Jones St., Chapter 5: Pages 19-20
Page 19, 5 Panels- Melanie’s Apartment, Las Vegas NV
Panel 1: Cut to a close-up of Cassie at the edge of the couch, holding the remote out and flashing a wide smile to the reader; her finger ready to press play the second she finishes the statement. You can see part of the kitchen behind her in the background as she speaks.
CASSIE [Cont.]: A trip to the not-too-distant future—next Sunday A.D.! La la la... MELANIE [Off-Panel, to Cassie]: What's with the "La la la..."? CASSIE [Bubble 2]: You'll see!
Panel 2-5: A four-part set of panels that widens the layout, taking in Melanie (seated on the couch to the left of the panel view) and Cassie (seated on the right of the couch to the right of the panel view), watching as the show begins. You can see the coffee table in the bottom foreground of the shot which contains an oval-shaped plate full of edibles atop. As the panels go on, and each episode on the queue fades by, you can see the plate get more and more empty. It becomes clear in this same sequence who eats them as Cassie’s eyes become more and more red by the hour. As for Melanie, you can see the sense of wonder and amazement start to grow to a great peak by the time we reach Panel 5.
CAPTION [Narration, Panel 5]: While another Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan is born (alongside her increasingly intoxicated roommate)…
Page 20, 6 Panels- Myers' Apartment, Las Vegas NV
Panel 1: Cut to a frontal shot of Tara seated on the floor near the couch (which is visible partially in the background over his right shoulder). He's reading a copy of Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #7, with America #2 resting on the cushion nearest where he's seated. You can hear the sounds of the TV playing Gravity Falls off-panel as this goes on.
CAPTION [Cont. narration]: Miles from this scene, the young lad occupying the other half of this story finishes off the day with some superb reading. SOUND EFFECT [Off-Panel]: DING!
Panel 2-3: A two-part set of panels that starts out in the same setting and layout as the previous panel. Tara looks over to the right of the panel, prompted by the notification ding that was heard at the end of Panel 1. In Panel 3, we see him reach over to grab the phone which happened to have been lying a little distance away from where he'd been sitting at the moment; his other hand resting the comic book off-panel on the coffee table. In the background of this panel, you can hear the sound of indiscriminate mumbling coming from a distance along with the TV sounds.
Panel 4: Cut to a screenshot of the phone itself a moment later which shows his lock screen with a single notification from the dating site he's on. It reads- "New Message from FabSparklefist!" with the site logo above it. You can see part of Tara's lock screen picture, which consists of the red DD lettering in a black background.
Panel 5-6: We follow back to Tara in the same setting and layout as Panel 3. A half-grin comes over his face noticing the notification the moment he turns the phone on; his thumb already swiping right on it to open the app up. In Panel 6, he returns to the same seated position that he started the page in, reading it from his phone screen flashing a slight grin at what he's read at this point.
MELANIE [popping from the phone screen, Panel 6]: "Hi there, how's your day been? I was checking out your profile and I thought you were pretty cool. There were a few things though I'd ask about on your profile before we go from acquaintances to...whatever the hell's the Level 2 for Online Dating."