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'We Got A Problem!!'
Tonight!! TWO Full
Hours of Bauer Power!!
I am – Hercules!!
That low moaning you hear is coming out of “Prison Break” fans just now learning that their favorite convict drama has been pre-empted so Fox can air two full hours of “24,” hours dealing with the ugly machinations of Jack’s super-evil corporate daddy.
Also? Chloe is relieved of duty because she’s too distraught over Morris’ kidnapping. Reed talks Tom out of resigning, suggesting sinister veep Noah Daniels may soon be running the show. Fayed uses a drill on Morris’ arm. And Assad refuses a presidential request that could save many American lives.
If you missed this week’s TV Guide, it contains a mini-TV Guide (kinda the size TV Guide used to be until about 18 months ago) devoted to “24” – which, like TV Guide, is owned by NewsCorp.
Pick it up if you dare; it’s loaded with juicy scoop, much of it dealing with episodes airing after tonight. Invisotext ON!
Revelations include:
* President Charles Logan, who returns next week, now has lots more facial hair. The photo suggests newly installed President Hal Gardner gave Logan a pardon, which is probably why Wayne Palmer now commands the presidential bunker.
* Aaron Pierce and Martha Logan will be getting together again.
* Producer/director Jon Cassar maintains a list of all the characters who disappeared without perishing in prior seasons, among them season two’s Lynne Kresge and season four’s Behroooooooz!
* At least three cast members are doomed this year, but it’s unclear if one of those three is Curtis Manning.
* The medal around Jack’s neck at the end of season five does carry meaning that will be revealed.
* “I can’t see it happening at the moment,” Cassar says of a “24” movie.
* Chloe’s new look is supposed to reflect the growing up she did last season when she watched Edgar die.
8 p.m. Monday. Fox.
Damn it!! The 24 DVD Board Game!!
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Readers Talkback
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Book'em Dan-O
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How long until Jack Bauer tortures the living shit out of HIS OWN FATHER?!? Or YOURS, for that matter?
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If it hasn't made an appearance yet, It's gone the way of Kim's cougar and Chase's fist of steel. <p> Chew on that with your Gravitas!
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Gotta be freaking kidding me. Richie Cunningham is Jack's brother?
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Oh, wait, Fox gave us another hour, so everything is cool about us missing those terrorists...<p> Also, they should have Behrooz return with a gun trying to shoot Jack, and we can discover that the reason we never saw him again was he was rescued by Curtis and they became lovers... And now Behrooooz wants revenge...
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Drink every time Jack says it.
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and Jack is going to get 100% emotionally destroyed this season. *He's gotta get back to CTU - mIllions of lives are at stake!*
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until I found out I don't have anyone to play it with, DAMMIT!!!
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I shit you not, click on the link to see. 12 to 127, eh? That's a hellova large net they're casting. So would it be somewhat hazardous for a slightly spry 106 year old to play the game?
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For ages 105,120 to 1,112,520. beep-oop, beep-op, beep-oop, beep-op...
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Is it coz it's a Fox programme?
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and it was one of those shows that I found riveting and irritating at the same time. the best uk tv show of the 2006 is back. Life on Mars Season 2 is on tomorrrow. Marc warren takes center stage. Just cause he is in a coma you would think that warren would leave him DI sam Tyler alone, not so as you will see.....
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seriously, she was looking real pale back on day 2. and we never found out if she recovered from that head injury.
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and Jack now lacks backup, they should send Chloe out into the field to be part of Morris' recovery team. Take that Fayed!! You can't have him!! He's MY bitch!!
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and was amazed how that crap could be so popular.
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I want Mandy back! And I want her slutty and I want her lesbian and I want her naked. And I want the old disgruntled, sarcastic Chloe that everyone knows and all but the n00bs love.<p>And is Tony on that list of characters who disappeared but never perished?</p>
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Why would there be a talkback?
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Don't know if anyone already said this or not, but if you miss an episode you can see it online here: http://streaming.myfoxny.com/
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*snicker*
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I best log off for a bit before I accidentally cause a flame war somewhere.
