24 on steroids
By fred | January 17, 2007
Another couple of 24 hours in the life of Jack Bauer went by, and I have to admit I’m very pleased with quite a few things going on with that show.
I already mentioned before that there was some very nice enhancements this season, starting with how we entered this new day. Unlike all previous seasons, and there’s been a few already, always the action was (slowly) starting up with the season.
Before the first episode, there was a lot going on obviously, Presidential campaign, CTU investigation, terrorist planning or setting up their bad plans, but nothing had really happened yet.
This time, when the episode start there’s been explosion all over the US for some time now, we’re already in the middle of something. Ok, of course it got obvious pretty fast that this whole thing was only the first step in the beginning of a very long day for our favourite CTU agent, but it was really exciting to have things done that way.
Too bad though that, in a very 24ish way, they also ruined it quite fast. By having that looser that works for CTU and has responsibilities apparently giving in & admitting everything to Chloe right away without even waiting for her to even ask!
It would have been so much better & exciting to NOT let us know what’s going on, and we’d have had to pick things up here & there and put pieces back together while watching the whole thing taking place. People watching aren’t morons, be a little subtle FFS!
There was also a very nice move on those episodes: Jack shot, and eventually killed, CTU agent & friend Curtis. That was awesome, because for once Jack had to do something that wasn’t good, I mean killing a friend, a good person, CTU agent, even though he’s acting crazy and almost committing suicide one could say ; I mean he knew people, Jack, would have to shoot him, and would do it. Just like he’d done it if he had to. And he had such a long time to kill the guy, all this time they talked & shit, he could have just shoot him. Over.
Yeah sure, Jack would have killed him too most likely, but on the other side he would have killed Assad at least. But he didn’t, almost a move screaming suicide : really wants to kill Assad, can’t live without doing nothing, but can’t resolve himself to actually do it. Either because he can’t kill a guy like that, cold murder, or because he knew Assad was important to CTU, for future actions against the “real� terrorists.
I was really happy with Curtis’ death. I mean, that it happened, that Jack actually shoot & killed him. I’m pretty sure such a move would have never happen in previous season.
No, Jack would ask the President, who would say no, and hang up. Then Jack would keep talking like he’s still on the phone, pretending the President actually agrees! Then, with the fake Presidential approval Jack would start threatening the terrorist, or actually his family, and eventually grab the phone and go “ok, start killing the terrorist family!�, and we’d see some bad guy shooting a kid (or was it the wife?)
