Whoa, what an episode.
Women Proven Stupid/Evil = 0 (Waiting, waiting, for the British PMs aide de camp)
Women Proven BAD @$$ = 1 (OMG, Kate)
Dammit = 0
Perimeter = 0
Bauer Kills = 0
Improbable Convos Between Heads of State = Several
Improbable Negotiations Between WH Staffers and Other Nations = 1
High School Redux = 1 (Tate Donovan confronts Jack, seriously?)
US trying to pull rank on British Soil = Seriously folks???
Presidential Memory Slips = 2
Drone Strikes = 0
Handsome Black Men killed = 0
And Benjamin Bratt = #mole.
This episode had almost everything -- except for dammits and perimeters.
Better update forthcoming later in the week...
Monday, June 02, 2014
Can you give me a status?
Dammit = 0
Perimeter = 0
Handsome Black/Latino men dead = 0
Bauer kills = 0
Hmmm.
Perimeter = 0
Handsome Black/Latino men dead = 0
Bauer kills = 0
Hmmm.
Predictions
We're setting up Chuck Chick to be the star of the next season of 24.
The Chief of Staff is going to turn out to be a bad guy.
The whole treaty thing with the Brits? No way that goes through.
The Chief of Staff is going to turn out to be a bad guy.
The whole treaty thing with the Brits? No way that goes through.
Diversity Record Looking Good on 24 This Season
Handsome black man, almost blowed up -- still alive! Benjamin Bratt, also not dead.
And Kate gets a battlefield promotion to Jack's Girl Friday.
Though how the President promoted Jack from terrorist to Presidential special aide???
And Kate gets a battlefield promotion to Jack's Girl Friday.
Though how the President promoted Jack from terrorist to Presidential special aide???
Monday, May 26, 2014
Recap
Dammit = 1 (Mr. President)
Women Proven Stupid or Evil = 0 -- although Simone, definitely co-dependent
Desk jockeys running point =1
Perimeter = 0
Handsome black men killed = TBD. We may have lost Steve.
Improbable convos between the Leader of the Free World and mid-level bureaucrats/field agents = several
Tender love story plotlines = 2
Jack is so back. Giving ultimatums (ultimata?) to the President. Touching foreheads with Awwwdrey. Giving his word. Offering to save the world. And Mr. President goes all tactical. So 24.
Is Tate Donovan bound to turn out to be a bad guy? Or just to be bested by Jack? Will we see the British PM and his blonde factotum again, and will she turn out to be either stupid or evil?
Will the treaty with the British fall through? And if so, will it be war?
Will Kim Bauer turn up? Will anyone lament Eggar's absence? (Bring back Nina! Bring back Nina!)
Lots of people on Twitter are commenting that Jack didn't have much screen time. Are they setting up Kate (aka #ChuckChick...wish I had made that one up) to be Jack's successor?
What would rock more than Jack Bauer? 24 with a female protagonist.
Next week, it looks like Mr. President authorizes Jack to save the world.
Bloop, bloop!
Women Proven Stupid or Evil = 0 -- although Simone, definitely co-dependent
Desk jockeys running point =1
Perimeter = 0
Handsome black men killed = TBD. We may have lost Steve.
Improbable convos between the Leader of the Free World and mid-level bureaucrats/field agents = several
Tender love story plotlines = 2
Jack is so back. Giving ultimatums (ultimata?) to the President. Touching foreheads with Awwwdrey. Giving his word. Offering to save the world. And Mr. President goes all tactical. So 24.
Is Tate Donovan bound to turn out to be a bad guy? Or just to be bested by Jack? Will we see the British PM and his blonde factotum again, and will she turn out to be either stupid or evil?
Will the treaty with the British fall through? And if so, will it be war?
Will Kim Bauer turn up? Will anyone lament Eggar's absence? (Bring back Nina! Bring back Nina!)
Lots of people on Twitter are commenting that Jack didn't have much screen time. Are they setting up Kate (aka #ChuckChick...wish I had made that one up) to be Jack's successor?
What would rock more than Jack Bauer? 24 with a female protagonist.
Next week, it looks like Mr. President authorizes Jack to save the world.
Bloop, bloop!
RIP, Desk Jockey
Benjamin Bratt, not long for the 24-verse...sigh.
(I hope he doesn't take Kate's handsome partner with him. Handsome black men have had a better survival rate on this season of 24 vs. prior years.)
