Excellent post Frank—I agree, but I do think that Brent in particular has been on board for the whole series. My wife and I share your view of Chris and his business/friendship compartmentalization. Great stuff.
Paul and Brent, I support your desire to be heard without undue criticism. Personally I watch both CSI and The Sopranos, and while I quite enjoy the former, it for me has nowhere near the quality of writing, acting, directing, subtlety or sudden shock quality as the later. You may well feel...
Not at all—I’m pretty sure that the other writer’s mentioned were real as well. To the Dick Wolf and L&O references the value the pawn shop owner placed on the Emmy cracked me up. Maybe if it was an Oscar or something…but TV? And chiming in on the quality of this show (and this season)...