Once you know the outcome of the chase, the actions leading up to that finale become not just boring but borderline painful. One cannot reconnect with the feeling that this event was ever captivating. The newscasters compulsively repeat the same phrases (some version of “What you are seeing right now is unbelievable”), speculate on minor details (such as what off-ramp the vehicle might take), and occasionally say nothing at all for long stretches of time.
