firing up my trusty mac to do some writing , i opened my word processor and started typing : cycles from hell revised synopsis it had come to me during dinner - an epiphany brought on by rancid hotdogs - that the departure of sean to newhall hospital was a blessing : without the clich biker hero , i could take the script in a different direction : make the protagonist a thoughtful slob , a walking oxymoron to stand the plot on its ear .