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post #101 of 885
12/22/08 at 6:00pm
I think the CTU-less 7th Season will just be replaced by another Federal agency that will act as CTU's proxy. And it will no doubt be inflltrated by someone who turns out to be a mole because as we all know government agencies on 24 evidently don't do background checks.
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post #102 of 885
12/22/08 at 6:09pm
I hope not. They said they were changing up the formula.
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post #103 of 885
12/24/08 at 4:31pm
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I hope not. They said they were changing up the formula.
They've said that pretty much every year for that the past 3 seasons. I certainly hope they do something different, because my tolerance level for 24 obsurdities is almost at ZERO!
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post #104 of 885
12/24/08 at 5:25pm
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They've said that pretty much every year for that the past 3 seasons. I certainly hope they do something different, because my tolerance level for 24 obsurdities is almost at ZERO!
I personally look forward to the authorities setting up a perimeter which the person they are searching for will effortlessly slip through.
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post #105 of 885
12/24/08 at 5:26pm
Jack's gone rogue/dark/native!!!
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post #106 of 885
12/24/08 at 5:37pm
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I personally look forward to the authorities setting up a perimeter which the person they are searching for will effortlessly slip through.
They wouldn't slip through if Chloe would get on the ball in terms of satellite coverage!
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post #107 of 885
1/9/09 at 5:17pm
This review of Sunday's premier sounds promising: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....24/index.html
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post #108 of 885
1/11/09 at 7:02pm
Oh, Jack Bauer, despite the increasing stupidity of your show, I just can't stay away. I'm actually pumped for tonight's show. I agree with whomever said absence makes the heart grow fonder.

For the record, I thought Redemption was okay, not great. It reminded me why I watch 24 in the first place: watching creative Bauer kills.

My love is conditional though. If another puppet-master who is also a Bauer relative shows up, I'm outta there. Or another CTU-esque agency with a mole. Or...

Grr...24, you make it hard for me to love you!
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post #109 of 885
1/12/09 at 1:17am
I liked the first two so far, not too preposterous , but still pedal to the medal, multiple plot points, with all being pretty interesting. Please keep it up.....
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post #110 of 885
1/12/09 at 1:25am
Honestly, that, coupled with Redemption, wasn’t an awful four hours of television. Certainly a heck of a lot better than season six.
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post #111 of 885
1/12/09 at 1:54am
They did a lot of things right: Scaled it back some. Did a genuine reset. Didn't throw Chloe and Buchanan back into the mix immediately (though we know they're coming). Kept it focused on Jack and Tony. Introduced appealing new characters. (FBI agent lady already seems more worthwhile than all the season-six newbies.)

And, most importantly, they won't string us along for 12 hours, making us wonder what's going on with Tony and when him and Bauer will lock horns. It's comin' tomorrow, baby!

And, holy shit ... that's Billy Walsh working alongside Garofalo. Didn't expect that.
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post #112 of 885
1/12/09 at 2:29am
I liked it! The FBI lady is capable and willing to play along and, uh, HOT. Definitely a good start in my eyes.
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post #113 of 885
1/12/09 at 2:46am
I watched it! I'll watch again tomorrow night in hopes that it doesn't go off the rails just yet. It's becoming more difficult to watch each season though because there are more and more recognizable actors on the show, it's like watching The Outer Limits.
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post #114 of 885
1/12/09 at 3:13am
Despite the wholesale ripping-off of Die Hard 2's main scheme, it was fairly decent. I'm calling it now that Garafalo is the mole.

I guess the writer's strike kind of fucked the whole President's son storyline. The end of Redemption and the beginning of this season should have only been like a week or so, unless Senate subpeonas are extended waaaaay in advance. Son was still alive at the end of Redemption with Jon Voight "keeping an eye on him."
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post #115 of 885
1/12/09 at 3:13am
A mole within the FBI? SHOCKING.

I don't know, I wanted a little more. Especially when it came to the Jack/Tony face-off. Guess that was just an appetizer for what's to come. Chinlund sure went down quick.

Buchanan better be on tomorrow.
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post #116 of 885
1/12/09 at 3:17am
Really loving what I'm seeing so far, save for Janeane Garofolo. I hated every moment that she was onscreen trying to be Chloe 2.0.
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post #117 of 885
1/12/09 at 3:17am
This was definitely a fine start. However, with several people/reviews saying this represents any kind of an improvement over Season 6, it should be reminded that the first four episodes of Season 6 were actually fucking awesome before eventually going down as the worst year yet.
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post #118 of 885
1/12/09 at 3:22am
Garafolo seems to be continuing the fine 24 tradition of female characters that are mentally or emotionally imbalanced. The show's still totally boring when Jack is offscreen, and only a little better when he's on it. The dialogue is just as heavy handed as ever. My favorite exchange was the FBI woman's explanation to "Jack" about how not preposterous it is that Tony could still be alive. It appears they've gotten rid of CTU only to put the same intraoffice crap in the FBI building. Hell, we only had to wait an hour for the beginning of the whac-a-mole game.

