Well, let's see. First, they would have kept filming at all times and from every possible angle, at variable speeds so they wouldn't have to do too many editing tricks for the dramatic last breath. Then they would have denied him medical attention because nothing brings on the ratings like Tonight, Someone Dies! So naturally, as soon as that heart stopped beating, we start planning the Tonight, Someone Dies! ad campaign, beginning with teasers about The Most Shocking Episode Ever and slowly dropping hints that someone got hurt, then gradually ramping up rumors and spoiler tweets until the premiere airs. Now in order to keep all this a secret, the contract gets rewritten to include everyone this poor man ever knew or met and if any of them talk, they get sued for five million dollars. To further protect this, the body is not delivered to the family: it becomes the property of the show, just like everyone who appears on it. And in the end, Jeff breaks his torch in half and calls him a quitter.

Now if the ratings go up by so much as one viewer, start searching for pre-existing conditions every year and haul in the Immunity Coffin.

If this is pre-series inspection neglect, then this wouldn't be the first time a CBS series forgot to run the full medical exam: BB sufferers will remember the Two Emergencies, No Waiting which any competent show would have been able to head off. But of course, we're talking about BB, so there went that part of the theory.

And -- we're assuming. He was twenty-five, so the first guess is that cardiac arrest at that age must have been from a preexisting condition. But we don't know. It's possible to hit the sternum in such a way as to essentially shut the body down: almost impossible, but there's cases on record. One bad slam into the water during the swim, a fall during the tug-of-war. Could that have set it off? The autopsy could tell the tale. This may not be the show's fault at all: one in a million freak accidents will still happen one time out of that million, and there will be someone they just happened to. Or it could be a condition so rare that the only way to pick it out is seven digits in medical tests -- or the autopsy. Not everything can be spotted by what we typically think of as a full battery.

If it was the States, someone would sue regardless. For France -- no idea. But there may be a very real case waiting to happen here, and if the production companies all end at the same desk, guess who might wind up paying for it?

Watch for The Bible: Some Books We Just Made Up. MB may need the money.

You are so Old Testament.
Cr@p! Does The Immunity Coffin save you? How does Jesus fit into this picture? Can we do a ressurection? Roll away the stone and the ratings will be OFF THE CHARTS!

Me love you long time.