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‘I Can Pull The Trigger 128 More Times!!’ How Many Hours Is 7.11 Open?? Monday Brings The 2-Hour Midseason Edition Of 24!!

Published at:  Mar 02, 2009 7:34:13 PM CST

SPOILER ALERT !!



I am – Hercules!!


This one brings back both Kurtwood Smith and Jon Voight!

Fox says:

When Dubaku's evil plan escalates to his boss, General Juma (guest star Tony Todd), the stakes are raised and steadfast President Taylor faces a deepening foreign policy dilemma.

Meanwhile, Jack Bauer's staunch defiance to uncover conspirators inside the government has critical consequences.

As Bauer's by-the-book government adversary Senator Mayer (guest star Kurtwood Smith) heads to the White House for a meeting, another high-impact terror threat develops stateside.

Malevolent mastermind and Starkwood honcho Jonas Hodges (guest star Jon Voight) provokes the situation while Agent Walker leads the grueling investigation in the field and in the water.

Stressed-out FBI agents struggle to cope with the circumstances, and Vice President Hayworth is brought into the fold.


So who plays the veep?

8 p.m. Monday. Fox.








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    Readers Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 12:44:04 AM CST

    first

    by dkurina73

  • Mar 02, 2009 12:49:03 AM CST

    This season needs to end.

    by virtual satyr

    with Jack Bauer burning the American Flag and smiling an evil smile.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 12:55:47 AM CST

    Can't wait.

    by whatcokes982

    This looks awesome in so many ways.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:09:18 AM CST

    It's fun

    by mothandrust

    24 is fun and always has been. I don't care about whatever seasons are deemed 'crappy' by the crusty critics; I've always loved the show and the three beeps that suck me into its world.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:14:34 AM CST

    This episode is gonna rock

    by bullet3

  • Mar 02, 2009 1:15:57 AM CST

    I

    by shogunmaster

  • Mar 02, 2009 1:20:55 AM CST

    I'm still a fan...

    by shogunmaster

    but I'm still having trouble to get locked into this one. Last season really kicked my dink, and they haven't changed the format like they promised us. It's still a good show, but they need to make it more personal for Jack.

    The best thing to do now would be to get Almeida go bad again. Seeing those 2 go toe to toe would make this the greatest season ever!

    Oh, and bring back Carly Pope, Naked Mandy, and add Naked Kim. That's a stew I'd love to taste...

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:31:39 AM CST

    Attack on the White House...Really?

    by radjac31

    Will it be better than Nightcrawler vs Special Agents or Gen Zod vs the US Army?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:40:39 AM CST

    Tony Todd!

    by iammrmonkey!

    Winner of Best Voice In Hollywood award (Michael Wincott is still angry he didn't win that one).

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:42:33 AM CST

    I hope there's a scene where...

    by iammrmonkey!

    ..someone asks who Tony Todd's chsaracter is and he looks into a nearby mirror and says his name three times.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:15:39 AM CST

    I got a bad feeling about this one folks.

    by shermdawg

    Someone usually get's offed midway through the season, and our favorite Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is in the vicinity of the attack. :( He better get a silent clock if something happens.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:17:56 AM CST

    Also, Terri Bauer got it on with Magnum on CBS tonight.

    by shermdawg

  • Mar 02, 2009 2:29:44 AM CST

    Jack and Tony

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Are the two best 24 characters. and Chloe. This year has been great. Probably just as good as Season 2

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:34:54 AM CST

    I hope there's a scene (well actually I don't)...

    by tangcameo

    ...where Kurtwood Smith's character changes his mind about Bauer and says "If you don't save the President I'm going to put my foot in your ass!"

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:12:45 AM CST

    Don't wanna see Tony go bad.

    by v'shael

    Because it's soooooo fucking cliche. Former good guy, goes bad. Hero has to kill his best friend. Villainous ex-hero redeems himself at the end and dies. Bull-fucking-shit.

    If that's the only reason Tony is back, then he shoulda stayed dead.

    I want to see the writers get some fucking smarts, and stop playing the lowest common denominator all the time. (Yeah, I know, it's on Fox, so not bloody likely.)

