McClane confessed to Powell that he wanted to convey to his wife that "she""s the best thing hat ever happened to a bum like me" and to apologize for not being supportive of her.Therefore, the film often requires a very non-literal interpretation by the viewer.]Her unrequited passion began when she was a young, shy fourteen year-old teenage schoolgirl Lisa Berndl (Joan Fontaine).In the apartment, Kittridge was frustrated by the elusive Hunt, and suggested to fellow bureaucratic agent Frank Barnes (Dale Dye): "Let""s not waste time chasing after him.On the weekend, he ritualistically joined his gang of loutish, uneducated, trash-talking, unredemptive, pill-popping and unambitious friends and regulars.