Tuesday, November 25, 2003
5pm - 6pm
God I wasn't kidding when I said this is a 'Holy shit' show. I blabbed it out loud twice during this episode. I have no fingernails left. My heart is racing. This was an incredible hour and I can't believe how many emotions coursed through me during the show tonight.
Kyle and Linda... Poor hapless Kyle seems like the kind of guy that trouble just finds. He has a good heart I think, but not a lot going on in the common sense department. Tonight, when he saw Linda's reaction to being thrown into the weird chamber thing, he finally had the right idea. I will admit that I didn't see him trying to hang himself on those wires coming. I thought he was trying to somehow get the guards to open up the door or something. I'm not very good at predicting what's coming actually, so I spend a lot of my time being pleasantly (or unpleasantly, as it happens) surprised. So his attempt to take his own life was my first Holy Shit moment of the show. I was glad Linda saved him though, that was a nice touch. I think she's a pretty tough chick. Besides, Kyle's kinda cute.
The great debate... I think this was sort of underplayed and I'm still a little muddled about it. Keeler let loose his accusation yet Anne seemed taken aback by it. Why? She said she was ready for whatever got thrown at her and she had the advantage of knowing what was coming during the debate. Why was she so shocked? Maybe because Palmer seemed a little befuddled by the attack? I don't know, not enough time was spent on it for me.
And so Jack's big secret is out. I'm really warming up to weird Chloe and how abrasive she can be without meaning to. Another sort of hapless person who's big on smarts, low on common sense or tact. I like the way Kim found out about the smack and she dealt with it as emotionally as I would have expected her to. Well done Elisha :) And kudos to Adam for not being a complete twat to her and actually understanding her precarious position now that it's also known she inadvertently helped Jack start the prison riot.
The riot.. God the other and biggest Holy Shit moment. Leonard Roberts, the actor who played the guard Jack played Russion Roulette with, was amazing. His absolute fear and tension displayed on his face that completely *made* the moment for me. That's the thing about this show that I love so much - as an american used to typical television shows taking the easy way out emotionally of tough situations, it was a complete shock to me when 24 took the hard way out of the guard who was forced to roulette himself. I was so gutted when the poor bastard got the bullet. Tears formed, heart pounded, and I felt wrenched when I saw Jack's face. One more death that he has to add to his conscience to go along with his wife, the officer from season one and who knows who else. That was just such a brilliant scene I can't stop thinking about it.
The rest of the episode had me on the edge of my seat. Good on Kim and Adam for tracking down that truck, though I did wonder how Kim knew what Kyle was wearing. but I'm assuming a full description of him went out all over the place so that's not a nitpick :P I'm also wondering what Claudia is playing at. Why is she going to try and play the brothers off each other? Does she want out of her situation? Does she pout enough with those poofy lips? I don't know... Hector kind of annoys me so I'm a little glad he wasn't in this episode much. Anyway, they got Kyle but just not in time - and this is where my fingernails went. The Jack and Chase standoff was excellent and I'm glad he was smart enough to figure out what Jack was really up to. So now he knows Jack hasn't really switched sides. I could kill Jack though for disabling the com in the chopper. Argh!
What a fecking awesome show. That is all I have to say. For now. I'll be back to blather on some more later.
Kyle and Linda... Poor hapless Kyle seems like the kind of guy that trouble just finds. He has a good heart I think, but not a lot going on in the common sense department. Tonight, when he saw Linda's reaction to being thrown into the weird chamber thing, he finally had the right idea. I will admit that I didn't see him trying to hang himself on those wires coming. I thought he was trying to somehow get the guards to open up the door or something. I'm not very good at predicting what's coming actually, so I spend a lot of my time being pleasantly (or unpleasantly, as it happens) surprised. So his attempt to take his own life was my first Holy Shit moment of the show. I was glad Linda saved him though, that was a nice touch. I think she's a pretty tough chick. Besides, Kyle's kinda cute.
The great debate... I think this was sort of underplayed and I'm still a little muddled about it. Keeler let loose his accusation yet Anne seemed taken aback by it. Why? She said she was ready for whatever got thrown at her and she had the advantage of knowing what was coming during the debate. Why was she so shocked? Maybe because Palmer seemed a little befuddled by the attack? I don't know, not enough time was spent on it for me.
And so Jack's big secret is out. I'm really warming up to weird Chloe and how abrasive she can be without meaning to. Another sort of hapless person who's big on smarts, low on common sense or tact. I like the way Kim found out about the smack and she dealt with it as emotionally as I would have expected her to. Well done Elisha :) And kudos to Adam for not being a complete twat to her and actually understanding her precarious position now that it's also known she inadvertently helped Jack start the prison riot.
The riot.. God the other and biggest Holy Shit moment. Leonard Roberts, the actor who played the guard Jack played Russion Roulette with, was amazing. His absolute fear and tension displayed on his face that completely *made* the moment for me. That's the thing about this show that I love so much - as an american used to typical television shows taking the easy way out emotionally of tough situations, it was a complete shock to me when 24 took the hard way out of the guard who was forced to roulette himself. I was so gutted when the poor bastard got the bullet. Tears formed, heart pounded, and I felt wrenched when I saw Jack's face. One more death that he has to add to his conscience to go along with his wife, the officer from season one and who knows who else. That was just such a brilliant scene I can't stop thinking about it.
The rest of the episode had me on the edge of my seat. Good on Kim and Adam for tracking down that truck, though I did wonder how Kim knew what Kyle was wearing. but I'm assuming a full description of him went out all over the place so that's not a nitpick :P I'm also wondering what Claudia is playing at. Why is she going to try and play the brothers off each other? Does she want out of her situation? Does she pout enough with those poofy lips? I don't know... Hector kind of annoys me so I'm a little glad he wasn't in this episode much. Anyway, they got Kyle but just not in time - and this is where my fingernails went. The Jack and Chase standoff was excellent and I'm glad he was smart enough to figure out what Jack was really up to. So now he knows Jack hasn't really switched sides. I could kill Jack though for disabling the com in the chopper. Argh!
What a fecking awesome show. That is all I have to say. For now. I'll be back to blather on some more later.



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