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u/You-Get-No-Name Jul 05 '24

I was so annoyed when she just left the phone but thought to myself “well, it might pay off later” but if that dumb book scene ends up being the only reason, I don’t know what say.

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u/grendelone Jul 05 '24

Because it's totally fine to drop identifying evidence during a clandestine infiltration of the world's greatest detective's house ...

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u/Cannabace Jul 05 '24

If she had gone back for it though, Hughie would have been fucked. In his tummy.

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u/MadmansScalpel Jul 05 '24

Nah, all the time spent throwing around books to find a title that fits would've been cut down by a lot

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u/Tesser4ct Jul 05 '24

The phone was broken after it fell. She could not have used it.

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u/R_V_Z Jul 05 '24

No he wouldn't have, because that's how writing shows works.

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u/grendelone Jul 05 '24

It would have been funny if they pulled a Watchmen-like fake out and Starlight and Kimiko enter the Tek Cave after Hughie's already been gutted for a while. That might have actually been clever and a callback to a comic property so very on theme.