As I work my way through the DVDs for the second time, I’m noting down a brief synopsis of each episode. After a while I began to notice that these sentences were becoming quite formulaic—you could almost use the elements interchangeably and come up with a plausible-sounding episode.

Here, then, is the I Spy Synopsis Game, suitable for one or more players. Feel free to add phrases as they occur to you.

On assignment in [choose one from Column A], Kelly and Scotty encounter [choose one from Column B], who is responsible for [choose one from Column C] in this [choose one from Column D] [choose one from Column E].

Column A	Column B	Column C	Column D	Column E
Tibet	a dwarf	global warming	deadly	struggle
Yankee Stadium	Santa Claus	existential despair	unAmerican	plot
Trafalgar Square	a Girl Scout	ring around the collar	reprehensible	weekend
Albuquerque	a transvestite	poison ivy	sinister	gourmet dinner
Macy’s	James Bond	heartbreak	underwater	love triangle
Cabot Cove	the Dragon Lady	missed cues	suspicious	rugby match
their underwear	a marching band	Earl Bellamy saying   “First rate!”	psychedelic	wardrobe selection

Regards—

Lol, this is great. Here is my choice for an episode:

On assignment in Trafalgar Square, Kelly and Scotty encounter James Bond who is responsible for existential despair in this psychedelic plot.

And here are my suggestions for added phrases:

Column A: Bora Bora
Column B: a trained chimp
Column C: a lost microdot
Column D: thrilling
Column E: race against time



Becca