That thing with the lie detector was just dumb--they could have just looked at the tracking anklet.

True. But then we wouldn't have learned that jabbing oneself with a thumbtack can somehow produce a false True reading, and who knows when we'll need to know that?

Password was definitely Sunnydale! Cool. Jeff Eastin says on Twitter, "Sunnydale password is a nod to Buffy."

I heart Diana more and more. Glad she's back. I also heart shirtless Neal, in an entirely different way. Matt Bomer is just too damned pretty to be real.

But then we wouldn't have learned that jabbing oneself with a thumbtack can somehow produce a false True reading, and who knows when we'll need to know that?

I'm pretty sure the Mythbusters have disproved that, which was the first thing I thought of when I saw Neal grab the thumbtack.

I was wondering how he was going to get it into his shoe, which was where I thought most people put it. His chosen method wasn't exactly subtle, and I'm surprised that Peter didn't cotton onto the precise method.

I mean, if I've heard of it.

The Rubicon crossword puzzles: Even worse than you thought: [link]

Hey, Tom, you probably met the guy who took that screen shot at our party last month!

I skipped the bit with the thumb tack. I have a thing about tiny pointy things. I still have the Profit scene stuck in my head. I don`t need to see that method too much.
 
But then I was getting to the end and I was worried I`d missed the shirtless bit and was going to have to rewatch (woes). But it was ok. I didn`t miss it.

Wow, that really was John Larroquette on WC. He looks so . . . distinguished and, erm, not Dan Fielding. I'm sorry! I'm sure he's been in tons of other stuff since Night Court, but I'm pretty sure he always kinda gave off the same greasy vibe. Without it, I almost didn't recognize him.

He's all evilly and handsomely distinguished and shit in this episode.

Hey, Rubicon watchers here is a picture of James Badge Dale from Day 3 of 24.

Wow, the hair does make a big difference.

I am irrationally annoyed that the Rubicon crossword puzzle is only available as a pdf and not whatever file works with Across Lite. Printing things out, bah.

Non-rubicon Content: John Larroquette has been looking distinguished in bunches of stuff for years and years. Most notably for me, the John Larroquette Show.

Thanks for making my point sumi. And, while good, that photo does not do his 24 hotness justice. Even his voice was different in that role. Impressive.