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:16:45 AM CST

    Rack Bauer fans

    by the mcpoyle clan

    will be happy to know that she's coming back for season 8. Audrey Raines is but a distant memory...as she should be.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 4:59:02 AM CST

    Too Jack opened his mouth last week

    by brandongk


    with that "you'll learn to live with it" bullshit while he was comforting Agent Freckles. He could have gotten lucky. "Yeah I feel baby, want to see?"

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  • Mar 02, 2009 4:59:20 AM CST

    no subject

    by aeronaut

    Dammit, there are not enough people saying "protocol" so far. My drinking game is ruined.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 5:45:23 AM CST

    Drinking game gamble

    by symposium

    My drinking game involves me downing two bottles of vodka when Jack says one special word. The word is Floccinaucinihilipilification and the stomach pump is on standby ;) :P

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  • Mar 02, 2009 6:31:16 AM CST

    STOP SPOILING WITH THE FUCKING TITLE

    by blackjackbauer

    GOT DAMN man. 3 weeks in a row you have done this fucking shit. someone of DONT watch the Next Week shit, and here you are on the front page saying "THE TARGET IS THE WHITE HOUSE!" dude....STOP IT. STOP STOP STOP!!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 6:47:08 AM CST

    I didn't watch the preview but the WH was obvious

    by anakin whoopass

    Tony going on about a big target, and Clarence Boddicker's aide being nervous about being summoned to the White House.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 7:19:21 AM CST

    anakin i agree but still

    by blackjackbauer

    to still spoil shit EVERY SINGLE WEEK...its been annoying me man. this is fucking JACK BAUER. they have spoiler tags, so why in the FUCK are u gonna put spoilers in the TITLE THAT EVERYONE can see?? just say that shit INSIDE the post! i usually dont even read these until AFTER the episode, but to come to the site and BAM there is a spoiler right in your fuckin face....its really fucked up. STOP THIS SHIT IMMEDIATELY!! its not cool.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 7:26:40 AM CST

    So, death pool?

    by mr_macphisto

    What are we thinking? Bill or Aaron?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 7:48:48 AM CST

    i like saying the name Dubaku

    by mr_x

    Dubaku Dubaku Dubaku. just rolls of the tongue

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  • Mar 02, 2009 7:55:26 AM CST

    no subject

    by djtelesca

    The target being the WH was in the previews last week, and in commercials all week....hardly a spoiler. Sometimes folks just look for a reason to complain.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:04:44 AM CST

    WRONG DJTELESCA

    by blackjackbauer

    SOME PEOPLE DONT WATCH THE PREVIEWS OR THE COMMERCIALS!! THATS THE POINT THAT I MADE IN MY POST. if its not the actual episode from last week, then its a SPOILER to reveal, u got damn idiot. therefore its not complaining to complain. got damn morons I tell you.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:09:22 AM CST

    How many White House sets are there lying around?

    by chimpjnr

    Does anyone know if they built a new WH set for this, or is set from "The West Wing" kept permanently for use in different shows?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:13:23 AM CST

    24 world has the absolute worst intelligence agencies ever.

    by evilwizardglick

    What fucking year is it in 24 world anyway? 2012 yet?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:15:38 AM CST

    I LOVE Freckles Bauer

    by zoefan

    That is all.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:19:21 AM CST

    VP and something else...

    by topfivevideo

    Ok I may be alittle nuts for digging like this but the VP isn't Hayworth its Mitchell Hansen and hes being played by Cameron Daddo... and there is actually a character tonight named Derek Watts whose real name is... get this.. Johnathan McClain... just thought the reference was a little funny.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:00:12 AM CST

    Kurtwood Smith rules!

    by mcsatan

    I wanna see Kurtwood Smith ask Kurt Lockwood what the hell he's doing on 24, then put his foot in Lockwood's ass. And if you don't want to read spoilers stay away from spoiler sites. Just sayin'.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:02:19 AM CST

    I LOVE Freckles Bauer too ZoeFan

    by white goodman

    When I'm done with her you can have her.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:05:25 AM CST

    the water

    by dradis contact

    The water? This has promise.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:08:36 AM CST

