"And, really, after going through all that trouble, are you telling me
that a well-seasoned convict like Tommy Madsen wouldn’t have thought to
look in Ghost’s pants cuff for the key?"

I was thinking more along the lines of the car chase in "The Rock"

What are you talking about? This wasn't a two-hour episode, it was two separate episodes with an end credits after the first hour, which ended with the photo of Tommy in the car. The second part began with Madsen bleeding on the ground. That wasn't a cliffhanger from the end of the first episode.

The Takeover guy wasn't trying to get publicity, he was trying to manufacture sympathy for his cause, after all the publicity they had been getting made people sick of them already.

I remember the old days when they'd announce the winners and then go into why such and such lost, and the question of who to bring back to the boardroom didn't come up until after they knew the results.

I'm not sure if the bad signage was the only problem with the women's party. Don Jr. mentioned that they seemed to be focused more on theme than the enjoyability of it, and my take was that the jovial atmosphere of the guy's beach party was what won over the Crystal Light people, who were adamant about the "fun"…

I doubt Betty has changed. I think Don was young and enamored with a model, but he grew up and she didn't so he drifted away from her. Since he needed to be the assertive one in their relationship his dalliances with more aggressive women could be a reaction to that.

It's interesting how sexualized their relationship is. Don comes home and tries to have an adult conversation with his wife and she's just pouting and seductive. And her aim at the party was to get all the guests to go home and have sex (which may have tied into her choice of dance), and then she didn't get any, which…

Yeah, but isn't Roger kind of a dumbass?

I loved the little game Roger was playing with Pete, trying to swoop in on his clients by flirting with his secretary to glimpse at his schedule. Pete's taunt of Roger at the party was great. "I didn't know you were invited. Did you learn I'd be here and just show up?" I think Pete was thinking about that line for a…

I think this time in the history of Trek production, serialization was still off the table for the most part. I think the writers certainly had the inclination to take the show in that direction, but Rick Berman still had more influence over the show than he had in later years. Remember in Season 2 that guys like Ron…

So, would Duet have earned an A under the grading system?

In fact, if there were a trial, the Cardassians would have pointed out that the guy on trial was already dead, they probably have ample evidence to prove the fact, and probably would have claimed the Bajorans staged the whole thing to satisfy their bloodlust. So no real PR benefit there.

"What you call genocide I call a day's work."

So, when Bridget called Andrew "Superman," did anyone else go, "no, he's Mr. Fantastic!"

The ratings are non-existent but it's on the CW so who knows.

"If Olivia didn’t kidnap Juliet, who was taking surveillance photos of her and Catherine getting into the town car?"Probably our old friend Mr. Carpenter, out for revenge after getting ripped off
"It’s a good thing Bridget and Siobhan have similar taste in
outerwear and identical hairstyles so they can pop back in and…

Please refer to the Wikipedia entry on the Bond girl named Christmas Jones

I also caught the No Man of Her Own reference, but only because I had read a review of the new DVD of that film not less than 12 hours earlier. Bizarre coincidence.

The plot hook reminded me not just of Mad Men, but also Ringer with the lookalike angle. I wondered if the writers were making a comment about how easy it should be for cops actually paying attention to unravel the identity switch hook.