In the original film, Alan had a few factors that were pushing him closer and closer to the brink of sanity. One being the constant harassment of the IRS, and the other being that his wife has been unfaithful to him. With everything building up, the good doctor had endured enough and began a killing and torture spree.



The sequel, however, depicts Alan as someone who knew this insanity was coming, setting everything up as though he knew that he would have to make an escape at one point and set up various bank deposits under false identities throughout the country. Nothing in the original would point to this as he was a failing dentist. Although he was great at what he did, he couldn’t come to grips with his crippling debt.



This, at least to me, makes me believe that Alan wouldn’t have been able to set up multiple accounts across the country, let alone plan out how he would find and use all these various identities.



But, enough about why this isn’t plausible, let’s talk about what takes place.



Once, Alan settles into town, he begins to take a fancy to his new landlord, Jamie. She is the strong female who doesn’t need a man and can back it up without question. But this doesn’t slow Alan down from trying to pursue her multiple times throughout the film, even successfully taking her out on a few occasions.

