The final manuscript for The Unlucky Bear had been submitted to the executive offices of Riverport Broadcasting. In the high-stakes world of the Crown Enterprise, the "client" was king. Until the television station put their official seal of approval on the pages, the script was nothing more than expensive scrap paper.
Ethan Gray had expected a grueling week of waiting. He anticipated at least three rounds of "constructive notes" from bureaucrats who had never written a joke in their lives. However, the call came through just as the sun began to dip behind the studio lots on a Friday afternoon. The feedback was startlingly brief: "The script is solid. We’re satisfied. Proceed as planned."
Ethan didn't waste a second. He marched straight to the office of Felix Thornton, the leader of the
