Bottle Episode Design

Design a bottle episode for this series:

Series: {{series}}
Core Cast: {{cast}}
Series Tensions: {{tensions}}

Bottle Episode Design:

1. THE CONTAINER
- Single location: ___
- Why are characters trapped here?
- Time constraint: ___

2. PRESSURE COOKER
- What external threat keeps them contained?
- What internal conflicts surface under pressure?
- What cannot remain unspoken?

3. RELATIONSHIP EXCAVATION
- Which two characters have avoided confrontation?
- What history gets dragged up?
- What alliance shifts?

4. STRUCTURE
- Cold open: How they get trapped
- Act 1: Denial of severity
- Act 2A: Attempts to escape/solve
- Midpoint: Bigger problem revealed
- Act 2B: Interpersonal explosion
- Act 3: Resolution (external and internal)

5. SERIES IMPACT
- What is permanently different after this episode?
- What secret is revealed that changes dynamics?

Write the cold open and climactic confrontation scene.