And with Jack in exile, what year is it on 24? 2020? If so, what was up with Chloe asking Kate to upload via 4G?
Did net neutrality really die?
(I hope he doesn't take Kate's handsome partner with him. Handsome black men have had a better survival rate on this season of 24 vs. prior years.)
And with Jack in exile, what year is it on 24? 2020? If so, what was up with Chloe asking Kate to upload via 4G?
Did net neutrality really die?
Desk Jockey
Benjamin Bratt will be running point on the invasion of the terrorist's estate.
In a suit and tie.
In a suit and tie.
Awwdrey's Husband
Why haven't I figured out what his job is. Is he the Veep?
Might he be another Evil Veep, as I saw intimated on Twitter?
Might he be another Evil Veep, as I saw intimated on Twitter?
Sadly...
We have had no calls for a Perimeter this season. (And I haven't taken time to figure out how to link Twitter to Blogger. There's gotta be a way.)
Monday, May 19, 2014
That's a Wrap!
OK. This was old school 24. Though the body count is thus far pretty low.
Dammit = 1
Women Proven Stupid = 1 (formerly Evil Simone)
Women Proven (newly) Evil = 0
Bauer Kills = 0, and in fact Jack seems to be taking care
Perimeter = 0
Improbable Convos between the US President and wanted terrorists =1
Handsome Black men killed = 0
Awwwdrey, still undeniably stupid. Where did she find that husband?
Kate, possibly neither stupid nor evil, though that would go down as a first in 24 Land. (Well, other than Chloe.)
Lady Stark, flippin' crazy, creepy, and talk about Scary Mommy. She's the one that makes Fortune 500 boards keep the female CEO's reined in at the 3% level. Lean in, indeed.
Questions: how did they get the drone pilot to London so quickly? Why does the secure comms room at the embassy have any USB ports? How did Chloe find her way to this Hacker Squad? When will President Heller lose it?
Is there a Vice President?
Will I be able to come up with emblematic yoga poses for each episode this season? (This week, maybe something with fingers?)
And where the heck is my sister? I can't blog this alone! (And I suspect that there's some blog housekeeping to be done to truly catch up, now that we remember how to login to Blogger.)
Until next week.
Dammit = 1
Women Proven Stupid = 1 (formerly Evil Simone)
Women Proven (newly) Evil = 0
Bauer Kills = 0, and in fact Jack seems to be taking care
Perimeter = 0
Improbable Convos between the US President and wanted terrorists =1
Handsome Black men killed = 0
Awwwdrey, still undeniably stupid. Where did she find that husband?
Kate, possibly neither stupid nor evil, though that would go down as a first in 24 Land. (Well, other than Chloe.)
Lady Stark, flippin' crazy, creepy, and talk about Scary Mommy. She's the one that makes Fortune 500 boards keep the female CEO's reined in at the 3% level. Lean in, indeed.
Questions: how did they get the drone pilot to London so quickly? Why does the secure comms room at the embassy have any USB ports? How did Chloe find her way to this Hacker Squad? When will President Heller lose it?
Is there a Vice President?
Will I be able to come up with emblematic yoga poses for each episode this season? (This week, maybe something with fingers?)
And where the heck is my sister? I can't blog this alone! (And I suspect that there's some blog housekeeping to be done to truly catch up, now that we remember how to login to Blogger.)
Until next week.
Dammit!
Don't go in the server room, Jack. Whatever you do.
I'm a little blurry on how Tanner could be in London already. Where was the drone base he was on 3 hours ago? Beyond how the US government could decide to agreed to turn a US service member over to the British in that timeframe.
Remember how Jack got from the west side to Queens and back in an hour?
Yeah.
I'm a little blurry on how Tanner could be in London already. Where was the drone base he was on 3 hours ago? Beyond how the US government could decide to agreed to turn a US service member over to the British in that timeframe.
Remember how Jack got from the west side to Queens and back in an hour?
Yeah.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Dammit indeed
I had been so satisfied with my divorce from Time Warner Cable and newfound romance with new kid in town, Aereo.
Dear Aereo, your customer service people did not solve my problem. They "responded" but failed to actually respond. Both by Twitter and by email.
You have that scent of barely out of college startup, so attractive to a tech cougar...and yet so unable to deliver on an adult interaction.
Sigh.
In the meantime, I'll have to catch up on my dammits, perimeters (any perimeters last night?) and creepy stylings of Lady Stark and her co-dependent daughter.
"M" was in the process of catching up last night...
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