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Is this the first confirmation we've had that the young black/bi-racial actor we've seen in photos is, indeed, as speculated, playing D.J.'s daughter? Cool. I love that he and her mom named her after Nana Mary. Crystal was a character I could only handle in small doses and did not miss at all when she disappeared, but given her connection to the main characters, I am happy that she - despite whatever went down with Natalie West originally - will appear; I just want it to be for only one episode. Chuck, Anne Marie, and Nancy all seem to be appearing for just one, and that's all we should get of Crystal, too. So long as organic, rather than kitschy and forced, I'd like to see as many original players as possible in a limited run show up once.

That one perfectly exemplified why I disagree with both the "cats should never set paw outside" folks AND the "cats should never be confined within four walls" folks. I think whether a cat can safely have any outdoor time depends on the circumstances - the cat and the environment. First, some cats have no interest in it, or are scared by it, so those who insist their cat wants to be outside simply because she or he is a cat are starting off on the wrong foot. Then, among those who do like being outdoors, if, when, and how they can be allowed outdoors depends on the totality of circumstances. Maybe they can't, maybe they need a catio, maybe they can be walked around on a harness and leash, maybe they can be out free in the yard with constant supervision, maybe they can be outside with only intermittent supervision (during the day; my only bright-line rule for all mostly-indoor cats with outdoor access is no unsupervised outdoor time at night). Each step in outdoor access requires more and more things about the cat's temperament and the home environment to fall into place to make it reasonable, and thus becomes less and less likely to be safe. So Jackson's "No outdoors!" and the client's "They shouldn't be shut inside!" stance as a starting point were equally annoying to me, and I hope it was just for the show that the "catio" happy medium took so long to hit upon. Because, duh.

I missed today's episodes to take today off to finally get my Christmas shopping done, but I'm so bummed about the addition of John Stamos to the cast at this point in the series; he's such a fucking slimeball in real life, I can't watch him as any TV character.

Yes - I don't understand how any football fan attends a Super Bowl party, unless it's a small one made up only of fellow fans, because otherwise you have several nitwits in the bunch who are just there for the food and commercials and talk during the game. Hell, no. And, I enjoy attending baseball and basketball games, and will watch those games on TV sometimes - mostly just post-season - but it's only football season that I am reliably holed up for at least part of each Saturday and Sunday because I am watching the game(s), dammit. Between my teams and really good match-ups at any given point in the season, I have little time for this getting together crap. :-)

I didn't think it was Luka's place to call Maggie, but I didn't think it was a big deal that he did. I loved at the end when Abby was reluctant for her to leave, and asked when she was coming back. The usual, "Ack - you're leaving me with the baby when I don't know what I'm doing?" thing, and also that being able to spend some time with her medicated mom helped. Nothing is ever going to undo the damage from all those years before, but they can move forward.

Laura is my favorite, and I also really like Starbuck. But I like almost everyone except Ellen Tigh, heh. I mean, I don't like Baltar, but he's definitely an interesting character so I like that he exists. For me the weak link is Cally. In the miniseries and as the show got started, I found her annoyingly mousy or something, but then she bit that guy's ear off during the prison riot and I thought there was hope, but she faded again for me after that. Laura is my favorite for a lot of reasons. She was pretty much destined to be; not by the Lords of Kobol, but by the fact I love Mary McDonnell in everything she does, and by the fact Laura is the head of the government in the midst of a bunch of military folks in a time of war. Let us just say that 99 times out of a hundred, I am not going to be on the military side of things. So she needs to be there, and she needs to be good, in order for me to get sucked in to this. And she is. They're only alive because of her; if she hadn't talked sense to Adama about "we need to get the hell out of here and start having babies," he'd have gotten the little that remained of the human race killed via his "go down swinging" approach. She's the one who made him accept that the war was over, they lost, and they need to protect - and further - what remains of their people. My favorite thing throughout season one is the continued exploration of a society clinging to the values on which it was founded, even in the face of almost total annihilation. You don't throw out the Articles in a time of war; in fact, that's when you hold tightest to them. This is right up my alley (I'm a civil rights lawyer.) Yet, I'm well aware it's also the time in which holding fast to them even when you know the inevitable result is not what you want is at its messiest, the temptation to justify "well, this one time, we can ignore it" at its strongest. So it's a constant struggle, and I love that. Which is why I rather resent the "she's the leader because the gods decreed it" angle. She's the leader because the 42 people ahead of her got killed. She never wanted this power, had no interest in being anything other than who she was. She's not prepared for it. She is flat-out unqualified for the job. But she's the most-qualified person there, and it's hers now. And she is completely dedicated to upholding the oath of office now that it has fallen on her shoulders. That is fascinating to watch in anyone, and especially in a female character. I don't need the religious claptrap. Yes. He's adorable, because he looks twelve, but he's growing into the role into which he was thrust right alongside Laura. And their bond is one of my favorites, especially since, per a deleted scene, they literally met on the plane on the way to Galactica. She teases him, she trusts him, he is loyal to her, and he always gives it to her straight.

