Season 4 is probably my second favorite season to season 1.  Enjoy!

Even so, I still don’t like it.

I had my verstandskies extracted last week so I had some couch time, and decided to watch the series for the third time through and it amazes me how it continues to get better and better, constantly topping itself without ever going out of control and losing believability. Just a fantastic show all around. You’ll love season four but you’ll love season five even more.

The Downtown Brown years of Simon & Simon constitute some of my favorite television ever. You can keep Lieutenant Marsh for all I care ...

Just to expand on my previos position:
I am a Yankees fan, but not a Yankeesfanboy from the Blue Network.
This is going to be a real tough series, and both teams have to use every thing they’re known for to come out victorious every game
The Angels and Yankees both deserve to be there, and this might as well be the World Series
It may only be home field advantage that marginally determines the winner
Abreu shouldn’t have been let go last winter, or any more so than Damon (or Matsui) could be this year.
Mother Nature could make a mess of things, so Girardi has to be very careful in not only starting, but relief, pitching because one or two of these could well be extra innings.

I am rooting, as always, for the Yankees and looking forward to seeing the games develop, and pray for some professional umpiring.

Alex, you’re right about the characters in season four, but for me I was quite engrossed in the overarching political and social issues dealt with in season five. I don’t want to go into it too much more since Craig is yet to see it, but the newspaper angle was very interesting to me.

How about the Massey Pre-Nup?  Is that airtight enough?

I’m not sure I see an issue with the Rangers playoff deposits. The Brewers did essentially the same thing last year, and I don’t imagine that it’s much differently with other clubs.

Granted, the Brewers actually made it to the postseason last year, unlike the Rangers, but still…

I remember hoping to get my money back quickly when they lost the NLDS. After all, I gave them a credit card number - couldn’t they just run a reimbursement through the credit card company? But they didn’t give the money back until Nov 18 or so, and here’s why: by giving me six weeks to get accustomed to the fact that I didn’t have that money, it made it easier for me to say, “yeah, I’ll just let it stay there and use it towards season tickets again.” It’s a pretty easy psychological trick, and I’m sure it worked on thousands of people. I’m sure that’s exactly what the Rangers are doing, and I’d be surprised if the Rockies or Twins or Red Sox aren’t doing exactly the same thing.