Please Kill Mr. Know It All (2013) Plot Summary Explained

Sally needed a photo of the column's author to satisfy the newspaper's request, but she wanted to maintain her anonymity. After her friend Kristina had been lying that a man wrote the column, Sally spotted Albert in a movie theater and sketched him as a stand-in, never expecting he would become the actual person hired to kill her.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Sally's friend Kristina had been maintaining the lie that a man wrote the column, setting up the need for a male author's picture.

• Sally
• Albert
• Mr. Know It All
• sketch
• photo
• anonymity

Albert is a contract killer who was unknowingly selected by Sally when she sketched him as the fake author of her advice column. When the photo went public, Albert's cover was blown, forcing him to track down the real writer to protect his identity.

• Albert
• contract killer
• Mr. Know It All
• hitman

The mob boss reads an issue of Mr. Know It All's advice column and becomes heartbroken by its contents. This emotional response leads him to hire a hitman to eliminate the columnist, setting the deadly plot in motion.

• mob boss
• Mr. Know It All
• hitman
• revenge
• heartbroken

Dylan Roberts is a one-legged man who enters the story late, bringing hints of his own quest for revenge. His presence adds an additional layer of danger to the already perilous situation facing Sally and Albert.

• one-legged man
• Dylan Roberts
• revenge
• danger

Albert faces a choice between following the mob's orders or defying them to protect Sally. The ending is ambiguous, leaving his final decision unclear as he stands at the crossroads between love and loyalty.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Albert's feelings for Sally begin to blur his professional motives, setting up his ultimate choice.

• Albert
• Sally
• ending
• mob
• choice
• love

Sally confesses her true identity to Albert during a confrontation at her apartment. Her revelation comes after spending significant time together and developing genuine feelings for him, creating a moment of vulnerable honesty despite the danger it puts her in.

Foreshadowing: Their earlier interactions during the hidden-camera interview had begun blurring the lines between professional deception and genuine connection.

• Sally
• confession
• Mr. Know It All
• identity
• trust

As Albert spends more time with Sally, particularly during the hidden-camera interview and their subsequent meetings, he develops genuine feelings for her. This growing attraction creates a conflict between his professional duty to the mob and his personal desire to protect her.

Foreshadowing: The hidden-camera interview forces them into closer proximity, beginning to shift Albert's motivations.

• Albert
• Sally
• protection
• feelings
• romance
• mob

Albert agrees to participate in a hidden-camera interview with Sally, posing as the fictional Mr. Know It All to satisfy the press's curiosity about the mysterious author. This setup forces Sally and Albert into close contact while both maintain their respective secrets.

• hidden camera
• interview
• press
• Mr. Know It All
• Albert

After the mob boss becomes heartbroken by the advice column, he decides to hire a hitman and chooses Albert for the job. This places Albert in the impossible position of being ordered to kill the woman he has fallen in love with.

• mob boss
• Albert
• hitman
• contract
• Mr. Know It All

A celebrity endorsement pushes Sally's advice column into overnight fame, transforming it from a local ghost-written column into a nationwide sensation. This sudden fame creates the problem that leads Sally to fabricate a male author identity.

• celebrity endorsement
• fame
• Mr. Know It All
• column
• newspaper