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Mystery We Most Hope Won't Be Dragged Out for Years: While The Event's second episode is chock-full of clues, perhaps the best tidbit is that the detainees of Inastranka have DNA that differs from humans by less than 1 percent and that they age more slowly.

Top Moments: '90s Nostalgia with Letterman, Justin Timberlake and Glee 2010

Some other highlights from The Conference Main Event's stage sessions and fourteen breakout conversations included:

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Due to your strong recommendation of it, I was already leaning toward Lone Star, but frankly The Event's desperation to copy Lost and 24 made my choice even easier.

Ask Matt: CSI: Miami Move, a Bones Scoop-let, Lone Star, NCIS and More! 2010

I try not to hold a network's promos against a show, but I can understand why you'd resent The Event's attempt to co-opt the breakthough natures of Lost and 24.

Ask Matt: CSI: Miami Move, a Bones Scoop-let, Lone Star, NCIS and More! 2010

Looks like The Event's supersecretive Sophia Maguire (Laura Innes) — the leader of several longtime detainees of the U.S. government — has started opening up about her group's top-secret origins.

Who is The Event's Mysterious Sophia? 2010

The Bad News: It has been unable to capitalize on The Event's strong lead-in.

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NBC's scheduling wasn't ideal, I'll agree — though that was hardly The Event's biggest problem — but the network had high hopes for it, which is why they led with it in the fall instead of holding it to midseason, as they might have done in later seasons had the show been a hit.

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Neither could The Event's ratings, which is all the more reason why NBC should yank it pronto.

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Even though he hasn't had the opportunity to shoot any scenes with Gabrielle, The Event's star, Jason Ritter, tells me he's stoked about her appearance on the show.

Keck's Exclusives: Which Original 90210-er is Landing on The Event? 2011

Best Unintentional Zombie Homage: In the final scene of The Event's third episode, a soldier hears something while patrolling the makeshift morgue where the victims of Avias 514 lie.

Top Moments: Rethinking Kanye West, the Beatles and The Event 2010