Goddammit, Carr!

That's a classic indication of nausea, so if that's what is going on, hopefully it's a minor and easily-treatable cause (and you can help him via anti-nausea meds in the interim). You've sure been through a lot with him, and I will be keeping my fingers crossed this is just a tiny hurdle.

I've read/heard Mary McDonnell tell that story (in the context of how much she likes working with other women, which brought up how Laura didn't interact much with the other female characters on this show) - that it went on for hours that they'd start laughing every time they went to do their scene. Everyone was pissed off, and they were so embarrassed, but they just couldn't stop. So now every time there's a Laura/Kara scene, I'm wondering if it's going to be the last. I finished season one last night, and this was one of the strongest first seasons I've ever seen. I could tell it took Moore a while to figure out where he wanted to go with the storyline on cylon-occupied Caprica, and that they keep running so long they have to cut multiple scenes from many episodes makes noticeable gaps a recurring problem, but there was a lot less awkwardness in this than most first seasons. While watching Colonial Day, I kept thinking it was like an episode of The West Wing, so I got a good laugh out of Moore's commentary for it opening with, "So this is our West Wing episode." I was glad for that one, because it addressed some things I'd been wondering about. I know not a lot of time had passed since the holocaust, and they had quite a lot going on, but I'd been wondering about selecting a vice president and establishing any sort of congress. The civilian government/military conflict and balance is very interesting to me, so I was glad to get the government part fleshed out. And Laura is certainly getting the hang of this ruthless pragmatism thing; at least Wallace Grey (who, as an X-Files fan, caused me to sit up and say "Modell!" when I saw him) just got screwed over by a friend rather than tossed out an airlock, but damn. The woman who hated politics nevertheless learned the game well. It was nice to give everyone a chance to celebrate, too. Starbuck in a dress and Adama's "And I can dance" invitation to Laura were highlights. And very much the calm before the storm, because, damn, a lot happened in the two-part finale. The president's in the brig, the commander is bleeding all over CIC, Boomer is an activated cylon, Sharon is pregnant with a cylon-human hybrid, and Starbuck has stolen a raider to go grab the map to Earth. That's quite a finale. Interestingly, Laura's gods talk doesn't bug me as much as Six's god talk does. Probably because, especially after watching the deleted scenes, it's clear she's not normally like this, and she's not coming at this from an entirely religious bent; it's also more of her pragmatism, where all these things predicted in the ancient texts is happening, and they don't know where the hell they're going anyway, so why not follow along with the story and hope for the best. But Billy's "Seriously, we are following old stories and drug-induced hallucinations as our government policy?" reaction is very much appreciated. Adama responding to Laura's over-stepping her authority under their "she's in charge of the fleet, but military decisions are his to make" agreement by completely abusing his was quite an amping up of the government/military tension. Lee disobeying his orders because he couldn't be part of destroying their democracy just because the president makes a bad call was intense enough, and then he pulled the gun on Tigh. That was a great scene, with it prompting Laura to order everyone to put their guns down and submit to her arrest. Then the change from Boomer the Colonial Fleet member who takes out the basestar to Boomer the activated cylon whose mission is to kill its commander upped the ante even more. I'm excited to start in on season two.

I love football, but I simply make sure not to have or attend a get-together that conflicts with a game I want to watch; once I've committed to socializing instead, that's what I do. Which means I don't do much socializing during football season, as I'd usually rather watch the games.