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While this season hasn't been the best, you can't beat the moment Valencia went up in a flash of blinding light and a cloud of smoke. I say we need more city nuking on TV. Why should Jericho have all the fun of nuclear attack?
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"Book 'em, Danno."
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Seriously...the Bluetooth mastermind from last year is/was his brother? His dad is basically Dr. Evil? Really? This has been the worst season by far. Unless you're a big fan of unintentional comedy.
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Why go all the way of convincing Jack that his dad is innocent by doing all that pantomime crap with his brother pretending he was going to kill his dad? Does his dad want Jack to survive despite him foiling plans left right and centre? If not, why didn't they kill him instead of playing out the "they were going to kill us both" gag?
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Just sit back and enjoy, secure in the knowledge that the only person capable of saving the universe, not once, but six times, is a 5'7" former heroin addict with Phil Mickelson's man-breasts.
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but I'm just a bit annoyed that some of the things done appear to be just for the drama of the "reveal" moment. I'll wait and see how it plays out, but for now, it seems like there have been too many twists for twist's sake so far this season.
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On one of the seasons where the writing team is assembled on April Fool's day and given a really stupid twist for the end of the season.<br><br>"So Jack's dad walks into the room and his son says 'how am I doing?'"<br><br>To be honest, I enjoyed the Blutooth brother twist, but the dad twist on top of it just seemed over-indulgent on the drama. Plus the Blutooth character could have had a lot more screen time to make the twist more than just the reveal moment.
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In that you get a really nice rush from it, like when Michelle and Tony got blown up. But then, you crash soon after, like when you realize there are no decent supporting characters left. Mostly because they all got blown up.
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Just like George Bush Jr did.<p>And if '24' is junk food, it's excellently written, acted, edited and produced junk food, more so than most feature films.</p>
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Feb. 12, 2007, 11:07 a.m. CST
Agreed - Shark jumping when it bacame a family affair!
by kinghenryVIII
I hate that shit - it's always the "easy" way to go .... why not, make it a family? Too easy and too neat. Some seriously fucked up shit needs to happen to pull this of / redeem it's self in my opinion. When it was revealed that Robo Cop was Jacks brother - i laughed my ass off and almost turned off the tv.<p> In other news though - I turn off the phone and watch intently, simply because it's on right before Miami CSI, which is hands down, the funniest fucking show on tv.
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Sorry Scofield!
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It was seen on Claire from "Heroes" arm last week.
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The first episode wasn't all that, but you should have stuck with it for more than 1 ep. The first season is one of the most tightly written season's of television in a long time.
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If they kill Jack, then CTU is going to keep its eye firmly on the Bauer Biz. Keeping Jack alive and trusting his Palpy, er, Pappy is a better move for keeping the company clean.
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I'm hoping if we ignore it it'll go away.
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That didn't get answered because it was towards the end of the TB life:<p> what is the Bauer Business' involvement in the nuke plot? Last season, we know that they were attempting to start a war in a Fictional Central Asian nation.<p> This season it looks like they're part of it too. What is the purpose of the nukes? Is it to destabilize the Palmer administration and get Powers Boothe the Presidency? Is it to start another war in order to secure America's interest (ie oil) like last season? And did they know Fayed (who they are at least aware of if not directly working with) was going to demand Jack Bauer?
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Prison Break Has Been Phenomenal since they got back from the Christmas break. For those that may not understand the phenomenon, it does not pretend to be high art. Like the old Saturday Morning Serials, it knows it's trash, but still entertaining as all heck.
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hey, i like a lot of things that don't pretend to be high art. in fact, i tend to prefer them to high art. but the 1st episode of prison break didn't even approach a minimal degree of credibility. i can suspend disbelief plenty, but i have a hard time suspending cognitive function altogether. i would have had to sustained frontal lobe damage to enjoy that dreck.
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And it was years ago.
