Start
To blow
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- After firing Mike Smith in favor of Dan Quinn, the Falcons raced out to a 6-1 start on a series of nail-biting wins... only to blow five straight games in a similarly nail-biting fashion.
Source: Every Year They Fizzle Out -
Instead, they realize that the Pillar Men are far beyond their control and start experimenting on them to figure out a way to kill them...only for it to blow up in their faces anyway.
Source: For Science! -
Chekhov's Gun: The chemical cocktail McElroy uses to blow up The Lizard at the start of the film.
Source: Film / The 51st State
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