Olbermann didn't really develop his bombastic "How dare you, sir!" persona until later.  Plus, I think having Dan be like that would have been a little too much in the context of the show.  It is one of those crazy things, though.

Two things I love in the crescendo of the episode:

Two things I love in the crescendo of the episode:

Yeah I think that despite the way he torpedoes himself in the long arc of the show (hope that's vague enough not to be a spoiler) Gordon is pretty evenly matched with the main characters.

Yeah I think that despite the way he torpedoes himself in the long arc of the show (hope that's vague enough not to be a spoiler) Gordon is pretty evenly matched with the main characters.

Oh yeah, that HLOTS episode was a pretty memorable one, whith the pre-Goren Vincent D'Onofrio facing off with Pembleton.  I had never really thought about the parallels between this episode and that one, but it stands out to me now.

Oh yeah, that HLOTS episode was a pretty memorable one, whith the pre-Goren Vincent D'Onofrio facing off with Pembleton.  I had never really thought about the parallels between this episode and that one, but it stands out to me now.

JJ Abrams' shows tend to handle this a little better.  On Lost and Fringe the retools are more organic to the world of the story, and they widen the frame instead of narrowing it.  Of course the huge writing staff turnovers in Millennium didn't help in this regard.

JJ Abrams' shows tend to handle this a little better.  On Lost and Fringe the retools are more organic to the world of the story, and they widen the frame instead of narrowing it.  Of course the huge writing staff turnovers in Millennium didn't help in this regard.

"Fox Mulder" doesn't sound particularly Jewish at all.  For Crump, "are you in on the Jew conspiracy?" must just be a standard icebreaker.

"Fox Mulder" doesn't sound particularly Jewish at all.  For Crump, "are you in on the Jew conspiracy?" must just be a standard icebreaker.

Yeah, "Hypnotized" stands with their best songs, and certainly from that era.  It's trippy in a non-obvious way.

Yeah, "Hypnotized" stands with their best songs, and certainly from that era.  It's trippy in a non-obvious way.

I love that Chicago's team is called the Fire.  It manages to be both badass and dumbass.

I love that Chicago's team is called the Fire.  It manages to be both badass and dumbass.

Absolutely.  Jeremy is a geek and an obsessive, but he's also an idealist.  Now idealism can go wrong, but it's something that's worth nurturing and protecting.  Isaac may have never really thought about the moral ramifications of sport hunting.  He may never think about it again.  But he knows that this young man…

Absolutely.  Jeremy is a geek and an obsessive, but he's also an idealist.  Now idealism can go wrong, but it's something that's worth nurturing and protecting.  Isaac may have never really thought about the moral ramifications of sport hunting.  He may never think about it again.  But he knows that this young man…

Nah, Malina nails it.  It's just that Guillaume nails his better.

Nah, Malina nails it.  It's just that Guillaume nails his better.

That picture proves it all.