He played the obnoxious mailman on Seinfeld, and is Sally's often clueless lover on Third Rock from the Sun. Lately he's been personifying influenza in those commercials for the antiviral drug Relenza . When I see him barging into a hapless woman's home, ready to take up residence, I could swear I'm developing a sore throat. Then when he plops down between the woman and her husband, I start getting that achy feeling in my joints and back. That's when I know I'm doomed.
Knight is good.
Maybe too good. The U.S. is deep in the grip of a flu outbreak. It happens every year, but we keep hearing this one is different. Emergency rooms are jammed to overflowing. Offices are decimated.