There can be no curling ribbon in my parents' house, either, as I discovered a few years ago when Chester was hanging out with me as I wrapped presents (I do it at their house, since that's the tree under which the presents are placed for us to open) -- I heard him throwing up what I thought was a hairball, but it was white and he's tuxedo, so closer look revealed it to be an intact, curled section of ribbon. So that was the end of that. I hate wrapping. I use more and more gift bags every year, for the re-usability factor, but there are things that fit better in a box, plus there's the sentimentality of some old decorations to be placed on wrapped boxes. So I do still wrap for a couple of hours each year. I just grumble pretty much the whole time now. When I was a kid, I loved it - I wrapped everything other than my own presents, because my mom hated it and was happy to dump it off on me. Now I'm stuck with cats who don't have opposable thumbs; I have no one to foist it on.

Holy crap, the “But we want to move in together” dipshits are on again right now, and I am watching the fucking Chargers/Chiefs game instead, even though I don't like either team, because I hate these total drips that much. He’s an asshole who never bothered to train his dog and then seeks to impose that dog on his girlfriend’s cats in their own house (I seriously do not understand why once he realized, duh, the cats do not appreciate having this unruly house guest, he didn’t just hire a damn dog sitter and leave the dog at home for his visits; I don’t see her showing up at his house with her cats in tow). She’s an asshole who is prioritizing catering to her new boyfriend over providing her cats a safe place to live. Shoving your cats into a pantry for the weekend instead of saying, “Dude, leave the dog at home”? What is wrong with these people? This would be inexcusable in a couple of 20-year-olds, but they don’t even have youthful stupidity to fall back on. Asshats. I have friends who, with one cat each, moved in together after a few years of dating. After a year of doing everything right, the cats were still unhappy together. It's rare, but it happens. They went back to living separately, and everyone was happier - the cats who didn't have to either deal with each other or be separated, and the people who didn't spend every day stressed out over their cats' quality of life. After his cat died, they moved in together again. This played out over a period of years, and is an extreme example. But these fuckwits can't wait until a couple of 18-year-olds go off to the happy hunting ground before combining households once it became clear integrating the animals was not feasible, generally, and certainly not with the non-existent energy they wanted to put into it?

Yeah, every time I see a new picture of her, I'm struck anew by how the casting is utterly perfect in terms of physical resemblance. It's even more evident in the photo that was posted earlier, of her with the little kid that we're not sure whose kid she is, but whatever the angle or pose thus far, she has looked like young Sara. I was glad to read a while back from a poster who watches the show she's on that she's a good actor, too.

Nor have I. I can barely sit through the weddings of people I know.

Boy howdy; now Baltar, a fucking scientist, is saying the "most logical" explanation for something is divine intervention, and thinks he's an instrument of God. Although, that last part makes sense in its own way, given his raging narcissism. And Laura's hallucinations are maybe not because she's taking chamalla, but some sort of divine visions, because she's the dying leader foretold by an oracle three thousand years ago. I ... yeah. This is not my bag. Thus far, the acting is saving it for me, as is the fact I don't have a whole lot of other fake stuff to accept, since they've kept things pretty reality-based for a sci-fi show. But it's early, so we'll see. Starbuck starts off right where Laura wound up, which is that since this is a machine, not a human, you don't give it rights and due process when it threatens you, you destroy it. But over the course of her eight hours with Leoben, all the ways in which he behaves like a human got her all turned around. Which is how I felt, since I'm watching someone who looks human be tortured. Very well done. And LOL at Madame Airlock - so she consigns others to the same fate as the show goes on? I look oddly forward to that; it seems such a handy thing to have at one's disposal. I also liked the symmetry between the way Kara signaled for the guards to shove Leoben's head in a bucket and the way Laura signaled for them to hit the airlock switch. I watched it last night, and, holy crap, that was fantastic! The humorous episodes of The X-Files are my favorites, but it's so much easier to plop a funny one into that universe than this one, so I wasn't expecting to spend so much time laughing! The "If you're a cylon, I'd like to know"/"If I'm a cylon, you're really screwed" banter - and Laura's giggle! - clued me in right away this was going to be something different, and boy howdy. I didn't think it could get funnier than the dinner party, but then came the straight-up farce in Baltar's lab - with him as the voice of reason ("that is a thermo-nuclear device over there, for frak's sake" as everyone is shouting). And there are so many lesser moments of humor throughout. I love Baltar musing on suicide as he calculates how long it will take him to test everyone in the fleet. But when he tested Boomer in the previous episode, it didn't seem to take as long. I had to look up how many things EJO had directed at this point (a handful of things), because the episode had so many hallmarks of an actor getting to direct -- cool shots, but shots that stand out as "hey, look at this artsy technique" rather than seamlessly creating an overall vibe. But the distraction was mild, and I loved the episode. It was interesting to learn (there was commentary by Ron Moore) that it was originally a completely different script - a riff on Crimson Tide, with Adama and Tigh each increasingly suspecting the other of being cylons, rising tensions, divided loyalties, and ultimately the two pointing guns at each other. But the script wasn't working, and they'd just gone through quite a battle with the studio and network regarding the incredibly dark places Flesh and Bone went to, so it was decided to change course and try some humor. I have a truly irrational dislike for Kate Vernon owing to her role on Who's the Boss? (yes, that is something I would only admit via screen name), so I'm not sure how much Ellen Tigh I can take going forward, but she's hilariously awful in this episode. Her first act upon returning from the presumed dead is to get her alcoholic husband drunk. I loved the meeting with Baltar, because those are two peas in a pod. Moore said his script notes were something like, "It's not clear who's enjoying this more - the cad or the trollop." The Hand of God is, I learned via Moore's commentary, referred to among the team as the "Big Mac" episode, because it's the fast food of the season - just a straightforward shoot 'em up space combat episode, and on paper it would not at all be my thing. It's basically a short-form WWII movie (complete with the big board and models pushed around by stick), and I hate WWII movies. And if they did this every week, it would not be my show. But as an occasional thing, I found myself uncharacteristically along for the ride, even the stereotypical post-victory jubilation scene where everyone back on the ship cheers and congratulates each other (which Moore hates and fears, so him only liking them under limited circumstances probably helps; he's a gatekeeper that lets only the good ones through). I thought the hug between Laura and Kara was especially great. Kara seems to have had shit for parents, but she has a quasi-father figure in Adama, and here she gets a motherly hug from Laura. I like the humor of Kara getting caught up in the moment and forcefully hugging Laura, then apologizing to the president, but the shift to Laura crediting her with saving the day and instigating a soft, warm hug is even better.

