24 season 6...jack is back again

[pilferk]

But I really wish you could edit Kim's (his daughter) storyline from the second season cuz it just plain sucked. Actually besides being nice too look at they could have left her out of most of the seasons she was in besides the first. 

OMG, the fucking cougar, in S2, is the absolute lowlight of the entire series.

[pilferk]

it seemed pretty exciting...but not nearly as indepth as say a show like Lost

Give it time.  I mean, it's never as entrenched in mythology or backstory as something like Lost (which is why it's easier to pick up at the begining of a season...while with Lost, if you missed S1 and S2 you're, well, lost), but it does get pretty wrapped up and convoluted by hour 12 or 13...it's just mostly contained within one single season.  So it's a big buildup....which takes some time.

[freedom78]

This season didn't start as intense as in seasons past...but I did love watching Jack kill that guy with his teeth. 

Still thinking that after the end of last nights show?

Jack's return to his "Lost Boys" roots at the end of the first hour is just fucking awesome....but the end of last nights show was a WTF moment (2 of them, actually, right in a row).

No...I'm no longer thinking that.  My mouth was hanging open at the end of last night's episodes.  Literally hanging open.  Incredible stuff.

[The Bedouin]

nadia?

[Axl4Prez2004]

Nadia is hot.

Yes, the cougar in that old season was the worst 24 moment ever. 

I still appreciate Kim Bauer's character from the old shows because I like hot chicks...alot.   

I loved the 1st 2 episodes this season, and loved the next 2 even more!  Hands down, my favorite show on tv.  I did get misty-eyed toward the end of last night's episodes.  Jack kicks ass.

[Sober_times]

But I really wish you could edit Kim's (his daughter) storyline from the second season cuz it just plain sucked. Actually besides being nice too look at they could have left her out of most of the seasons she was in besides the first.

OMG, the fucking cougar, in S2, is the absolute lowlight of the entire series.

 

I was laughing my ass off also when that guy made her stay in the bomb shelter or whatever. My girlfriend at the time was screaming at the tv during s2:"Why won't she just die already!!!? That was pretty damn funny. I called all her storylines filler. Which is it what it was. It still seemed the writers were getting the hang of that type of show and concept and used her character, escpecailly in the second season as filler.

This season I agree in the first 2 episodes didn't have that much impact, but how can you top the intro to last season. I mean come on, everybody starts dying. It was crazy. But the end of lasts nights 2 hours was pretty damn good. They say the movie is a go, and to expect it sometime next year, I wonder how that will be?? I think it can transfer pretty well to the big screen.?

[freedom78]

Tonight on Countdown, I swear that Keith Olberman tried to claim that 24 is right wing propaganda.

His show was a lot better before it became an ultra-cynical, leftist, Edward R. Murrow wannabe.

He used to be the anti-Bill O'Reilly.  Now he's just becoming a left wing version of Bill O'Reilly.  Still better, but it's getting old, really quickly.

[smithandheston]

Insanity!!!!

 Folks it is television (damn good TV) but lets put things into perspective. It is about entertaining an audience and throwing in suspense. I actually read a while back that the show was actually a testing tool for the Bush White House to test the waters on how internment camps for Muslims would fare in US public opinion.

 Wow this is beyond insanity.

[freedom78]

Not to mention that the show was developed pre-9/11, and just happened to become incredibly pertinent.  Of course, some whacko probably thinks Bush and Fox got together to cause 9/11, so that Fox would get a cash cow show, and in return support Bush's policies on their news network.  Yeah...

Also, the first four episodes make a concerted effort to illustrate the inherent conflict between security and freedom, and there's little question that the President's sister is a more sympathetic character than the FBI guys who arrest her.

[smithandheston]

I cant wait to see this thread on tuesday after the torture scenes start 

Cant get enough of  the promo

Evil Dude from season 5: "You're hurting me"
Jack Bauer: "Trust me, I'm not."

[Axl4Prez2004]

Not to mention that the show was developed pre-9/11, and just happened to become incredibly pertinent.? Of course, some whacko probably thinks Bush and Fox got together to cause 9/11, so that Fox would get a cash cow show, and in return support Bush's policies on their news network.? Yeah...

Also, the first four episodes make a concerted effort to illustrate the inherent conflict between security and freedom, and there's little question that the President's sister is a more sympathetic character than the FBI guys who arrest her.

Freedom78, you hit it on the head alright.  My wife and I have watched 24 since the first season and it has always been a show that illustrates solutions are not black or white, liberal or conservative, they are gray, and often oscillate back and forth depending on the situation.  For example, this season's "security vs. freedom" theme.  Brilliant.  It ws Benjamin Franklin who once said, "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security."

I think the left-wingers get a little nervous considering the production team, writers and producers, are right-wingers.  I saw them on C-Span this past Fall/Summer (I forget which) and they were at some Conservative think-tank for a panel discussion on terrorism....hosted by Rush Limbaugh.  It was fun to see some of the cast up there fielding questions about the show.

