If I had been Hugo, I would have welded the metal door to the frame using a thermite pack. I used to have loads of fun playing with the stuff as a kid.
We would have missed half the exciting firefight though.
Back in the early 1970's, a guy named Richard Davis traveled the country demonstrating his new lifesaving Kevlar body armor by dramatically shooting himself. It's not painless.
Of course it is. Hugo is preempting Dottie's plan at the point he and Stoker were separated. Hugo id denying them access so Old Henry can give Alec his watch to escape.
Hugo spanked them good, though why he didn't plug Dottie in the gut does puzzle me. He must be saving her for something worse.
Agent Miller has been properly punished for all his sins by good old Thomas.
Hugo and Henry have established an unbreakable bond. Henry has become a mentor, a father, and a friend. For Henry, Hugo is the son he never had. And Henry is choosing to follow him into battle, his last.
Our Billy is very much like Hugo. His Huggie mentored him for over half his life. When will he realize Huggie is Hugo and Stoker is the boy in the story?
Hugo has found a way in.