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I watched the first so episodes so far. It's allegedly based on the true story of someone who conned New York elite. I've heard really good things about it, but..
The plot so far makes absolutely no sense. She flew constantly, sometimes internationally, with her boyfriend for two years. Somehow, he didn't know what name was on her ID. He paid for the tickets. When you buy tickets for a flight, legal names are needed!
Even if he sent her money and she bought the tickets each time, has he never seen her boarding pass? Seen her check in? Has she never been paged to talk to the gate attendant? Presumably, some of these tickets were first class. Did they not once use the first class lounge at the airport? When you check into one you hand over your ticket and ID, and they go "Welcome, [preferred-salutation] [last-name]".
In fact, sometimes when I've boarded the gate attendant has said my name. Some airlines just do that.
The airline also puts your full legal name on your luggage in 2 separate places, both the big flappy thing they put around the handle and also a separate square sticker on the bottom.
Him finding out her real name is the plot point the show has been leading to and there is no way, absolutely no way that happened.
Being that this is a show about a con artist, I want to follow the plot. But the plot, it makes no sense. That is absolutely not how air travel works at any level.
I don't doubt this is all based on a true story, but to have to have it work as a mini-series I assume they changed things and restructured it. But so far several things just make no sense.
This post brought to you by the fact I've flown entirely too often and also I am used to crime/con dramas that may fudge a few details, but have plots that make sense.
The plot so far makes absolutely no sense. She flew constantly, sometimes internationally, with her boyfriend for two years. Somehow, he didn't know what name was on her ID. He paid for the tickets. When you buy tickets for a flight, legal names are needed!
Even if he sent her money and she bought the tickets each time, has he never seen her boarding pass? Seen her check in? Has she never been paged to talk to the gate attendant? Presumably, some of these tickets were first class. Did they not once use the first class lounge at the airport? When you check into one you hand over your ticket and ID, and they go "Welcome, [preferred-salutation] [last-name]".
In fact, sometimes when I've boarded the gate attendant has said my name. Some airlines just do that.
The airline also puts your full legal name on your luggage in 2 separate places, both the big flappy thing they put around the handle and also a separate square sticker on the bottom.
Him finding out her real name is the plot point the show has been leading to and there is no way, absolutely no way that happened.
Being that this is a show about a con artist, I want to follow the plot. But the plot, it makes no sense. That is absolutely not how air travel works at any level.
I don't doubt this is all based on a true story, but to have to have it work as a mini-series I assume they changed things and restructured it. But so far several things just make no sense.
This post brought to you by the fact I've flown entirely too often and also I am used to crime/con dramas that may fudge a few details, but have plots that make sense.
