“Of course!” Terra said. “The episode was credited to Alan Smithee, but Shreve must have written it! He was killed trying to take it from a blackmailer.”
“I thought so too, at first, but there are two problems with that theory,” said Greg. “First, as you can see by these red carpet snaps on my iPad, Shreve had the script with him when he arrived. He made a poor attempt to disguise it as Tom Riddle’s diary, but the size is all wrong–too thin and too big. Shreve brought the script with him.”
“Why would anyone kill him for such a terrible script if he wrote it?” said Chief Strong.
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