Bud paralysed, okay. Ed a hero, okay. But Dudley Smith is still alive and untouchable. Ed's strict moral and ethical code is almost completely compromised - he's driven by a thirst for revenge against Smith, not by his sense of justice. His father, Preston Exley, and Ed's lover - the rape victim, Inez Soto - commit suicide. Jack Vincennes dies senselessly, attempting to prevent a breakout from a prison transport train, and is a ruined, broken alcoholic. Et cetera.