The Safe House - Expositions

The new shows may be underwhelming, but that doesn't mean there haven't been moments in this 2-week-old TV season that have made us laugh (intentionally or not), gasp, or simply say, "I can't believe they got away with that." Here are 10 of TV's most outrageous moments so far:

1. On "ER", hotheaded Dr. Romano (Paul McCrane) gets too close to a transport helicopter, which does a Veg-o-Matic on his arm. Ouch!

2. On "The Sopranos," Feds get the goods on Adriana (Drea de Matteo), who reacts by projectile vomiting all over a table and the Feds.

3. Peter Facinelli bares his backside on "Fastlane." Bill Bellamy leads a dance in a country bar on "Fastlane." Thong-wearing women thrust their hands into guys' pants on "Fastlane." Tiffani Thiessen plays a boss cop on "Fastlane." Oh, heck, everything about "Fastlane."

4. Eric (Adam Rodriguez) thinks he's pulling a body out of the water on "CSI: Miami," but all he gets is a severed arm (amputation is big this season: see also "ER").

5. Michael (Damon Wayans) gives teen-age son Michael Jr. (George O. Gore II) advice about losing his virginity on "My Wife and Kids," which wouldn't be so outrageous if ABC weren't insisting its 7 p.m. shows would be more family-oriented this year. By the way, Michael Jr. succeeded.

6. After Sydney's evil mom (Lena Olin) shoots Sydney (Jennifer Garner) on "Alias," Syd manages to escape from the chair she's cuffed to and the room she's in, disarming some bad guys in the process. Even Syd's shrink (Patricia Wettig) had a hard time believing that one.

7. Drs. Kellerman and Dalgety (William Fichtner and John Hannah) perform an unauthorized autopsy on a woman who's not even dead on "MDs."

8. On "Frasier," Niles and Daphne had four weddings, but no funeral. Too bad.

9. "Crossing Jordan's" heroine (Jill Hennessy) goes AWOL for several months, assaults a guy, gets arrested -- and "still" gets her job back when she returns to Boston. And still looks fabulous!

10. Three words: "Celebrity Boot Camp."

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