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Finally watching Elementary.

Loving.

Can't make up my mind whether The Glades is here or Cable Drama, but I'm here now, so I'll post here.

Is it just me, or has our protagonist, Jim, turned into a Major Asshole? He's so disrespectful of other people and their lives. Has he always been this way and I just haven't been paying attention (I admit this is distinctly possible)? I found myself wondering if I should drop the show tonight, but as is so often the case, I like the supporting cast enough that I'll put up with him for a while longer.

No, it's gotten worse. They've never known what to do with the Callie relationship so first he did the stupid Atlanta thing and now they're just making them both kind of idiots to gin up some conflict.

I was really hoping that Shepherd Book's flamboyant fashion designer would turn out to be an act.

As for treating the killers like they weren't criminals because they were old and cute--well.

I dunno, given the circumstances of the death, I feel like a really good lawyer could have gotten them off completely. I'm lactose intolerant, I have the responsibility to confirm that something is dairy-free before I put it in my mouth or I take the consequences. And my consequences aren't nearly that dire. He knows he's allergic to nuts, and brownies having nuts in them is a pretty standard occurrence (not like the peanut butter in the chili in the episode of...Monk? CSI?...something). As they put it, "He choked on his rudeness". Now, if he had died from the greasy stair or the cut brake lines, that would be a different story (and I think you're right that those 2 characters probably shouldn't have been let off for being old and cute...or wait, have I talked myself around to your point...maybe they should have all gone down for conspiracy, if not for the death itself...which would make it Felony Murder...I dunno...I've only taken Business Law, my Criminal Law experience is 99% what I've learned on TV. Maybe I agree with you...

I was really hoping that Shepherd Book's flamboyant fashion designer would turn out to be an act.

This however, I can def agree would have been awesome.

Depraved indifference, maybe.

The FrangelicO in the frosting (not Frangelica like they kept saying) should have scuttled the whole thing anyway.

Doesn't intending to kill him affect what they can be charged with? Just because he made it easier doesn't mean they weren't executing their steps in a pre-meditated murder.

We all have responsibilities not to put ourselves in danger. But unless you're Zimmerman, the person who sets out to kill you because of or despite your carelessness is still culpable.

The FrangelicO in the frosting (not Frangelica like they kept saying) should have scuttled the whole thing anyway

Why?

If they only did the brownies, I don't think you could prove intent, "If only he had asked what was in the brownies, we could have warned him!" *bats innocent eyes* The stair and the brake lines show intent and a pattern of actions, I think, but the brownies alone could be a "tragic accident".

Because it would smell (and taste) of hazelnuts. As opposed to the almond milk in the batter, which wouldn't be detectable.