But I must admit I always liked the brooding overacting of Carlos Bernard, and will watch to see where they take his character.
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post #119 of 885
1/12/09 at 3:33am
Boy, everybody got a lot done in the first ten minutes. Then it moved at a far more realistic pace.

I'm in so far. Nice to be in Washington.
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post #120 of 885
1/12/09 at 3:59am
More of the usual in these first two hours, but it's nice to have some Jack Bauer ass kicking back on the tube. No doubt this chick who is helping Bauer will end up dead sooner or later. It's the fate of all who help Jack (though sometimes they come back.)
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post #121 of 885
1/12/09 at 4:15am
It may end up being a minor thing, but I'm still wondering why Tony's terror group did not kidnap the tech guy's daughter at the beginning of Hour 1. I was just waiting for the old "we've got your kid now do as we say or we'll sic a cougar on her ass" routine, but I was genuinely surprised that they just left the child there without so much as an intimidating threat directed her way. I wonder if that is going to come back some sort of way. Could it be that Tony is working on the right side after all? He left the child unharmed (save for any injuries during that wreck) and even told the tech guy to clean himself up after he did what was asked of him when I was expecting brain matter to splatter the walls. Maybe minor stuff, but for a supposed baddie, he's not acting too bad just yet.
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post #122 of 885
1/12/09 at 5:28am
They're definitely leaving it open that he might not be all that bad, at least relative to others; or that he has some other agenda inside the terrorist group. But none of it has any bearing on what will actually happen. He could turn out to be as evil as they come and they'd still be using this angle to manufacture suspense.
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post #123 of 885
1/12/09 at 9:44am
More thoughts ...

-- It wasn't just DIE HARD 2 being riffed on there. Sometimes that first two hours felt like the illicit love child of DIE HARDER and LIVE FREE AND DIE HARD.

-- The only reason to bring on Chloe 2.0 is to eventually have her go to throat-to-throat with Chloe 1.0. So Garofalo as the traitor seems likely.

-- Everyone always busts on 24 for its at-least-one-mole-a-season forumla. But it honestly never bothers me. In fact, it's part of the fun. It's all a game of Can You Guess the Bad Guy?

-- No way Tony's evil. He's definitely got an angle. The 24 fan club has too much invested in that character for the writers to simply make him the day seven villain and nothing more. That sinister stubble is a red herring, I tell ya!

-- No one's ever going to accuse 24 of being a particularly deep show -- and I'm pretty sure all this questioning of Jack's, uh, information-extraction tactics will be dropped pretty quickly -- but I liked the little scene in the car between Jack and the young FBI agent who feels the government's doing him wrong.
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post #124 of 885
1/12/09 at 10:06am
Maybe i am missing something, but we all saw Tony die, including Jack. We learn last night that the paramedics took him away, we never saw him after that and it is not his body buried. My question is what happened between the time the paramedics took him away and what happened last night?
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post #125 of 885
1/12/09 at 1:05pm
Well I'm of the opinion the show peaked with season 3 (my favourite) and turned to shit soon after, but that indeed was a pretty decent first two hours of season 7.

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My question is what happened between the time the paramedics took him away and what happened last night?
The answer probably involves a broken Chicago Cubs coffee mug and the ensuing descent into madness that entails.
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post #126 of 885
1/12/09 at 2:06pm
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Originally Posted by jstraw80 View Post
Maybe i am missing something, but we all saw Tony die, including Jack. We learn last night that the paramedics took him away, we never saw him after that and it is not his body buried. My question is what happened between the time the paramedics took him away and what happened last night?
A swing by Herbert West's house? Who the fuck cares? It's 24 -- go with it.
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post #127 of 885
1/12/09 at 4:32pm
Why are people so upset about Tony being alive this season when that info was common knowledge in the Fall of 07? The opener was great and if that one thing bothers you that much then why are you still watching 24 in season 7?
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post #128 of 885
1/12/09 at 5:17pm
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Originally Posted by jstraw80
Maybe I am missing something...
You think? The season is two hours old, and Jack has barely been able to say two words to Tony. Do you think the show isn't going to fill in the blanks as the story unfolds?
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post #129 of 885
1/12/09 at 9:14pm
If anyone really thinks Tony is evil, they haven't watched the show. He was definitively trying to garner some information from his "boss" about the NEXT hit.

It was Ok, a little short on the action, but good non the less.
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post #130 of 885
1/12/09 at 9:34pm
Plus they made sure he didn't do anything irredeemably evil, like actually making those planes collide. Pretty obvious of course.
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post #131 of 885
1/12/09 at 9:36pm
Yeah, Tony not being a bad guy is one of the more predictable twists. Another would probably be that there isn't a mole in the FBI but rather it's Tony's handler that wants to make sure things don't get messed up (for the greater good). Nice first two hours and I expect the next two to be just as good. The real test for this show is what it does from hour 5 on....
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post #132 of 885
1/12/09 at 10:28pm
God I'm so happy that 24 is back!!!!! The first 2 hours were amazing, and so far its looking like these next two are going to be equally amazing.
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post #133 of 885
1/12/09 at 10:29pm
Haha, gotta love Chloe.

