21.   A lot gets crammed into the first episode.

22.   Adding to the momentum, a cellular-telephone company sponsored the entire first episode, allowing it to air commercial-free.

23.   But by the end of the first episode this week, the show feels more like paint-by-numbers outrageousness than the real item.

24.   But when the audience went back to the area in which the first episode took place, the dancers returned with great dignity, stepping through mist.

25.   By the end of the first episode, cliffhangers abound.

26.   By the end of the first episode, they are both getting out of serious relationships.

27.   By the end of the first episode, you can easily remember each of their names.

28.   Channing was taken with the show from its very first episode, which she happened to see while unpacking her suitcase in yet another hotel room.

29.   Clark said the script for the first episode has been written and story outlines have been done for the five others.

30.   CBS executives said the first episode contains a particularly revealing sex scene.