David Plain

Yea, I agree, holding one's breath for more than seven minutes is pretty impressive. But the man was living in a human acquarium for a week while ABC used every one of its shows to plug a two-hour spectacular that TiVo could have pared down to about 9 minutes worth of actual interesting television. His hands and feet emerged whiter than President Logan's face when he heard that Jack Bauer had escaped the Marine perimeter and more wrinkly than a pair of khakis I found in a corner of my college dorm last year. Gross, indeed. But as Uncle Grambo writes, his failure might have been the best thing possible. You watched this year, partially hoping he would start to go under, wave off the help, keep trying, maybe get enough water into his lungs to smack some sense into the guy. Nope, he failed, but he went out trying, as Stu Scott (could there have been a more perfect host?) had to remind us so many times - this was going to be dangerous. But the question for ABC and Blaine remains, the next time he makes a spectacle of himself - and frankly what hasn't he buried/submerged himself in at this point - are you going to watch? That is what will determine how many more models David can sleep with and how much more money Bob Iger lines his pockets with.