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I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING


YOU WANT US TO THINK THAT THE REAL INTELLIGENCE WORK IS DONE BY RUMPLED AND TORTURED GENIUSES WHO LIVE IN SOME DUMP IN THE ASS END OF MANHATTAN. YOU THINK THAT IF YOU JAM XFILES' INCOHERENCE AND LOST'S DISHONESTY INTO ONE JUMBO PACKAGE, THEN YOU CAN STAY ON THE BASIC CABLE AIR UNTIL 2019, BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS DYING TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU THINK THAT THE GUY WITH THE FUNNY HAIR FROM PACIFIC IS A COMPELLING PROTAGONIST, RATHER THAN SOMEBODY COMING DOWN FROM HIS FIRST NITROUS OXIDE BENDER. YOU WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE THAT 4 LEAF CLOVERS CARRY MORE SIGNIFICANCE THAN ANY STUPID TRICK FROM A DAN BROWN NOVEL.

JUST BECAUSE THE FIRST GUY YOU FIRED COULDN'T GET BEYOND THE IDIOTIC CONCEIT THAT CROSSWORD PUZZLE COMPOSERS ARE GANGING UP ON US DOESN'T MEAN THE SECOND GUY IS ANY BETTER. EVERYBODY KNOWS THE FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE IT A REST.

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Feel better now?

"why don't I take you to the back of the train and you can show me your caboose?"

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If the producer/director on the website is of any influence that rant may have a lot of merit. :-O

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You had me at nitrous oxide.

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NOW YOU'RE TELLING US THAT LINDSEY LOHAN IS WORKING IN INTELLIGENCE IN MANHATTAN. DO YOU REALLY WANT SOMEBODY WHO THROWS UP AS SOON AS SHE'S ON THE PREMISES HANDLING YOUR DONUTS, OR EVEN YOUR BEIGNETS? WHY WAS THE GUY IN THE FANCY OFFICE UPSTAIRS THE SAME GUY FROM THE END OF EPISODE 1, WHO JOINED HIS FELLOW CONSPIRATORS TO GLOAT ABOUT POOR HENRY? IS THIS AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE PLOTTING AGAINST AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE? AGAIN? JAMES JESUS ANGLETON CALLED, AND HE WANTS HIS LIFE BACK. I SEE THAT THE OLD SHOW RUNNER AND THE NEW SHOW RUNNER WERE JOINTLY CREDITED ON THIS ABORTION OF A SCRIPT. DID YOU EVER SEE TWO GUYS IN A HORSE COSTUME TRY TO MOVE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS BEFORE?

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WOW normally I get really annoyed @ folks who abuse the caps lock button, but you put it all so well. Kudos.

People once came to me at weddings and say "You're next" they stopped when I did it to them at funerals

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@op: I SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING: this is the post to which i would give all my up-votes if only imdb worked that way....


i really thought this might go somewhere, once it got going, but the show is sooo slow and loosely packed so far-- i get what they're going for, but drawing the substance of a tight, paranoid spy thriller into a languid, lazy series just isn't working; they need to either pick up the pace (work harder) or give us more plot (work smarter) instead of covering the same basic territory for two episodes-- oh, wait, don't tell me-- it's about "the characters"--well so far, 'maggie' and 'miles' get the barf bag awards. how can 'mad men' and 'breaking bad' be so good without 'rubicon' joining them? at least arliss howard takes away some of the pain...

"Ugh! I don't like this." --Ambrose Bierce

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I'd give Maggie the barf award as well.

"why don't I take you to the back of the train and you can show me your caboose"

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LEMME GET THIS STRAIGHT. THIS GUY WORKS FOR AN "INTELLIGENCE AGENCY". LONG ENOUGH TO GET PROMOTED. HE THINKS HE IS BEING FOLLOWED ON THE STREETS NEAR HIS OFFICE. HE DOESN'T HAVE AN INTERNAL SECURITY PROTOCOL HE'S SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW IN SUCH AN EVENT? THAT HE KNOWS INSIDE OUT, BECAUSE HE'S BEEN TRAINED AND RETRAINED ON IT? INSTEAD HE STARTS A STREET FIGHT?

HOW STUPID ARE THESE WRITERS? HOW STUPID ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR WATCHING? WHY ARE THEY ALWAYS SAWING ON VIOLAS IN THE BACKGROUND? IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME PARANOID? NOBODY WOULD SAY LITTLE BUSH WAS AN EXCREMENTAL PRESIDENT? NOW YOU'VE GONE TO FAR.

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Calm down and give your Caps key a break.



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OP: For someone who is harshly critiquing this show, you keep watching each episode. MAYBE ON SOME LEVEL YOU LIKE IT.

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