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Oh No He Di'nt!
Apr. 2nd, 2007 09:15 pmWARNING: HEREIN LIE SPOILERS FOR THE LATEST EPISODE OF "24" (Season 6: 9:00 pm-10:00 pm) PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!!
Conspiracy! Terrorism! Plot twists! Jack shooting stuff! All wrapped in a neat little package of the last fifteen minutes of the most recent episode of "24"
Okay, so the first 45 minutes were just the writers rehashing the old 25th Amendment argument from season 2 (when the cabinet took nearly three whole episodes to decide that they wanted to kick President David Palmer out of office -- and they didn't even have a possible Supreme Court case to tangle with!) I must say, this way was much more efficient, especially once Tom got ballsy with the VP ("Are you going to make the call?" -- priceless!) Up until that point, though, I was falling asleep.
I'm starting to wonder who is the center of attention here. We've had four straight episodes where Jack has been taking a backseat in favor of the drama with the president and the what-number-are-we-up-to-now-teenth mole plotline and all the Nadia/Milo angst. Where are Chloe and Morris? Morris showed up a little in this episode, but just to tell Jack that Gredenko has disconnected his wire and that their *Brilliant Plan* went to crap (big surprise).
Some thoughts:
President Wayne Palmer: Dead man walking. The way he's going to need adrenaline shots coupled with the actual adrenaline he's going to be running through for the rest of the day, I'm surprised that he's lasted this long (this is "24" we're talking about - shortened time lapse). Add to the fact that the writers are trying to rehash every "24" plot device used so far (the mole at CTU, the president making a miraculous recovery from his deathbed a la season 3 Tony, invoking the 25th amendment) in one season, I'm sure were going to have a dead sitting president pretty soon (happened in season 4 -- and I can't even remember the guy's name). Besides, he's starting to really lose it. Tom and Karen have their hands full all of a sudden.
Doyle's Spiritual... ness: So they're trying to turn Doyle into "Hey, I'm not such a bastard after all!" type of guy. Well, if the producers are counting on Ricky Schroder to carry the star power of the series after they kill of Jack at the end of this season, they had better make him a likable guy (my dad's theory, not mine. I want Jack to make peace with his daughter, find Audrey - who's been hiding out in China after very effectively faking her own death after the Chinese found out that she knew where Jack was - and ride off into the sunset. Not that that's gonna happen either).
Remind Me Never to Become a Terrorist: 'Cause when the good guys catch you, they shove a huge, rusty, nuclear needle up your arm so they can track you unless you cut your arm off. Then, you have to instigate a bar fight to get away so you can die in a forgotten moment under the pier. No wonder the Soviet bloc collapsed!
"I hope your friend dies." "Shut up!": Jack kicking Fayed in the head after Fayed's gotten the snot kicked out of his by a bunch of drunk rednecks. *Insert Giddy Fan-delight*
How 'bout them teasers? President collapses. Jack under a garbage truck. Jack and Doyle trapped. Jack gets... shot?!! And unconscious?!!! akjfnjshganwetoiomgwftsnotwipe?!!!
Hooray for geeking out!
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
PS, *sobs* because my roommate taped the insane IQ-plummeting stupidity that is "Survivor" over the last two eps of "24" I taped. *Darth-Vader-NOOOOOOOOOOoooooo!!1!" There will be pain.
PPS, At least it wasn't "American Idol." I would be shooting stuff.
Conspiracy! Terrorism! Plot twists! Jack shooting stuff! All wrapped in a neat little package of the last fifteen minutes of the most recent episode of "24"
Okay, so the first 45 minutes were just the writers rehashing the old 25th Amendment argument from season 2 (when the cabinet took nearly three whole episodes to decide that they wanted to kick President David Palmer out of office -- and they didn't even have a possible Supreme Court case to tangle with!) I must say, this way was much more efficient, especially once Tom got ballsy with the VP ("Are you going to make the call?" -- priceless!) Up until that point, though, I was falling asleep.
I'm starting to wonder who is the center of attention here. We've had four straight episodes where Jack has been taking a backseat in favor of the drama with the president and the what-number-are-we-up-to-now-teenth mole plotline and all the Nadia/Milo angst. Where are Chloe and Morris? Morris showed up a little in this episode, but just to tell Jack that Gredenko has disconnected his wire and that their *Brilliant Plan* went to crap (big surprise).
Some thoughts:
President Wayne Palmer: Dead man walking. The way he's going to need adrenaline shots coupled with the actual adrenaline he's going to be running through for the rest of the day, I'm surprised that he's lasted this long (this is "24" we're talking about - shortened time lapse). Add to the fact that the writers are trying to rehash every "24" plot device used so far (the mole at CTU, the president making a miraculous recovery from his deathbed a la season 3 Tony, invoking the 25th amendment) in one season, I'm sure were going to have a dead sitting president pretty soon (happened in season 4 -- and I can't even remember the guy's name). Besides, he's starting to really lose it. Tom and Karen have their hands full all of a sudden.
Doyle's Spiritual... ness: So they're trying to turn Doyle into "Hey, I'm not such a bastard after all!" type of guy. Well, if the producers are counting on Ricky Schroder to carry the star power of the series after they kill of Jack at the end of this season, they had better make him a likable guy (my dad's theory, not mine. I want Jack to make peace with his daughter, find Audrey - who's been hiding out in China after very effectively faking her own death after the Chinese found out that she knew where Jack was - and ride off into the sunset. Not that that's gonna happen either).
Remind Me Never to Become a Terrorist: 'Cause when the good guys catch you, they shove a huge, rusty, nuclear needle up your arm so they can track you unless you cut your arm off. Then, you have to instigate a bar fight to get away so you can die in a forgotten moment under the pier. No wonder the Soviet bloc collapsed!
"I hope your friend dies." "Shut up!": Jack kicking Fayed in the head after Fayed's gotten the snot kicked out of his by a bunch of drunk rednecks. *Insert Giddy Fan-delight*
How 'bout them teasers? President collapses. Jack under a garbage truck. Jack and Doyle trapped. Jack gets... shot?!! And unconscious?!!! akjfnjshganwetoiomgwftsnotwipe?!!!
Hooray for geeking out!
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
PS, *sobs* because my roommate taped the insane IQ-plummeting stupidity that is "Survivor" over the last two eps of "24" I taped. *Darth-Vader-NOOOOOOOOOOoooooo!!1!" There will be pain.
PPS, At least it wasn't "American Idol." I would be shooting stuff.
