Blind Run, whatever the motivation... Ah, this is the thing isn't it (and as paris7am says below) - they save each other myriad times just in the course of the job, when technically they're doing the job rather than specifically being focussed on saving the other person... I agree with you that Bodie definitely wanted to save Doyle in BR, but then we get into speculation (as you say above) about what might or might not have happened! So then I guess we get into motivation vs speculation vs interpretation!! I actually agree with you that Bodie saved them, and that he went in especially with the aim of saving Doyle in mind, but I'm not sure you can argue that Doyle would definitely not have escaped without his help. He might not have kept Hanish safe as well, but (and back to the original debate!) for me, one of the basic things about Doyle is that he does manage to escape or work pro-actively to escape... In MWAP, badly beaten, with presumably broken ribs, tied up, with a gun on him and a bomb beside his face he stillmanages to overpower the kid and get himself to relative safety, for example!
Does Bodie keep Williams from shooting Doyle or was Williams not going to shoot? See I don't count this, because Doyle was never in any real danger, because Bodie was there all the time, and Bodie would never have had any intention of letting Williams shoot! He might have left it until the last minute to see what Williams would do (since he'd been so reluctant before - for reasons we then found out) but Bodie didn't save his life, because Doyle wasn't in danger at that point!
Wouldn't the Russian agent have finished Doyle off right after he killed the girl? Again, it's all about interpretation and speculation... See, I don't think Terkoff would have - I think he'd have counted on Doyle being out of the game, and thought it more valuable to make his own escape, since he was clearly being chased at that point. So, to me, Bodie definitely saved the girl, but was too late to save Doyle from being shot...
It's interesting to see how many different interpretations there always are though - no wonder the world is a pretty messy place, when don't even agree about tv shows! *g*
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Does Bodie keep Williams from shooting Doyle or was Williams not going to shoot?
See I don't count this, because Doyle was never in any real danger, because Bodie was there all the time, and Bodie would never have had any intention of letting Williams shoot! He might have left it until the last minute to see what Williams would do (since he'd been so reluctant before - for reasons we then found out) but Bodie didn't save his life, because Doyle wasn't in danger at that point!
Wouldn't the Russian agent have finished Doyle off right after he killed the girl?
Again, it's all about interpretation and speculation... See, I don't think Terkoff would have - I think he'd have counted on Doyle being out of the game, and thought it more valuable to make his own escape, since he was clearly being chased at that point. So, to me, Bodie definitely saved the girl, but was too late to save Doyle from being shot...
It's interesting to see how many different interpretations there always are though - no wonder the world is a pretty messy place, when don't even agree about tv shows! *g*