I think it was meant to be a “full circle” moment, where he is the one who comes in the pub with no money and a bit emotional.

Except he didn’t go in there on purpose to look for victims.

And I think it undercut the psychopath aspect of the people who abused him because the implication is that Gadd could become the stalker, which we know could actually never happen because he isn’t a psycho.

Maybe the bar tender could become the next victim, eh.