Wells talks about Moss’s fate in terms of odds, which is in line with his attention to numbers and his philosophy of fate, chance and free will. Carson Wells is hired by the corporate drug cartel to kill Chigurh, who at this point has killed both Mexican and American cartel members. This dream explains what is troubling him and that he feels or is afraid that he may be a failure. It is likely that this was what The Man Who Hired Wells (Stephen Root) thought was happening, causing him to declare that Chigurh had gone rogue and to hire Wells to clean up. His final words to Carla Jean are evidence that something in his past, perhaps some event beyond his control, shaped him in a profound way, and molded him into the instrument of order he now tries to be. His failure to keep and protect something valuable like the money is analogous to his failure as a law enforcement officer to protect people like Moss and Carla Jean, other civilians, and to make a significant impact on crime in general. Moss says he can do it himself, but Wells tells him that is unlikely.

No Country for Old Men is, in many ways, a straightforward crime drama. Eva Thornton, He displays this behavior through-out the film (finding Llewlyn in merely 3 hours and knowing his familial circumstance, etc.). For instance, he says at one point that he allowed a sheriff to arrest him just to see if he could get away. Chigurh is in the parking lot, notices a car coming and hides in his car as he watches Bell park and go inside the motel room. Carson Wells—free-agent hit man who tries to get the money from Moss.

Later on, after the final unseen shootout at the end of the film, this is how Chigurh knows the satchel would be in the airduct and takes it after the police finally leave the scene of the crime.

Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Just as he is about to exit the room he indicates that he is aware that Chigurh could be in one of the many cars in the parking lot, and that he would be helpless if Chigurh were to open fire on him from that vantage point. The changing nature of crime and corruption along the border has made the presence of this kind of artillery the norm. With an injury like that, he would likely have died without medical attention. Whether that's his deputy Wendell or someone else, Bell will no doubt have some standing in his community as a kind of elder statesman. Edit, "Young Men Dead" by The Black Angels. They're like having in-class notes for every discussion!”, “This is absolutely THE best teacher resource I have ever purchased. The events in Eagles Pass are so violent and extreme that they remind Bell of war. Wells is somewhere between Moss and Chigurh. He’s a Vietnam war veteran. When Sheriff Bell arrives at the El Paso motel, he sees that the vent was unscrewed by a coin, which Chigurh used in the previous motel. Kind of. However, this may have just been self-deprecation in order to humble himself to Chigurh in the hopes that he might be spared. He appears, and we ask “what will he do?” He is killed and we think “what could he have done?” His past is alluded to (a military career; a sighting of Chigurh in years past), and we wonder “what did he do?”. Thank You For Smoking Hbo, Chigurh, while psychotic, has principles. He recognizes the role of the media in sedating the masses and fulfilling a human need for violence. Then, to make matters worse, Anton Chigurh launches his own reign of terror against them that seems to go all the way up to the top. As a veteran, Bell understands the realities and outcomes of war in a way Carla Jean doesn’t. When Chigurh tosses the coin for the gas station proprietor, he says that the date on the coin is 1958, and it took 22 years to get there. Wells’ crossing of the police tape shows his disregard for the law. The MacGuffin at the center of No Country for Old Men is a satchel containing more than $2 million originally meant to purchase a pickup truck full of drugs.

It may be possible he has access to a "back alley" doctor or at least knows where to find one. He hires Wells to clean up the situation. Did Chigurh kill The Accountant that was in the office of The Man Who Hired Wells.

Edit, One explanation is that he intended to retrieve it under the cover of darkness and after changing into clothes that would offer some level of camouflage compared to his garish western attire. We know that a tracking device was placed in it from the very beginning to keep tabs on its whereabouts, but Moss destroyed that. Bell may not realize it consciously yet, but the dreams show that on some level after his talk with Ellis he realized that the world had always been this way and always would be (dark and cold) but that there are sources of refuge and comfort waiting for him.And then he wakes up.