"I couldn't believe what that Senator said about you. You looked good, though."
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post #134 of 885
1/12/09 at 10:40pm
"McGarnagle...er...Jack's a wildcard, he's dangerous!"
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post #135 of 885
1/12/09 at 10:55pm
The Jack Sack is back!
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post #136 of 885
1/13/09 at 12:19am
So Tony was bad (he didn't grow that evil facial hair for nothing) but now he's not. Which gives them the perfect excuse to kill him off again, as he will obviously have to pay for his sins.

Also nice to see they brought back the lame "tech geek has to break the rules for an imperiled loved one" subplot.
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post #137 of 885
1/13/09 at 1:03am
Not quite as good as the first two , but still pretty happy with it, Tony not being bad is comforting , cause I didn't buy that the character has it in him to kill thousands of innocent americans in the first place.
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post #138 of 885
1/13/09 at 2:04am
Yeah, I thought tonight's two hours weren't quite as good as last night's. Buchanan is so fantastically grizzled, though.
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post #139 of 885
1/13/09 at 3:06am
Don't know what made me happier. Buchanan on the other end of that phone or the return of "Don't fight it!"

Sad to say though, by around the last half hour I was getting mighty sleepy tonight. Not a good sign.
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post #140 of 885
1/13/09 at 3:11am
I found tonight's first episode spectacular, while the second one was kind of boring like both episodes last night. Jack in the car screaming as he drove it off the parking garage was awesome as was Buchanan's crazy bootlegger turn in the van just before. I'm hoping the president's crazy husband goes vigilante hunting down his son's killer.
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post #141 of 885
1/13/09 at 3:23am
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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber's EYE CONDITION! View Post
I'm hoping the president's crazy husband goes vigilante hunting down his son's killer.
A shame that first suspect got shot or we could have had a Face/Off reunion!
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post #142 of 885
1/13/09 at 3:59am
We've out our first "you're running out of time!" Everyone do a shot.
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post #143 of 885
1/13/09 at 5:34am
Holy shit. Jack is now part of the A-Team complete with the van. Looks like the most promising season since 5. Let's hope it stays this way.....
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post #144 of 885
1/13/09 at 7:24am
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Holy shit. Jack is now part of the A-Team complete with the van. Looks like the most promising season since 5. Let's hope it stays this way.....
The show has always been silly, but that makes it sound like it has only had one terrible season. I thought there was a drop-off after the third, four was watchable, and five and six stunk.
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post #145 of 885
1/13/09 at 9:00am
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You think? The season is two hours old, and Jack has barely been able to say two words to Tony. Do you think the show isn't going to fill in the blanks as the story unfolds?
well i also watch Lost
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post #146 of 885
1/13/09 at 10:54am
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The show has always been silly, but that makes it sound like it has only had one terrible season. I thought there was a drop-off after the third, four was watchable, and five and six stunk.
Season five was fantastic. Maybe the show's best. (Either five or two.)

Four was ridiculous but enjoyable.

Now, season six -- yeah, that was a steamin' pile.
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post #147 of 885
1/13/09 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by A-Pathetic View Post
I personally look forward to the authorities setting up a perimeter which the person they are searching for will effortlessly slip through.
Quoting yourself is lame, I know, but c'mon. 2 nights of shows and we've had TWO perimeters set up and breached already!
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post #148 of 885
1/13/09 at 12:07pm
Am I crazy or they ret-conning the shit out of the President's son? It wasn't he who found the leak at the securities firm but his druggy best friend, right? Regardless, paranoid First Husband is just a do-over of Jean Smart's crazy First Lady from Season Five.

I hope Garafalo turns out to be the mole, because she's a pretty pale comic relief. I did like that it turned into a Battle of the Chloe's there for a bit over the FBI's security cams.

An okay start. I'm curious to see where they go with the Bill Buchanan Justice League angle.
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post #149 of 885
1/13/09 at 12:13pm
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Am I crazy or they ret-conning the shit out of the President's son? It wasn't he who found the leak at the securities firm but his druggy best friend, right? Regardless, paranoid First Husband is just a do-over of Jean Smart's crazy First Lady from Season Five.
The fiance of the President's son didn't trust the druggie, so he never would have told her where the information originated. He also told his friend that he'd look into it himself, so he probably did verify the information was true and then shared it with his fiance.
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post #150 of 885
1/13/09 at 4:02pm
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Season five was fantastic. Maybe the show's best. (Either five or two.)

Four was ridiculous but enjoyable.

Now, season six -- yeah, that was a steamin' pile.
The sad thing about season 6 was that it started off like it might be the best in a few seasons. Unfortunately, all it took for Jack to shake off years of torture was a good cry and then we had the season we had. Plus casting Rick Schroeder as someone who can go toe to toe with Jack was a huge mistake.

Things season 6 did right?

1. Jack being shellshocked for at least the first 4 episodes.
2. Casting Powers Boothe as the evil VP
3. Jack's Rambo like speech at the end of the season.
4. Aaron Pierce hooking up with the first lady from season 5
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