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Why did Miles follow Hemlock into the desert?

posted 18 years ago by tfaz
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Seems strange that Miles would follow Hemlock into the desert and try to kill him, after Hemlock just got finished saying that he would leave Miles alone, and even talk about it over dinner that evening. Was there something in the conversation that would lead Miles to believe that Hemlock was lying, or that he wanted him to follow him, for some reason?

Did Hemlock expect Miles to follow him all along, with the plan that he would lead him deep into the desert and leave him there? Never could figure this out.

[–] Thomasco 18 years ago

Remember he had already been attacked in his sleep. When he learns from Ben who was behind it, he says he will do "something massive". And he is still ticked off that Miles betrayed him and Henri Bach in the war. He knows it is just a matter of time before Miles will launch a preemptive strike, so he lures him into a trap.

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[–] JoeLoebner 16 years ago

A perfect trap.

[–] IanFlemingFan 16 years ago

I agree, and would add that Miles can't be trusted. Even though he seems agreeable to a truce, Hemlock knows he can't trust Miles. He's probably even trusted Miles in the past and still been betrayed. So following the earlier attack Hemlock takes the initiative and deals with Miles before Miles can make another attack.

And it was a trap to lure Miles into the desert. Hemlock counted on Miles taking this action. He knows and understands how Miles acts. The mileage is shown on the odometer, and he really is out in the middle of nowhere. Perfect revenge. Make the enemy suffer before he dies.

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[–] Thomasco 16 years ago

Remember Dwayne had the shotgun. So it was obvious that Miles was intending to "off" Hemlock. He wasn't sharp enough to recognize that Hemlock was luring him into a trap. And Miles had no intention of running. He had already said that he was tired of having to "look over his shoulder", living with the uncertainty of whether or not Hemlock would some day "relieve him of his existence". Miles had gotten through his life thus far by double-crossing people, so he figured it would work one more time.

[–] pkryder-1 11 years ago

Hemlock did NOT promise to leave Miles alone. That is why he beat up Dwayne in front of Miles, to show Miles that he could not be safe from Hemlock no matter what.

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[–] chet19 9 years ago

Just a stupid, huge plothole. George drugged Hemlock, and so the bad guys had a perfect opportunity to kill him while he was out cold. Or else they could have put poison in George's needle, instead of just knockout drug.
But why kill a man so easily when instead you can wake him up the next day, follow him to a remote desolate place, and THEN kill him?
It's a laughable plothole right out of the old Batman tv series or a Bond movie. Why shoot Batman when instead you can configure some gigantic stupid trap?

[–] shoobe01-1 9 years ago

> the bad guys had a perfect opportunity to kill him while he was out cold

It was extremely obvious that the phone call worked, and Hemlock was saved. They didn't get a chance to kill him. Discussed why not poison, as he expected Miles to kill him in some "spectacular" fashion then.

Why follow? Because he felt he had the upper hand. Two people, armed, and maybe some additional plan. They didn't discuss it, just got befuddled when Hemlock performed his spoiling attack.

As with everything labeled as such on IMBD: not a plot hole.

[–] SeussMeTub 8 years ago

Its explained in the book much better: it wasnt Miles who made George drug Hemlock, but Ben. He wanted Hemlock to kill Miles. In the end the real culprit was Ben.

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