I try to keep all my extremities away from fratboys' mouths.

I actually think the "original" title was in German, not Russian. But I figured this all made sense at the end, because we had been intentionally misled: Walter wrote it in English, and the Germans (like Dr. Jones) were so enamored of it that they translated it into German and named their organization (ZFT) after its…

Really? Do I have to do this?

I think if you're on the subway flaunting a $360 reader, you'll have bigger worries than what you're reading.

Holy shit. Who thought this was anything CLOSE to a good idea? I only made it through 5 seconds of Sandler's warbling.

I really hope a large part of the plan doesn't involve the girlfriend of an aspiring African dictator. He wants to rule a fucking country, he's committed multiple acts of terrorism against the American people, and yet he jumps to answer the phone every time his AMERICAN girlfriend calls, and make up silly excuses…

Yeah, I think there are many things that keep 24 from being anything more than an entertaining diversion but its insistence on treating the audience like a bunch of slack-jawed yokels is really holding it back. There's so much unnecessary dialog that could be replaced with actual acting.

Jesus
Are the writers still on strike? Do you still get a writing credit if you put in 30 seconds of silence in an interrogation scene? And who the fuck thought Diddy was good for anything at all?

Zing!

A year. It takes at least year from start to finish (my brother used to work for FG).

He was also the crazy, cackling mailman in "Funny Farm" with Chevy Chase. God help me for knowing that.

Actually, it was even better: "And you will make… a 100 Grand."

I actually thought that was Robin Williams.

Even the first season of 24 had a pretty solid conclusion at ep 13.

Yeah, the manual-override-into-your-face thing was beyond ridiculous.

Holy sit! I didn't even know those guys could talk!

Who *wouldn't* appreciate that?

You've ruined the act, Gob!

Hurt's definitely got that Rovian creepy complexity about him.

1/28/09 episode *umm… spoilers*
The last 30 seconds of this episode perfectly encapsulated why I love this show. Just when you think you've figured out a LITTLE about what's going on (Purcell changed his testimony for the money! Aha!), they completely pull the rug out from under us with the reveal that everything from…