Action Sequence: Thirty seconds, people
Previously on One More Bite of the Apple: a ramble in the Bramble. Gaius and Woody, fearing discovery, flee on foot across Central Park West, pausing as they enter Strawberry Fields to smell the flora. The sounds of close pursuit alert them to the need for haste, and soon they find themselves on the Bow Bridge marveling at the structure’s perfect symmetry, the way it frames the soft harmony of the lake, the gentle caresses of water on the raucous shore. Refreshed, they flee, not pell mell, but at a swift jog, between the pale fists of rock, the heather landscape…
Cut. Okay, look, this is an action sequence, right? All the crap about the bridge, the symmetry, the water, what’s that? Pale fists of rock? Let’s take it again from the moment the two guys run across CPW; I want Woody to roll up onto the hood of a taxi…we see the driver’s eyes, his silent scream, lips parted as though offering a prayer to an Unseen Deity. In the Squad Room, Lt. Maris Polo, her obsidian eyes flashing with rage, takes command of the chase. She leaps from the still moving squad car, into Strawberry Fields, pausing for just a short beat to tenderly regard the season’s burgeoning glory…
Okay, you’re fired.
No wait, she steps on the plant right after gazing at it. Her boot twists the stalk…
Okay, you’re hired again.