(Hyperion Hotel Lobby: 1952)

WRITER: The candle salesman in 215, shot himself.

ACTOR: Really. Suicide?

ACTRESS: Right here in this hotel. And I hear they're not even going to report it.

ACTOR: That's terrible!

WRITER: What's so terrible? The guy punched his own ticket, why get outside parties involved?

ACTOR: Are all screenwriters this crass?

WRITER: Are all Actors this naïve? Do you want the cops nosing around here asking questions, or the press?

ACTOR: Well, nothing wrong with discretion, I suppose.

ACTRESS: That's always been my watchword.

(Camera pans to an older man, we hear that whispering again.)

DEMONIC VOICE: Maybe this wasn't a suicide. Are you sure you're safe here?

(...)

GUY: So, we're sitting there having a drink, and the guy says to me 'do they serve peanuts at this bar.'

ACTOR: So?

ACTRESS: So, the guy is supposedly suicidal and he's thinking about peanuts?

ACTOR: Maybe he's craving something salty.

ACTRESS: (to Writer) He doesn't get it.

WRITER: This wasn't a suicide.

ACTOR: I thought they found him with the gun still in his hand and the door locked.

WRITER: Exactly!

ACTRESS: It's *too* perfect.

WRITER: Locked door mystery. I've written it a hundred times.

written by: Tim Minear; Original transcript anonymous. Edited and formatted by Ann.. Full transcript at:
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