A form of quick exposition used to sum up the crazy situation that the characters have gotten themselves into.
It can be for a few different reasons. Maybe someone's playing a game of Xanatos Speed Chess or Gambit Roulette, or there's a Gambit Pileup going down, and the character(s) are assessing the problem to make a quick decision on their feet. Maybe someone is about to do / has done something [...] [tvtropes.org]