Danny assures his mother that the ugly incident in American history won""t upset him, because the mass medium of television has already informed him about it:Wendy: Hey! Wasn""t it around here that the Donner Party got snowbound?Jack: I think that was farther west in the Sierras.You see, I""ve already ried." He said that they might get back some time, however - "But it""ll probably happen when you""re not looking for it.Alongside the city swimming pool the next day, Jake sits in his own shiny convertible as Joey, talking to Vickie through he pool""s chain-link fence, asks whether she""d like to meet his brother ("Jack.Mortimer: And don""t "No, Mortimer" me, either! Don""t, don""t you see, marriage is a superstition, it - it""s old-fashioned, it""s - I - I - Ohhh.She claimed that she had left the getaway car and run to the bridge.He yelled at her: "Wake up Claire! Jim""s dead.They""re dead.They""re all dead." As he frisked her, she also asserted that she walked away when the "abort" command was given.She vowed that no one had sent her to him - she had returned as instructed, at 4:00am (as cathedral bells chimed to confirm her story).