Cross S01e01 | Dthrip

Whisper from the laptop speaker, barely audible:

The camera swings. A door at the end of the hall has a single word painted on it: .

He types quickly: DTHRIP → remove H and R → DTIP → anagram → DIP T → dip T… dip tea… cross s01e01 dthrip

D-T-H-R-I-P. Cross… cross out the H. D-T-R-I-P. Strip. No. Cross as in "X" — mark the spot.

He freezes. Reverses the letters in his head. Whisper from the laptop speaker, barely audible: The

"Cross the I next time."

A dark hallway. Heavy breathing. A woman's whisper, distorted: "Don't follow the echo." Whisper from the laptop speaker

(quietly) Not an anagram. A split. D-THRIP. "D" cross "thrip"… No. "Cross" as in intersect. D and thrip. Thrip… thrip… trip without the H? Or—