The first is a woefully distended scene of hermetic fantasy that matters only for its payoff: a steampunk wall panel does weird things to Agent Cooper (and, in the conceit's one droll touch, leaves him, or a version of him, shoeless).
There's no crime like a true crime, and no true crime like one that hasn't been settled yet, and no true crime documentary like one that makes you wait weeks for its payoff.
Ladbrokes said it understood the concerns expressed by some shareholders over the payoff for its former finance director Ian Bull, who left in February.
Even Facebook, still private, having not pursued an initial public offering, has yet to see the big payoff for its largest investors.
Bookmaker Ladbrokes has been rebuked by shareholders over a payoff for its departed boss, Richard Glynn, in the latest row over executive remuneration at a stock market-listed company.
Park Jie Won and Lim Dong Won, top aides to the former president, Kim Dae Jung, left, who spearheaded a drive for reconciliation with North Korea, were indicted on charges of transferring $100 million to North Korea as a payoff for its agreeing to a 2000 summit meeting between the president and Kim Jong Il, the leader of North Korea.
But it offers a payoff for TI, as well.
In reality it is a payoff for past success.
Under this scenario, Disney would see an immediate payoff for extending its online video access: Hulu has had massive growth but is still considerably behind YouTube in reach.
It's a huge payoff for the meager effort.