“I can’t sleep with your hot nostril air blowing over me!” I’ve used that one. I have a very hard time sharing a bed (with a human, anyway; felines welcome), period, but tucked up like that is absolutely out of the question and one of the many reasons for that is I hate feeling someone breathing on me. Becky, Beds, and Boys (which just aired on LAFF and is thus fresh in my mind) has so many great quotes: When Darlene is ready to kill D.J. because he’s repeating everything she says, and Roseanne asks what’s going on, Dan says, “Darlene is saying everything D.J. says a second before he says it.” When Darlene heads to open the door when they make Mark come to get Becky rather than just honking, Roseanne stops her and says, “We’re going to embarrass your sister in an orderly fashion.” When Dan says they’ll take the double mattress, the salesperson asks, “And for the lady?” (Because, yeah, I seriously have no idea how any two people, never mind two people their size, share a double bed.) I particularly love the way, referencing the magazine article advice they’re giggling over, Roseanne tells Dan, “On your way back, pick us up some healing facial masks” and Jackie chimes in to say in unison, “for our butts.” Perfect delivery, and I love the goofy little moments between the sisters. Speaking of great line delivery, I also love the way Darlene, repeating everything D.J. says while she has him trapped in the laundry hamper, mimics the way he says, “I won’t do it anymore.” “I call Judy every fifteen minutes, and then she calls Becky wherever the hell she is, and then Becky calls me.” “And the point of that is?” “To completely ruin Becky’s evening. And, you know, make sure she’s okay.” And the best of Roseanne’s calls to Becky: “Hey, you like pork chops, don’t you?”

I liked the friendship that formed between Gary and Dan, so I love the final scene between them after Gary and Jackie break up. Dan and Gary pretend like they'll still get the bike and be buddies, but they know they won't, and do that good-bye handshake. I love everything about that break-up, really. Jackie was so weak for so much of the relationship, desperate to hold onto him, and he's a good guy and she's already decided to quit the job; for her not to give into his ultimatum is a great moment for her. And then there's terrific dialogue when Roseanne finds out and at first flips that Jackie would let him go, before acknowledging she did the right thing. "[I broke up with him because he told me to quit the force.]" "I've been telling you to quit the force since the day you started." "And I've been trying to break up with you, but you won't go away!" "What would you do if Dan just demanded that you give up your job, the house, and the kids?" [Beatific smile] ["Dan wouldn't do that to you."] "Do you know how many years I had to put into Dan? Do you think he came out of a box like that?" And, of course: "No man is worth anchovies."

