OK. My new theory is that Duncan killed his sister accidentally during one of his epileptic fits and his parents (or just his Mom) decided to cover it up by convincing a dying man to take the blame (maybe by providing for his family?). I like this because there are no real bad guys -- it's much more morally complex.

Jon, that's a nice theory, but I'm not sure that's how epilepsy works. I think it's pretty rare that a fit causes harm to anybody besides the person having it, and most of that harm is "dude, you tried to hold him down? Why?"

Still, elegant solution.

I'll be curious to see what putting Logan into CI does, because the whole skill of the D'Onofrio character is knowing vast numbers of esoteric facts (like, modern German art and how motorcycles work and basically, anything the plot needs him to know). Logan on the original L&O was smart, but not especially booksmart. Should be a totally different vibe, I should think.

you said totally different vibe - my brain went to Square Pegs - and now I want a Square Pegs 20 year High School Reunion Special!!!!!!

Has the CI aired yet which takes place among a group of goths (Or TV's version of goths, anyway)? They're a fan group for an Anne Rice type of writer. I was wondering if any actual goths saw it and what they thought.

you said totally different vibe - my brain went to Square Pegs - and now I want a Square Pegs 20 year High School Reunion Special!!!!!!

Except that Johnny Slash is dead.

Zombie reunion!

Nutty - did you watch last night's episode of VM? It was revealed that Duncan has "type 4"(?) epilepsy which is apparently a more violent variety. There was also a flashback where VM overheard Bishop and Knight talking in the bathroom about how Duncan had had some sort of freaky violent episode.

Oh, my God. That ending killed me. I mean, OK, dramatically interesting, yada yada, but I don't know if I can take so much heartache when I'm supposed to be watching the show for entertainment.

I think that the reason why this killed me is that I can totally see myself in that situation -- falling for a long time friend, having a great relationship, managing to fuck it up in some way (my mother may or may not be involved), pushing too hard when he needs some time (oh boy, can I see myself doing that), asking for help, then regretting it. Yeah, that's me. Except I've never seen The Way We Were.

Johnny's death could be addressed.

It does happen, though, Nutty. I did a show once with a guy who tried to kill his mother during an epileptic fit. He and I worked closely together on a show that lasted almost six months all told, and some relatives of mine were close to his family and knew a lot of the family history and it's safe to say that this is NEVER, EVER something he would have done outside of a seizure. Non-seizure-y, he's a gentle affectionate puppydog of a man who is very loving toward and protective of his family (and not in a show-offy SNAGgy "Behold my marvelous sensitivity!" way, either; just because it's who he is). Seizure-y, he is someone else.

Admittedly it's rare and extreme, but Jon's theory, sadly, isn't that implausible.