With her deadline looming Katie just couldn't stop binge watching back episodes of the Bachelor.

Vince's voice was like a buzzsaw that eviscerated any sense of bliss in Bernie's brain.

When Dale was seated at the worst table in the restaurant the loss of his A-lister status really hit home.

The banging in the basement wasn't a ghost after all, but Burt who had accidentally been locked down there for two days.

We realized what we chalked up to paranoia turned out to be true after the story broke on the secret surveillance.

It was a whirlwind romance and a drawn out divorce.

She spun a tale like no other, but her gift was limited to saving her skin from her many misdeeds.

"My business is killing and business is good," Jake says, picking up his M-16 and giving it a kiss.

He wanted to die with his boots on, but instead passed in house slippers.

The talk radio host's rants teetered toward treason.

When Stan and his dog went for walks Rufus focused on squirrels, Stan on girls.

We ran from one breaking story to another, never worrying about what any of it actually meant. 

Cole's trumpet wails out the rage he feels at being considered a second-class citizen because of his color and sexual preference.

The troopers rolled up just as the firefight between the two gangs had begun.

She realized every bad thing in her life had helped lead her to this point, a moment of perfect peace and happiness.

Mike realized he had no memories of the many bands he saw in the 1990s due to his imbibing.

In the end, he realized he'd always be a 13-year-old boy at heart and not only embraced this truth, but made a career of it.

The captain chided his men for cheering when their enemy's ship began to sink.

At night he heard the train whistle's whine and dreamed of jumping a freight and becoming a hobo.

Peter let pride lead him around by the nose.

Everyone believed his cancer was directly linked to his being a terrible person.

Literally attached at the hip for years, the siblings declined the surgery that could have separated them.

We knew it would be risky, but with all the big-time players in one place, the gang just couldn't resist robbing them, even if the marks were murderers, pimps, and ruffians.

Whenever I turned on my television I would wonder if there was a finite number of story ideas in the world.

Every time she began to pat herself on the back, Blair would manage to bungle something.

The wall between reality and dream became thinner and thinner each morning.

"Let negativity be thy guide," he thought, sitting across from his boss who was once again nitpicking Nate's work.

Felix hated cats.

That was the first morning he felt his age.

They moved to the country hoping to escape the confines of city life, but soon found they were just the vanguard of a whole bunch of other like-minded folks.

"The May Day celebrations just aren't as exciting as they used to be," thought the retired Russian general with a sigh as he watched the lackluster parade.