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I rarely watch TV. I don’t have anything against it. For me, it’s all about opportunity cost. If I’m watching television, I can’t be doing other things that are more important to me. So I miss out on even the most popular shows. For instance, I’ve never seen Seinfeld, Friends, Sex and the City, Survivor or Lost. I missed Prison Break, too, until I went to Utah to visit my daughter and she insisted on showing it to me on DVD. “You’ll love it,” she said, and she was right. I found the characterization, plotting, acting and dialogue fantastic. I was so captivated, in fact, that I rented every season and watched the whole thing. But, when it was all over, I decided there was one thing about Prison Break I would’ve done differently, and that was the romance between the two lead characters. The writers took a very minimalist approach and yet, for me, it was the most interesting part of the whole show.

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