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i just got mine on friday, and it's awesome! http://tinyurl.com/2abgna
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...was interested on paper to the extent that it profited from the sale of decommissioned nukes to terrorists. Things said by Bluetooth seem to indicate that the ultimate motive is more altruistic, however, having to do with the ultimate and greater good of the nation being attained through the chaos wrought by those nukes in terrorist hands. This rhetoric is not unfamiliar, having been embraced by Logan last season, and isn't even all that outrageous if you look at the philosophy behind it (something about giving the American peole a common enemy so they will be driven toward common goals). I just wish they hadn't gone the Luke/Darth route with Jack and Giant Bauer. Especially with Jack's hand all messed up. It's like they're borrowing pages from two of the most questionable playbooks in history (George Lucas' Star Wars and the Republicans' Project for a New AMerican Century). How can that end well?
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I'm not sure if it's the dialogue or the acting itself since he was good this season but he sucks as President. Also his sister is a terrible character.
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...to all 24 villains, please refrain from extensive monologue-ing before your attempts to kill Jack Bauer. That is all.
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Go away. I made three comments in an American Idol thread and two comments in a Studio 60 thread and for that I am sorry. Other than that, I don't bother people in threads about a show that they like that happens to suck.
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The sister is really annoying and I really wouldn't mind if she got knocked off, and I'm thinking something bad will happen to Palmer this season as President since the bad guy from Sudden Death is the Vice President. Maybe Jack will have to stop Arab terrorists backed by his father when they attempt to blow up a Pittsburgh Penguins game. That would be sweet. So far my favorite season I think is 2 or 3 I can't decide. The worst maybe last season even though it had Robo Cop as a bad guy.
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too many loving moments on the phone. One or both of them is dead meat. Milo, I think, also has to eat it. Why else did they bring him back? He's fucking useless. Don't look for Pres. Palmer to die - they've already killed one president in office, killed a retired pres, and made a pres the bad guy. Those are my thoughts.
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Wayne as president is stupid. End of story. But I accept it. The whole Bauer family angle was descent at first, and I loved the scene last week with Jack really struggling with his brother - but making daddy the baddie? Sorry. That's too far. Whomever made the Darth reference was spot on.
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Henry Hill'd that ass wit the chopper
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No show has "Jumped the shark Like lost this season" "Lucy you got some splainin to do."
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It's a bird....it's a plane...no, it's Jack fuckin' Bauer!!!! ( 7:09pm/damn delays!)
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One thing about the broad...shorty catch on quick!!!!
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Chloe is the new edgar not being able to do her job. Nukes just like season 4. Now McCarthy just switched cars exactly like Marwan.
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Damn oppertunist.
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No shock there. The broad ain't bright, though. Shoulda kept the body in the damn truck.
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I called it at 8:16 EST.
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Poor litlle EmoKim...
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If you do not modify it to watch basic cable, you will die. American Idol is on in 4 hours. Go!
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Oh, and I ain't gotta pay you? Okaaaaaay!!!!
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And ho is or should I say was dumb.
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Never trust women with anything. BTW, love the fire alarm.
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You see where that got Ace Rothstein......
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we have a secret organization in the White House. Ties to Bauer Biz? Also, I think they're doing the same thing they did last year: make the President look weak at first so its surprising when he gets stronger.
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He's loyal to Palmer
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Slight straining of credibility there. ;)
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and then Heroes! It's turnin out to be a good night.
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He might turn out to be the next Agent Pierce.
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Somebody's gotta pick up the mantle for the 'Dawg. ;) All that carnage and Fayed still escapes?? And even BS is calling BS here...
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I called it man. Secret escape exits that CTU just happens to never know about. "Oh yea, LA has historic underground beaver dams that connect directly to sewage lines that run throughout the city." OOOPS.
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to escape. He's a rogue Hero. ;)
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all hail lord VIGO!
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THEY SHUT DOWN THE AIRSPACE! SHOOT DOWN EVERY HELICOPTER THAT CAN'T IDENTIFY ITSELF!<p> That's it. I'm replacing Buchanan at CTU.
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...are just destined for assassination.
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This season is awesome compared to last year...the WORST SEASON EVER!!! <br><br>Still, this season has major problems, like killing urtis (?) and most importantly, the Palmers...<br>a.Regina's freaking annoying.<br>b.I'm not buying Wayne's cornball delivery. I wish Eric Lasalle had been cast for his role.<br><br>Anyways, Heroes is coming on. Enjoy the rest of the show.
