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I have been too busy to blog about the last episode of The Event<\/em>, but I had to say at least this: any show that can inspire someone to coin the phrase \u201cWinnebago ex machina\u201d<\/a> (even if it isn\u2019t a compliment)\u00a0must be\u00a0doing something<\/em> right.<\/p>\n

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