24 Season 8

[Yuma]

My wife and I just want to see how much punishment Jack can take and still run around like he's twenty years old!

Also, is it just me, or do you really care if that foreign leader who resembles Eddie Munster gets killed or not? His wife would probably handle running their country better, imho.

Oh, and anyone notice in one of the hours a foreign taxi driver comes and starts shooting to help out the bad guys. Last night the bad guys escape in another foreign taxi driver's cab. Are they subtly trying to play on people's fears of foreign cab drivers, or did they notice the stereotype?

 

[Chaplin]

My wife and I just want to see how much punishment Jack can take and still run around like he's twenty years old!

Also, is it just me, or do you really care if that foreign leader who resembles Eddie Munster gets killed or not? His wife would probably handle running their country better, imho.

Oh, and anyone notice in one of the hours a foreign taxi driver comes and starts shooting to help out the bad guys. Last night the bad guys escape in another foreign taxi driver's cab. Are they subtly trying to play on people's fears of foreign cab drivers, or did they notice the stereotype?

Nah, in NYC a taxi is nowhere near suspicious--it's really the most sensible getaway vehicle you can get.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Really? The last 2 or 3 episodes, while action-packed, have been loaded with nothing but 24 cliches (Chloe taking matters into her own hands, CTU being targetted, nuclear bomb threats, the mole, Jack getting shot and getting up like nothing happened--even if it was a shot in a vest, rookie nobodies getting killed pretty easily because of stupid decisions, the head of CTU being a total hard ass--although to be fair, Hastings redeemed himself a little bit with the Chloe thing, and finally, an inconsequential plot that makes no sense and just adds stupidity to the show). Take your pick.

Haha well when you put it that way...

I must say that I've been disappointed that again they decided to dip from the Middle East/Nuclear well. Those have been major plot lines in basically half the seasons of the show now, its a shame that they haven't come up with a more imaginative threat. I don't know if I'd consider some of those others as cliches, but maybe they repackaged them just enough that they don't bother me much. I wanted them to wrap up the "Dana with Dumb and Dumber" storyline up quickly (it gave "Kim lost in the woods" a run for the money for most groan worthy 24 plot ever), but this definitely isn't what I was hoping for.

Otherwise great show

 

[jw7]

It's official: Fox Cancels 24 after this season - linky

I hope somebody makes a "Renee Walker - Ass kicker" spin-off. Because sawing off thumbs and denying oxygen is just great fun.

 

[Yuma]

Because sawing off thumbs and denying oxygen is just great fun.

Sounds like an Eminem song!

 

[ActingWild]

Oh good, they've gone back to the tried and true formula of having the President's own cabinet work against her. This episode irritated me more than I can express on here without getting banned.

I liked the gun fight in the underground walk-way but even that was under some ridiculous circumstance and the rest of the story just pushed my suspension of disbelief past its limits.

Looks like a good call by Fox to cancel after this season. (Which, has got to be the first time I've ever agreed with Fox canceling a show I liked.....ahh Firefly, how I miss you).

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Oh good, they've gone back to the tried and true formula of having the President's own cabinet work against her. This episode irritated me more than I can express on here without getting banned.

I liked the gun fight in the underground walk-way but even that was under some ridiculous circumstance and the rest of the story just pushed my suspension of disbelief past its limits.

Looks like a good call by Fox to cancel after this season. (Which, has got to be the first time I've ever agreed with Fox canceling a show I liked.....ahh Firefly, how I miss you).

Agreed.

Most movies can't pull off a firefight like 24 did in that episode, plus it was cool to see Mike Irby ('Betty Blue' from "The Unit") in action again.

As for "Firefly", I'm kind of glad that it got the axe so soon...it never had a chance to suck over time like most good shows.

 

[jw7]

the rest of the story just pushed my suspension of disbelief past its limits.

Wait, I have seen every episode of 24 since Day 1, and you are bringing up the "suspension of disbelief" reason? Come on, of course it is unbelievable, it is popcorn fun.

Oh, and there is a 2 hour episode tonight, starts one hour earlier. Kind of crappy timing against the NCAA finals, but I'm watching 24 and flipping to the game.

 

[ActingWild]

Wait, I have seen every episode of 24 since Day 1, and you are bringing up the "suspension of disbelief" reason? Come on, of course it is unbelievable, it is popcorn fun.

Oh, and there is a 2 hour episode tonight, starts one hour earlier. Kind of crappy timing against the NCAA finals, but I'm watching 24 and flipping to the game.

