As if that were not complex enough, now the plot thickens.

The plot thickens when you add a shrinking population and tax base.

The plot thickens when a friend of the family whose parents have died comes to live with the siblings.

Then, of course, there is ice cream, where the plot thickens.

The plot thickens later when it appears that the man may have killed the owner.

The plot thickens, in that the woman - who obviously knows him well - seems not quite a lady.

"This could get ugly for a period of time as the plot thickens," he said.

But the plot thickens and you discover your bones are still growing until you're 35.

As the plot thickens, so does the knot in your stomach.

You then have the rest of the day to yourselves until about 4:00pm when the plot thickens.

I only know we’re at the place where the plot thickens.”

As the plot thickens, Torres might be playing a bigger part.

After the insurance policy is found, the plot thickens.

But that’s where the plot thickens and the facts collide.

"The plot thickens," a law enforcement official said yesterday when asked about the course of the investigation.

Lauren looked my way, raised her eyebrows, and asked, The plot thickens.

Meanwhile, of course, the plot thickens when people realise that the hands themselves have other, autonomous skills.

The plot thickens as Bumerli himself returns to the scene.

In a later scene, the plot thickens as all that is revealed to be baloney.

As the plot thickens, we find that the father died in a strange hunting accident, a possible suicide.

Thereafter the plot thickens and, at one point, Terry's life is left hanging in the balance.

The plot thickens as he quickly discovers that everyone's left shoe is missing.

But in the finest Hollywood tradition, the plot thickens.

But past that, the plot thickens a little.

The plot thickens — or should that be sickens?