kengrubb
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Wife and I have gotten drawn into watching ABC's "The Nine". Comes on Wednesday after "Groundhog Day", er, uh, I mean "Daybreak".
Premise is a group of strangers become hostages in a bank robbery/hostage standoff dealing in the aftermath. Lots of flashback sequences to the standoff. Two innocents died, both robbers are in custody awaiting trial as the legal process begins.
A number of interesting issues pop up. Some tactical and some not.
One of the hostages is a cop who got made by the BGs right before they hit the bank. Spotted his shoulder holster. [Cannot figure why the shoulder holster is deemed so danged sexy for television.] Took him at gunpoint and disarmed him before he could do anything. Concealed means concealed.
Some of the not so tactical stuff is the emotions people dealt with during the incident and now deal with in the aftermath.
One that popped up yesterday, hot shot surgeon and his girlfriend were among the hostages. BG got distracted at one point, and the surgeon took off running for a door to try and escape--leaving behind the girlfriend. Got stopped before making it out, but that ended their relationship which had been pretty solid to then.
Wife asked me, "Would you do that?" I shot her a look and said, "I think you know me well enough that if we were in there, and the BGs got distracted just after they've killed one innocent, I'd be trading shots with the BGs, not running away. If I'd been in there by myself, yeah, I might have tried to get away. Maybe cap the BG closest, then run."
She wasn't really serious. Just normal marital "pot stirring".
The math in the title is a little challenged, or perhaps it's all part of the twists and turns thus far. 8 hostages made it out, 2 were killed, plus the 2 BGs. One of the BGs (who are brothers) is shown on the website and in the credits apparently intimating he's one of "The Nine" and thus himself a victim.
Premise is a group of strangers become hostages in a bank robbery/hostage standoff dealing in the aftermath. Lots of flashback sequences to the standoff. Two innocents died, both robbers are in custody awaiting trial as the legal process begins.
A number of interesting issues pop up. Some tactical and some not.
One of the hostages is a cop who got made by the BGs right before they hit the bank. Spotted his shoulder holster. [Cannot figure why the shoulder holster is deemed so danged sexy for television.] Took him at gunpoint and disarmed him before he could do anything. Concealed means concealed.
Some of the not so tactical stuff is the emotions people dealt with during the incident and now deal with in the aftermath.
One that popped up yesterday, hot shot surgeon and his girlfriend were among the hostages. BG got distracted at one point, and the surgeon took off running for a door to try and escape--leaving behind the girlfriend. Got stopped before making it out, but that ended their relationship which had been pretty solid to then.
Wife asked me, "Would you do that?" I shot her a look and said, "I think you know me well enough that if we were in there, and the BGs got distracted just after they've killed one innocent, I'd be trading shots with the BGs, not running away. If I'd been in there by myself, yeah, I might have tried to get away. Maybe cap the BG closest, then run."
She wasn't really serious. Just normal marital "pot stirring".
The math in the title is a little challenged, or perhaps it's all part of the twists and turns thus far. 8 hostages made it out, 2 were killed, plus the 2 BGs. One of the BGs (who are brothers) is shown on the website and in the credits apparently intimating he's one of "The Nine" and thus himself a victim.
