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Dang, I didn't watch it yet, but if LFB really dies, that's really quite a shocker. (Truth be told, I haven't watched the last three or four episodes yet; the show doesn't have "it" anymore for me, and I end up collecting episode after episode on my bedroom Tivo.)

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Heh, i'm in the same boat. It's sitting on my TiVO, unwatched. Ah well. Sounds interesting, though!

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Remember that episode of The Simpsons where Homer played the voice of Poochie in the Itchy and Scratchy tunes? Lara's death scene reminded me of when Poochie was "abducted by aliens" with the same choppy effect. It was as if the producers wanted LFB off the show and she wouldn't cooperate so they used a photoshop effect to get rid of her.

As long as they don't get rid of Nikki Cox and Vannessa Marcel, I'll continue to watch this show.

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In this episode alone:

-Mike winks directly at the camera after a suggestive comment

-a hippie hits 16 consective red/black bets at a roulette table

-a Rain Man clone addicted to the casino's theme song wins a fortune counting cards (at least they acknowledged the film)

-Mike and Danny can hack into a computer system to find out which employees of a local mental institution were currently sick and/or on vacation, and immediately display photos of said employees

-Two women dove into an open casket during the funeral services to retrieve a book belonging to the deceased

-It is implied one of those women later dug up the deceased's coffin and stole the book

Given all that, watching a 95lb woman wearing an aerodynamically dangerous dress get blown off the roof of her own casino is hardly outrageous.

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pretty awesome. i thought it was kind of a reference to her being all anorexic, and they wind just carried her off. it was pretty awesome, i really dislike her. pretty good episode though..so ed is most likely comming back, with dean cain. w00ts

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OMG this show has gone down the drain. The retro episode was terrible, so bad, I only watched about 2o mins and had to delete it from my Tivo. Now this ending that looked like a 10 year old produced it. If you want to make an ending like this, at least do it with style, the visual effect was beyond dumb.

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I have to agree with you Erik. I pretty much stopped watching it because I really don't want to watch two straight hours of television in one night, and my mom got me hooked on Medium. I look forward to Medium now, and have ceased to really care about Las Vegas.

But I'm still happy I got to see this moment last night. Heh.

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do we actually know she's dead? Was it just a fantasy in Danny's mind? The whole episode had a comic book theme to it, and it is a too be continued, so there could be a different outcome.

Elf! Thanks for the list! Those are what makes this show silly campy fun.
Some of you are looking for depth in a wading pool.

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Yeah, I watched the episode, and now that elf (comment #4) points out all the little quirks.. it's does seem like it is a dream of Danny's. What with Mary and that guy not getting together either. And beyond the horrible effects, what about that horrible dress they had LFB in? It had butterflies on it too (a nod to the mothwoman character she was being "confused" with, no doubt.) Will they pull a "Dallas" and make it all a dream?

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The one thing that surprises me more than anything about this show is that James Caan agreed to be in it. I can't imagine that he ever thought the show would become as campy as it has though.

As for this episode being a dream because of an excessive amount of quirks in the episode, I don't buy it. Every episode has just as many ridiculous plot twists, inconsistent character behavior and impossible technical acheivements. The only way to enjoy this show, and it is possible, is to just roll with it and don't question it.

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I guess nobody watches 'scenes from next week'. She is dead and they think Danny pushed her. She falls through a store and Eds daughter (her name slips my mind) makes a dumb joke about the dress being on sale at the store.

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This show isn't supposed to be serious or played straight. It never really has, and always had rediculous moments in it. Given, watching LFB fly off the roof might of been the most rediculous ever, but I'll continue to watch. LV is my guilty pleasure, like eating dessert for dinner. It's all sugar and fun, but you feel bad about it later.

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Who cares how ridiculous the scene was, LFB is off the show and that's all that really matters. She just wasn't a fit with the wonderful LV cast! Userless is right, LV is like a wonderful dessert, I look forward to the show everyweek and really enjoy all the crazy stuff the characters get themselves into! I would sure like to see them take the Danny and Mary relationship and give it some edge!!

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I liked the show from last couple of years--as a bunch of odd sh*t happening in a Casino, with good scripts and eye candy. They went away from that with LFB episodes--no chemistry or flow.
I have to think there was some bad feelings toward LFB given her funeral arrangements in the next episode. The next episode after the funeral seems to get back to the old formulas--and seemed more in line with previous seasons, and renewed my interest.

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