stop bath (noun)

1. In the episode, the protagonist dips the photograph into the stop bath to halt the development of the image.

2. As the character anxiously waits in the darkroom, they quickly transfer the print from the developer to the stop bath, letting out a sigh of relief.

3. In the climactic scene, the detective urgently rushes to the darkroom, dripping the photograph into the stop bath to reveal the crucial evidence.

4. The black-and-white photographs of the building capture its raw beauty, preserved by the stop bath during the developing process.