Water By the Spoonful

There are many story lines in this play and all of them cross in interesting ways throughout. In particular in Scene Six at the end, the lights come up on Elliot in the gym with the ghost while the chat between Fountainhead, Orangutan, Chutes&Ladders, and Haikumom continues. The chatters have just had a little online intervention with Fountainhead to get him to admit that he is a crack head (a sort of bonding experience, I think).  The chatters are then jokingly talking about their favorite rehab slogans when we see Elliot boxing (which we know he does for aggression although he shouldn't with his leg), we also see the Ghost that's been repeating the Arabic phrase to Elliot as well, and in between the Ghost asks for his passport. We then see Haikumom lose her cool and curse for the first time because her sister is in the paper, and then she realizes it's her death in the paper. 

I think it's so smart to have the realities cross in this way. Until that point we don't know who the chatters are, we know Odessa is somehow related to Elliot and Yaz, but we don't really know what she has to do with the threads in the chat room. This is the first time we are seeing how Elliot is connected to this chat room. It's like in those movies with an overwhelming amount of famous people because the movie isn't good. Like Valentine's Day where all of the stories are connected, it's always interesting to see the way they connect, and this is that moment in this play. Rather than seeing Odessa at the funeral or having her receive a call from Elliot, we see it through the chat room and we also see a bit of Haikumom's real identity.