Dammit =2
Different tac/ops modes in which Chloe showed competence = at least 3
Evidence of evil superpowers = 1, Logam
Bauer kills =0
Improbable Convos Between Heads of State and various inappropriate others = 3
Handsome Dead Black Men = thankfully, zero
Micromanagement of the Torture Process = 1
Well. I can barely choke out the words "jump the shark."
All I can do is mourn the earlier seasons. The abuse of perfectly good actors. The failure of the writing staff to check facts on stuff like the distance between Soho and Middle Village, Queens. (If you even know about the existence of Middle Village, you've got to know you've screwed up on this one!)
Sigh. I'm so disheartened I can't even think of a yoga pose for this episode. I'm going to have to sleep on it.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Second Dammit
And a "Nucular"!
You go, Jack.
Ah, a risky move. Have you been able to manipulate Cole?
Yes!
You go, Jack.
Ah, a risky move. Have you been able to manipulate Cole?
Yes!
Haven't We Been In This Industrial Laundry Before?
Ah, Jack knows he's been set up.
(And wasn't there a whole scene in an industrial laundry a few seasons ago? At least we've moved off the food service theme.)
(And wasn't there a whole scene in an industrial laundry a few seasons ago? At least we've moved off the food service theme.)
Jack, This One's Gonna Hurt
Chloe's betrayal is not going to be easy to get over.
Jack, try not to kill any of the guys from CTU. They're acting under presidential orders.
Oh, no. That guy's got to go just based on his sideburns.
Jack, try not to kill any of the guys from CTU. They're acting under presidential orders.
Oh, no. That guy's got to go just based on his sideburns.
Mme. POTIR
Don't be such a girl. It doesn't matter what people think.
And Faline, now all observant. A few hours ago she was rolling around in a hotel suite with her father's betrayer...
And Faline, now all observant. A few hours ago she was rolling around in a hotel suite with her father's betrayer...
Ethan, You're Going to Have to Take Action
You're going to have to rat out Mme. President!
Screw your conscience, you can't abandon the American people. Do right thing and get on the horn with whoever you're supposed to call when the President breaks the law.
Screw your conscience, you can't abandon the American people. Do right thing and get on the horn with whoever you're supposed to call when the President breaks the law.
Beck, You're Too Good Looking To Live
A Handsome Black Man with cheekbones like that?
Hasta la vista, baby.
Hasta la vista, baby.
It's 10 Minutes From Here -- By Helicopter!
Back to Queens...which is not 10 minutes from Soho.(Clack. That was the sound of me slapping myself.)
Chloe!
She goes from rewiring the server and being pushed around by her boss to exhibiting knowledge and ability to execute a wide range of policing and interagency operations.
We're now riding the shark! (Like this guy is, supposedly...)
We're now riding the shark! (Like this guy is, supposedly...)
Chloe, Do The Right Thing
Chloe is good with the pouting.
And what???? The ex-President is in charge of taking Dana into custody?
Jack is now responsible for the integrity of our entire country. He's going to torture Dana before the Evil Veep's guys can.
OK, what about jumping the shark? This is like jumping a flotilla of sharks.
Mercer, just south of Houston? That's right near where I practice yoga! Maybe Jack's friend is one of my fellow students.
Ah, Bledsoe's 'stache would definitely get some laughs by some of the service members in my circle.
Ah, poor Starbuck/Bridezilla. You can see the anxiety that being on an inferior TV show is causing.
And what???? The ex-President is in charge of taking Dana into custody?
Jack is now responsible for the integrity of our entire country. He's going to torture Dana before the Evil Veep's guys can.
OK, what about jumping the shark? This is like jumping a flotilla of sharks.
Mercer, just south of Houston? That's right near where I practice yoga! Maybe Jack's friend is one of my fellow students.
Ah, Bledsoe's 'stache would definitely get some laughs by some of the service members in my circle.
Ah, poor Starbuck/Bridezilla. You can see the anxiety that being on an inferior TV show is causing.
Chloe, Breaking The Glass Ceiling!
You go, girl. Fastest trip from loser to leader ever.
Madame President, you need to let go of the peace agreement as quickly as you let go of your ethics. And Ethan is going to bat for Jack's position? We've been calling him Evil Ethan all these years...
Mme. President, haven't you learned, you can't do the wrong thing for the right reasons!
Are Charles' eyes really that color? Could that be natural? You really see a lot more on the computer.
And yet another improbable convo -- a discredited ex-President advising Madame President -- tith nobody else in the room?
(And Evil Veep has Blackwater in the wings, yet again?)
Madame President, you need to let go of the peace agreement as quickly as you let go of your ethics. And Ethan is going to bat for Jack's position? We've been calling him Evil Ethan all these years...
Mme. President, haven't you learned, you can't do the wrong thing for the right reasons!
