S4: Ep.44 Salene Discovers that Pride
has been playing in The Game |
Salene's troubles keep multiplying, as if
being City leader wasn't enough. The Mallrats have moved the Hospital
to the Mall, after Java had their first one trashed. To replenish
their medical supplies they hijacked a Techno supply truck and carried
dozens of boxes back to the Mall. Unfortunately, over time, at least
25% of these have gone missing. Salene has also had a pair of favorite
earrings stolen. And now Salene faces the prospect that Pride has
not kept his promise - to keep off The Game. In her heart she knew
as soon as Patch showed her the picture copied from CityNet. Salene
goes to their room and searches through Pride's stuff, and finds the
damning evidence in his bag. Lex quietly comes in behind her; he knew
where she was going, and what she would find. |
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Lex |
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Gaming chips. The thing
about Reality Space Obsession |
Salene |
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Don't say anything, Lex.
Please just don't say anything |
Lex |
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You can't ignore it Sal.
Who's leading who? Pride or May? |
Goof: No Lex, they aren't gaming chips, these are the medicines
that have been going missing from their hospital stockpile. Pride
would then have sold them, but not for gaming chips, because the computers
at the Casino work on swipecard Credits, that look like credit cards.
[OK, there's also problems with that one, but go with me here].
So it looks like the scriptwriter, David Fox, put down the formula:
Casino + Pride + Gaming Addiction = Evidence
for Salene to find |
and came up with Gaming Chips.
Alternative explanation:
It's just possible that Lex is being very metaphorical here. Of course
they aren't real Gaming Chips, but they do the same job in that they
keep Pride in The Game, because he can sell them for Game credits.
Shorthand, they're Gaming Chips. I don't buy that one. Here's
why. Before long, Lex and Salene search the City for Jay but find
Pride instead. He's already found Jay (and nearly wasted him in his
Game-crazed mental state). The shock of suddenly realizing what he
was doing has jolted his mind back to some degree of sanity. Lex leaves
the two together, and Pride can tell from Salene's gaze that she knows
everything. |
Pride |
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Salene, are you OK?... You
know... |
Salene |
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I found the Gaming Chips,
Pride. Where are my earrings? Please don't tell me you've sold
them.... ..Why? Stealing from me when I'm the only one who stood
up for you? |
Pride |
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It's worse than that, Sal.
I nearly took out Jay. I don't know what's real any more. |
So, no mention of medicines, just earrings. Gaming Chips and earrings.
It should be medicines and earrings. And I don't somehow think
Salene is being metaphorical about the Gaming Chips. Just a goof in
the script....
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Someone with some sense at
Cloud9 decided it was much more appropriate for Salene to find the
medicines we know Pride has been stealing, rather than gaming chips
which are USELESS for use in computer games. But no one thought to
change the script. |
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