Yep. I'm generally willing to stick with a story and put aside some of the more unbelievable scenarios. However, this season has just pushed it too far...especially because after all these years it's still the same continual retreading of the same old plot twists. I'll see it through but this season has proven that they're out of ideas.

 

[jw7]

Yep. I'm generally willing to stick with a story and put aside some of the more unbelievable scenarios. However, this season has just pushed it too far...especially because after all these years it's still the same continual retreading of the same old plot twists. I'll see it through but this season has proven that they're out of ideas.

Oh, I agree with you except for the part where "this season pushed it too far". That is and always has been 24.

Here is how to make a 24 season:

1. Put a mole inside CTU.
2. Have a threat of a WMD (nuclear, biological, gas, radioactive bomb) pick one.
3. Bauer tortures somebody.
4. Somebody in the White House is working with the terrorists.
5. If you set up a "perimeter" around a place, you will never catch them.
6. Once one terrorist plot is foiled, you find out that there is a bigger plot behind them.
7. If Chloe gives you the head turn and stare, you are the mole.
8. No matter how big of a city it is, or what time of day, you can haul ass without a traffic delay.
9. If you are on the CTU team and your name is not on the lead-in, you are as dead as a Star-Trek redshirt.

There are so many more, but that was just off the top of my head.

Tonight's episode was great, especially the Cole scene.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

Oh, I agree with you except for the part where "this season pushed it too far". That is and always has been 24.

Here is how to make a 24 season:

1. Put a mole inside CTU.
2. Have a threat of a WMD (nuclear, biological, gas, radioactive bomb) pick one.
3. Bauer tortures somebody.
4. Somebody in the White House is working with the terrorists.
5. If you set up a "perimeter" around a place, you will never catch them.
6. Once one terrorist plot is foiled, you find out that there is a bigger plot behind them.
7. If Chloe gives you the head turn and stare, you are the mole.
8. No matter how big of a city it is, or what time of day, you can haul ass without a traffic delay.
9. If you are on the CTU team and your name is not on the lead-in, you are as dead as a Star-Trek redshirt.

There are so many more, but that was just off the top of my head.

Tonight's episode was great, especially the Cole scene.

It wouldn't surprise me if the writers had the season's first 10 plot-points scripted like an NFL offensive gameplan.

 

[jw7]

It wouldn't surprise me if the writers had the season's first 10 plot-points scripted like an NFL offensive gameplan.

Yeah, but next week might be a twist?

Spoiler

From the teaser, it looks like Jack and Renee are going to swap spit. Love theme on 24? What????

 

[Chaplin]

Still cliched like crazy, but at least it was exciting and had a brutal ending.

Oh, and it was cool seeing the female lead from the movie I made a few years ago appear in a minor role (she was the "mother" in the blond wig that took Hassan to the apartment building and who Renee shot). Didn't speak much, but that might be because she has a British accent and might not be able to pull off an Arabic one.

 

[ActingWild]

Oh, I agree with you except for the part where "this season pushed it too far". That is and always has been 24.

Here is how to make a 24 season:

1. Put a mole inside CTU.
2. Have a threat of a WMD (nuclear, biological, gas, radioactive bomb) pick one.
3. Bauer tortures somebody.
4. Somebody in the White House is working with the terrorists.
5. If you set up a "perimeter" around a place, you will never catch them.
6. Once one terrorist plot is foiled, you find out that there is a bigger plot behind them.
7. If Chloe gives you the head turn and stare, you are the mole.
8. No matter how big of a city it is, or what time of day, you can haul ass without a traffic delay.
9. If you are on the CTU team and your name is not on the lead-in, you are as dead as a Star-Trek redshirt.

There are so many more, but that was just off the top of my head.

Tonight's episode was great, especially the Cole scene.

I think you've nailed it. Love #8 and think it would be awesome if they had a scene where they tracked down the terrorist stuck in traffic, banging his head against the steering wheel and shouting at people to MOVE!

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

8. No matter how big of a city it is, or what time of day, you can haul ass without a traffic delay.

I think you've nailed it. Love #8 and think it would be awesome if they had a scene where they tracked down the terrorist stuck in traffic, banging his head against the steering wheel and shouting at people to MOVE!

As an addendum to #8 (perhaps it could be #10?) I would add this:

If you are traveling via a helicopter...no matter how big of a city it is, or what time of day it is, you will always be 20-30 minutes away from your destination.

