Has anyone seen a show where the audience can only listen/see one person on the phone but that person repeats what is being asked so the audience understands or at least gets a hint as to what was said on the other side?
Both characters are having a phone conversation, but the audience can only see Jan.
For example:
Jan: "Hey Eliza"
Eliza: [inaudible]
Jan: "What do you mean you lost your salt shaker?!"
Best Answer
The "TV Tropes" site gives this technique the boring name "Repeating so the Audience Can Hear".