More Tasteless Than Usual

The 24 Blog is, by definition, pretty tasteless. It is a comedy blog about a violent TV show.

But this episode lends itself even less to tasteless (but funny) humor -- the subject matter can't lend itself to any kind of fun-poking.

Lord knows, as a longtime resident of lower Manhattan, I know more about domestic terrorism than I would wish on anyone. For some reason, I could still laugh at the antics of Jack, Evil Veep, TEYOP, Blonde Toady, and the pantheon of Women of 24, whether stupid or evil. Even though I could either imagine (or remember) the kernel of truth that makes 24 watchable -- and on some cartoonish level -- almost believeable.

But I can't laugh at this.

Maybe it is because there are kids involved.

This Guy Chris Is Toast

Jon Voight is going to have him erased.

Oh, back to Africa. I guess that Jon Voight is the guy who financed these child-abusing rebels.

Hmmm. The plot thickens.

(And UN guy, he's definitely going to buy it, during this episode, don't you think?)

UN Guy is A Total Idiot

Thank goodness they will have Jack with them. I knew he wouldn't let them take the bus alone.

That UN guy is going to have to get some kind of redemption of his own. He'd better stay off my turf, or I'll have to kick his ass myself.

I'm still hungry, no steak in the house . (Duh, I forgot, I'm vegetarian.)

Bring on the granola!

"M", are you there? is little "J" in bed yet?

Jack is Back!

It's a good thing that toady-ish dark haired guy from the UN went underground with the kids. He would have given them up in a second.

Way to go with the fake crying, Jack. (I'm watching with closed caption, and it said, "blubbering".)

And way to go with the killing the guy while all 4 limbs are bound! Jack is totally back!

Commercial Break, Whew

I haven't had enough to eat today. I grabbed a yogurt & some granola, but I don't know. I'm kind of feeling "steak"...

This is What We Were Expecting

Jack has got to outrun automatic weapons, rocket launchers, and fight off about what, 18 guys?

Go, Jack! This is nothing compared to some of the jams you've been in before!

Ah, Here's Jack's Opportunity to Act All Redeemy

He can't leave now.

And the sad thing is, stuff like this has gone on in the world. I'm sensing some homework I'm gonna have to do about Sudan and Somalia between now and the beginning of next season.

Last Minute Presidential Power Grab

I hope W doesn't do this to Obama!

We have enough issues out here in real life, and with our real wars, to not be initiating any secret ones.

2 Hour Format - more complaints

How are we truly going to be able to tell who is stupid and who is evil?

Son of the new president's girlfriend? Evil
New President Cherry Jones? Hmmm. Apparently stupid.

Evil Veep, I forgot that you're the president! (outgoing.) Since last season, I've watched all of Deadwood on Netflix. I know that your face actually moves: you were awesome on that show!

World of Pain

Poor Jack, he's in a world of pain.

But I'm not worried. It is called "Redemption", they can't vote him off the island this early in the episode without showing some redeeming action.

Kill count still equals 0. It can't stay that low for long!

Jon Voight?

Maybe Angelina Jolie will be on, too!

Shouldn't it be Called "2"?

How is Jack going to redeem himself in 2 hours?

Didn't he kill his own father? Or was it his son? Or was it his boss? (I hope I don't have to waste 6 days of my life watching Netflix reruns of Jack to remind me of who is dead and who isn't.)

(Especially since some of the people who were dead will apparently be back. Didn't "M" and I call the return of Tony? Were the writers reading our blog during the writer's strike? If you're reading, bring back Eggar, s'il vous plait.)

"M"? "M"? Are you there?

It is time to start live blogging 24 again!

"M" has a bad cold, so I don't know if I'm flying solo or not. I think we figured out how to be back online again.

Welcome back, I hope that all 8 of our old former friends are out there somewhere in TV land!

24:Redemption!

Finally Jack is back. I'm excited to see that Jack is going to be saving "innocent children"!! "A" and I will be watching :-)

http://www.fox.com/24/redemption/

Veteran's Day, 2008

And on a more serious note, we salute the Veterans -- past, present and future; at home or abroad -- who selflessly serve our country.

(Even when we're not always in complete agreement with what our country asks of them.)

God Bless America.

(Light Seen Through American Flag from Flickr's Edu-Tourist, used under Creative Common's License.)

Like Jack, We've Been In A Self-Imposed Exile

Dear readers, we've had more commenters than posts since our dear friend Jack "went dark".

It was extremely tough to remember how to login to Blogger, and I haven't been able to get "M" back in yet. I wonder if Chloe can help us to hack in...(Chloe isn't dead, is she? I'm gonna need to review the scorecard.)

I may need to see if I can deadhead on a cargo plane to Chicagoland for the special on the 23rd.

"M" and Hubby's son "J" was an infant when we last saw Jack, and none of us worried about his little brain cells being affected by being cuddled in front of some extremely violent TV.

And he seems none the worse for the wear today, no violence (necessary or otherwise) against sock puppets, tiny little cars, or his cousins.

But alas, he's too old now to share our addiction to Jack. I'm telling "M", send him to Grandma and Grandpa's on Jack nights!

We'll see.

In Good Company - the complusively addicted

In a recent interview, Kate Beckinsale stated that she is "compulsively addicted" to '24' and would like to have a cameo on it. She suggested the head of CTU. Now my question, would she be stupid or evil?

I think that we could be Kate's assistants in 24! So with our compulsion being held off, we will just have to continue to think about what NEXT January will be like. I wonder if we will ever see the start of the "forgotten" season (writer's strike caused them to stop production.)

Keifer, Keifer What were you thinking?!?

Jack would kick your ever-lovin' arse if he knew you were up to such stupid behavior! Personally I think that jail time isn't enough. Perhaps Keifer should have to produce some PSA regarding anti-drunk driving and pay for the air time during prime time! Shame on you Keifer. If I may speak for the blog, we still love you but we are very disappointed. However we are glad to see that you will be getting help. It doesn't look like he will get the Paris Hilton treatment. The plea agreement says 48 hours in the pokey without the possibility of being release to electronic monitoring. In his statement, it does sound as if he has regret and remorse. There is hope :-) Good luck Keifer!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_en_ce/kiefer_sutherland

Recycle, Reduce, Reuse. Or Jack Bauer will Kick Your Ass

24 has gone green.

Yes, in an effort to green the Fox Network, the production of 24 will work to achieve carbon neutrality.

Last month, the Washington Post reported on Hollywood efforts to educate the public about global warming:

One of the latest initiatives: Cool Change, Fox's company-wide program to reduce the network's impact on global warming. As part of that effort, the seventh season of "24" will take steps to reduce and offset the carbon emissions from the show's production, with the goal of having the season finale be entirely carbon-neutral.

I'm personally skeptical about purchased carbon offsets -- there's a lot of room for voodoo economics in the current market offerings -- but I love this.

Green is the New Black. Jack Bauer is the new Al Gore.

24 is in the News

Let's give a warm welcome to Janeane Garofalo. She is going to be joining the CTU team as a Systems Analyst. I really hope that she will bring levity to the bunch to offset the dour but pregnant Chloe! Will Janeane be evil or stupid? Hopefully she will be FUNNY.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070822/ap_en_tv/tv24_garofalo