Monkey Say

Spotted recently on the box:

INT. POLICE INTERVIEW ROOM – TIMELESS

Our HERO DETECTIVE studies his SCUMBAG PERPETRATOR from across the METAL TABLE.

SCUMBAG PERPETRATOR

... Okay. I’ll talk.

Our Hero Detective reaches across to the RECORDING DEVICE and pushes the ‘Rec’ button.

HERO DETECTIVE

I’ll just record this.

In a post-Law & Order age – in the too-small shadow of the short-lived Interrogation, even – shouldn’t that scene have played like this?

INT. POLICE INTERVIEW ROOM – TIMELESS

Our HERO DETECTIVE studies his SCUMBAG PERPETRATOR from across the METAL TABLE.

SCUMBAG PERPETRATOR

... Okay. I’ll talk.

OUT ON our Hero Detective pushing the ‘Rec’ button on the RECORDING DEVICE.

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