the main character is trying to reproduce an ancient scroll. She needs to get the feel, look and smell right so as to pass for the genuine article. She consults a super-smeller who tells her that a faint odor of monkey urine is on the scroll.
During the op, she's in the back of a van trying to figure the exact amount of monkey urine extract to spritz upon the scroll. A bunch of other agents are with her in the van and on a whim, they all decide to take their shoes off and order a pizza - throwing off her sense of smell.
It just seems unlikely that the one thing the agent is trying to do - use her nose is being fallen useless by the other agents stinking up the van. You'd think that CIA agents on a stakeout would want to keep their boots on and not give away their position by having a pizza delivered to them. It was just a ploy to hang a lantern on the fact that the female agent is trying to use her nose.
During the op, she's in the back of a van trying to figure the exact amount of monkey urine extract to spritz upon the scroll. A bunch of other agents are with her in the van and on a whim, they all decide to take their shoes off and order a pizza - throwing off her sense of smell.
It just seems unlikely that the one thing the agent is trying to do - use her nose is being fallen useless by the other agents stinking up the van. You'd think that CIA agents on a stakeout would want to keep their boots on and not give away their position by having a pizza delivered to them. It was just a ploy to hang a lantern on the fact that the female agent is trying to use her nose.