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when they introduce the Ted Kennedy-esque Palmer brother. [Insert joke here]
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Word.
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Fucking glitchy IE7! >_<
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I think (hope? pray?) her part in the show is over. There doesn't seem to be any point in it continuing.
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Okay....nobody make a big deal about me being back.....but everybody feel free to meet me at the TGIF in Pasedena!
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drives. That'll do, Graem. That'll do.
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knowledge of the LA underground, yes?
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can trust. JACK BAUER.
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Well, you didn't mean to kill your brother, Jack...right.....come on...who's the big bad torturer?....
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Palpy Bauer has him killed. IF ONLY YOU KNEW THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE!
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is it possible that there is some depth to 24?
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"He wasn't your real Dad!"
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Because all secret bakcdoor meetings take place in high voltage rooms with lots of pipes and drains.....
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Or at least has some involvement. He is in this season right? I thought I read that somewhere.
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I'm Homer Simpson!"
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come on 11th hour.
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If he really wants to get in the President's favor...that'd be a damn good way.
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And I think Lennox will ultimately choose to serve Lord Vigo, not the conspiracy. It's nice to see a character actually waver.
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truth about daddy.
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Christ, what a cold woman! Who cares if you were trying to leave him? He's still the father of your child, and he just died!!
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Jack is his Brother Papa Bauer is joshes father I called it 9:31 pm EST.
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Just doesn't have that ring to it, eh,....ya know?
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An angry, monobrowed caveman. That's all she's capable of this season. Sad.
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"Go with Jack? Are you fucking kidding me? FUCK THAT! Nobody EVER comes back! Send that Arab bitch! Nobody even knows her name and she's got no clearance and and and...Goddamn it! Well, you better be sending me in a fucking TANK, that's all I'm saying."
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sweet
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You get that H-Town in ya....You want that ol' thing back!
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a real Bastard.
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You're stooopid dude!!!!!
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Impressive! Dudley Smith sure is a bastard.
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Is that Russian General Boris the Blade from Snatch? If it is, this season kicked up another notch.
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Seriously. Michelle, David Palmer, Tony, Edgar, Curtis. I'd take any of them over Chloe. I honestly never understood her appeal, and how Mary-Lynn has is still on this show amazes me
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He's a fucking bastard. And he's going to try to kill EmoKim! Will EmoKim's emo powers save him? Only his combed over bangs know for sure.
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why not throw the grenades at the bad guys Genius.
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I got a flashback of the movie "Sneakers', when the blind guy who looks like Milo tryied to drive a van like that with about the same success.
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Hee...kudos to whoever came up with that one. That cracks me up.
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Milo is dead meat. No other reason for him to be in this season - other than to just have a familiar character to kill off so 24 can still have its "who gives a fuck about our characters?" image.
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how in the world did Jack become a Extreme ass-hole like his ole man remember Season 1 he was just a guy trying to get his family back on track after a extramarital affiar during "a break". Pops is commiting Patricide or whatever the reverse of Patricide is. What a Dick.
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And he's a terrorist and owns the full screen, non-director's cut of Blade Runner. <p>Chloe rules.</p>
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Do you think the CTU field agents draw straws over who has to join the Jack Bauer Tack Team? I mean, there's a 100% chance you aren't making it back to CTU headquarters.
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Do you think the CTU field agents draw straws over who has to join the Jack Bauer Tac Team? I mean, there's a 100% chance you aren't making it back to CTU headquarters.
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Come on, don't tell me you wouldn't trade Chloe for Michelle? You can't.
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become a extreme ass-hole like his Ole man.
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There a Seen in Knight of Prosperity where she's about to get it on with the Nerdy guy. Hot stuff man hot stuff.
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It happened LONG before this season. Sometime around season 2 with Jack dying and being revived only to kick ass with never a mention of the event. But I don't care, 24 is still the most consistently entertaining show on TV. I didn't say the best, I said the most entertaining. And tonight's 2 hours were some of the best in the show's history. Even if the "real time" conceit is running very thin (come on, they got from Fayed's hideout to CTU in less than 5 minutes. really? was the building in CTU's parking lot?) but it's still fun. Just have to ignore the glaring and massive logic holes (Jack's dad, the owner of the company known to have provided Fayed with the nukes, is allowed to wander around CTU as he sees fit and leave when he wants? Probably not.) and go along for the ride.
