I feel like this can be applied to pretty much any scenario where someone who wants nothing more than to kill someone just gives them countless chances to get away or make a comeback. Stupidly arrogant characters at least have some excuse, but they’re not all like that.
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I was wondering which scene was the original comment referring to but that’s pretty obvious as you describe, he just didn’t have enough reach to somehow strangle her, let alone in a speeding car where the force of it was dragging him away