Dude. You didn't let me down. Your post was the one I had to read every single post since the beginning of the show to get to.
I was right with you on everything you've said concerning this week's episodes. And in fact thanks to you (and several others on this thread), I compiled 19 critical plot holes from last week's episodes, and sent it off as thoraine eMail to my Mom about the show. Yes!
You know, when ever I run into people who are Steve - Fly Like an Eagle - Miller fans, I always comment something like: "Steve's all right and everything, but I just have a hard time listening to him sucking in all that air after each sentance he sings." Never fails, a few days or so later, invariably they come up to me and punch me in the arm. "What'dya do THAT for?" "You destroyed my hero." "You destroyed my HERO. I can't listen to Stever Miller any more. I never noticed that he breathes that way until you TOLD ME! Now I can't listen to him anymore (their voices trailing off into a whimper...
As far as #8, Tony NEVER woke up. The assassin guy killed the doc, and then made the call requesting Jack come see Tony and made that story all up. One look at Tony should've been evidence enough: he's been out cold since Michelle was killed.
Aggghhh. Once or twice was believable, but this is now becoming the weakest element in the series, that EVERY place has not only a narco/hispano-mob mole, an Arab mole, but now a Russian/Chechnian mole.