Uncle wrote:
Y'all are missing the point.
Back at the river, Brice is looking at his reflection in the water when he realizes that Tony's about to club him.
He wakes up with a muzzle full of razor blades and Tony heads off to do what ever it is Tony does in his free time.
Later we get a glimpse of "wonder rapist" working at a hospital.
Then Sam figures out, "Oh fuck I think we delivered the wrong body."
How many times do I have to repeat myself here, "There is NO wasted ink in Slop."
Sam has the luxury of sitting with Brice and the desire to find out what exactly happened. And he doesn't have that psycho "Bitey" there with him to screw things up.
End result? Brice, now known as Scotty ends up dead. Scotty will continue to be Brice hanging on Mr. Deighton's office wall. And Sam's ass will remain covered.
Uncle.
But wait,...I'm thinking you might be forgetting the fact that, at one point, Tony Ray thinks back on that night and we get to see a vision of Brice pointing a shotgun at Tony, which obviously had something to do with Brice escaping, which should have been impossible considering that, as you said, the last we saw, Brice was tied up with a mouthful of razor-blades waiting to get buggered to death...
I'm thinking the whole point of what's about to happen is that Sam is about to hear a story of how all that went down that is so shocking (considering what he knows about how Tony Ray operates) that it just might change the entire nature of Brice's fate... What may go down might become much more complex and confounding than a simple bullet to the head... I could be wrong, but this kind of build-up seems to promise a much more interesting, climactic outcome than merely, "thanks for the story kid,....bye"..... (BANG)...
Not saying Brice is gonna live through this, I just know the quality of story I've seen so far, and have no reason to believe we don't have quite a few surprises yet to come...
Jadugara ^_^