Also, chemistry-istas, is it possible to have a drug that completely dissolves flesh and bone, but doesn't damage the finish of the tub?

Gotta say, these actual words came out of my actual mouth during the episode.

Plus? Dissolving the bodies fully clothed in a tub with a normal drain that seemed undamaged. "Rub your fingers around the drain for the flesh eating chemicals?"

Even if such a chemical cocktail would really liquify a body so much that it runs down the drain like shampoo bubbles, wouldn't that take DAYS, if not weeks? But yet the smell of the chemicals lingered but the chemicals did not burn Lizzie's skin or nose.

I'm no chemist but...

And, a paralytic drug that makes it impossible to move one's arms, Raggedy Ann style, but leaves the vocal chords, tongue and lips uneffected. Not even a slur. Right.

I love James Spader in this role, and will stick with it but I think I'm going to have to watch the good bits with one eye closed and then switch for the rubbish...that doesn't have to be so rubbishy!

One last picky point, and then I'll get over it.

The chemicals are so toxic that Badguy wears a gas mask but allows his beloved pooch to breathe it in...and no one at the Red Roof Inn noticed the smell. Feh.

On the totally other hand, I love that Tom Noonan got to reprise his Dollarhyde role.

I don't watch that show but - depends on what the tub is made of. If it's plastic, HF won't damage it but will dissolve the fuck out of a body.

I don't watch that show but -

I do watch Breaking Bad...

Just kidding. Plenty avenues for that knowledge. It's just the place I feel the most educated (and not a little outraged).

Okay, you guys picked all the same nits as me on Blacklist, so I just point upward and go, "Yeah, that."

Weird thing I noted - since when is James Spader so LITTLE? The scene where he's standing between the 2 FBI guys (can't remember either character's name yet) - they're just towering over him! I suppose it's a testament to Spader's skill that he's still menacing and believably badass as he's looking up at both of them.

This latest ep I think has crossed the amount of stupid I can tolerate, even though I was already only watching for Spader. I think I will give it one more week.

You can paralyze people so that they can still breathe. It's a different nervous system from the one she'd use to move around. I don't know if you can do it with a drug, but I wouldn't be surprised. But you can definitely do it.

What you can't do is punch someone lying at the base of the tree while you stand up like that and knock them out. Schwarzenegger couldn't have pulled that haymaker off. You'd need a different punch, but most of all, it'd be easier with a different angle.

Also, James Spader punched like an actress. Please fix how actresses on TV punch first, then Spader.

You can paralyze people so that they can still breathe. It's a different nervous system from the one she'd use to move around. I don't know if you can do it with a drug, but I wouldn't be surprised. But you can definitely do it.

Yes, general anesthesia consists of two parts: the drug which causes the temporary paralysis, and the drug that knocks you out so you don't feel the pain. There are rare occasions in which the former succeeds but the latter fails so the patient feels the entire procedure but cannot call out for help to let them know things have gone wrong. One of my psych profs in college had a client in therapy from the trauma of that.

I watch for the snark; James Spader has mastered supercilious.

I do watch Breaking Bad...

Heh. I did actually know about plastic containers for HF from high school chemistry! It's used for etching glass, among other things.