Are Charles' eyes really that color? Could that be natural? You really see a lot more on the computer.
And yet another improbable convo -- a discredited ex-President advising Madame President -- tith nobody else in the room?
(And Evil Veep has Blackwater in the wings, yet again?)
Dammit!
Yeah, the Air Force Choppers are going to force him down over midtown. Chloe, still queen of tactical operations at CTU!
Jack looks a little flummoxed.
But no, there's a convenient helipad! And thankfully, he's got his man purse -- will he be able to escape?
That was not an NYPD cruiser! The motto is "Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect" -- although maybe in the future it will be "Honor, Service, Dignity."
Jack looks a little flummoxed.
But no, there's a convenient helipad! And thankfully, he's got his man purse -- will he be able to escape?
That was not an NYPD cruiser! The motto is "Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect" -- although maybe in the future it will be "Honor, Service, Dignity."
Previously on 24, 9am - 10am
We're down to the last 5 hours. Sadly, I'm still not watching live...though this really is the end of an era, I don't think that live blogging will survive as an entertainment form for the nerdish egghead pop culture fans of bad TV. (And sometimes good TV.)
That said. Renee is dead. Jack moves quickly through his World Of Pain to revenge mode. (This will cost him, it never really works out this way.)
He manages to get into the courtroom where the evil Russian is being processed -- remember Bad Dad, who caused both of his sons to die, the guy with the Rods? yeah, I had forgotten him, too -- and gotten to the bottom of who killed Renee with about 30 seconds of verbal threats. (And geez, the courts work fast on TV; he was just arrested a few hours ago.)
It's the Russian government. And Bridezilla has all of the info.
The Evil Veep, the discredited former president, has gotten the Russians to agree to come back to the table and sign the peace accord, or he'll reveal their dastardly secret.
Jack heads back to interrogate Bridezilla, leading to the inevitably improbable promise of an immunity agreement, which the Evil Veep convinces Mme. President not to grant. In fact, he convinces her to do the wrong thing for the right reasons, and get everyone to smile and make nice on the peace agreement.
Even though the Russians can't be trusted, and Mme. President Hassan will be royally annoyed if she ever learns that she's signing an agreement with the people who killed her husband.
She has shown her ability to be swayed by really bad advice from dubious actors in the past, so we're not really surprised. Mme. President, you're no David Palmer.
After a series of improbable conversations between our Mme. President and various mid-level government employees, where she implores them to understand her reasoning, she shuts Jack down and sends him off to be "debriefed" at an air force base in NJ.
Jack hi-jacks the helicopter (heh heh, hijack), and as things close down, Chloe -- still in charge of CTU -- is standing on the helipad ordering the Air Force to bring Jack down.
Bloop, bloop.
That said. Renee is dead. Jack moves quickly through his World Of Pain to revenge mode. (This will cost him, it never really works out this way.)
He manages to get into the courtroom where the evil Russian is being processed -- remember Bad Dad, who caused both of his sons to die, the guy with the Rods? yeah, I had forgotten him, too -- and gotten to the bottom of who killed Renee with about 30 seconds of verbal threats. (And geez, the courts work fast on TV; he was just arrested a few hours ago.)
It's the Russian government. And Bridezilla has all of the info.
The Evil Veep, the discredited former president, has gotten the Russians to agree to come back to the table and sign the peace accord, or he'll reveal their dastardly secret.
Jack heads back to interrogate Bridezilla, leading to the inevitably improbable promise of an immunity agreement, which the Evil Veep convinces Mme. President not to grant. In fact, he convinces her to do the wrong thing for the right reasons, and get everyone to smile and make nice on the peace agreement.
Even though the Russians can't be trusted, and Mme. President Hassan will be royally annoyed if she ever learns that she's signing an agreement with the people who killed her husband.
She has shown her ability to be swayed by really bad advice from dubious actors in the past, so we're not really surprised. Mme. President, you're no David Palmer.
After a series of improbable conversations between our Mme. President and various mid-level government employees, where she implores them to understand her reasoning, she shuts Jack down and sends him off to be "debriefed" at an air force base in NJ.
Jack hi-jacks the helicopter (heh heh, hijack), and as things close down, Chloe -- still in charge of CTU -- is standing on the helipad ordering the Air Force to bring Jack down.
Bloop, bloop.
Madame President
Ethan's going to give her the evil eye.
He's looking a little sweaty. Maybe he'll drop dead.
Split screen montage.
And the mustachio'd guy is going to be the chief waterboarder? I don't even know if I can make it through the last 3 hours of the show...
He's looking a little sweaty. Maybe he'll drop dead.
Split screen montage.
And the mustachio'd guy is going to be the chief waterboarder? I don't even know if I can make it through the last 3 hours of the show...
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