Sunday, January 15, 2006
So much to process
Man oh man. I am still trying to process these last two hours. Good thing I taped it because I'm going to need to watch these again. (and again and again :) ) Unfortunately my Fox affiliate decided to lose picture during the all-crucial first ten minutes of the first episode. I missed most of the scene with Tony and Michelle. I mean, I know what happened obviously but it was still a bit irritating not to be able to see it.
But enough of that. Back to the incredible-ness that is 24. It was so weird to go from elation at seeing Palmer again so soon to shocked horror when he was struck by the bullet. I don't think it completely sank in until the second hour and we were confronted with his body on the floor. God that sucked so much. The look on Jack's face when he saw it too... You could see the anger building up in him - and then you see him push it back down inside him. Kiefer's so good at acting without having to speak.
Anyway just when we were starting to grasp Palmer's death we're hit again with Michelle blowing up. Not Michelle :( She was such a kickass agent. I suppose at the very least she got to spend her last days back together and happy with Tony. Speaking of which, Tony is not dead, but close enough. That blast had to have burnt off his little soul patch.
And for god's sake this was just the first ten minutes.
Just as an aside, seeing Chloe doing the one night shag thing was hilarious :) She's even socially dysfunctional outside of CTU - not that I doubted it but it's fun to see her outside of work. I would also not be surprised to find that her coworker/shag is a mole of some kind. he seems dodgy.
We're stuck with wishy-washy pussy President Logan. I hated him last season and I can see I'm going to *really* hate him this season. A man who only cares about image and media manipulation... it sickened me. I'm glad he's got an allegedly kooky wife. Jean Smart is fantastic and I can't wait to find out if she's really delusional or if she's really quite sane. From the ending of the second ep tonight, I think the latter will be true.
And Jack. Oh and Jack. Still one step ahead of everyone. Only Jack could slip into a building chock-a-block full of Feds and poke around for clues. I'm glad he convinced Wayne (ugh, not Wayne. he always annoyed me) that he's being setup. Yes Jack has gone from presumed dead to hunted. The assassination of Palmer and the hit on Tony and Michelle, and the attempted hit on Chloe was all done to make it seem to CTU that Jack is the killer.
It didn't take Jack long to be sucked back into his old life as if there's some kind of curse on him that will never allow him to live a normal life. Which is all he seems to want. But I personally think it's too late for Jack. He's seen and done too much, and had to endure too much to ever be "normal."
Caught up in the madness is Jack's new girlfriend's son who was suspicious of him. The kid followed him when Jack went to meet Chloe and so was dragged along on Jack's exploits.
And there's the baddie - the man orchestrating the hits and the events apparently coming up - it's Nick Knight :) So yeah I guess he's on the show, hehehe. Shame though, the baddies never last long and it's good to see Geraint on telly again.
So Logan is focused on his summit with the Russian president and even though the probability was high of a hit on the Russian, he refuses to change his plan because it would look bad in the media. Ugh I could see the waves of sleeziness eminating from him.
Jack found a clue in Palmer's apartment that led him to an airport. As he returned the kid to his mother he leaves them and enters the airport to follow up on it. At the same time a bunch of... terrorists for lack of a better word pile out of a van and head inside. The kid thinks he needs to warn Jack and heads inside but as he does, the van blows up and the terrorists pull out weapons and begin taking hostages.
Tick freaking boom man. It was a brilliant, wonderful exhilarating start to the new season. I'm so jazzed about it and I hope you guys are too.
Best Line of the Night: "The only reason you're still conscious is because I don't want to carry you." - Bwah!!!
Let me know what you lot thought in the comments :) See you tomorrow night!
But enough of that. Back to the incredible-ness that is 24. It was so weird to go from elation at seeing Palmer again so soon to shocked horror when he was struck by the bullet. I don't think it completely sank in until the second hour and we were confronted with his body on the floor. God that sucked so much. The look on Jack's face when he saw it too... You could see the anger building up in him - and then you see him push it back down inside him. Kiefer's so good at acting without having to speak.
Anyway just when we were starting to grasp Palmer's death we're hit again with Michelle blowing up. Not Michelle :( She was such a kickass agent. I suppose at the very least she got to spend her last days back together and happy with Tony. Speaking of which, Tony is not dead, but close enough. That blast had to have burnt off his little soul patch.
And for god's sake this was just the first ten minutes.
Just as an aside, seeing Chloe doing the one night shag thing was hilarious :) She's even socially dysfunctional outside of CTU - not that I doubted it but it's fun to see her outside of work. I would also not be surprised to find that her coworker/shag is a mole of some kind. he seems dodgy.
We're stuck with wishy-washy pussy President Logan. I hated him last season and I can see I'm going to *really* hate him this season. A man who only cares about image and media manipulation... it sickened me. I'm glad he's got an allegedly kooky wife. Jean Smart is fantastic and I can't wait to find out if she's really delusional or if she's really quite sane. From the ending of the second ep tonight, I think the latter will be true.
And Jack. Oh and Jack. Still one step ahead of everyone. Only Jack could slip into a building chock-a-block full of Feds and poke around for clues. I'm glad he convinced Wayne (ugh, not Wayne. he always annoyed me) that he's being setup. Yes Jack has gone from presumed dead to hunted. The assassination of Palmer and the hit on Tony and Michelle, and the attempted hit on Chloe was all done to make it seem to CTU that Jack is the killer.
It didn't take Jack long to be sucked back into his old life as if there's some kind of curse on him that will never allow him to live a normal life. Which is all he seems to want. But I personally think it's too late for Jack. He's seen and done too much, and had to endure too much to ever be "normal."
Caught up in the madness is Jack's new girlfriend's son who was suspicious of him. The kid followed him when Jack went to meet Chloe and so was dragged along on Jack's exploits.
And there's the baddie - the man orchestrating the hits and the events apparently coming up - it's Nick Knight :) So yeah I guess he's on the show, hehehe. Shame though, the baddies never last long and it's good to see Geraint on telly again.
So Logan is focused on his summit with the Russian president and even though the probability was high of a hit on the Russian, he refuses to change his plan because it would look bad in the media. Ugh I could see the waves of sleeziness eminating from him.
Jack found a clue in Palmer's apartment that led him to an airport. As he returned the kid to his mother he leaves them and enters the airport to follow up on it. At the same time a bunch of... terrorists for lack of a better word pile out of a van and head inside. The kid thinks he needs to warn Jack and heads inside but as he does, the van blows up and the terrorists pull out weapons and begin taking hostages.
Tick freaking boom man. It was a brilliant, wonderful exhilarating start to the new season. I'm so jazzed about it and I hope you guys are too.
Best Line of the Night: "The only reason you're still conscious is because I don't want to carry you." - Bwah!!!
Let me know what you lot thought in the comments :) See you tomorrow night!
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Awesome episode...like you said, the first ten minutes were amazing.
The previews had said that "the first ten minutes" would be so important. I actually missed I-don't-know-how-many-minutes, because when I tuned in at 7 PM, the Bears game was still going on. So I turned off the television, and by the time I turned it back on, I was not happy to see that it had already begun. They were showing the credits still, so I hope it was only a few mintutes.
Regretably, I had to blog and publish while it was going on... I think I'll have to tape tomorrow's though. I don't know how it's going to be having to wait for the following week... As noted in my top blog entry, I've never had to do this before!
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