The conclusion that seemed most inevitable and unavoidable was John Doe""s sacrificial suicide on Christmas Eve (a deeply-religious act) but that downbeat ending was rejected by preview audiences." There was "no formal contract" but only a handshake agreement between Balboa and Tommy, and Duke scared Tommy into believing that he would be "watching the parade go by.Dolarhyde told him that he was "atoning" for what he had published, lies about how the Tooth Fairy was "a vicious, perverted sexual failure."The two fugitives sailed away from Manila on a local Filipino""s fishing boat, in exchange for the Rolex watch, earlier taken off the wrist of Mackie during chaos in the lab.The rest is in dressing stations or pushing up daisies." Ironically, he cook, who has prepared a meal for 150 soldiers, is upset that he wasn""t notified that there would be fewer soldiers eating.