Yeah; I don't see it exactly the same, but close enough not to matter. I'm thinking she was murdered. I'm also wondering what sort of connection he and Finch have... it better not be that he killed Finch's missing loved one durring his time in the CIA, because that would just piss me off something awful.

I never did watch past season 1 of Lost...

Yeah, generally speaking even the best tailored vest will be evident to the touch, even on a bulky guy like that. Although asking about it also serves the purpose of letting the cop know he's going to get shot but he's not going to die, and the shooter has no intention of him dying, so it's less likely to make the cop…

Feeling slightly ill now, thanks.

Hmmm... another thing I forgot is that there are loads of different kinds of body armor. The stopping power depends entirely on how much you're willing to wear. The stuff we had in the Army 10 years ago was pretty lightweight and flexible, and would have stopped shrapnel but probably not a direct hit. Our helmets,…

Exactly. :) It's fun to watch but it does annoy the crap out of me sometimes... minor, controlled, sterile abdominal surgery knocked me for a loop for *months*, and I had to be *so* careful whenever I moved or coughed because the pressure can split the injured site and cause your intestines to come out where they…

...I guess it seems different to me because I work with a lot of people who joined the military in the month after that day. It's truth in fiction, for a lot of folks who serve today.

Kevlar stopping the bullets depends on the velocity and composition of the bullet being used. Velocity depends on the "grain", which is a unit of measurement for gunpowder's explosive force.

They - Police, FBI, all military branches - teach everyone who uses a weapon in combat to shoot to kill. You never ever use a gun to injure. Ever. One, your aim is never good enough, even that close. Two, even a shot you *intend* as an injury can kill, and kill quickly. If you need to disable someone without killing…

I'm assuming he had just quit the military for her when 9/1 happened, and he immediately went into some sort of government civilian thing, probably overseas a lot. So he was all ready to settle down and start a nice suburban life and he quits that life to go back to war, and 10 years later he's still at war when…

I think it's used so much because it really did change the US rather drastically. It changed what the government spent money on, what people expected from the government, how the police and government personnel act - it changed a whole segment of spy fiction in ways very much like the cold war did. So it's used, and…

I already have a serious crush on Finch.

He showed an emotion? Where?!?

I've been lied to, ignored, treated like an inconvenience and patronized by my many different OB-GYN's in the past. (I moved a lot.) So no, when I have an issue, going to the doctor isn't actually my first choice. Going to Web MD, the Mayo Clinic and Jez are my first choices. Then maybe I go see a doctor if it sounds…

That sounds horrifying. I hope that whatever happens, you find joy in the end result.

When Dannon was fruit-on-the-bottom and had cardboard insets in their covers, I used to scrape the plain yogurt off the top and leave the sweet jam stuff at the bottom. My mom thought I was so weird.

Eh, I kind of liked it! But I do like police procedurals. The memory scenes... oh yeah, those were pretty bad. And I'm sure we'll get more of that in the future episodes. Someone pointed out on the odeck that there's a limited amount you can do with the memory gag, so, we'll see how long they can keep it interesting.…

The best of a bad lot of youtube videos. :)

It's a webisode between season 2 & 3 that explains his vanishing act.

Also, did anyone else notice that the characters on the prison screen at the end were the same as the ones that were written all over the folks in the devil episode from David Tennant's season? This is another demon like the one down the hole on that planet, trapped in a prison.