'Betrayal' Review: The New Netflix Spinoff Secret Agent Series

As I perceive it, there are precisely two precise uses for a beginning in medias res.

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Wear one - gift a scene so outlandish and full of bizarre information that curiosity is inevitable.

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A man wakes up on the mattress. The camera pulls back to reveal that he is sleeping with Dr. Ruth.

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The camera pulls back to show that the man and Dr. Ruth are surrounded by the carcasses of 50 adorable white rabbits.

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The camera shake returned even further to show that the bed is definitely out in the open and on the commentary deck at the Empire State Building.

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The man looks at Dr. Ruth. He is stressed. "GRANDMA?!?" she pronounces she. Hard to narrow down to "one week in advance".

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Use: the event in medias res and the situation to which we are heading are evaluated so diametrically that curiosity is inevitable

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A girl with vibrant fuchsia hair is being tortured by guys who yell at her in Mandarin. She seems helpless and terrified under the strain.

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