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Next week, Jack learns bout Pappa. Can't wait!!!
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It was an invisible helicopter. And unlike some people, Fayed doesn't announce it when he's invisible.
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I loved Tony and Michelle. But for pure entertainment value, dysfunctional Chloe is irreplaceable. Too bad Jack will have to torture her this season, when she's the last CTU agent left alive...
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"All who do not, suck cock by choice." Deadwood represent!
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my girlfriend agrees with your screen name on the BSG front.
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is the tech guy who was annoying kim is that Cylar from heroes.
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you knew Powers Boothe was going to be a bad guy. A man who beats up Veronica Mars and then makes his woman shoot her dead is capable of anything.
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If she's not a Cylon, I'm going to be really irritated at having to put up with all the Lee/Kara garbage. Blech.
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One thing I'll say about Tony's death, is that they've completely numbed me from having any fallouts over any future characters they decide to kill. At least he got killed by Robocop (who was taking orders from the melting man, aka Gram Bauer, in case anyone didn't notice). After Michelle got blown up, I was really amped to see Tony wake up (knowing that'd happen, eventually) and take revenge. Instead, they abruptly killed him. He only appeared in three episodes in season five! In comparison, Curtis' death seemed comical. Let's face it, newer characters like Bill Buchanan and his wife just don't have the appeal of old faves like Tony, Chloe, and George Mason. Even Michelle, who was basically a Nina replacement, grew and became interesting over time. 24 walks a tightrope, because of their liberal willingness to kill characters, it's hard to get emotionally involved with it. However, interesting characters like Assad certainly do keep things fresh. Hopefully, when they Kill Bill (nyuck, nyuck) Buchanan they'll replace him with someone with a more sardonic wit like George Mason (who should've gotten his own spin off series).
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That's *gotta* be a record. Plus, four Copy Thats as well. And the "giant beeping bomb" scene reminded me a lot of when Jeff Daniels gets blown up in Speed.
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Of course he was so developed in hide-fu he could just walk up some stairs to escape CTU, still the hidden rope in closet trick was a good beginners attempt...
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intended to be a knock at season five, more than actual praise for this year. But after watching tonight's entire show, I gotta say...<br><br>It was...<br><br>AWESOME.<br><br>Yeah, I'll admit it.<br><br>Of course they'll probably kill off Balfour next week, thus continuing with the unneeded supporting character hit list, thus pissing me off once again.
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The computer geek turned mid-level manager did more than 90% of the trained field agents ever manage. I think it proves my theory that the only thing the field agents are trained to do is make a perimeter and stay out of sight. Government cut backs meant they couldn't afford the next two training sessions. "How to stop the main bad guy escaping" and "How not to die yourself".
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...don't forget we also got a classic "We're running out of time!" in this ep as well.
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Dude takes 5 days off and he thinks he can go all Alameda on us? NOPE. He's toast.
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I know he's unarmed and all but come on!!! This scenario is NOT BLOODY LIKELY!!!
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Feb. 13, 2007, 12:14 a.m. CST
GIANT BAUER is lucky that Graem's widow had her cell on
by wackybantha
Otherwise, his whole plan is screwed. Of course, he may have called Jack and said, "uh, can I speak to my daughter-in-law please?" But that would be too goofy. Garsh!
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Yeah, this ep was pretty awesome. I'm surprised Papa Bauer showed his hand to his daughter in law so quickly. I can't wait for Aaron Pierce and the ex-First Lady burst in with guns blazing. Yee-haw!
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...those two hours were fun.
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except for the goddamned "talking in shadows because the president doesn't have what it takes" subplot. I am really getting sick of that shit. It's boring and annoying and I don't buy the fact that the last three administrations were horrifically corrupt. We need to move the fuck on.
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I just started liking him too... So, Tony smiled down on Milo from Good Guy Heaven, just as Marwan smiled down on Fayed from Bad Guy Heaven.
