probably. but that would be a waste of Ray Wise's presence. (That guy's real fun to watch.) That sequence made a lot of people laugh. Viewers need levity from time to time.

but if she knocked him out he'd remember she was there. She's supposed to be on leave. She'd get Sousa and the others in trouble with Vernon Masters. (I doubt she'd care if she got in trouble with Vernon Masters and Thompson, but she had the others to think about, running an unauthorized op.)