I enjoyed this.
Clearly, the actress is a departure from the usual gorgeous babe with a perfect figure, and I liked that, and I like Liz. She's real, you can relate to her. It makes for a nice bit of variety. I like that she looks older, the case file put her at 48. I felt her reactions and facial expressions were wonderful throughout the strangulation. She looks just like the type of woman that the writer might've picked up in the pub, and chosen for his first kill. Flattered by the attention, she'd walk willingly into his trap!
Note: the two small tattoos on her feet are not too distracting, but if she wears black nylons like Heather did in "Favourite Move", they probably wouldn't even be noticeable.
I appreciate you taking the chance on her, personally, I'd love to see more of her in strangulation scenes, she seems to perform them quite well. She might even make a nice, veteran White Angel reluctantly forced to return to the field from a training position, a little out of shape and practice, finding herself rusty and out of her depth. Probably not so much for a superheroine, but she might make a fine villainess, perhaps sent to eliminate Darkwing, DarkBat, or Ultrawoman. She looks to have the build to match up to one of them.
One thing I appreciate about the SYCC episodes is that, as a rule, you tend to keep the strangulations to a more realistic duration. I know many fans like to see 10-minutes or more, but that simply isn't realistic unless the killer repeatedly pauses to let them recover. In reality, once begun, most victims would be dead within 2 or 3 minutes at most, and the thinner the ligature, the faster they die, A tight, narrow garrote can kill in less than a minute!
The idea of an author needing to kill for inspiration is a nice one. It could be particularly credible if the author has already been successful, but now has hit a spell of writer's block and just can't find a way to start the next novel. In his desperation, he decides to live the first kill and then write about it. Perhaps his first victim might even be his nagging editor or agent!
I'd also like to see the plastic sheet again, but it might make more sense with a blood ending. I love some of the old ones you did previously where the victim was forced at gunpoint to lay out the plastic they'd be wrapped in. This would be a nice SYCC scenario for Sienna with her being forced to strip to her panty, and perhaps kneel in the middle of the plastic to be shot multiple times.