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...was that they stuck poor Milo in the K-9 vehicle. Funny stuff, CatVutt. Those were my thoughts exactly. But, yeah, no tank. K-9 vehicle. Luckly Milo had the skills to detonate it. Oh, and wackybantha, your post made me crack up too. I liked the whispered "dammit" while he was working on the nuke. I bet Kiefer had a good laugh over that one after they yelled "cut." For a blatnatly predetermined scene, I was actually impressed with the tension.
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enough with the whitehouse backstabbing. I mean damn, does every single presidency on this show have to be corrupted? Novak in season 2 at least made sense, but that the current COS is apparently willing to help assasinate the President is just too ridiculous. Unless the plan is just to get him removed from office, but I doubt it from all the secrecy and the need to know the presidents movements.
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I thought that was kind of cool when the Russian General said "the best part about it is that they'll blame the Arabs." Anyone recognize the General from MI2? I hope he doesn't have any Chrimera!
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24 has officially entered its typical mid-season lull. It shifts from the butt-kicking Jack Bauer in the field to the political subterfuge and the contrived love connections in the world of CTU and the White House...in order words, not what 24 does best. The second hour was ZZZzzz-inducing, other than that bit of action at the end.<br><br>But, good to know that Mo (the weak link -- who should field guilty) possesses the same super-healing powers his colleages have. Just freed from Chinese tortue camp? No problem. Just had surgery? No problem. Tortured with a drill? Back to work!!<br><br> I suspect the season will perk up again once Mr. Silver Spoon arrives to assist Last Man Standing Jack with his field duties; every other beloved field agent is dead.
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But the fact that Morris went right back to his desk is fucking hilarious. In the span of two hours, he was kidnapped, had the shit beat out of him, holes drilled into him, watched a woman die in front of him, handed over a device to program nukes to a terrorist, got almost blown the fuck up and knocked unconscious, got chastised by Jack, got a ride BACK to CTU, checked out by the doc, dusted himself off and SAT BACK DOWN AT HIS WORK STATION. Basically, the guy had a REALLY long lunch hour. And I here I thought having to come back to work after my occasional two-hour, three martini lunches sucked. Yeesh. Hey, Morris...feel free to squeeze in a couple hands of Freecell cuz, damn pal, you earned it.
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it makes him impervious to pain. Plus it was only 3/4 inch drill bit...
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how the hell did they talk Milo to go with Jack. I would have been like "F that my good man, F that indeed."
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Right now he doesn't park in the underneath garage, so the sun beats on his car. The seats get too hot and he's had enough of it! Milo wouldn't break from a drill! Okay, maybe he would, but he could take a good wedgie with the best of them!
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However, if I was him, I would've pulled two grenades, just in case.<p> Palpa Bauer is so evil he makes Palpatine look like an amateur. I'm surprised they're bringing that to a head so soon, I expected that to be towards the end a la Henderson (although I imagine it's possible he'll escape and re-emerge)<p> I agree with Shermdawg, this season has been great so far. The only weak episode was the Graem-turning-tables-on-Jack-and-Palpy one, but after the reveal of the next episode it got retroacively cooler.<p> Also, I know the White House intrigue seems dull and boring, but I think 24 is trying to get their second act set up early rather than shifting gears midway through like they've done in the past<p> Anyone else want to Russian to say 'The purpose of a bomb is to explode'?<p> Finally, what happened to Fayed? Is he leaving LA? (I didn't fully catch the convo b/t him and the Russian, I thought I heard mention of Nevada)
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Mostly because I care about the Fayed storyline and it focused on that almost exclusively. Plus, lots of stuff went boom. Trouble is, the second hour reverted back to Bauerland and the Presidential bunker. Sorry, but I'm just not willing to suspend disbelief enough to think that Jack's family is to blame for all the terrorist threats over the last two seasons. It's too much. Even for 24. As I said in an earlier post, at this rate, I'm fully expecting Jack's evil twin to make an appearance.
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According to the fox.com/24 summary, 7 minutes elapsed between Morris being on the floor at the apartment and walking into CTU. It's probably not the worst near-teleportation of the series but it's up there.
