Hans Gruber, in the meantime, invokes this deliberately. Subverted with Gruber, whose strategy involves blowing up all the hostages and escape in the confusion, inspite of not inflicting needless cruelty on the hostages. Subverted with Dick Thornburg. When Dick attempts to job interview John and Holly, he gets a nicely-deserved punch in the experience, courtesy of the latter. Holly, when Hans discovers John is her partner.Hans: Mrs. McClane?