Napolitano manages once again to stay a step ahead of the bad guys, but they're closing in and the clock is ticking, as "Right of Way" rounds the final turn and races toward the finish.

Who’s had it rougher these past few weeks -- our tarnished hero Mayor Russell Napolitano or the Script Project contributors who’ve been pushing his story toward its suspenseful conclusion. (Hint: It hasn't been a picnic for anybody.)

How do we get from Napolitano's arrest in the tunnel to his final confrontation with Sydney in the hills? I've got some ideas, but somebody else has to write the pages.

Local TV news reporter Rich DeMuro immortalizes our Script Project for viewers of Channel 2 and Channel 9, and the website lights up with new readers.

The writer who fleshed out Sydney Pizer as a coke-snorting voluptuary, is back this week to write about thrill-shooting, ritual sacrifice and attempted rape, with some late-inning heroics by our fugitive mayor thrown in for good measure.

The writer, a second-time contributor, took a chance that this late in the game I’d be willing to think outside the box if it would bring a good short-term result. It did, and I am.

Napolitano needs a plan of attack, and you've got an extra week to give it to him. But what does he possibly have to gain, and what's it going to cost him?