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Which isn't out of the realm of possibility when 1) flying East, 2) military jet, and 3) the skies have been emptied of all commercial planes
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The Show is actually getting better in terms of characters. I like the fact that we are actually looking at what makes Jack tick. Not bad at all.
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The Soul Patch is BACK, baby!
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...just add the "bwah!" noise yourself. But really, this was an enjoyable 2hours but leave Prison Brake alone. I enjoy it more and it shouln't just be bumped whenever Fox feels like it.
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Those big surveillance vans are not easy to handle. Especially with people shooting at you. So I think Toonces did an admirable job. And yes, Milo's new nickname is Toonces. (nice work, Elmore).
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Feb. 13, 2007, 12:17 p.m. CST
Life expectancy of a CTU field agent working with Jack
by Garbageman33
Is roughly the same as a drummer for Spinal Tap.
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SO SAY WE ALL
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<p>...and he's walking into CTU a half an hour later??? I've always suspended disbelief for this show, but it's getting nearly impossible to do so anymore. Why did Rena send Jack to that house without telling him what the situation was? If her son were there, she'd be risking his life. If he wasn't there yet, then she'd be blowing any chance of getting him back after they've bashed the doors down. Why didn't Fayed leave right away and torture Morris somewhere else? He knew CTU was on to him, I guess he also knew they were incompetent. And for a two hour sweeps special, I'm surprised to find myself so bored. I guess I shouldn't be though, it's fairly typical at this point in the season.</p> <p>Seanny_d doesn't buy three corrupt administrations in a row??? How bout four, like in real life? How bout most administrations? You simply don't get to that position of power on your own. You need a proven track record of corruptibility to even be considered for it. You can't go a single year without hearing about some major corruption scandal in the congress. It's the nature of power and they are far more corrupt in real life than they ever are on TV. If you say, here is where all the money and power is, you pretty much guarantee that all the thugs will be trying to grab it. It's common sense, not unbelievable.</p>
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...was when Secretary of State James Heller (Audrey's dad) pulled an actual Toonces and drove his car over a cliff last season. TOOOONCES NOOOO!!!!!
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Yup, this season has finally hit its stride. Classic 24... you have the political assholes trying to undermine (and outright kill, this time) the president, classic "DUMB BITCH!" moments (the blonde chick, Graem's wife), people who have been tortured/wounded/etc going right back to work, and Fayed pulling a Marwan and escaping down a hole. <p><p>Next week is gonna be awesome, hopefully they don't kill off Milo.
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C'mon Maltheus, in real life U.S. administrations are not corrupt, are full of love and joy and peace and white doves and rainbows and midgets riding tri-cycles...that's what our administrations are made of!
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He left CTU at the end of episode five, I think, when he shook Bill Buchanan's hand. Did he show up at the bunker in the middle of last night's two hours or at the beginning? Because if it was the beginning, it was only a two-hour trip. Oh, and Fayed's little escape plan was interesting. That's an unusual amount of confidence he has that he can set the trigger, escape the blast, and get out in a chopper (that also wouldn't be affected by the blast). I'd believe he'd be willing to be a martyr if he didn't have the all-important gadget for setting off the other three nukes with him. Of course, maybe he knew that Jack Bauer would defuse the bomb and was just using it as a delaying tactic.
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But i am getting sick of the weekly torture scene. Its no longer surprising or shocking. They have over used it.
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Did anyone else picture Dave Chappelle as Rick James yelling "Fuck Yo couch nigga!"?? And when Bill accused Jack of pointing a gun at a fellow agent I pictured Jack saying "That's just how I roll!" haha Seriously, who HASN'T Jack pointed a gun at?
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and said 'You mean like this?'
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give him some Help.
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...a couple years back they woke up some ACLU guy, he contacted a judge, met the judge got a court order from the judge and made his way to CTU to deliver it within the course of a half hour. At that point I realized I had to let go of certain things in order to continue to enjoy what really is a giddily overblown, wildly baroque, extremely improbable roller coaster ride of a show. It's only logic, really. What were you using it for anyway, that's worth missing the fun of say, watching Agent Pierce lean out of the car that was just hit by a ROCKET and shoot down a half dozen terrorists while still strapped in his seatbelt, then shoot one of them a second time just to watch him explode? Some things you've just got to let flow over you.
