Near the middle of the movie Joe goes to see Clem (Christopher Walken) to find the house surrounded by police tape and the house swarming with cops. He lifts up the police tape and runs to clem and is stopped by a cop who talks to him. The cop gives him the go ahead to say goodbye to clem at which point Joe (David Spade) lifts up the police tape again and runs to see Clem. Never did he go back behind the tape.