What happens in Citizen Kane when Jed Leland is forced, as a dramatic critic, to review the performance of Susan Alexander at the Chicago Opera House? Boss Jim Geddes, Kane's adversary, threatens to reveal Kane's affair with Susan Alexander, which prevents the opera taking place. Jed gets drunk after writing only a few lines of his bad review, and Kane finishes it, criticizing his own wife's performance. Susan Alexander, fearing the confrontation, rebels against Kane's wishes and refuses to go onstage. Jed finishes a scathingly bad review and Kane finds comes to his senses and cancels the remaining concerts.