I've watched bits and pieces of the previous five seasons of "24," and after this year's two-night, four-hour season premiere I think we can safely come to a few conclusions.
1. Terrorists on this show have never met a convoluted plan they didn't like. Shoot down Air Force 1 on the off-chance you can retrieve the nuclear "football" in the wreckage? Kidnap the Secretary of State as a distraction? Take an airport terminal hostage to blackmail the president into bailing on an anti-terrorist accord with Russia as a smokescreen to steal some nerve gas? Why not? We've got 24 hours of programming to fill.
2. Suspense can be manufactured out of any contrivance. Only in the world of "24" does the orchestration of a presidential treaty-signing photo-op take priority over a hostage situation in a Los Angeles Airport. Think it might be a good idea to delay this thing for, oh..I don't know...at least four or five minutes? Just, you know, out of curiosity to see if Americans are being slaughtered on live television. Because people are gonna tune in to that photo op for sure.
3. Jack Bauer is one bad-ass muthafucker.
4. And most importantly, I've learned this: Mary Lynn Rajskub is the worst actress ever. Anywhere. She has been fine -- endearing even -- playing bit parts on "Mr. Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show." But her Cloe O'Brien on "24" only knows one facial expression: constipated pouty grimmace. You know, that face you make when you've spent 45 minutes on the shitter but nothing comes out other than a few puffs of gas and a small pellet of poo. Hard to believe smart people thought it might be gripping to watch her frown and type while talking on a phone for an entire season. Popping out poo pellets sounds more enticing to me.
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1) Does seem like a lot going on - if it makes you feel better, think of it as analogous to classic misdirection used by magicians (he shows you his right hand while he secretly uses his left to pull something out of his pocket); or maybe the terrorists just figure if they try 5 different acts of terror and only one of them work it's a successful day. I think they actually pull it off well - just when Jack finally kills that last terrorist in the current 3-hour sub-plot, we find out where the next 3-hour subplot is about to take us. And that reminds me, when are we playing our next game of "nuclear football"?
2) They're purposely portraying this Logan guy as the "anti-Palmer" President. He consistently overreacts to everything and always makes the wrong call. I think they needed another guy who Jack has to prove himself to. Also, they'll take any chance they can to do that split screen lead-in/out thing they do to show you where everyone is at that moment.
3) I clicked on your link to Mary Lynn Rajskub - aside from the pouty pictures, she has some hot photos there. Mary Lynn can "raj" my "skub" anytime! How about instead of thinking of that as a "poo face", imagine it's her "O-face" - just a suggestion.
Plus, this is still one of the best shows on TV right now. I actually have become a Keifer ("Gravitas") Sutherland fan
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