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Question About Tug (SPOILERS)

posted 10 years ago by adamfreedman90
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There is one scene I keep watching, but for some reason I can't seem to get the gist...its when Brendan wakes up in Tug's house, and Tug is sitting in the bathroom talking. Its just a little motivation thing I didn't understand. Was part of the reason he killed Emily because he thought that he WAS the father of her unborn baby, or because he WASN'T. I know he actually wasn't, Brendan was. But I'm wondering, did he kill her out of spite cause he thought she *beep* up, and he was pissed that he was put in a situation where he'd have to kill the girl who has his baby, so he just killed her with no remorse, or because he was with her but thought that he WASN'T the father, and in this case, was jealous or something. Anybody have any insight into this?

[–] normkerr123 9 years ago

In the FAQ they explain: "Who Killed Emily?"
"We are told that Tug killed Emily because he thought that he was the father of the baby she was having. It was Laura's idea that Emily tell Tug it was his baby to soften him up, but Laura was counting on Tug to kill or injure her. We find out that it was Tug who killed Emily after the scene with Dode, the Pin, Brendan and Tug at the tunnel. Dode tries to tell The Pin that he believed it was Brendan who killed Emily because he thought she was having Dode's baby. Tug kills Dode, thinking he is about to reveal the true identity of the murderer: himself."

[–] veil182 9 years ago

Yeah, I think there is actually a bit of dialog where Laura (or maybe Brendan explaining her plan) says she didn't really know how the meeting with Tug would go, but just assumed some aspect of the conversation would cause him to blow a fuse, whether because he was the father or even finding out that he was not. It was a safe bet considering Tug attacked someone in basically every scene