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.

I see the former and completely miss the latter.

It strains credibility a bit that a murderer would have his position.

I don't expect him to be singing Redemption Song next ep.

if he does, I'm not watching anymore.

It strains credibility a bit that a murderer would have his position.

Only three people know how that actually went down, and none will tell. Especially since one of them's dead.

Can't help you there, David. I'm with Consuela -- impossible, well, not IMPOSSIBLE, but unrealistic? Probably. But cool? For me, yep. I want the big, epic, pulpy story turns. And occasionally the big, cheesy, slightly over ripe line. For me that's what this show is for.

This I get. And I think I would've gotten it without creator explanation after a few episodes. I completely respect that every show (or movie or book) represents its own world, and doesn't necessarily have to conform to reality as I know it.

You throw some vampires into the mix, or set it in the future and you immediately create a little wiggle room for expressionist touches, or playing your metaphors out with a little more juicy opera. You set it in the real world, and it takes more time to establish the milieu. The only thing that matters is that it's internally consistent.

That's one thing we talked a lot about with late seasons of Buffy, actually. That the show lost something as it moved away from its broader metaphorical grounding and tried to play out the character's stories in more realistic terms. There was some dissonance with that.

Consuela, didn't the Raiders just get off again after a second trial?

really? on a TV show? especially a dark one?

I can believe it. Hell I think big bossmen and elected officials have bodies buried in their lawns about half the time in reallife.

Web's shooting first makes a bad man and a forking great show.

I really do love the relationships and possibilities that have been set up to itty bitty pieces, and when I try to lay out my thoughts on the show, I get all excited and start to type too fast. I can't wait for more.

The suspect had just confessed to 9 murders and was holding one of his agents at gunpoint.

Given that this is the TV FBI, I don't have a problem with Web being able to make that shooting look completely justified when he turns in his report.

Ganked from TWoP:

MediaWeek:

In series-premiere news, although Fox drama The Inside kicked-off with a modest (and fourth-place) 3.8/ 6 in the overnights, 4.71 million viewers and a 2.0/ 6 among adults 18-49 from 9-10 p.m., comparably that was an increase from a repeat of lead-in Stacked (Overnights: #5, 2.8/ 5; Viewers: #5, 3.82 million; A18-49: #4, 1.8/ 6 at 8:30 p.m.), of 36 percent in the overnights, 890,000 viewers and 11 percent among adults 18-49.

zap2it:

The dark drama "The Inside" debuted to a 3.2/5 on FOX.

So the numbers aren't stellar. How did House premiere?