I still need someone to explain Prison Break to me. This seems like a harder concept to maintain over multiple seasons than 24 was.

After reading the press release my first thought is, "Multiple seasons? I'm not sure how they can sustain it for an episode." How does getting himself locked up help? If he needs to be inside wouldn't it be better to get a job as a guard or a janitor or something? And if that sounds implausible consider that the option they've decided to go with is 1) commit a crime, 2) work out a plea bargain to get sent to the same prison as your brother (that would be the plan, right? Because otherwise there'd be a trial -- time you can't afford to waste -- and you'd have zero leverage in getting sentenced to that facility), 3) work your way into the confidence of the inmates who naturally have lots of important info about the guys on death row, and 4) use your photographic memory to remember the prison blueprints and your structural engineering background to MacGyver your brother out. And that's just getting him out, not clearing him. Whereas if he were a janitor he could work on the inside AND still be able to do whatever could be done to help outside the prison (get supplies, follow leads, etc.) and... it still sounds like a lot of disbelief to suspend. So, no, I can't explain Prison Break.

Then, with the help of his cellmate, Sucre, Michael begins to align himself with a disparate group of prisoners, including... Charles Westmoreland, a man some believe to be the infamous skyjacker D.B. Cooper.

That said, if they get someone (an Andy Dick cameo perhaps) to Westmoreland, "Are you Doobie Keebler?" I promise I will watch every single episode until it gets cancelled.

That said, if they get someone (an Andy Dick cameo perhaps) to Westmoreland, "Are you Doobie Keebler?" I promise I will watch every single episode until it gets cancelled.

Hee. Joe, isn't it out on DVD this month?

Joe, isn't it out on DVD this month?

If we're lucky, Plei. Amazon says May 24. Birthday before last two friends (one Buffista) placed orders for the DVDs; fifteen months later still nothing. On the bright side the package now includes seasons 1 and 2, and 20 of 27 eps have commentaries, so yee and a big haw!

For some reason the word crazappy popped into my head this morning, so of course I was earwormed with the Rocket Fuel malt liquor ad for the rest of the day. DAAAMN! It's craZAPPY!!

Allyson -- is The Inside 22 episodes for sure? (I'm sorry, I don't remember.)

If it is, then it may go (assuming it stays in that Wednesday night spot) through the beginning of November.

If Lost and Veronica Mars begin approximately at the same time in September that they began last September then there will be more than a month of overlap between the three shows.

Of course, at this point we don't know when the new season is starting, if The Inside will get all 22 of its episodes on the air or if it will stay in that timeslot.

I want to see all three shows and I don't know how I'm going to do it.

As far as I know, The Inside has had thirteen episodes ordered.

I wouldn't be surprised if American Idol gets to keep its spot -- does anything get more ratings for Fox? I think it's their 800lb gorilla. It'd be nice if Tim had a show that can oust it, but I can't imagine any script can.

Well, American Idol isn't what's in that slot for the Fall. I think it starts in January or something.

13 episodes takes us to August 31st.

The fall grid is misleading ... wait, no it lies. Head Cases has that slot then. Either way, The Inside doesn't. Worrying too much about what slot it might have in the fall if a) (let's hope) it gets picked up and b) we can guess where Fox is putting it -- is an exercise in frustration.

Well, I'm not going to worry if it doesn't have 22 episodes.

Allyson -- is The Inside 22 episodes for sure? (I'm sorry, I don't remember.)

Nope. Well, I'm sure the back nine will get picked up, but for now, it's a 13 ep order.

And I don't really know how the Summer season works. Might be worth a call to the network to find out how that run operates. At any rate, when the back nine does get picked up, it could replace a suck ass show in a different slot.

There's just no need to go Chicken Little about anything for the next three months. I'm not saying you have been, it's just that there's this odd hand-wringing that's happening.

I want The Inside to succeed. I love Tim very much. He's my friend, and I'm a great big fan of both his work and of him, so my wishes for success are double-deep. It's not just about my entertainment, but about wanting someone I love to be happy.

Given that, and given that I'm not in any state of worry about what may or may not happen in the Fall, share in my Zen. I'm going to enjoy the episodes this Summer with all my heart, and when the Fall comes, we'll see what happens.