[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Tell your "friend" that before anything happens there has to be an actual investigation.

I know your "friend" wants to sit slack jawed and dull eyed watching while real life happens at the pace of movies but that is not the way it works.

[know.your.why]

...know your "friend" wants to sit slack jawed and dull eyed watching while...

I passed that on to my friend. He said that he's fine with the knowledge that a dynamic and mentally engaged person as yourself has their fingers on the pulse of these critical domestic matters.