 

[jw7]

As an addendum to #8 (perhaps it could be #10?) I would add this:

If you are traveling via a helicopter...no matter how big of a city it is, or what time of day it is, you will always be 20-30 minutes away from your destination.

No, no, no, dotken. That IS realistic. A helicopter can be there in 20-30 mins. Fail. I want my Jeep back.

10. If are a terrorist from China or Russia, your country can be named. If you are from the middle east or Africa, you get a made up name.

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

No, no, no, dotken. That IS realistic. A helicopter can be there in 20-30 mins. Fail. I want my Jeep back.

10. If are a terrorist from China or Russia, your country can be named. If you are from the middle east or Africa, you get a made up name.

HA! You can have your Jeep back when you pry it from my cold dead hands...

Like I said, it should be an addendum, to demonstrate just how ludicrous it is that it takes half an hour to travel from CTU headquarters to the lower Eastside in a chopper, but Jack can drive from Queens to the UN is 3 minutes.

No fail...no Jeep!

...besides which, Paige Davis still has it...

PS: Kudos on #10!

 

[ASUCHRIS]

Oh, I agree with you except for the part where "this season pushed it too far". That is and always has been 24.

Here is how to make a 24 season:

1. Put a mole inside CTU.
2. Have a threat of a WMD (nuclear, biological, gas, radioactive bomb) pick one.
3. Bauer tortures somebody.
4. Somebody in the White House is working with the terrorists.
5. If you set up a "perimeter" around a place, you will never catch them.
6. Once one terrorist plot is foiled, you find out that there is a bigger plot behind them.
7. If Chloe gives you the head turn and stare, you are the mole.
8. No matter how big of a city it is, or what time of day, you can haul ass without a traffic delay.
9. If you are on the CTU team and your name is not on the lead-in, you are as dead as a Star-Trek redshirt.

There are so many more, but that was just off the top of my head.

Tonight's episode was great, especially the Cole scene.

Great stuff, I laugh out loud and roll my eyes many times during episodes, but it's good stupid fun. CTU really needs to run better background checks on their employees, it's amazing how many double agents manage to slip through the cracks.

 

[jw7]

Like I said, it should be an addendum, to demonstrate just how ludicrous it is that it takes half an hour to travel from CTU headquarters to the lower Eastside in a chopper, but Jack can drive from Queens to the UN is 3 minutes.

No fail...no Jeep!

Ah, OK, I get you. When you put it that way you are right.

 

[ActingWild]

Monday's episodes were much better offerings. Still plenty of things that would only work in "24" world, but good intensity and enough (juuuuuust enough) plausibility that I didn't detach from the story. Well done 24.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Yeah, the doubleheader really turned things around.

Spoiler

Fantastic and brutal twist at the end, certainly silent clock worthy (even though I didn't think Hassan was much of a character). Finally the mole plot line is wrapped up. At least they gave it a good ending. Of course there were a couple of the silly "24 being 24" moments, like the blond wig lady keeping a loaded gun in her couch cushions despite having a little kid (I doubt even terrorists would consider that a good idea), and where the heck Dana got her gun as well. So with the rods safely in possession and Hassan dead, I guess we get to move on to the next threat. I can only assume that that is why they introduced the Russian foreign minister in the last episode. So, what are the bests for this season's blast from the past character appearance? Guesses only, not spoilers from those who know please

 

[O]

So silly, so over the top, yet I love it!

Spoiler

Dana: What can I do Jack? I was yelling at the TV. Kill her... KILL HER!!! And he did. Good stuff!

 

[jw7]

So silly, so over the top, yet I love it!

Spoiler

Dana: What can I do Jack? I was yelling at the TV. Kill her... KILL HER!!! And he did. Good stuff!

Agree 100% with your spoiler, I was thinking the same.

Another one:

Spoiler

I hated when they killed Renee off. I just loved her character. Choking off oxygen, sawing off thumbs, holding a housewife and baby hostage.

But the series is done and she is pregnant so kind of a moot point.

"I'm not going to cut the bracelet" is one of the best lines ever on 24.

 

[MrYeahBut]

One of the best lines I ever heard was from maybe, season 3 or something.

Guy had gotten into a fight with Jack and when one of his cohorts asked him what happened to his face he said ' I got into a fight with your wife!'

 

[ActingWild]

Some good scenes last night but still not without its slew ridiculous, logic defying moments.

That said, the series finale is next week. So, where's the poll on whether or not Jack lives or dies?