Hour 22 - I Am The Black Knight

So many television shows are on their last proverbial legs. We ask YOU - are any of them on as strong as the legs of 24 provided THIS episode? What an outstanding selection for 24 and Tony and I had what was easily one of the best episode reviews - ever - for one of the best episodes - ever. One question remains: How on EARTH can they top this episode in the last two hours next week? Our “ALL FAN INPUT” show is around the corner so remember to  tell us what YOU thought so we can use it on-air!

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My apologies for my absence. I’ve been plagued by writer’s block. I am just glad that, hopefully, the writer’s block left me.—ESBaker

What an episode. Today it’s Friday, three days have passed since I saw this LOST episode for the first time (I have rewatched it at least 6 times), and my jaw is still on the floor.

First of all, let me get some things off my mind. One of my jobs when I was a Freshmen in college was that of a dental assistant. Because of that former career, I look at people’s teeth a lot. So, it baffles my mind that Jack, who is supposedly the son of a successful spinal surgeon (which means he comes from money) has crooked teeth. As the son of a wealthy doctor, Jack would have had braces in his mouth by age 12 or 13.

Another bone of contention is Bernard. As a dentist, he too, should not have crooked teeth. Dentists don’t have crooked teeth. LOL. Of course, all of this is minor compared with Jack’s major breach of doctor’s behavior in this particular episode.

So unto my observations, Jack has not changed in the sideways world. He is still fixing things and adamant about it. He wants to fix John. He wants John to walk. But John does not want to go through the surgery. We will find out later why, but frankly, I don’t buy it.

When John refuses to go through the surgery that Jack is offering, he goes to Bernard (John’s dentist, or at least the dentist who did some emergency oral surgery on John when he had the accident that made him paraplegic 3 years earlier) for further information about the accident. It struck me strange that Bernard was in the same airplane that John was in (Oceanic 815), yet John didn’t recognize him or acknowledge that he was on the plane. Really weird.

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Hour 18 was once again a record download for us here at the end of April, 2010 and we thank you for it! Hour 18 will also be the first of a new and accommodating trend here at 2GuysTalking, where we’ll be transcripting ALL of our shows! This will not only provide us with a great leg-up in the search engine listings in general, but also to provide more great content to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing audience! It’s another great flavor to expand our audience and scope and yet another FIRST - provided only by 2GuysTalking.

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The 2GuysTalking: 24 Podcast Review of Season 8, Episode 18 of 24 on Fox!

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Hi, I’m Senator Scott Rupp. And I have been fighting for the rights of families and children affected by autism for the past several years.

This year, in Missouri as well as several other states, we’re very close to giving insurance coverage for the treatment of autism. We hope that you will help us make a difference in the lives of millions across the nations and in your state by contacting your state legislators and saying that autism is important to you, and they need to continue the battle.

We want you to log on to the 2GuysTalking website at 2GuysTalking.com/autism. There you’ll find contacts, links, and more to lead the next important stage in our battle against autism.

Thank you for your efforts and your time, and I’m Senator Scott T. Rupp, and I hear the 2GuysTalking effort to stamp out autism.

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2GuysTalking is an Internet radio show providing you with entertainment, a sharing of viewpoints, and fun! Join us as we venture into the world of entertainment discussing a variety of topics, from television shows, DVD’s, feature films, and more. This week: 2GuysTalking 24!

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One has to wonder what the 8th season of the hit FOX show 24 would have looked like with just a few writing alterations and a couple of character additions this year. Well, you know what? It would have a lot like this episode—episode 18, of 24 season 8. Ultra-solid pacing, lots of information, the full spectrum of acting across the board, and even the introduction of characters you love to hate from previous seasons!

A fan recently wrote in with a quote that feels terribly appropriate, as we launch this episode of the 2GuysTalking 24 podcast, reviewing episode 18. It reads, “It looks like Palmer will go down as the only president on 24 that truly got what Jack Bauer is. He’s the only one who really understood that Jack is the ‘break glass in case of emergency and get the hell out of the way’ kind of guy. President Taylor is about to see what makes Jack ‘Jack, the relentless pursuit of justice that steamrolls whoever gets in its way—terrorist or president.”

And with that, we start the episode 18 review of 24 season 8 here, on the 2GuysTalking 24 podcast! Sponsored by Sprint’s Relay Missouri, Acoustica’s Mixcraft recording software, and Ability Interpreting.

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We are very proud to launch not only another podcast, but another Transcripted podcast. 2GuysTalking is the only company helping to put information in front of Deaf and Hard of Hearing readers and we hope that you’ll help spread the word about this great new podcast! Look for another launch this weekend of another entertainment-based podcast, The Fringe-in-60+!, and again our thanks to everyone for helping to make 2GuysTalking the centerpiece for Deaf and Hard of Hearing interactivity on the Internet.  - Mike2GuysTalking

The Small Business Communications Podcast
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Episode 1 - Public Relations (PR) What is It?
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Public Relations (PR) - What is It?

