The thing for me is that different show worlds have different rules for how things work. There are things that get serious consequences in some worlds which in others are hand-waved away (I'm thinking here about Harry Potter and the extreme negligence and emotional abuse which seems to have no real effect on the emotional health of the school-age Harry -- I know it's a fantasy world, but the same general principle applies). I don't yet know enough about the Inside world to know what those rules are, and until I do I'm not going to take a stand on what Web "should" be able to do with impunity.

Which is why my response was, "Line funny" and left the fact that Web broke all kinds of legal and ethical guidelines for a later date.

That sounds preachy -- I'm not telling anybody else what their response should be, I'm just explaining why I watched him do a Very Bad Thing and chuckled at his quip.

Holy shit, that was good television. Too good. That first episode alone could have easily been one of those Ashley Judd movie theater films, but with better dialogue and plot twists.

Two things bugged me. First, why does lascivious landlord completely miss the broken flowerpot when he, supposedly, discovered she'd packed up her stuff and left? And if he saw it, why wouldn't he throw it out? Did he already suspect foul play?

And second, during that whole Rebecca/Webb scene in the apartment, what's with the sitting around in the dark? We get that the content of the scene was dark, but it felt like they played it in the dark just for the gratuitious symbolism.

But to conclude, it sucks that regurgitated formulaic crap like L&O not only thrive but spawn on network tv, and fantastic original shows like this...well here's hoping.

P.S. Tim, if this one gets cancelled you need to talk to HBO or FX.

First, why does lascivious landlord completely miss the broken flowerpot when he, supposedly, discovered she'd packed up her stuff and left? And if he saw it, why wouldn't he throw it out? Did he already suspect foul play?

I was actually a little confused by the timeline. Didn't he see her (hell, talk to her when she came back with the flowerpot)? Why was he all, "Maybe she came back"? Yes, she came back! You saw her come back! Was that scene with the killer supposed to have taken place a while ago?

Yeah, I think there was a 2 or 3 week gap between the scene where she got conked on the head and the one where Rachel and Paul come by to investigate.

First, why does lascivious landlord completely miss the broken flowerpot when he, supposedly, discovered she'd packed up her stuff and left?

That and why was the plant still green? Of course, I'm no judge, since plants that are safely in their pots turn brown and die in my house.

Allyson, ok if I just call you #4 now?

Um, no. You can call me: #4: Teh Cutest.

Tim, if this one gets cancelled you need to talk to HBO or FX.

NO "C" WORD.

I think when the killer snagged her is when the landlord thought she left. Though I do have to wonder how long it took between the killer taking her and the landlord noticing she'd disappeared and deciding she'd ditched.

The broken plant still looked pretty green when Rebecca was messing with it. I'd say the last victim couldn't have been gone long after dropping it.

Does Web shooting first make him a bad man, or does it make for a bad show? I see the former and completely miss the latter. I don't expect him to be singing Redemption Song next ep.

No one's asking me to leave my kids with him, like him, or even sympathise with him.

oh, just a bad man. a bad man on a good show.