suspense

By late in the third quarter, the only suspense remaining in UCLA’s 43-10 blowout loss to Utah was waiting for the announced attendance.

You couldn’t call his “Thursday Murder Club” nuanced, and it’s almost completely without suspense, but in the simplest terms, it fulfills the assignment.

That extended moment of suspense gives her the killing edge in this category.

And for Hawley, who was 9 when the first film debuted, his relationship to “Alien” has always been rooted in childhood and suspense.

The mystery can never linger too long without a wildly conspicuous hint at what’s really happening, or a bit of sudden shock comedy to diffuse the suspense.