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So, now that everyone from the east coast to hawaii has probably see this weeks episode, I think it's time to post the weekly FR BSG thread. What did you all think?

RUSH: I'm just so happy to have these two guys in the studio with us today: Joel Surnow, the creator and executive producer of "24", and Howard Gordon, the executive producer and the head write for the series this year. The series is -- you've finished writing it. It's in the can. How much is left to shoot? SURNOW: We have another month to shoot. We're shooting episodes 23 and 24 starting next week, so the big finale is next week. RUSH: It's fascinating. I got to go out and visit your set last year, and I watched. In fact...

Anyone else find this to be another episode with parallels to today. There were some lines in it that sounded very familiar. Particularly the bit about not negotiating with terrorists. "Just give them what they want!" , "What if the terrorists are right?" sound like things we hear a lot these days. When i heard "Just give them what they want!" it really reminded me of the way people react to hostage takings in Iraq today. In fact I think Jill Carroll said the same thing in a video the same day this was aired. That is something that immediately...

Arrested Development: The Final Countdown BY JOSHUA OSTROFF "I got an idea for what you can do: why don't you f*****' fire your complete marketing team, alright? Get a new one that knows how to market a show that won 12 m**** Emmys, Golden Globes, SAG awards, WGA awards, DGA awards, Producers' Guild's awards, critics' top-ten lists... If you can't market that kind of show and get better ratings, then maybe the problem doesn't lie here. Maybe it lies with marketing. Good night." -- DAVID CROSS, from the Arrested Development: Season Two DVD extras. It really did feel like a...