If you get tired of watching football, head over to The Scene as a Thanksgiving-weekend project and start downloading. I blogged about this online-distributed episodic drama last February, and in the ten months since the plot has definitely thickened. Brian Sandro is the leader of an underground ripping team that supplies bootleg movie files to top-level file-sharing sites, from which they work their way down to consumer networks. The entire story is told on a computer screen, mostly in IM windows. Brians ("drosan" on the screen) is embroiled in trouble of every type, from multiple girlfriends to serious danger after dabbling in betrayal and tricking (so he thinks) the FBI.

It is simply amazong how much dramatic tension can build in a story with no action, only words scrolling down a desktop window. Episode 13 is taken up almost entirely by an attempt to hack into a secure server and delete a crucial incriominating file. A few IM windows and Windows command screen make up the "set," and I'm not ashamed to confess it kept me on the edge of my seat.

The Scene has reached 14 downloadable episodes (you can also watch low-rez versions in the browser). Get them all, stay up half the night, and catch up on football scores in the morning.