Why was the boyfriend bringing his dog with him when he came to stay with her? He was only there for a weekend at a time, so hire a damn dog sitter. I know they wanted to move in together, but boo hoo; she can let those cats live out the life they deserve, safe and happy in their own home, and then move in together.

From that Indiewire review: Gee, how surprising. But, hopefully they're right that once we suffer through CC's mytharc mess, we get to the good stuff: I haven't read very many reviews, but those I have read all said pretty much the same thing -- this season feels more like classic XF. Fingers crossed!

I loved Luka teasing Abby with "Mongo." They're cute together. Something similar happened to a friend of mine after her c-section, and she did the same thing to her husband - yelled at him to go with the babies (she had twins), while he was all freaked out that she was about to bleed to death. I'm glad Jerry lived. I was afraid the music montage as we switched back and forth between surgeries was going to be one of those "one life ends as another one begins" things.

I did see a blooper reel on YouTube once; it came up as a recommendation after something else I'd watched, and I started to ignore it since I didn't watch the show, but I like bloopers, so I watched. I haven't looked to see if they are included on the Blu-Rays. And, yes, please - chat away. I'm not completely unspoiled; in fact, I know a lot more major plot lines than I would like. I have two friends who are really into this show (and this will be all we talk about next time we get together, but in the meantime I'm babbling at you people) so I've heard them talk about a lot of things over the years. Thanks for the podcast recommendation. I think I'll skip it this time around, if they're that long, so I can get through the episodes at a reasonable speed, but I'll keep it in mind for when I'm done. Last night I watched the next three episodes. I'm exhausted. But I couldn't stop myself until I finally just conked out. I had to stop and look up Jeffrey Vlaming when I saw he was the writer of Litmus; I knew I recognized the name, but couldn't remember from what. He wrote a horribly boring episode of The X-Files (Hell Money; he also wrote 2Shy), so I was a little apprehensive, but he has improved. I like that the public now knows about the human-looking cylons, because the "anyone could be a cylon" paranoia is going to be a great undercurrent. The one with Shelley Godfrey was a lot of religious stuff that doesn't interest me (I know the gods vs. one god thing will be an ongoing blah blah blah for me), but Baltar's increasing desperation was compelling. And the whispered conversation while Gaeta is trying to take a shit was utterly hilarious to me, as were his attempts to kill the computer so no one would see the photo. Baltar borders on cartoonish, so I liked that mixed in with the usual "this guy is funny to watch" aspect was some real depth to him as things devolved for him -- he couldn't find Six to help him out, Laura started doubting him, etc. -- and he wound up fearing execution. And I like the concept that he was complicit in the attacks, but unintentionally, so he's sort of guilty of what he's being accused of, but he's also being framed. The one with the Leoben being interrogated was intense! Ruthlessly pragmatic Laura Roslin having him tossed out an airlock was one hell of a conclusion, that I immediately rewound and watched again, and all the psychological drama going on between him and Starbuck as the interrogation continued was compelling. And the dynamic in the scene between Laura and Adama at the end, when he's having a pleasant chat and she's thinking about Leoben telling her Adama's a cylon, was great. I also liked Laura's dreams, and the corollary with Leoben - he mixes truth with his lies, so what part, if any, of what he's saying to Kara is true, and Laura's hopped up on chamalla, but some of what she dreamed wound up happening, so how much is dream/hallucination and how much is subconscious insight/vision? So the Sharon model that's on Caprica with Helo is starting to have human feelings (and that's why she told Helo they have to run, when she was supposed to find the cabin and suggest they set up there) and the model that's on the Galactica is figuring out that she's a cylon? (Baltar madly clicking at his computer to turn red to green was a hoot.) That's interesting to watch; Grace Park is really impressing me. I came into this expecting Mary McDonnell and Edward James Olmos to be fantastic, and they are, but I'm very pleasantly surprised by how good the cast as a whole is, when they're mostly a bunch of people I don't know (and many of whom were, at the time, unknown in general).

