n. When, during soap operas and some sitcoms, a character stares off-screen until the scene ends and commercials begin.
Doctor: Steve, the tests have come back, and... I don't know how to tell you this, but Alan isn't really your son.
Steve: Then whose is it? *Does a soap-take*
Steve: Then whose is it? *Does a soap-take*
by Godofgamers September 09, 2009