The thing that he'll go home to after he's fought against all the criminals or werewolves or tornadoes filled with sharks, or whatever, is right there to remind him to keep on keepin on.
It might not have been going out in a blaze of glory right then, but, it could have also been a moment where you just decided to move on and start looking for something else to pay the bills.
GENIUS. Genius, I tell you! That's the perfect excuse to just bypass the jibber jabber and get where you need to be, especially if that's home on a Friday afternoon!