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Mrs. Hacket

A woman in a small town.

minor

First appearance: the hanging stranger

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Small town and sentient spaceship
  • Small town and security
  • Small town and alien conflict
  • Aliens and psychological experiments

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SetupEscalationClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Closing

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See Mrs. Hacket in the hanging stranger