"... It isnt easy to live with the fact that you have killed and I think that explains the other side of Sam - the cold, intense professional that he turns into.
My partner used to be like that - 2 personas. One was the man himself - basketball fan, whiskey expert, jazz lover, crusader for underdogs and everything that went with the kind of human being he was, until he was on the field when his personality undergoes a complete change and he turns into the professional he was trained to be - intense unwavering concentration, lightening fast reflexes, survival expert and deadly with a gun.
In that mode, he wouldnt be thinking about the right and wrong of things. I was more of - the other guys is about to shoot me and I have to stop him or if I dont stop him, he's going to kill my colleagues.
I think its a kind of defense against the knowledge that you've taken a life. Sam has shown intense loyalty to his friends and colleagues - I thought for sure he would kill Kensal (Souvenir) or Radovic (High Speed) because he feels strongly enough to do it and yet both times he's shown remarkable restraint. If he does show a kind of grim satisfaction when Carl Dietrich's killer dies, its probably because he felt like it was divine justice. Thats all I can think of just now"
Susan 23.03.2000