So what are we to make of the fact that the episode ended with a silent clock? Are they implying that Jack dies? Are they just fucking with us? Dammit, now I'm always going to wonder until the next comeback season.

I'm just going to go ahead and second everything you just said.

I've always enjoyed Jamm, even at his most annoying. Craig is just shrill, unpleasant, and unfunny all the time.

I like how you speculate on the direction you think the plot is going to go, and then judge the writers as being "lazy" based on nothing more than your speculation. That's some solid reasoning there.