71.   But prosecutors said the Silverman plot was the culmination of a wide-ranging crime spree by the pair.

72.   But the murder plot is superfluous, and the author must get rid of those names.

73.   But the plot is more than that to me.

74.   But the plot is nowhere near cute.

75.   But the plot itself is ambiguous.

76.   But the plot is balderdash, of course.

77.   But the plot is so convoluted, so ridiculous and so crammed with nonsensical jargon that it all bogs down in a dramatic mess.

78.   But the plot is, sadly, ancient to the point of petrification.

79.   Certainly the King-Ray plot already is good, sad as it ultimately is.