Why am I seeing inconsistent JavaScript logic behavior looping with an alert() vs. without it?

I have code similar to this filtering entries in an Array of Objects:

var filterRegex = new RegExp(".*blah.*","ig");
if (filterRegex.test(events[i].thing) && events[i].show) {
    console.log("SUCCESS: filtering thing " + i + " " + events[i].thing);
    events[i].show = false;
    numevents--;
}

I get inconsistent results with this if condition (checking with Firebug, both conditions are true individually, but sometimes the whole expression evaluates to false). HOWEVER, if I actually put an alert() called inside this if statement (like line 4), it becomes consistent and I get the result I want.

Can you see anything wrong with this logic and tell me why it's not always producing what is expected?