Pulp Fiction - plot nit I noticed (spoilers, I guess)

[muldoonthief]

@Miller

My take on that scene was that Jimmy was going to make up a reason for the linens to be missing. “I’m so sorry, honey, I spilled a big pot of coffee on them. And then they caught fire. Can you ever forgive me?” He spends a week in the doghouse, and then, “Honey, guess what? The other day I was at the mall and they had a raffle for a new bedroom set. Just for the hell of it, I entered… and we won!”

Basically, like a con taking the fall for a job with the promise that when he gets out, he’ll have a nice reward waiting for him for keeping his mouth shut. Except instead of going to Joliet for two years, he’s sleeping on the couch of a couple of days.

I never even thought the linens were actually their best linens. They looked pretty awful when they were in the car - ugly designs and poor quality. I’m betting he grabbed the crappiest stuff from the bottom of the linen closet, and would just tell Bonnie that he gave them to Goodwill if she ever noticed. It was just the hook he used to get paid for keeping his mouth shut.