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You gotta love the purity of the enemy's motive this year. Well, the Russians anyway.
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He really was getting his legs bashed by a bat then. It doesn't take much to shatter a kneecap. How the fuck are we suppose to buy that he was walking into CTU shortly after with barely a limp??? Truly one of the most absurd moments in the show's entire run.
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Ender...indeed, sir. Indeed. Maltheus...they were hitting the backs of his thighs. It was a terrorist initiation. The only reason Fayed used the drill is that CTU was closing in and they didn't have time to heat up a clotheshanger for the terrorist fraternity brand. Are you even watching this show?
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I can't handle Palmers delivery...I don't know if it's the writing or the way he's acting out the lines, but it's BRUTAL. This season is the weakest by far. I'm a pretty big 24 fanboi, but the storylines are brutal....Bluetooth is his brother? The President's sister beating us over the head with the whole constitution issue? Even Bisquit, who is a decent actor, is sucking in this...must be the writing.
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that would be Biscuit....not Bisquick....or even Shiznit.
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How he is acting is intentional, they are trying to get across that he is a guy way out of his depth, desperately trying to be his brother. <p> I almost guarantee at some point this season, when faced with an impossible decision, they will have him talk to a photo of David. <p> In other words, just like those who hate on Chloe, what you are annoyed by is intentional, rather than an inability to act.
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LOL this guy always plays "The Russian Villain" (TM), but hey, gotta play to your strengths.
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.....from "Snatch"? If that's the case, then he cannot be killed!
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I meant compared to last season it has been great. There's still major problems with it though. The Palmers, mainly. Killing Curtis was another bad move. But the stuff with Graem and Jack's Pappy have been unbelievable. And yes, onc again, last night's two parter was AWESOME. It's a little too soon to deem season six "great".<br><br>And without Tony, the best it could probably do is..."really, really, good".
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Milo's got a gun you bastards!
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...but this season is such a let-down. The only reasons to continue watching are Rena Sofer eye-candy and the hope for a Mandy appearance.<p>Morris has hopes that they will let him live if he helps them?<p>Bluetooth Bro was their ONLY known link to the terrorists, and his cell phone is just laying around for anybody to grab and erase?<p>Bluetooth's wife spews venom at Jack every frickin chance she gets UNTIL she learns he (as far as they know) killed her husband, then she is all chummy with him?<p>Yet another Presidential assassination plot, more White House staffers in dark shadow government plots?<p>sometimes they can monitor Fayed's cellphone calls, sometimes not?<p>Papa Bauer can make illicit cell phone calls FROM WITHIN CTU unmonitored? after all the cell calls from CTU that screwed em in past episodes--they still don't monitor that shit? If you work in a truly secure facility, you can't even take a personal cell phone inside, much less can a visitor!<p>I really used to like this show, I really did--the stupid stuff was outweighed by the WOW and HOLY SHIT and Take Your Breath Away stuff, but this season has me shaking my head at 95% of it, and very few wow moments. Really Sad.<p>Really, really sad.
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The last few minutes of ep 9 were ultra-cool. Milo now in the field? Goil, I say!
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I love how people feel the need to dissect a show on logical and practical merits. No one person has ever done in a lifetime what Bauer has done in one day. That's why 24 is so much fun to watch. It's quite like House M.D. Sherlock Holmes never existed and neither did Gregory House. There is certainly no way that many interesting cases would appear at that particular hospital, but the show hinges upon that suspension of disbelief. All I am saying, if you want to criticize 24 on the feasibility of events, you may want to start with season one and the fact that Jack Bauer would never have survived that 24 hour period. The way I see it, good dramatic television shows (Lost, 24, House, The Shield) take utterly farfetched characters and scenarios and inject the normalcy we know into them. Not the other way around.
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if Morris could put up with Chloe he could have taken more drilling to various body parts. Better to face the drill than listen to Chloe.
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"Milo go with Jack. And while you're at it, would you mind putting on a red shirt?"
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But how did he survive this long?
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Full of radiation and piloting an airplane into the ground.
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That would be hard since he's one guy...
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