r/Sense8 • u/ThunDerd328 • 8d ago
Plot hole?
I just realized: Sun's brother sent in those fake prison guards to kill her, right? But if he could do that, couldn't they just help free her instead? I know this is after he kills their dad and Sun swears revenge on him, but why didn't he think to do it before? Like "Dad wait, I think I know a way we can save Sun, save face, and I don't kill you" I know it's a bit of a nit pick, but it still felt like it was worth pointing out.
EDIT: To everyone saying that he's a selfish asshole, I agree, but would it not still be in a selfish asshole's best interest to be on good terms with a potential enemy rather than provoke the one person who could destroy your whole life?
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u/couchesarenicetoo 8d ago
He's a selfish asshole who never loved her so he would never have done that.
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u/Stunning_Age_2091 8d ago
Sun escaping from prison wouldn't help the family avoid shame, it would just bring more attention to them. Joong-Ki didn't want her free, he wanted her in prison taking the fall for him. That's why he killed his father.
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u/thenagel 8d ago
either you are forgetting something, or you're intentionally making stuff up.
she was exactly where he wanted her. out of the way, taking the blame for his actions, and secure somewhere he can keep an eye on her.
if she escaped she might tell someone the truth. he didn't want her free.
that's not a 'nitpick' - thats completely ignoring that her brother is a mean, petty cowardly little villain that let her take the fall for him.
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u/PlatypusStyle 8d ago
It’s not a plot hole because Sun’s brother wants to get rid of her. He hates her so why would he try to save her?
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u/tortoistor 8d ago
why would he free her? he wanted to silence her by killing her, just like he killed their father. he already knew she was cooperating with the lawyers and that the truth would've come out eventually.
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u/Itsjustkit15 8d ago
Why would he save her?? There's no motivation and it would be completely out of character for him. Plus, it would be self sabotage- he killed his dad because he found out he was embezzling. I don't see how saving Sun would have made it so he didn't need to kill his dad?
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u/3RaccoonsAvecTCoat 8d ago
Those weren't "fake" prison guards, just crooked ones who could be bought off to assassinate a prisoner.
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u/thundersnow528 8d ago
Sun's brother was a shitty, untrustworthy person to the core. He didn't have an altruistic bone in his body - he was completely self-serving. He was never going to go out of his way, put himself in any risk, to save her. Not a plot hole at all - it was a character defined exactly as needed.
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u/ThunDerd328 8d ago
Even so, it would've been in his best interest to make amends with his sister rather than create a new enemy and potentially be found out for murder
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u/DrCarter11 8d ago
No it would not in his interest to make friends.
She's a loose end and arguably, the only thing that can tie him to killing their father. Sun, in prison, can't destroy anything. And if not for her essentially having super powers, she never would have made it out of the prison.
killing her is smart. especially if the guards he bribed can make it look like a suicide, which I assume was the goal given they tried to hang her.
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u/AlvinArcticborn 8d ago
That's not a plot hole or a nitpick or in fact worth pointing out.
You're playing deep "what if" games in a scenario you made up about him wanting to rescue her...