That's precisely the point made by Jubilee Debt Campaign: the reckless lenders that poured speculative cash into the country in the runup to the crisis escaped largely unscathed (though they were forced to accept some reduction in the face value of their bonds – known as a haircut – in the 2012 restructuring that accompanied Greece's second emergency bailout).
The seven-hour crisis escaped much national notice even though it left half the plant without adequate power or a reliable supply of cooling water for its reactors, a situation worsened by workers' unfamiliarity with the proper safety response.
December 2010: although the FSA criticises Sir Fred and other RBS executives a for a "series of bad decisions" in 2007 and 2008 during the financial crisis, they escape any sort of punishment.
Looking back over the years and seasons, the old episodes, with their recurring cycles of chaos and order, crisis and escape, death and rebirth, can seem eerily familiar, not just a show you've watched but a life — lives you've not just watched but lived.
If Mr Obama is bent on jailing bosses, how come those responsible for the financial crisis have escaped?
And earlier this month, blind activist Chen Guangcheng left for a new life in New York, after he caused a diplomatic crisis by escaping from house arrest and seeking refuge in the US embassy in Beijing.
Children in crisis After escaping, the family had to walk through the forest and bush for two days, before finally reaching a safe enough area to continue their journey by bus.
But while reading the book or sitting in a movie theater, you find yourself constantly wondering how Watney will escape crisis after crisis.
Meanwhile, whatever new bungs the chancellor is panicked into, few expect the NHS to escape crisis by 2015.
Inadvertently, her "hateful" column had the opposite of the desired effect, highlighting the plight of refuges trapped at sea as they attempt to escape crisis.
