Comments on: TORTURE REVISTED

By: The MaryHunter

The MaryHunter — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 00:02:47 +0000

I’m a little annoyed with their “will he crack?” angle with Edgar. It’s just a little too much to ask us to imagine him jump-tackling somebody or grabbing a gun from a CTU guard’s holster and blam blamming away. They would NEVER do that on this show again–dey been there, dey done that. I think someone needs to give him some medication or a good screw. Chloe?

But wait, then Edgar wouldn’t be able to do his job… but he can’t do his job now… Oh the humanity! They should just have Jack pop him, for the good of the country, and put Fat Geek out of his misery.

By: A

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:03:43 +0000

Did anyone else notice Novak contradicting himself? Last hour he inisted that Pres. Jellyfish give a national address, figuring people were still wide awake and would want reassurance that their government was intact. This past hour, and I cannot remember what they were talking about, he mentioned that much of the country was STILL asleep. I thought everyone was still awake. Do we fall asleep that fast?

And I have to say that my favorite moment of the entire season (not that I don’t enjoy watching terrorists suffer at the hands of Jack Bauer) has to be when Chloe ran up to Tony and Michelle, pauses a second, and asks if she were interrupting anything. They could have been making sweet love and she would have done the same thing! I cannot stand that girl, but man did she make me laugh.

By: sue

sue — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:41:39 +0000

i knew it i knew it i knew it! they are bringing ‘the good president’palmer back into the picture—yes! he was such a popular character and, novak still has some redeemin’ to do. i thought one of the best moments was
when ‘the bad president’ had 2 choices: he could do what was right at any cost, or, he could do what was best for his career/legacy. he went for the legacy. so i’m thinkin’—if hillary was ever in circumstances requiring that kind of choice, which would she
choose? duh! at her core she’s political and self-serving. i would never trust her to do the right thing for the right reasons in the long haul. another thought: it’s quite often said that people don’t ‘vote for vice presidents.’ this is a reminder that we should be much more mindful of who that person
is. the vp has had to stand up and take over more than once in our history. 2 presidents have been assasinated and others have had serious attempts. these times seem particularly ripe for those measures. i pray for bush’ s safety quite regularly.

i thought the show made quite the statement last night about the (liberal?)judge who wouldn’t approve the court order because he thought that prado had no record so ‘it was outside of the patriot act.’ (i think edgar should take a weiss and the judge for a long lunch break and come back alone.) weiss had aclu written all over him and his conviction showed when he didn’t even blink at jack’s reasoning or parting comment. i have noticed that jack. the ‘good’ presidents, and ctu have never done anything they didn’t have to to deal with the crisis. they don’t enjoy what they have to do to people, but they know the evil and ruthlessness they are up against. despite the body count, they know what they have to do and try to keep it minimal. they aren’t crazed. i would hope that our intelligence and military are as professional and honorably motivated as 24’s good guys. i have wondered at the absence of secdef. he should’ve been in the loop, even in the office of the prez last night. he should’ve been there to back novak, but the prez would’ve been outnumbered when it came to making his weasely self-serving political choice and the point might have been lost. if this was bush or cheney, condi would’ve been there. i was also glad that the story went to other characters that we like and who round out the story so that it isn’t all jack all the time. after it was all over i had this horrible thought: what if there are no plans for a ‘next season’ and they kill jack this season???? horrors! i keep thinking that they have to find jack his ‘woman of kindred spirit’ so maybe they’ll do that next time. i love a good story and they are doing a pretty good job this time. i was concerned about the show taking a liberal bias, but am so glad it hasn’t. so far kiefer is sticking his nose out quite a bit. good for him!

By: hector

hector — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 13:47:42 +0000

I love this show. While I know you want to know where SecDef is, remember, what is weeks to us is hours. I sure hope they take a couple of hours to decide to institute marshall law. Great discussion on torture and the rule of law. As a law enforcement officer, we joke about torture however, there is a slippery slope one must be mindful of. If we torture re: nukes, do we torture re: biowarefare, then guns, the drugs, etc. Where is the line?
I think the most exciting thing about this weeks show was the previews for next week which shows the return of President Palmer. Looks liKe President jellyfish might be able to get some instant backbone.