If JM planned to drug HG and assault her - I wonder why he would take her back to Tempo where he had been seen before earlier that night and why pay with credit card. Unless he operates totally on impulse, I would think he would at least think a step ahead. Should this girl get away - it is best to not be identified as having been with her at the place where he had just made several scenes (first with the two women, then the Brittish woman). I would think JM would steer HG to another bar and then buy the drinks and keep under the radar. When underage patrons target a bar to drink - it's usually because the bar is easy on IDs or there is a certain bartender/bouncer who is known to serve. I'm not saying this is the case here but I do wonder why Tempo was chosen. Could have just been the closes/easiest place....
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JLM has already demonstrated some major impulse-control problems:
— his very aggressive treatment of the two women who were with his "friend," throwing them over his shoulder right upon being introduced to them, then later pulling off one woman's socks despite having very clearly been rebuffed
numerous times by then.
— picking up the guy who pulled his hamstring.
— changing direction upon spotting Hannah and sidling right up to her.
— speeding away from undercover agents who he knew were following him.
— prior rape and assault incidents
He doesn't strike me as someone who puts a lot of deep thought into his actions or the consequences thereof.... even less so when drinking.
It's possible that he went back to Tempo b/c it was:
a) nr closing time and therefore the most expedient;
b) he'd just been there, making it easier to sneak Hannah in based on familiarity / chaos (doorperson may have thought, oh there's that obnoxious guy again with that crop top lady, not realizing Hannah hadn't been in there before);
c) Tempo is upscale and the sort of bar one would take someone like Hannah to impress them / gain trust;
d) he simply never counted on surveillance video implicating him. W/o those brief snippets of film, who or what would have been able to pinpoint what happened to Hannah? "Abby," who saw him lving w/a clearly incapcitated girl? How to prove that it was Hannah? He'd already had a previous bar tab that night for 3 drinks....
JMO