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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 429826" data-attributes="member: 27">Yes, &quot;#14 With a Bullet&quot; is indeed one of their first attempts at a clever episode title, and it is rather clever.As JFL said, it is a phrase used at that time in the music business.&nbsp; A song might debut as &quot;#30&quot; on the Top 40 Singles chart, but the DJ&#039;s would understand that it was destined to go up the chart quickly (maybe because it was the latest release from a popular singer, or maybe it was associated with a hot movie).&nbsp; So they&#039;d say it was &quot;#30 with a bullet,&quot; implying it would quickly (as quick as a shot) rise higher as more people heard it and liked it.&nbsp; In the context of this episode, though, there was literally a bullet at the center of the episode (centered close to Karen&#039;s spine), so it was a play on words combined with the episode number.When I typed &quot;origin of the phrase Lest the truth be known&quot; into google it explained &quot;lest&quot; and likened the phrase to &quot;an effort to keep the truth hidden&quot;.&nbsp; But when it attempts to give examples of how to use the phrase, they cite &quot;a 1984 episode of Knots Landing where a secret is revealed&quot;! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?&nbsp; &nbsp; o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 429826, member: 27"] Yes, "#14 With a Bullet" is indeed one of their first attempts at a clever episode title, and it is rather clever. As JFL said, it is a phrase used at that time in the music business. A song might debut as "#30" on the Top 40 Singles chart, but the DJ's would understand that it was destined to go up the chart quickly (maybe because it was the latest release from a popular singer, or maybe it was associated with a hot movie). So they'd say it was "#30 with a bullet," implying it would quickly (as quick as a shot) rise higher as more people heard it and liked it. In the context of this episode, though, there was literally a bullet at the center of the episode (centered close to Karen's spine), so it was a play on words combined with the episode number. When I typed "origin of the phrase Lest the truth be known" into google it explained "lest" and likened the phrase to "an effort to keep the truth hidden". But when it attempts to give examples of how to use the phrase, they cite "a 1984 episode of [I]Knots Landing[/I] where a secret is revealed"! o_O [/QUOTE]

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