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Topic: Most badass fictional government agency on tv?

The new season of 24 (which I don't even watch) got me thinking about the number of fictional government agencies on TV.  Most of them seem to be at least a little shady, and most of them seem to belong to the science fiction genre (or it could just be that I watch way too much sci-fi).

So which agency would scare you the most if you found yourself under their investigation?

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Hard to say when only one of those shows are currently finished by me... all other than SG-1 are still in the "to-watch" list or never will be there

...where did I put that rat's ass I could give?

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You're obviously not spending enough hours in the day watching television, Daemonius.

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karenbear wrote:

You're obviously not spending enough hours in the day watching television, Daemonius.

Here's my day:

4:30 am wake-up, take the dogs out, eat breakfast if time
5:12 am bus to work, working, working...
2:45 pm home from work, dogs out
3:00 pm eat, watch all episodes of shows that have downloaded...if time, other shows that I have yet to start from the beginning
9:00 pm dog out, shower, sleepy time...

at the weekends there are more time but then again I have so many movies that I still haven't seen... and also games... GH:WT atm...

So there you go, I don't have enough time.

...where did I put that rat's ass I could give?

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Pfft, lightweight!  I need to leave the house at 6.30am to get to work, and yet I get up at 5.15am just so that I can watch some TV before I leave the house.  wink

And what does your work involve?  I bought myself an mp3 player that plays video so that I can also watch TV at work.  big_smile

There is always room to watch more TV in your day!

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9pm - wake up, eat.

9:30pm - watch tv shows.

8am - go to sleep.

life is good:)

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this was a tough one... i can't speak for the shows i haven't seen [24, ds9 & babylon 5] but at best, most of the others seem more 'immoral' than 'badass'... in the end i went with Torchwood, as they have, in my eyes, the least amount of moral standing, the coolest tech... and captain jack harkness big_smile

edit: and kb is right... psp is a blessing from the gods...

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Hey man, you forgot The  Peacekeeper. That would be my pick.

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I went for CTU - of course. If you are investigated by CTU that means that Jack Bauer interrogates you and it takes about 10 secs before you confess to anything, of course this applies only of you make it to the interrogation room and don't get killed, which is more likely anyway wink

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If available I would have gone with the "blue hand gang" from Firefly but in their absence I went with their nearest equivalent, the Psi Corp from B5

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oh, maccool111, you nailed it right there... i totally forgot about Blue Sun.... shame on me...

i'm going to eat your brains and gain your memories...

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karenbear wrote:

Pfft, lightweight!  I need to leave the house at 6.30am to get to work, and yet I get up at 5.15am just so that I can watch some TV before I leave the house.  wink

And what does your work involve?  I bought myself an mp3 player that plays video so that I can also watch TV at work.  big_smile

There is always room to watch more TV in your day!

I work at a warehouse full of alcohol, cigarettes and candy big_smile My job is to stock the shelfs of our stores. I have Creative Zen W and I watch episodes whenever I have free time.

I used to wakeup 4:45, take the dogs, watch an episode of something at the same time having breakfast, when I had to be at work 7:00 am.

...where did I put that rat's ass I could give?

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I have to go with APO on this one, CTU are a bunch of n00bs except for Jack smile
(at least in most seasons CTU was n00b tongue )

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I think this list will not be complete without Section 1 from Nikita.
Definitely the most bad ass agency. You can never leave it, they kill whoever they want, they had deals with Saddam Hussein for crying out loud smile

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Oh come on people, it has to be the Psi Corps - They can kill you with their brains!!!!!  big_smile

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APO because Sydney Bristow will be there. tongue

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Went with APO too, cause I do believe that they would really kill me... and I'm more afraid of Jack Bristow smile

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Its an APO from me to. Jack Bristow is the bestest.

I sleep through most or all of these tongue

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went with 24 because now there are like only 3 of them in new season and that's the shortest and most ruthless line of command ever...