Comments on: THE POLITICS OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:28:32 +0000

Bill told Chloe “I need my best people looking for Jack”. Makes alot more sense than “working” for Jack

By: Johnny Tremaine

Johnny Tremaine — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:59:42 +0000

I gave up on this show about a month ago. Like Rick wrote in a previous post, the show has pretty much jumped the shark and from here on will likely continue to repeat itself.
A cool concept would be if ‘24′ focused on a different story and different lead every season and the show expanded from being about CTU. For example next years storyline could be about an off duty NYPD cop caught in a hostage situation for 24 hours; the year after can be about a kidnap victim’s ordeal and so on…
The two shows I watch now is LOST, now that it’s good again, and HEROES which is getting better and better—hey, where else in primetive TV will a show do a take-off on the classic X-Men storyline, ‘Days of Future Past’?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:51:21 +0000

> Doyle pulls up to where Jack ditched the tracking device and is able to divine which way Bauer headed. His logic is impeccable but one wonders how he was able to determine the exact place that Jack got rid of the tracking device and how he could tell the direction Jack took off toward.

He was examining tire tracks. Probably not too many old tracks in the area of those power lines.

By: Sister Toldjah » Monday/24 open thread (TUE PM UPDATE)

Sister Toldjah » Monday/24 open thread (TUE PM UPDATE) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:01:25 +0000

[...] Not sure if I’ll be watching tonight as I’m pretty tired, but even if I do fall asleep, I’ll be able to check out Rick Moran’s recap tomorrow when he gets it posted (thank goodness). (Tue PM Update: It’s posted.) [...]

By: sue

sue — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:34:14 +0000

for all of its problems i still enjoy this story. example: jack has been a little too distracted to deal with his dad, who may or may not come back. we are dealing with only 24 hours after all. and i’m still glad that they have done more with the charaacters than just having them be blasted by jack. there’s more to the situation than jack’s body count. powers booth is a good choice for vp because he’s icky and does icky so well. (it’s hard to believe he got his start as a song and dance man on broadway.) i’m also liking that jack is a good shot! i hate it when there is a lot of shooting and no one hits anything! and i look forward to seeing how jack gets out of this one. and as far as jack’s humaness, he’s operating on brain stem mode having been sufferring from battle fatigue. he’s just putting one foot in front of the other, disheartened even more by his realization that audrey is such a mess and his seeming disappointment that he must go on because he was denied the relief of suicide. jack’s soul is weary and his realizing that audrey needs his help is what will help keep him going. for all h e’s been through, he has not hardened himself to love.

By: Juan Paxety

Juan Paxety — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:00:04 +0000

They’ve spent too much time on the wrong part of the formula this year. Jack’s humanity was extremely important - seeing him search for terrorists while also trying to help his family - Terri and Kim - kept Jack as a human being. Even Audrey filled this role in Season 4. Season 5 dealt with the very human Martha dealing with all all too Nixonian husband.

This year the human touches are failing. Chloe is no longer the queen of Asperger’s Syndrome - she’s just a dull geek. Who cares about her relationship with Morris? The Bill and Karen interaction is interesting, but it’s all long distance and the characters are too far removed from the action.

They’ve spent too much time in the Oval Office and not enough time on the types of problems normal people have to solve.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:59:15 +0000

As Jack was setting up the meeting with Cheng, my wife and I both wondered how Jack knew the motel was still abandoned. He has been in Chinese captivity for nearly two years and, before that, was exiled and on the run. It seems unlikely that he would know that the motel was ripe for a rendevous, but I guess this is the part where we suspend belief!

The Chloe-Morris and Milo-Nadia interaction continues to be uninteresting.

I’m holding out hope that we will eventually get closure on the Logan and Philip Bauer plotlines. Maybe Jack’s dad is backing Vice Presidnet Daniels and was pulling the strings on the attempted assassination of Wayne Palmer.