Yeah, well, he also hates the combination of fish and tongs, so I feel free to dismiss him whenever he acts like a nitwit. It was interesting to hear commentary from more than one judge that the usually verboten cheese and fish combination wasn't bad or even worked, but the other aspects of the dish sunk it. Most of my liked seafood/cheese combinations are of the non-fish seafood variety, but I think there are rare occasions in which fish and cheese can happily co-exist in a dish. So it was interesting, and maybe even gratifying, to see the problems with that dish not be the ingredients, but the execution.

I love the mise en place relay and look forward to it every year. Aren’t there usually more ingredients (or fewer cheftestants) such that each person has a different ingredient? There’s always someone who can’t chop an onion (or shallot) any faster than a sloth could do, though. WTF? I have never peeled a mushroom in my life; I just brush them off. At the end of it all, the QF dishes all looked great. I wish they’d show them again when they were naming off the least and most favorites to refresh my memory of which dish goes with which chef. I love cheese, so I was looking forward to the EC food, and I did do a fair bit of salivating. I am a firm believer that fish and cheese can co-exist, although the exceptions to the rule against it are, indeed, few. The cheese and cracker first course from Fatima and Laura looked and sounded wonderful, so the trout dish was doomed, even if the smoking hadn’t failed. Claudette blaming Adrienne was odd, since it seemed the parts of the dish they hated most were those she’d suggested and executed. The dumpling in the second course looked so yummy. The pasta dish did, too, so that was a close round. But I really wanted to eat the dumpling. With the dueling lamb dishes, the blue team’s looked better, and it’s almost impossible to under-cook lamb for me, but I have to trust these skilled chefs that it was indeed too raw. The green team arguing that had the diners been instructed to eat the losing lamb with their hands it would have tasted better was ridiculous. One of them would have been bounced had their team not won. I’m not a big dessert person, but both looked very good to me. Feta ice cream, hell yeah, so green for the win in that round. Random musings: “You’re the master of the Dad jokes today” when Tom made yet another obvious, corny response to something was fun. Have we seen Padma with glasses before? She had them on briefly – probably to read the menu – and it seemed new to me. Unless the male chefs who address their female counterparts as “Ladies” also address their male counterparts as “Gentlemen,” – and they might, and it’s just not shown - they can miss me. Fuck Mustache Joe for just talking over everyone and trying to dictate all four courses. You ain’t executive chef, dude. I laughed at Fatima cracking herself up with “he knows how to cut some cheese.” Tu was rather juvenile throwing a fit when his team lost in the QF, and I say this as a fellow sore loser. The guy dressing like Julia Child for Halloween is fantastic. Tom saying the cheese was treated like an unwanted ingredient in the mystery box seemed a direct reference to Chopped.

The original was pretty much the exact opposite of what I like to watch, so I only know about it what I learned from comments in the special features. It amuses me that Richard Hatch was vocally opposed to the "re-imagining" of the show and then wound up appearing (and then some). Even though the "Apollo vs. Apollo" aspect of the Lee/Zarek scenes was lost on me, I liked them. And I loved Lee telling Adama and Laura what he'd agreed to (the election they're obliged by the Articles to hold anyway) -- "He's your son/He's your advisor" was hilarious. But beyond the humor, I appreciate the "If we're not going to follow the law, then you're not this and I'm not that and this is all bullshit" part of it. So many shows would take the stance that the unprecedented circumstances mean none of the usual rules of humanity and society apply, and this one opts to show that they may need to be altered, but they need to be fundamentally respected or there's no damn point to survival. I really like that this isn't a show where the military guys are always right and the government officials are just pesky bureaucrats who don't understand how the real world works because we're at war, dammit, and just keep wanting to talk about pesky things like civil rights. That little wing waggle Apollo and Starbuck shared as they headed in after he knew who she was was adorable to me, again even without knowing it's a nod to the original show. I appreciate the background info, because that wasn't noted in the commentary.

I missed the first one entirely and saw only a little of the other two. Neela and Gallant's marriage was so weird to me - it came out of nowhere, and then he left - I had a hard time getting into the emotions of his death (it didn't help that I came in after it had already been announced). What did John Leguizamo (I can never remember his character's name -- Clemente?) do that got him fired and has Anspaugh crawling all over Kerry about liability? I saw the shootout with Sam's ex, but nothing leading up to it; WTF was that? I think that was worse than the tank. I hate when long-running shows feel like they have to top themselves with the dramatic events every season, because inevitably you get unrealistic stuff like this. I hope they don't kill Jerry off; I can't deal with Frank any more than we already see him.