That's one helluva long game, I like it (ironically)!

I am not talking about long cons, specifically. What is unsettling to me is the idea of everything possibly being for show. Doesn't matter if it's resolved a few seconds later, it is still a twist. With a commercial break inbetween you are going to wonder if Quinn has a personal stake in it or is just a maniac or…

If the show is shit and you knew the comic was shit, why are you still watching and - more importantly, because I understand the concept of hate-watch, even if I don't "get" it - why does almost the entire email notification I got for this today consist of just your comments in here?
You are a glutton for punishment?

What you guys are doing here reads like an ARG for an outsider who gets pieces of your conversation through email notifications of several discussions…it's weird and intriguing. Especially with NuDisqus withholding parts of a conversation due to the snapshot saving system…
But it's most likely real and apparently…

True, there was no nuance in anything, not really. However, there was a twist like this and the episodes leading up to it seemed meandering and partially nonsensical out of context, even for the flash-bang approach of 24, that's my point. At least that's the first thing I thought of after this episode.

That's not even what bothers me. The thing I can't deal with is the snapshot saving of threads. They are stored in the exact state they are in at any given moment. What this means is that you end up clicking the link from a notification and you don't see the entire conversation that has taken place in the meantime.

I think that the rookie gave Carter Chekov's Gun was quite silly. I guess they were setting up to frame her for something, but she got there first.

Stop comparing shows with each other. The AVC grades shows against themselves.
One scene can't kick an episode up two grades, if you ask me, but who cares.

She called it "type A personality disorder" in "Relevance".

"Beginning to explore Shaw's backstory and flesh out her character. Finding out that her hardass attitude isn't just generic but the result of a biological condition."
That was revealed when she first showed up in "Relevance". Shaw herself told the people she held hostage while tending to her wound that she has type A…

I enjoyed it, but honestly, everything else I would have hated. There is just no way that someone with Carter's past could be fooled by this. That HR thinks it would work is embarassing.

I gave it a B+ also, leaving room for Root AND Fusco.

I am constantly amazed at how the usual internet types don't touch the AVC. How do they keep things so clean of narrow-mindedness?

Let's hope so. I mean, it IS a show about espionage to one part, but there are limits to how many tricks one should employ.

SPOILER FOR 24:

Four boring hours are four boring hours, there's no way to slice it any other way. That said, I can't understand the people who thought this was boring. Seemingly aimless and/or destructive to the show, yes. Boring, no. Danes on her own is good enough to make this worth the while.

He said "Don't smile just yet." and Fara still semi-smiled after he said it. Don't villainize Saul that much (just yet)!

Or she's just being reckless and gets lucky.

That makes no sense. Carrie had to be implicated specifically for the "Iranians" to approach her.

That could just as easily be her anticipating that she is being sold down the river and then nodding to confirm it to herself. The reaction either way is just too similar to pin-point it to a specific plot detail. That is of course very fortunate for writers.