Setup / Payoff Ledger6 TRACKED · 2 OVERDUE · 1 DORMANT · 1 PAID OFF
AllOverdueDormantPaid off
SETUP
INTRODUCED
EXPECTED PAYOFF
ACTUAL
STATUS
AGENT NOTE
Father's locked office drawer
E01S06
E04–E06
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⚠ OVERDUE
Age 3 episodes. Audience-notice probability rising.
Woman recognizes old fabric swatch
E02S04
E07
E07S18
✓ PAID OFF
Strong payoff — reveals she worked with father 12 years earlier.
Employee mentions missing night logs
E03S02
unknown
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DORMANT
Could merge with batch-records discovery (E03S14).
Sister photographs the shipment manifest
E02S11
E04
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⚠ OVERDUE
Sister has no scenes in E04 plan — payoff impossible as scheduled.
Buyer requests third-party lab test
E03S04
E05
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ON TRACK
Planned as E05 pressure event. Research R-024 supports mechanism.
Loom threading sequence (visual motif)
E01S01
E08 finale
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PLANNED
Mirror image: workers cutting warp threads. Motif Agent tracking.
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Merge suggestion. “Missing night logs” (E03S02) and “hidden batch records” (E03S14) serve the same story function — merging frees 2 minutes in Act I.