1.   But like the Lt. Columbo of television, Sporkin has left his viewers wondering whether he is stumbling in the wrong direction, or making a brilliant tactical move.

2.   How, a viewer might have wondered, had McCain sunk so far so fast?

3.   Most viewers wonder, Who ARE these people?

4.   On Friday especially, a viewer was left wondering what could be better than a Christie semistaging.

5.   Or when a guest is so quiet the viewer wonders why he is there, as happened with John Ehrlichman two weeks ago.

6.   Since the film hinges on his major-league dreams, some viewers may wonder why this sparks no celebration.

7.   The film is seldom inviting enough to make viewers wonder on their own.

8.   The viewer wondered whether the filmmakers themselves put a copy on line.

9.   These diminished performances are capable of making the uninitiated viewer wonder what the big deal was about this person in the first place.

10.   Viewers will wonder why any of this works from the get-go, since even at her most swaggering, Sorvino never appears less than regally feminine.