I feel like Neal is really good at convincing himself that if he doesn't look at his issues, they can't see him. Which is very not correct.

[Also, lovely job with Christie -- I think you manage to bring her more alive in just a few paragraphs than the writers managed to do in four seasons ...]

Hah. Well, to be fair, "four seasons" in this case was really more like "one episode". (We only actually see her in "Deadline," don't we?)

Thanks!