Erasures
"Should we erase all "firsties" comments, or is that just kind of mean?"

"The russians created the problems we're having now in the middle east by first arming those assholes, then leaving under fire and giving them the notion that an arab with a second hand rifle can beat a western army in a fair fight."

BEWARE
"The most alarming cautionary tale for men… since Fatal Attraction."

voiceovers and whatnot
I find the voiceovers in a lot of these shows really grating, for precisely the reason already mentioned: they keep on stating the obvious and treating me as if I have the attention span of a microbe. It also has the unintentional effect of sucking away any drama and actual tension that might…