One of the disconsolate workers, Bauer, stools to the cops and eventually betrays Leo to Tucker's rival, Ficco. Leo's death is placed by Polonsky and screenwriter Ira Wolfert in a social context. Newcomer Beatrice Pearson plays her character in a naive, ingenue way, and represents the force of evil within us all. Morse's words make her realize the truth, but she gets too comfortable in her easy transition to knowledge, and assumes, through the power of quitting, that she understands more than she does. She finally accepts his attractive wickedness and tries to work from within it, being neither naive or judgmental.
Nobody wants it.
Joe, to save you for yourself and myself. And somehow I love you. She kisses him and helps move the tarnished hero towards grace. But love isn't enough, Garfield must fully face his guilt and descend deep into the darkness to be reborn. In the film's dreamlike ending, he searches for his brother's body, running down a path, and then a steep set of stairs, his own body lost, insignificant against a brick wall.