Then he heard it: a tiny, wet hork . A sound that speaks of regret, of chili-induced reflux, of a creature questioning every life choice that led to that moment.
It started, as these things often do, with a pot of chili and a tragic lack of foresight. the frank and beans quandary
It came from the wall.
When Frank returned from the bathroom, he found the scene: chili splattered across the ceiling like a Jackson Pollock painting, a single, chili-caked ferret paw-print on the refrigerator, and the pot overturned on the floor. But no Beans. Then he heard it: a tiny, wet hork
In the end, Beans was bathed in the sink (he peed on Frank three times), the wall was patched with spackle, and the chili was deemed a total loss. It came from the wall
The neighborhood potluck that evening was chili-less. Frank brought a bag of store-brand tortilla chips and a haunted look in his eyes. Sheila told the story to everyone. Beans spent the night in a cardboard box, wearing a tiny, improvised cone made from a coffee filter, plotting his next move.
For many viewers, this represents the "quandary" of character development: