(S05E10) One of the reasons The Closer is a good show is that it's smart. It presents challenging situations and complicated crimes, and as Brenda and her crew figure out what happened and how to get the guilty to incriminate themselves, the viewer is along for the ride. The title of tonight's show was Smells Like Murder. I think the subhead should have been, smells like a dud.
There was a good premise, a decent set up, suspects that were interesting ... all the elements were there. What went wrong was character. Things happened that were so out of character that it sunk the entire episode. More on that -- and Jack in the box -- after the jump.
Both of these fast food mascots will haunt your dreams. The masks they wear, the way they don't talk much (if at all), the way they show up in unexpected ways. It's like getting Jason Vorhees to be the mascot for Dunkin' Donuts. Here are two recent commercials. Let us know which one gets the "creepier" nod.
A couple new commercials for Jack in the Box's new sirloin burgers has spurred CKE Restaurants to file a lawsuit against the fast food chain. In one of the offending ads, Jack, the mascot, tells his fellow board members about the new sirloin burger. When he's asked to point to the "Angus" part of the cow, he says, "I'd rather not," indicating that it comes from the part of the cow that could be described as "Angus" without the "g." CKE Restaurants owns Hardee's and Carl's Jr., both of which serve Angus burgers.
A couple new commercials for Jack in the Box's new sirloin burgers has spurred CKE Restaurants to 
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