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nxylas

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8. I think he was more of a wingnut in the first couple of seasons

Reply to Justice wanted (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 04:11 AM

Apr 2012

It got toned down later on. Not sure whether that was due to network nervousness or just the natural tendency of sitcoms (particularly ones of that era) to lose their edge after a while - probably a bit of both.

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