Party pooper, maybe, but a good view to have for an accused murderer and all. If he was one of them, it was only for something pragmatic, right? And surely it would never be particularly pragmatic to kill her. Even if she wasn’t that fully entertaining.

“Ooh, sitcom! I hadn’t thought of that one. Just assumed reality TV at best, but depending on how comedic it is, you may be onto something…”

“Don’t suppose you remember signing any contracts lately? Plain kidnapping seems a little more likely, but odd that no one seems to remember getting chloroformed or tranq’d or… whatever else you do to people.” Microbes were much easier to kidnap.