On the trail of Patrice

SeanIsTheOnlyOne

Hi everyone,

In Skyfall, when Bond returns to MI6, he extracts some fragments of the bullet Patrice put in his chest in Istanbul. Then, he gives it to Tanner to have them analysed, to finally find out there are only three professional killers using this kind of ammunition.

Whatever M decided to do with Ronson's body (repatriation or not), an autopsy must have been done anyway, and the same fragments must have been found. Given Moneypenny saw Patrice in Istanbul, she also must have been able to identify him, just like Bond does when Tanner shows him the three faces on his screen.

So how did MI6 work during the three months between Istanbul and Bond's return ? They had a giant clue under their nose and the fact Bond is left for dead shouldn't be an excuse for not finding the killer, unless Ronson was killed with a standard bullet, something I strongly doubt. After all, why would Patrice use different kinds of ammunition while his main assignment was to steal the list ?

I guess this is a big plot issue Purvis and Wade didn't anticipate.

Sir Miles

We have no idea how things went down with Ronson…Patrice could have turned Ronson’s own gun on him…makes no odds what we think, we just don’t know 🤷🏻‍♂️

However…

Can’t fault your reasoning with Moneypenny being able to identify Patrice… 🤗

But…you know…film ☺️

And I’m not sure P&W are bothered about ‘plot holes’ 🙄🫣