yeah, I worded that sentence wrong, I'm not trying to say "He got the letter, so of course he had to wear hospital shoes." or anything like that, I just really liked the imagery and used it to describe Dignam being there, period.
I don't think it was speculation at all, it's pretty easy to draw those conclusions based on what happens. There's only so many scenarios that could actually have fit off-screen, and that one is REALLY easy. I mean, what else COULD have been in the envelope that needed to be disseminated either...
These are all pretty linked, actually. Dignam quits, and it's been shown the only way he can contact Costigan is through his old boss's phone--which is in evidence, which he can't get to, because he's just quit. He has to wait for Costigan to try and contact him, which he does BY: Giving the...
Dignam I think caught him with a fist and even gave him a forearm shiver. If I remember right. I know I winced/cheered at the same time when Costigan punctuated every word of "Shut The Fuck Up" with a forearm shot to Sullivan's face. And the coatrack to the face at the beginning was hard to...