“Death of an Ortolan: A Gripping Tale of Guilt, Gourmet Secrets, and Redemption in the Shadows”
At first wary of Reed’s story, Walter gradually begins to believe him. He eventually ventures to the governor’s office to plead Reed’s case, inadvertently placing him back in the political arena he so adamantly resents. When it becomes clear that they’re not going to help him, Walter must rely on the thing he does best for his final hail mary – cook.
In the comments yesterday, one of you brought up this concept of an “easy read,” – that writers have become too focused on writing these easy-to-read screenplays – simple concepts, lots of white space so the eyes shoot down the page, low character count so the story’s easy to follow. It was this commenter’s belief that the best scripts are the opposite of that – scripts that have some complexity behind them.
