The Third Secret

Catherine Whitset:
[Stedman is sitting alone in a darkened television studio as Catherine Whitset enters and indicates the broadcasting equipment] It's very complicated, isn't it?

Alex Stedman:
It has to be.

Catherine Whitset:
Why?

Alex Stedman:
It saves people from having to think about what they're really doing. They have to concentrate on how to do it.

Catherine Whitset:
That's therapy. It doesn't really help.

Alex Stedman:
Therapy. [pause] Are you looking for anyone? I believe they've all gone home.

Catherine Whitset:
You haven't.

Alex Stedman:
How did you get in?

Catherine Whitset:
I lied to the guard.

Alex Stedman:
Why?

Catherine Whitset:
I'm obsessive. I lie to guards.

Alex Stedman:
That's not very serious.

Catherine Whitset:
[Walking up to look through one of the video cameras] I love TV. Even when it's terrible. [Walks over to Stedman] I think I'm going blind from watching TV. Do you see? Look closely. [Pulls down her eyelid] See the deterioration? I'm a victim of the electronic age.

Alex Stedman:
[Ruefully] Me too.