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Since the show is cancelled anyway, it would be awesome if the endgame had all the kids dying, one by one. Sort of like my brain cells as I watch this show.

I would bet my life that the Aniston/Cumberbatch thing was a bit. From everything I've read/seen about Jennifer, she is really down to earth and sweet and is great about making fun of herself. I've seen other clips where she pranks people by pretending to be really pissed off at them for an innocent remark, and they always end with her laughing and apologizing. So I think it was supposed to be funny to have her play a bitchy diva who was annoyed that "some guy" used up some of her air time.

I love this show and I adored the wedding, but.... don't these people have a news show to produce? Can the entire staff just leave the office all day and a show still miraculously airs? Especially when your anchor will be in jail by airtime? Another scene that took me out of the episode: when Hallie just shows up because she still has her security pass. Really? In this day and age of tight security, and with a workplace that deals with classified documents, no one thought to ask the fired employee for her pass when she left? C'mon, Sorkin. You could have figured out another way for her to get in to see Jim.

They lost me when they picked up the Pamela and Ellen badges. I know the writers were trying to milk laughs out of "Ellen" dancing and the girls not remembering their names. But just before that scene, the lady at the desk called out for Max and Caroline, indicating they were signed up and presumably had their own badges.

I thought this was the best episode yet, but it is a very low bar. I had to laugh that when a former back-up singer wanted to show off her solo singing chops, she picked perhaps the one song that's best known for its back-up vocals.

Since Matt LeBlanc appeared on Kudrow's Web Therapy, I would love if they could work in a plot for Valerie to be up for a role on "Pucks", only to have LeBlanc veto it because he hates her (Valerie, not Lisa). They could even work in a shot against Showtime.

I loved her "Thanks, Jake" when they were explaining the rules. It was the exact intonation of a news anchor throwing it over to his co-anchor. This show doesn't waste one second of dialogue.

I took it as a Colombo-like ploy: she makes the interviewee wait and appears to be distracted and unprofessional, all while she is noticing (and noting) every.single.thing. I'm assuming there was never anyone on the other end of the call.

As he shut the door, I totally expected Pauline to sit up and say, "Is it hot in here or is it just me?"

Maybe a diesel fuel company is sponsoring the show, along with Prius.

I'm not mad that I wasted an hour on that. I'm furious that I wasted two summers on it. Random thoughts: 1. Why was a hammer lying around the ER? 2. Why was the hammer so spotlessly clean after it was used on Rebecca? Did Jim use some of the saline solution to wash it before heading to Andrea's house? 3. Was Skater-Boy Ben among those in the cavern? 4. If the Prius is the only car that runs, how did 10 people AND a stretcher fit, unless.... 5.....the forest is in easy walking distance from the school, which leads to.... 6.....why did they need buses to transport the town 7. Did anyone else think of Riff Raff and Magenta when Melanie said "we're going home"? But the kicker of all kickers was when Barbie told the town, "I know I'm a stranger, but we've been together for the past 2 weeks" Two Weeks????? I was somehow giving them a pass when I thought it was 5 or 6 weeks, but two??? That means that 14 days ago, Julia was happily married. Twelve days ago she found out Barbie killed her husband. Ten (?) days ago, Julia was shot in the shoulder. It just boggles the mind that the writers care so little and think the audience is that stupid. The most ballsy move was to advertise a new Stephen King book in the middle of this. Do they expect the audience to leap up yelling, "Oh my God! This show is so fantastic that I must rush out and read the newest gem King has brought us!"?

Based on the swiftness it them discovering Rebecca's blood type, I'm going to say that if you hold a bunch of cans of lima beans in your arms, your blood type will appear as a tattoo on your wrist. Feel free to take that idea and run with it for the next science fair. (wouldn't they just have had to ask Melanie her blood type and then done a quick shout-out in the school?)

Well, she was at UVA and now he's at Georgetown. But I'm sure you're right and she was Chekov's gun.

I like Tea Leoni and political shows so I will keep watching for a while in the hopes that it gets better. But this was my exact thought. I'd prefer more of stand-alone episodes focusing on politics instead of another stupid who-done-it mystery. One thing that took me out of the show: Sec'y Clinton (and now Kerry) were/are constantly flying all over the world. The Secretary of State job is not one that you do from an office in DC. So right there they've lost me with the realism. I always like looking at Tim Daly, but is he the only attractive 50+ actor in town? This is the third show I watch where he is the good looking, understanding guy (Mindy Project, Hot in Cleveland). I certainly hope they don't go down the older professor-hot student route.