BTW, oh my, Jack shooting Curtis.  I had tears in my eyes.  "I can't do this anymore."  Great tv.   

[Cornell]

I can't wait for Monday! 

Any show that I can actually sit thru for 4 hrs in 2 days is damn good.

I'm also sick of the president's sister already. 

[Axl4Prez2004]

yeah, she's definitely over-acting.  Her man though, the one sent into the detainee camp is a very good actor.  I'm liking his role.   

[freedom78]

Not to mention that the show was developed pre-9/11, and just happened to become incredibly pertinent.  Of course, some whacko probably thinks Bush and Fox got together to cause 9/11, so that Fox would get a cash cow show, and in return support Bush's policies on their news network.  Yeah...

Also, the first four episodes make a concerted effort to illustrate the inherent conflict between security and freedom, and there's little question that the President's sister is a more sympathetic character than the FBI guys who arrest her.

Freedom78, you hit it on the head alright.  My wife and I have watched 24 since the first season and it has always been a show that illustrates solutions are not black or white, liberal or conservative, they are gray, and often oscillate back and forth depending on the situation.  For example, this season's "security vs. freedom" theme.  Brilliant.  It ws Benjamin Franklin who once said, "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security."

I think the left-wingers get a little nervous considering the production team, writers and producers, are right-wingers.  I saw them on C-Span this past Fall/Summer (I forget which) and they were at some Conservative think-tank for a panel discussion on terrorism....hosted by Rush Limbaugh.  It was fun to see some of the cast up there fielding questions about the show.

BTW, oh my, Jack shooting Curtis.  I had tears in my eyes.  "I can't do this anymore."  Great tv.   

Yeah, it's a very gray world.  Makes me think post-modernism is on to something.  I didn't start watching it on TV until season three.  My wife and I rented season 1 episodes 1-4 on DVD...and watched them all in one night.  I'm sure we finished that season in a week or so.  Then we rented season two.  And we finished up in time for the debut of season three. 

So, there's a debate going round my wife's office.  One of her coworkers thought Jack DIDN'T kill Curtis, and that he shot him in the shoulder.  SHE AND I thought that he DID kill him, and he was shot in the neck.  Now, it wasn't certain, because the show ended, but any speculation on which is true (both bullet placement and death?).  From the look on Curtis's face, I think it COULDN'T have been a shoulder shot.  Come on...he's CTU.  He wouldn't puss out from a flesh wound, right people? 

[freedom78]

yeah, she's definitely over-acting.  Her man though, the one sent into the detainee camp is a very good actor.  I'm liking his role.   

I've seen her in a few other things (Friday...you ain't got no job, you ain't got Shit to do!...among others) and she always seems to act like that.

[Kujo]

So, there's a debate going round my wife's office.? One of her coworkers thought Jack DIDN'T kill Curtis, and that he shot him in the shoulder.? SHE AND I thought that he DID kill him, and he was shot in the neck.? Now, it wasn't certain, because the show ended, but any speculation on which is true (both bullet placement and death?).? From the look on Curtis's face, I think it COULDN'T have been a shoulder shot.? Come on...he's CTU.? He wouldn't puss out from a flesh wound, right people??

It certainly appeared to be a shot to the throat. As you said I couldn't imagine Curtis, or Jack, reacting to the shooting the way they did if it was just a shoulder wound. The first four episodes are out on DVD already. I might pick them up and watch it again because that scene has been bothering me. Jacks character has been shown over all the seasons to be a very good shot. Why shoot him in the throat? Was there no other areas exposed that could have disarmed Curtis without killing him?

Anyone else remember that Jack had the same dlemna that Curtis faced? Curtis wanted revenge for all the people in his troop that got killed. It was personal. Jack had the same situation with Nina. He did let her live a few times because it was what was best under the circumstances, but soon as she was of no use anymore, Jack got his revenge.

I miss Nina actually, there hasn't been as good a "Bad guy" figure since she was killed.

[freedom78]

I miss Nina actually, there hasn't been as good a "Bad guy" figure since she was killed.

Yeah, but this show's willingness to kill off its best characters is what makes is sooo damned good.  They do whatever it takes to make it an emotional rollercoaster.

[Axl4Prez2004]

Dude, I'm 1000% sure it was a neck kill-shot.  He had to go for the kill-shot.  Assad is too important...but oh, what the hell will Jack do if Assad really isn't the changed man we think he is at this point.  He had to do it unfortunately.  Curtis was one of my favorites.   

[smithandheston]

No Curtis(dead).... No Tony(dead).... where do we go now

[Sakib]

man 24 started in UK yesterday night it was a doubl bill and omg it was such a kik ass way to open up a season.
You gotta love the way Jack just teared that dude's pulse out. This season may turn out be quite contreversial as it's an issue of 2days society in particular