Wednesday, February 07, 2007
24- 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Oh Jack, what a shitty family life you've had. Your brother tried to kill you off last year and nearly succeeded, and now it looks like the plot line is a continuation of last years story line - the ultra far right forcing a "terrorist action" to suspend the Constitution, and hence declaring martial law. I have am having problems with the shallowness of character these far right neocons are portrayed in the white house. I am also have issues with all of the political correctness. Damn people, a nuclear bomb was detonated in the US,(a bit of historical reference here, the first two were dropped in Japan compliments of the USA back in 1945) and the government is worried we might offend some people?
I just have keep telling myself, we have people with spines in government don't we? Hmmm, maybe or maybe not.
In typical 24 fashion, we now have another character being set up via a family member. Remember Edgar last year with him mommy? But we all know what happened to his mom and eventually Edgar. I predict the same fate for Chloe's ex. Pretty bold of me eh?
Now let me tell you what I enjoyed about this episode. The Vice President. Powers Booth from Deadwood fame is the VP, and if I needed a good VP, I would definitely select the head of the Bella Union as my VP. A sort of no nonsense get your ass back to work type of an individual.
Now Jack's dad (again from HBO fame of 6 feet under) is the true villain - he didn't bat an eye when he gave his other son and injection to stop his heart. What a messed up family - they played Jack - good cop bad cop routine, and now Jack not only has to worry about the suitcase nukes, he has to keep an eye over his shoulder and on his dad. Again, let me go out on a limb here, but this might be the last season for this particular story line, so, Jack will probably end up killing his dad to save the world (or save the cheerleader - sorry couldn't resist.)
