John, I confess none of what you mention really bothered me. Needless to say I didn’t celebrate the Blackwater storyline. But it’s adult stem-cell experimentation. And the depth and conscience to Jack makes for a good drama. I also don’t think audiences would put up with a non-reflective hero in Bauer. And that’s a good thing. The p.c. aspect of the iman scene that drove me a little nuts was that he didn’t actually mention God. Jack was open to divine mercy and he got something like: We live in complex times… nothing is black and white. But I do know this: I see before me a man, with all his flaws and all his goodness… simply a man. Let us both forgive ourselves for all of the wrongs we have done. I haven’t purchased the season 7 DVD, but I don’t regret that I watched, religiously. I looked forward to it every Monday night and am grateful to everyone responsible for putting it together.