The last 15 minutes of the show led me to a few conclusions when it comes to making the kill.. it's very similar to the attitudes I've seen with respect to servicemen from different echelons of leadership and their attitudes towards making decisions.

When the crunch comes:

The Men (all the humji/blur policemen) are too scared/blur to do anything useful.

The Specs (the less humji and but still quiet blur agents) don't have enough initiative and have to ask the Officers and Warrant Officers what to do.

The Officers (Melvin Purvis) are deep in thought whether it should be done this way.

The Warrant Officers (the old encik-like police agent that shot Dillinger) just heck care and whack.

On a side note, the show has sparked off my interest in music from the 1930-1940s. Many wonderful bands and artistes took shape during that period and subsequently defined much of what we know today as Jazz, Swing, Blues, and some primitive forms of Rock & Roll. It was a tough time where people turned to music as a form of expression and escape, thanks to improving radio technology and gramophone/turntable records.