Karen is relentless in her confrontation with death, and the working title of her work-in-progress, 'Death and Taxes', comes from Benjamin Franklin's famous claim that 'in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes'.
In this largely indoor movie, the city looming outside is a palpable presence; the camera, quiet and relentless in moments of confrontation, tracks silently at night through the empty trading floor, a ghost invading a once healthy company.
There is little competitive challenge next season, though, and it is absurd to suggest that the tensions of managing one half of the Old Firm would prove troubling to a figure who not only captained Manchester United and the Republic of Ireland, but charged through every boundary and confrontation with a relentless and aggressive self-assurance.
He discussed his relentless study of baseball rules and told a story of a minor league confrontation with Buddy Kerr, who was managing the Fresno Giants of the California League in 1960.
The noble Confucian model of the morally grounded intellectual speaking truth to power in a single dramatic confrontation was called on so often as to become, seemingly by intention, an unnoble and relentless insistence.
However, Michael's increasing aggression and relentless focus on Tobi's sexual history makes Tobi suspicious about the couple's motives, leading to a confrontation with emotional repercussions for all three.
Acuña, a relentless self-promoter, tried to minimize the loss and even claimed that he had emerged victorious from the confrontation.
They were relentless, unemotional.
