Jack isn't going to listen to the VP.. HE DOES WHAT HE WANTS

4/16/2007 9:53:06 PM

that was pretty stupid to let Palmer conduct a press conference so soon, but then again it wouldn't set up the conflict at hand. Funny, how the issue of the tape didn't immediately come into play against Noah.

4/16/2007 9:58:34 PM

shit, the guy from Mr.Bean shoulda been like BITCH gtfo, i have this tape

4/16/2007 9:59:23 PM

i fell asleep during this episode

4/16/2007 10:32:48 PM

really? I thought it was riveting when, ummm..... jack talked on the phone. and.... when Bill gave a big speech..... and when the President talked a lot....

4/16/2007 10:52:25 PM

Yeah, this episode was pretty good. Seems like they are getting things back on track with other seasons.

4/16/2007 11:30:38 PM

well, i was being sarcastic. I agree with Smath, it was pretty boring.
Having said that, I actually did enjoy it better than most of the season with the nukes and typically-stupid terrorists.

4/16/2007 11:34:14 PM

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"i really don't like the VP or his assistant. i knew something shady would happen since they kept showing them through the glass."

shoulda known something shady was gonna happen right when the VP said to give Palmer the resignation directly following the speech.

i mean shit, they've been clueing everyone to the fact that Palmer was gonna crash for a looong time now.

4/17/2007 12:11:40 AM

omg what a gay episode

who cares about audrey

4/17/2007 7:28:08 AM

agreed. As a longtime 24 fan...i gotta say i think its time to end this show. Just getting too predictable.

4/17/2007 8:03:49 AM

end the show? why not just come up with a better plot?

4/17/2007 12:27:09 PM

any show that you watch forever will get predictable.
duh..
you know the characters and how they would/should act.

4/17/2007 12:51:04 PM

Yeah, I would like to officially retract my excitement after last weeks episode.

This season is beyond saving. Hell, the show is almost beyond saving.

4/17/2007 1:00:43 PM

^you show snobs are so annoying, damn. Though Palmer collapsing was predictable.

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"logan may also come back for the same reason"

wtf? He's dead.

4/17/2007 1:24:56 PM

oh yeah, i forgot about logan.

wow, what a wasted opportunity. they brought him back for 2 hours, only to have him stabbed in the neck by his crazy ex-wife and her superhero bodyguard, and then we get nothing else out of that storyline?

4/17/2007 1:31:49 PM

are you sure he's dead?

4/17/2007 1:35:12 PM

i, personally, don't think he's dead. That would be really stupid to kill off his character, especially when the story gained nothing from it.

it's also funny to remember that supposedly a nuclear bomb detonated 18 hours ago in north LA. I'm glad the president and CTU aren't worrying about that anymore. You know..... with the 10s of thousands of people killed and several square miles of some of the most expensive real estate in the country flattened.....

4/17/2007 2:22:52 PM

they have more important things to do like save the life of one single woman who means absolutely nothing to the country anymore duhhhhhh

4/17/2007 3:40:18 PM

i would like to reiterate that 24 is still one of the better shows on tv compared to the trash we're subjected to most nights. you all can quit whining when heroes returns i guess

4/17/2007 10:29:06 PM

I've quit watching... I was bored with this season and just watching it out of a sense of duty I guess you could say. I'll pick it up on DVD and finish out the season then.

4/18/2007 8:59:55 AM

yeah, i think i'm going to delay watching for a few weeks too until a few eps have passed

4/18/2007 9:28:21 AM

4/18/2007 9:47:27 AM

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"I'll pick it up on DVD and finish out the season then. "

so you're gonna spend $40-$50 on the dvd just to watch 6 more episodes of a show you don't even enjoy?

4/22/2007 9:02:42 PM

I am assuming he will Netflix it or Blockbuster Online it.

4/22/2007 9:56:21 PM

yeah, I think I'm gonna keep watching it every Monday night at 9

4/22/2007 10:19:42 PM

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/bizz-buzz/jack-bauer-dammit.php

4/23/2007 6:05:18 AM

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"I'll pick it up on DVD and finish out the season then."

in december? That's when the season came out on dvd last year

4/23/2007 10:08:58 AM

bttt

4/23/2007 9:02:21 PM

gg Acting President. Reminds me of:
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman.

I wanted to"

[Edited on April 23, 2007 at 9:18 PM. Reason : .]

4/23/2007 9:16:49 PM

poor jack. he's been shot twice already in one season

4/23/2007 9:54:32 PM

that was weak...how is it that audrey is completely coherent when she talked to jack the first time...but now she can't even recognize him. Whatever. This show is going badly.

4/23/2007 9:59:09 PM

who said she was coherent? she may not have known what was going on...or they activated a chip/implant inside her....

What irks me, is why the heck doesn't CTU trust Jack? He said he was going to blow the place up and Doyle had to go and screw everything up.
I don't know how they are going to get that chip back. The previews look like Jack stays in custody...

4/23/2007 10:02:08 PM

^ Of course only Bill knew that, so with the message that Jack left on Bill's phone the current leadership wouldn't know.