(Small Business Communications Podcast Intro begins: typewriter feeding in paper is heard. The typewriter’s guide arm slaps into place. Typing begins as the music begins to fade in…) Small businesses are one vital component of the American economy that manage to weather any financial storm. They are the foundation of what makes opportunities for millions each and every day. My name is Kent Martin. I’ve seen just about every kind of business model there is over the years. Some are strong, others have endured and some - well - if there weren’t bad ones we couldn’t understand how great the good ones are, right? So join me as I share perspectives, theories and outright facts about how businesses both large and small communicate and how YOU can strengthen and improve your company communications during the 2GuysTalking Small Business Communications Podcast.  (Typewriter bell dings)

What a time to be in business for yourself! Yet this is the very time when you need to look to the future when times will be better. Now is the time to start reaching your audience with your vision. And one way to do it … is with public relations.

Everyone has a different opinion of PR. Some see it as free advertising. Others call it “spin.” Still others struggle to see any value in it because its effectiveness is not easy to measure. At least with advertising, you see the final product. Your audience may remember where they saw the ad.

It may be easier to understand if we talk about what PR is … and what it is not.

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LOST continues in its last season! The LOST Chatter Podcast provides it’s 39th episode, “Jacob is Highly Flammable” and invites YOU to discuss the fun! Join Erik and company as the take on the most recent episode of LOST, “Bizzaro World.” Listen as they talk about why Jack is a horrible interrogator (where’s Jack Bauer when you need him?), and discuss a few more theories.

Will Ben find redemption? Whose side is Widmore on? Is Richard going to get all angsty and become the new Jack? We have no idea! But listen to this week’s episode as we try to figure it out!

LC #39: Jacob is Highly Flammable
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LOST is back, and so is LOSTChatter! Looks like the show has hit the “reset” button… or has it? Join us as Joe, Erik, and Lou take a look at the two-hour premiere of the final season! The name of the game? “DIVERGENCE!”

LC #34: Keep the Aspirin Handy
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After a long hiatus, LOST came back. It came back with a vengeance and if the season continues in the pattern the two episodes that comprised the premiere did, we are in a ride of a lifetime. Lost will go out the way it came in six years ago: with a bang.

White on Black, Black on White

Season 5 ended with a white screen and not the usual black all the episodes always ended with. Many surmised that the significance for this type of ending was to show the fans that yes, Juliet was successful in detonating the H bomb.

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The show’s main creators Carlton Cuse, left, and Damon Lindelof, say answers come even in the first episode, on Tuesday.

By EDWARD WYATT
Published: January 28, 2010

LOS ANGELES

FROM the time that Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashed on a mysterious island in the 2004 premiere of “Lost” on ABC, almost everything that appeared to be true about the fate of the survivors has become if not actually false, then at least vastly more complicated that it originally seemed.

The island itself, for example, which at first seemed to be disconcertingly deserted, soon proved itself to be even more disconcertingly inhabited. While those inhabitants (known as the “others”) are liars, kidnappers and murderers, ultimately their crimes are revealed to serve a larger, protective purpose. And though it appears that for survivors of the crash the ultimate goal is to leave the island, many who do leave find themselves inexorably pulled back.

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Michael Emerson

So much for getting our questions answered anytime soon. Lost’s final season begins Feb. 2, but Michael Emerson says the cast is seven episodes away from filming the finale, and a resolution still feels far away. Emerson also discussed whether Ben will seek redemption, the extent of his character’s evil, and how Libby (Cynthia Watros) and Michael (Harold Perrineau) will return.
Lost bosses: We’re not playing it safe in the final season

TVGuide.com: How do you feel about heading into the end of the series?
Michael Emerson: I feel great curiosity, because from what I’ve shot up to this point, I don’t see any end in sight. The storyline is continuing to expand instead of contract. It’s grown more fragmented, rather than becoming more unified. The threads aren’t joining up, they’re flying away. It will be dazzling to see. Certain big mysteries on this show are being answered. Every episode, something huge is falling into place, but it’s still a mystery.

TVGuide.com: Would you like to see Ben get redemption at the end of Lost?
Emerson: I don’t know. I used to have more of a craving for an ending than I do now. Sometimes I think characters are maybe best left alone. I don’t know why I thought redemption was going to be satisfying. Maybe what’s satisfying is that some things never change. I think there will be all kinds of endings for all kinds of characters on our show, but maybe Ben just walks away to do whatever it is he’s already been doing for his whole life.

TVGuide.com: No one knows what Ben’s ultimate goal is. Does he want to take over the island, maybe the world? Is everything he does personal?
Emerson: It seems like it’s the island, the possession and control of the island, but what does that mean exactly? We still don’t know what the island can be used for. Is it a tool? Is it a device? What does the device do? It must do something pretty big for people to be fighting over it so passionately. If that ends up being answered, that will be one of the big answers.

TVGuide.com: Do you think Ben feels bad for killing Jacob (Mark Pellegrino), or is that just another step in the right direction to reach his ultimate goal?
Emerson: I think Ben has some kinds of remorse. He’s quick to put them aside. It’s almost like Ben understands that these deaths don’t count the way other people think they count. There’s some gaming going on. I don’t know if that will be revealed either.

TVGuide.com: We saw last season that Sayid (Naveen Andrews) actually caused Ben to become the evil man he is today when he shot little Ben. Do you think he would still be evil if Sayid hadn’t shot him?
Emerson: One of the things we’re dealing with is whether causality is a one-way dynamic. Do some things lead to other things? Can the course of events or characters be changed by going back and fiddling with them? That raises the question of what are we really looking at when people are moving around in time and space on Lost? Is it time travel or are we being treated to some storytelling or narrative device that we don’t yet understand?

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