And John's currently getting called in his blog on the fact that apparently you can't be executor and heir of the same estate, so I'm sure they like getting some stuff more right than not and keeping the throngs quiet on that particular front.

eta: Wait--my dad wants me to be executor of his estate, so that had better not be true!

I don't think so. I mean, probate law depends on the state, but otherwise, why would anyone be executor if they couldn't inherit?

It was kind of interesting that on one point on which they were called (that the food patents that were to be revealed in The Top Hat would not be secret, because patents aren't) was something they knew, but didn't think the audience would get. Of course the geeks knew, and the geeks complained to John.

well, yes and no. The patent can be kept confidential as a "trade secret". I mean, the formula for coca-cola is patented, but you can just walk into the PTO and ask for the file.

My BFF's mother is red-green colorblind, but she isn't. Neither is her brother. So while it may be inheritable, it isn't necessarily.

I think that was the point, that it was extremely rare for a woman to be colorblind, and if she was it was because both parents were colorblind, which is pretty rare as well.

Cool.

you can't be executor and heir of the same estate

Maybe the confusion is that you can't be the lawyer writing the will (who might also be the executor) and inherit from the estate? That is, the problem is writing the will, not being the executor.

I'm pretty sure my sister was both executor and heir of my mom's estate.

I didn't even see the episode we're talking about.

My wicked step sister was both executor and made off with half my father's estate. I'm not bitter anymore, but I have to say I was confused at the time about the line between executor/beneficiary. I'm not sure where I got the impression that the twain should never meet.

So, is Jeri Ryan joining the cast? I liked her well enough but I hope that doesn't mean that Sophie is leaving. I totally guessed that the daughter was the heir in question, but I did not see Jeri as a grifter at all.

Is this where we talk Burn Notice? I just started watching S3 a few weeka ago and had no idea that Fiona was Irish until the Michael McBride episode. Then I watche dthe pilot and she totally sounds Irish there. (Or what passes for Irish on TV.) So, what happened between the pilot and S3?

Between the pilot and the next regular episode, they had Fiona turn the accent way down. Presumably, it was because viewers had trouble understanding her.