Captain Obvious

aus: Smallville S09E04 -- Echo

Lois: Let me get this straight. You’re saying the guy who took you hostage was short and fat but also… tall.
Hostage: Way taller than your boyfriend there. Thin… thin like a rail.
Clark: It’s clear that this is the most excitement you’ve had probably ever. Now, you can mislead us, but interfering with a police investigation to keep yourself in the limelight will only land you in jail. Is that understood?
Hostage: Sorry. I didn’t see anything.

to be in the limelight -- im Mittelpunkt stehen, im Rampenlicht stehen

Weitere Begriffe:
take hostage -- Geisel nehmen
thin as/like a rail -- spindeldürr sein (Am.)