I loved Terry and I'm liking Megan a lot, so it's not as if they didn't know how to write great female characters...

I'm not sure if it's their writing, or just that they had superior actresses in Sabrina Lloyd and Diane Farr. When they cast a 24-year-old cookie, she's kind of lost.

And you're right, it took 17 hours for NUMB3RS and not even 2 for Kitchen Confidential, notwithstanding it only being a half-hour show. On to Invasion!