Jake knows way too much about certain 'procedural' stuff to be your average 'civilian'. His passport being 'flagged' makes him a 'person-of-interest' as well, along with his weapons and tactics familiarity. His weapons-bearing body-language is not that of a civilian either. Hawkins...hmm. Is he or ain't he the genuine article? Gray sure dunno. Eric? Homer Simpson's smarter than he is.
D.B. Sweeny has to be more than a cameo.
As for the 'minor' errors... yep, they're there all right, but they don't detract from from the simple entertainment value of the show. What I hate most5 of all are the stinkin' million commercials!! Aagh! I suppose that's why they call it commercial TV. On with the show, please. I reckon the final episode will wanna be good!

From the looks of it I was fairly sure that Hawkins wasn't really a FBI agent, especially when he was talking about how to tell if a badge was real or not. It just seemed like he was testing Anderson to see if he was buying it. When I checked the Wikipedia entry for this episode and saw that the Morse code for the episode read "ROB NOT FBI", that just confirmed it. All we know is that whoever he's with has access to a lot of resources, in order to counterfeit FBI credentials. It makes it seem more likely that he is in fact working with some government (whichever side he's on).

Anyone else interested to find out that Jake was a mercenary-sorry "Military Contractor" in Iraq? That would explain the Dog Tags and his training to an extent. But he said that he spent a year and a half in Iraq, which leaves three and a half years open. I'm going to have to look at his passport again (thank you Innertube!) to see if this can be confirmed.

Well I totally like this show. It brings lots of great things together. Just the idea of what would we all do if there was a nuclear bomb that went off? I know the reality of it is going to be hard to pull of on a show but who cares it is just a show you cannot expect everything to be perfect. Use your imagination and try and feel in the blanks or try to account for the discrepancies. Do any of us really know what we would do if we were in thier situation? I think that's why I like the show so much is because I don't know how I would react. Would you be selfish and care for only your immediate family or would you want to try and contribute to a community and friends? The whole idea is that we don't know what everyone is thinking or feeling. I read something last week that I thought was probably very accurate or at least I hope it is. Hawkins is part of a group trying to find out who was behind the bombs but because it was so wide spread it could not be stopped but only dealt with once it happened. Also you wonder what happens to the states that weren't affected. Apparently New york was not hit. Would they only protect thier own or would contribute thier forces to help the entire nation. I don't know there; are way too many questions and not enough answers. but that why I can't wait for the next episode, it just makes my mind race.

Remember when mention was made last episode that the terrorists had to have inside help to pull off what they did? I think Hawkins (even if he is a federal agent) might just be the "inside help" that was referred to. I think the item behind the sealed wall could be perhaps a bomb that was set to go off but for some reason was not detonated (or maybe held back as part of some contingency plan). Also, remember when Hawkins daughter said that she knew he was one of the good guys, he had this weird look on his face, didn't answer her, and simply went into his locked room.

Also, we know that Jake is some kind of military (what about the dog tags he was wearing a few episodes back?).

I think the new doctor is Aasif Mandvi, from the Daily Show. Maybe this is why he isn't on TDS very often.

First off Bob is still writing this review and he's awful...misses important facts, has no idea what's goin on. How long until we get the town turn against the Middle Eastern doctor and have a mob scene?..I say next episode....and why would the brother take his wallet anyways???...oh I wish this concept was taken to HBO, Showtime or FX.

the governor that Ravenwood was to protect was clearly stated as the governor of Nebraska, and they were diverted to Kansas, or at least that's the story. Given that the leader of Ravenwood forces is D.B.Sweeney, who they aren't going to waste on too minor of a role, I'm guessing that the Ravenwood leaders have truly gone mercenary, since there's nobody left in Washington to give orders (or pay salaries). I'm guessing that they are looking to set up their own little fiefdom, and part of the long-term storyline is the devil you know (with James Remar's gang) versus the devil you don't know (D.B. Sweeney's gang).

Daniel it look BAD to us non-HD too. Very reminiscent of 70's car scenes.

I don't have HD, but the car scenes looked bad to me too, especially on Eric's side.

So as a HD viewer I have a request to the people who shoot this show, please remember to use HD video when you bluescreen a scene.... My roommate and I were watching Jake and Eric in the car and it looked dreadfull..... I mean I know that bluesceen shots looked bad but this looked BAD....