In this engaging but thinly plotted novel, Mr Scudamore uses flashbacks and memories to slowly reveal the knotty relationships between these characters.
It is easy to decorate with knotty pine because "it gives character to a room and ties the other elements together," Mr. Gambrel said.
Knotty plots, atmospheric settings and larger-than-life characters are, of course, all part of it.
I spoke to "BSG" executive producer Ron Moore recently about the distressing lack of sci-fi shows that are willing to use the genre to explore moral and political dilemmas, and it's early days yet, but it's heartening to see that "The 100" doesn't shy away from those kinds of knotty problems and the difficult consequences of its' characters actions.
A deeply, divisively political work, devoid of comic relief and short on endearing characters, its complex moral conflicts are as knotty as the verse.
What seem bold are the characters of Jacqueline Woodson and Pat Murphy, who in their new novels render the knotty friendships of girls with gravity, whimsy, intimacy and melodrama.
Annie Gosfield's "Five Characters Walk Into a Bar," inspired by the five-character codes used by the Danish Resistance during World War II, wrangled knotty five-note clusters with an improviser's sense of spontaneity and propulsion.
"Defiance," however, is more than just the sum of its influences, and what it does well are things that any good cop, medical or legal show does well: The Syfy drama efficiently lays out the characters' individual and group concerns as it depicts them facing a series of knotty risks and challenges.
I love ya, but the salon's on fire and Sheila's trapped – again!" But in 2011 The Slap brought us knotty urban relationship drama; then Chris "Summer Heights High" Lilley showed us Australia could match the best of our bad-taste character comedies.
