Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Uncategorized '24:' Episode 22, 5-6 a.m.
Posted by Debbie Michaud @DebsMichaud on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Snore. I never thought I'd say that say after watching the second-to-last episode in a season of "24," but it's true. Last night's episode was awash with unoriginality, to the point that a Jack-Tony face-off was only mildly thrilling. Eyeballs should have been hanging out of sockets! Jaws should have been dragging on the floor! Tongues should have exhausted themselves with wagging! Instead, I got up to move the laundry into the dryer.
In a way, "24's" charm has always been the unpredictability of its predictability. In nearly every episode, we can usually count on a tangled, twisty knot of seven or eight of the 10 following elements:
1. A terrorist plot
2. Torture
3. Finding/following up on a lead
4. Terse reminder of the time issue (Dammit!)
5. Petty, time-wasting office politics
6. Family/relationship drama
7. A betrayal of trust
8. Last-minute scramble to subvert said terrorist plot
9. Stay/elimination of the threat
10. Vengeance
The problem with season seven has been its unwillingness to push the limits of the show's recurring themes, so we end up feeling like we've seen it all before (because we have). Olivia's proven to be conniving and self-interested, but she's no Sherry Palmer. Renee's a capable wing(wo)man, but Audrey Raines was sharper and more complex. President Taylor's righteous and moral, but she's got nothing on David Palmer. Bio-weapons are scary as hell, but the threat had greater hold the first time, during season three.
While it had its highlights (Bill's kamikaze move to save the president; Tony's murder of Larry Moss and betrayal of Jack; Hodges pummeling a coworker's face with a brandy decanter), Day 7 will certainly go down as one of, if not THE, least memorable seasons of "24." But in anticipation of next week's two-hour, Kim-Tony-Jack-centric season finale and a bigger and better Day 8, I'm compiling a list of the top 10 all-time most memorable Bauer hour moments. Leave your suggestions here and check back Thursday for the list.
(Photo by Kelsey McNeal/FOX)
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A scene that had me screaming my own Jack inspired "Dammit!" at the screen would have to be Season 4's dhasjklfha moment when only second's before detonation, Jack removes Chase's hand with an axe. Additionally from season 4, Ryan Chapelle's execution by Jack in the train yards was pretty unexpected. I have to say I was shocked that we didn't get a Jack attack just in time to save the wet blanket turned pity case of a Division Director. In season 2, the turn of Mike Novick of President Palmer was not a huge surprise, but the fact that he let Lynne Kresge fall to her spinal injury (and then presumably death) down three flights of stairs was pretty vicious.
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OOOOH yes. all contenders. forgot about chase's hand! the image of a drill being taken to Morris' back is also burned in my mind. Sigh. now i really miss the good ol' days.
Well, I know '24' fans tend to be fond of "Naked Mandy" and Nina Myers, and mourn the death of Edgar in that attack on CTU. Didn't Chloe once have a memorable ass-kicking moment in the field? Jack's final face-off with Peter Weller on the deck of the submarine sticks in my memory, as does the nuke that went off in Los Angeles (which seems to have had surprisingly little fallout, figurative or literally, in season six).
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