We have this suspense, as I say, between expectation, the possibility of violation, and simply not knowing.

All right. Now this is a wonderful example of the tension between having expectations, the expectation that someone will help Tony, and being in a state of suspense, not knowing who it will be.

I won't keep you in suspense. Here it is: think of nothing that happens as either good or bad. Stop judging, and stop expecting.

Here, I had the satisfaction of a love plot unfolding right in my living room, complete with revolving backdrops and the suspense inherent in a long-distance relationship.

The tension or suspense is: what will the moral be?