TV drama has been on fire lately. Literally.
On HBO's Boardwalk Empire, hair-trigger sadist Gyp Rosetti registered his displeasure with a small-town sheriff by dousing him in gasoline and tossing a lighter. (The sheriff's offense? Saying "Good luck" in the wrong tone.) A gangster on FX's Sons of Anarchy burned a rival's daughter alive before his eyes. Recently on Fox's The Following, a disciple of an Edgar Allan Poe scholar turned serial killer punished an enemy by pouring gas on him and then--nevermore.
You don't need to smell the barbecued flesh to know which way the wind is blowing. You can...
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