My personal favorite part was them trying to save Melanie from the vortex. They all grabbed on to Junior, but no one thought to help Junior by actually grabbing Melanie? And added to the apparent endless supply of electricity and lima beans must be ammunition. With all the shooting going on over the past few weeks, everyone's guns always seem to be fully loaded.

I am usually a sucker for over-the-top melodramatic hospital shows, but this was a little ridiculous even for me. I might give it one or two more episodes, then I'll see how full my DVR gets with the new season. I suspect this will be the first to go. Thank you! I had assumed the title came from the fact that really sick pediatric patients were all given red ID bands. That scene on the roof was the final straw: so the bald kid has been wearing these bands for weeks and months, through sleep and showers, and yet they look brand new? And he can very easily slip them off his hand, yet they never just fall off or get in his way? Right. I've worn hospital bands for 3 days and they get completely ratty and have to be cut off your wrist.

Maybe she's the new love interest for Norrie's Mom and they were off somewhere getting busy to keep warm. Seriously, out of all the nearly infinite stupid things on this show, the disappearance of Norrie's mom is maybe my #1 peeve. She mentions her dead mom once in a while, but wasn't even concerned that her other living mom wasn't at the school and might be a giant Chesters Mill flavored popsicle. Grrrrrrrrrr.

Funny you say that because Rachel aired the LBJ tapes last year. It was still every bit as funny to hear it again with John.

And without electricity or gas, how exactly did that oven spark right up? Random town person: "My wife is frozen - help! Sam: "Sorry, I tried to save her for 5 seconds but she sure is dead. Next!" Julia: "I'm dying right now" Barbie: "No probs. I'll take out the spike, slowly walk a few miles to the diner, turn on the miracle oven, and keep working on you until you bounce right back!" Good to be a regular in Chesters Mill, I guess.

I believe this was the stupidest episode ever, and it is a very very very low bar, my friends. Random questions: 1) As others have mentioned, why didn't Rebecca just tell everyone to grab all their winter coats, hats & gloves and meet at the high school? It ain't Chesters Mill, 90210. 2) Why was everyone else dying of hypothermia when they were outside for 20 seconds, but Jim strolls in from his Lyle rescue looking like he just returned from the spa? 3) Why weren't Lyle's hair and eyebrows wet when he was in Jim's car? 4) Did Norrie completely forget she still has a mother left? Apparently the writers have. 5) Did no one in Chesters Mill have any pets? IRL people would be freaking out about their dogs and cats. 6) Why the urgent need to tie down a gurney which was barely rattling, when you'll be at the diner in 3 minutes? And finally: 7) Oh show. Why can't I quit you?

I was amazed at how quickly even the writers lost interest in Charlotte. Not one single character mentioned her when they were speaking to Hank about his future. Her only purpose was as a plot device to let that poor publicity-starved Kardashian have a brief moment in the spotlight. Also, this episode began on the same day (or maybe the next) that Emma left. And wasn't Charlotte still in the hospital recovering from a near-fatal fall and adjusting to her sight? And yet not a scrape or bruise on her and no difficulty navigating at lunch. (maybe the Dome has moved from Chesters Mill to the Hamptons?)

Actually, the biggest F-U moment was just before the scenes from next week: "Only 3 weeks left until the season finale". Season finale??? Not Series finale? They're planning on dragging out this dreckitude for another season?? Although my theory is that the writers have no idea how to end this, so they'll just plead and beg with the network to cancel it before next summer.

Has anyone heard from Mikkos Cassadine lately? Just asking, since the dead don't seem to stay dead in Dome-land.

I found it so annoying that she was obsessed with having a very long set of steps so her son could bounce down them. Because doesn't everyone make a huge investment based on a game their 4-year-old will be tired of in 3 months? And let's see how much fun those steep steps are to run up and down all day.

So Junior beat the shit out of Sam and when they showed him on the ground as Junior slammed down the axe, at least one eye was clearly closed and purple. And magically, in the next scene he leaps up unhurt with just a bloody nose. But no real surprise - besides everyone's cuts and scrapes appearing and disappearing scene by scene, Phil was in the hospital just yesterday (on the show) recovering from a shot to the chest. And in show time, wasn't it just a week or so since Julia was shot and almost died? And correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Norrie have a mother left somewhere? I believe she's now officially The Last Minority, so she'd better watch her back.