Gideon's Crossing on ABC

Question: On the show Crossing Jordan, there is a character whose name is so long that everyone calls him "Bug." Does he have a real name, and if so what is it?

Answer: I'll tell you, Jo, but I just want you to know that the name is so darned long our tech people had to install a larger hard drive on our server just to hold the page. Prepare your eyes for the strain whilst I limber up my typing fingers....

Ready? On the NBC crime drama, forensic entomologist "Bug" is blessed with the birth name Mahesh Vijayaraghavensatyanaryanamurthy. But given his job — as regular viewers know, he uses his knowledge of insects to help solve crimes — it's a heck of a lot easier to call him "Bug," since by the time a colleague finished wrestling with that moniker, any perp would have long ago skipped town.

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