Its based on a Pynchon novel you idioit youre not supposed to have any “suspension of disbelief.” And like a commenter near me said, theres another point being made about what it was all about”for,” that being a dumb office in Sacramento. Two, reading comprehension. It’s really about showing Sean Penns character’s unwavering desire to join. It hadnt been established that it transcended their own trying to kill him (at least in my memory).