4/23/2007 10:04:27 PM

Seemed like Audrey has been brainwashed to say the same little 'help me jack, your my only hope' deal over and over, isnt that all she ever really said over the phone?

4/23/2007 10:13:25 PM

I still think Nadia is a spy or something...

4/23/2007 10:34:37 PM

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"how is it that audrey is completely coherent when she talked to jack the first time..."

she actually doesn't say much n the previous two episodes

but it isn't the same thing over and over though either

but she is all distressed and blinking rapidly and looks like she's obeying commands about when and how to speak

4/23/2007 10:47:46 PM

when... the fuck has any phone call on 24 ever gone to voicemail?

4/23/2007 11:08:52 PM

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"when... the fuck has any phone call on 24 ever gone to voicemail? "

Yes. The writers are back to whatever fills time mode.

Another thing that irked me was that the Chinese dude didn't even inspect the chip. How does he know if Jack isn't just pulling his leg?

4/23/2007 11:32:44 PM

"How does he know if Jack isn't just pulling his leg?"

rather

How do we know if Jack isn't just pulling his leg?

4/24/2007 12:49:17 AM

maybe i'm just being overly analytical b/c i watched the first 5 seasons on dvd, but this season leaves me scratching my head after every episode due to things that make no sense.

4/24/2007 3:29:32 AM

the chinese dude didn't have time to inspect the chip b/c doyle and his cowboys started shooting up the place....

it shows the chinese guy looking at the chip while riding in the hummer...but i know what you mean

4/24/2007 5:25:42 AM

yeah, the whole trade off with the chinese was ridiculous.
1) so the main chinese guy walks into an abandoned, dark building by himself, without sending body guards or anyone else ahead
2) he's a terrible negotiator.
"you will not get Audry until I have the chip"
"no, i want to see audry, then talk to her for a while, then touch her, then send her on her way, then wait until she's out of range of your sniper, then you'll get the chip"
".... ok, sounds fair."

4/24/2007 7:36:52 AM

Well you do have to keep in mind that the whole time he just assumed that he had leverage over Jack by having the ability to kill him and then hunt down Audrey if anything went bad. He had no idea Jack was planning on going suicide bomber.

Why I am trying to defend this show, I'll never know.

4/24/2007 9:23:44 AM

^ I actually think they ensured themselves by making Audrey damaged goods before hand. Regardless of what happened Audrey would never be the same and Jack would have to pay the price. The Chinese Counsolate knew he was getting everything for the price of nothing.

4/24/2007 11:12:58 AM

Wow, this episode was absolutely horrible. I'm typically the biggest defender of 24, but this was too much. Normally I can handle the unrealism of 24 - it's unavoidable when trying to do real-time stuff. But last night's episode was just straight up illogical. First, the whole thing with Karen and Bill. Wtf? Karen fires Bill for following protocol? Does that make any sense? No. And don't get me started with the Chinese tradeoff. Holy crap, it looked like the missile that hit the helicopter was just a friggin sparkler.

And I coulda been watching Heroes. But I gotta finish out the season for closure.

4/24/2007 11:22:05 AM

if i wanted to watch people argue over politics for an hour I'd watch the fucking news, this show has gone so far down the drain

4/24/2007 1:57:51 PM

the funny thing about this season is the people who i talk to that have just started watching 24 think it's great

i think it's related to the number of new watchers since this is probably the most popular season of 24 (not good, just most widely viewed). they decided they had to keep the objectives changing to keep the mass moron population interested. and i blame it on the left's complaints about 24 and saying it sensationalizes the war in iraq. and i blame it on the show's writers for not refusing to do another few seasons without thinking up proper story lines for them first. and i blame it on kiefer sutherland for not quitting when he read the script for this season. and i blame it on fox.

that is all.

4/24/2007 2:15:19 PM

The reason Karen fired Bill is because SOMEONE had to take the fall for all the crap....

Bill is more expendable than Karen b/c she is closer to the President. This gives her a little more pull than Bill.

2nd, I hate how Jack just ditched the truck in plain sight behind the abandoned motel. Doyle drove right by it and saw it instantly.
I have a feeling this season will end with another cliff hanger, possibly Jack being dead, or Jack will end up shooting Doyle.

I still think there is a spy, either Doyle or Nadia...a HUGE twist coming....maybe it has to do with Jack's dad? That almost seems like another season, the one with his dad, the woman and her son.

4/24/2007 3:09:24 PM

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"Bill is more expendable than Karen b/c she is closer to the President. This gives her a little more pull than Bill."

wow. it's almost as if you watched the episode and parroted the exact same bullshit reasoning Karen gave to Bill. thx.

4/24/2007 4:22:23 PM

^Haha, exactly. Karen and Bill both said that they followed protocol and did everything right, and the Attorney General was all like, it don' matta, we're gonna scapegoat just because. I don't know why they aren't trying to fight it since they did nothing wrong.

And I think doyle will be dead by the end of the season.

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4/24/2007 5:33:18 PM