Captivating Extra

There's a meme that goes around on Facebook every once in a while about extras who almost ruined famous movies.  There's the guy who's laughing as he runs out of the water in Jaws, the Stormtrooper who hits his head on the ceiling in Star Wars, the kid who puts his fingers in his ears before a gunshot in North by Northwest....  Though I've seen most of the movies on the list, I have to admit I've never noticed any of the distracting extras on it.  And that's because they're... well... extras; we're usually not supposed to be watching them.  But I just got around to watching a Hot In Cleveland episode from a few weeks ago, and as much as I love Betty White and the gang, I must admit that the star of that episode for me was a woman who I have dubbed Captivating Extra.  I'm pretty sure she's in the encyclopedia under "pulling focus."  But oh, how entertainingly she did it!  As she sat behind Melanie (Valerie Bertinelli) at the restaurant, living out quite an evening, I don't think I watched Melanie once in that sequence of scenes.  I certainly couldn't tell you now what that scene was about. But that extra... Man, I was so invested in all that drama that must have been happening at her table -- I was even narrating her story line to my fiance throughout the episode.  She laughed, she flirted, she gossiped; then her table partner dropped a bomb, and oh, was she ever shocked.  I think she might have gotten a "I'm carrying your baby" line from her date.  She was so overcome with emotion that I was holding my breath waiting to see what was going to happen.  Would she storm out?  Would she throw her water on her date?  Would she.... Oh, no, wait, the camera angle just changed, meaning Captivating Extra can't get up if she wants to remain on camera, so instead she's going to lean in as far as she can and rest her head on her hands.  Looks like they're making up.  All's good.  Big smile... Uh oh... the eyes are growing really big now... the jaw dropped.... and.... and.... WHAT?! Scene over?!  Do the writers of this show not understand the soap opera that was happening behind Van Halen's ex-wife?  Sigh.  Now I'll never know the fate of Captivating Extra.  But please, someone get that woman an agent.  And no one ever let her be just an extra ever again.