Regarding one of the more important subplots, a critic wrote: "Sadly, Kagan a routine television and film director adds nothing to the intriguing notion of a man who's spent half his life in prison returning to the scene of his crime."
This critic's comment emphasizes a key aspect of the subplot, namely that Kagan, as an ordinary television and film director, fails to add anything substantial to the concept of a person who has spent half his life in prison returning to the scene of their crime.