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Dear Mr. Wolf: I love the show but if Tank dies, I'm gone. Sorry. You can kill off any of the other cast (and replace them, of course), especially the "girlfriend" (or just send her back to NY)(or Tahiti, that would work, too), but the dog helps make the show. Watching him take down a bad guy on the stairs and then pin him down afterwards in one of the first episodes (the pilot?) was some of the bet TV I've seen in a long time. And his handler using him to intimidate a prisoner into staying seated in a chair to wait for the humans to come in and interrogate him was a great element. Don't kill off Tank. Thanks.

Of the three FBIs on CBS right now, this is my favorite (just a half-notch above International). The stories and writing are really good and the lead characters are very well written and acted. I like the cast changes made for this latest season (though I miss the brother-in-law) and glad to see the young computer nerd return - I really missed her and hoped it was just a temporary absence. Just watched the latest episode (the mall shooters) and I like the developing relationship between Jesse and his equestrian girlfriend (someone actually called her his girlfriend - good sign), she got a first-hand taste of what he does for a living and didn't distance herself afterwards. I hope she builds into a real support and encourager for him. I love seeing more of Terry O'Quinn (he's awesome in whatever he does) but wonder what happened to the new wife? I'm glad, too, that the show has pretty much cut the cord with the mother ship. The triple crossover at the beginning of the season was good - ramped up the graphic content a bit which I think the shows needed - but it's time to let Most Wanted have it's own solid identity just like International seems to have found. All in all, I love the show, hope it has a long run like Gibbs' NCIS. Just one criticism - I'd really like to see Jesse stand up (and sit up) straight, he loses a bit of gravitas when he slouches so much.

I loved Edward Woodward's "Equalizer" but, too, I loved "Sherlock Holmes" and had great reservations about watching "Elementary" (also on CBS). But I learned that one cannot compare the reimagined new version to the classic version. On it's own, Elementary became one of my absolutely favorite television shows (my wife, too). And, standing on their own, CBS's S.W.A.T., McGyver and Magnum P.I. fall flat (although I like the Ferrari). Latifa seems to have shucked that rapper attitude and sideways head jerk to take this roll seriously. I really like the new dynamic. I know the pilot had to set up a lot of foundational things and thereby seemed to ramble in places, but the potential is really there. And she drives a Jag - an SUV, but still, a Jag. The sniper chick can go but the tech nerd - much needed in a modern-day plot these days - works great. Obviously, someone like Robyn McCall has a lot of such connections so we could see some drift in and out of various episodes. I so want this show to succeed - not because of the racial image of a black woman as the lead - but because it's good writing, great story potential and a leading cast that are seasoned and make it believable. I gave the pilot only four stars in anticipation that the writers will follow up with five-star episodes on the horizon.