    Blackjackbauer...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...where did you get these damn morons, btw? I've been meaning to pick them up...and you say you've got a lot of them! Got damn you!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:40:39 AM CST

    BlackJackbauer

    by moviewhore

    really? You dont watch the Commercials OR the previews at the end of each episode BUT you come to a Movie and TV spoiler website where that plus much much more is discussed on a regular basis? really? Curtis needs to take his name back

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:42:10 AM CST

    Hey, does anyone read Vince Flynn?

    by allykatd

    I ask this because of the similarities between his books and '24. Hewas actually a consultant for '24' at one point. Being a big fan of Vince Flynn it's a little too coincidental how closely some of '24's plotlines follow his book. It's funny how I can guess them and people wonder how I can, but it's the books. Such as the White House being taken. That happened in Vince Flynn's first book that introduced Mitch Rapp who I think Jack Bauer is modeled after. Anyway, Just wondering if anyone else is familiar with this author. And just for the record, I don't mind the parallels between Flynn's books and '24 because the books need to be made into movies and maybe '24' is the closest we'll get. If you really like spy thrillers, Vince Flynn is about as good as they get.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:44:38 AM CST

    I'm a Freckles Bauer fan, too!

    by allykatd

    The writers get a huge kudo and standing ovation from me for writing a female character that is strong without being bitchy but still being *female* and reacting to situations like a *female*. So many female characters, written by men, look female (or course, they're played by a female actor) but they react like a man would. I think she's fabulous and she would be great in her own series.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:50:09 AM CST

    This season

    by moviewhore

    I have to say this season has been very good so far .. yeah we have the token spys in the administation/FBI .. but other than that solid all around

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:53:09 AM CST

    RACK BAUER POWER HOUR!!!

    by skidmarkedundies

    POWER HOUR!!! (COUGAR SOUND EFFECT) RWARRR!!! (END COUGAR SOUND EFFECT)

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:58:21 AM CST

    Spoiler Title

    by superjim

    What a fucking Jackass. I know it was obvious after the end of last weeks episode that the target was going to be the Whitehouse, but still. If someone hadn't picked up on that then you have spoiled the episode for them.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:06:18 AM CST

    Freckles/Rack Bauer

    by nemesisdarkside

    I think she's been a terrific addition to the show. I'm so happy her & Jack didn't make-out after that slapping session as that would've been ridiculous & cliche. I think shes's a great character, trying to deal with doing things "Jack's way" when the s hits the f.Doesn't hurt that she's a hot redhead with great boobs either!! ;D

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:11:49 AM CST

    Spoiler Title

    by topfivevideo

    Ok seriously, stop fucking whinning. If your a serious 24 fan then you've known for a few days now that the White House was the target. Between last weeks promo and all the millions of tv spots they've shown.. you should know by now. Get the fuck over you whinny little babbies. Its a 2-hour episode.. im sure there will be plenty of suprises

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:12:52 AM CST

    Guns Guns Guns!

    by tomdolan04

  • Mar 02, 2009 10:37:01 AM CST

    Spoiler!!!

    by the mcpoyle clan

    Jack says "dammit", shoots people and never takes a potty break. Chloe smirks. There are bad people in government and moles to help them!! Car chases and big explosions!! Attacks on high value targets!!Quit whining. Plot points specifically used in promos to amp up anticipation are public knowledge and aren't spoilers.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:38:51 AM CST

    Kurtwood

    by em_tee_em

    The Lockwood Freudian typo was pretty funny.I don't think they'll Pierce. I hope not. He's the only person other than Jack to have been in all 7 days.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:39:43 AM CST

    if you are a real 24 fan

    by blackjackbauer

    THEN U DONT FUCKING WATCH THE PREVIEWS!!!!! any TRUE fan is a hardcore fan, like ME, which means that once the episode goes off....U DONT WATCH ANY COMMERICALS!! EVER!! and i come to this site for more than 24 news but its FUCKED UP that right in the right hand upper corner there is some big ass "HEY TEH TARGET IS DEE WHITE HOUSE" right there to see, and hey, if i wasnt human and i could stop myself from reading maye i would, but im human and i AUTOMATICALLY decipher letters into words, my brain cant help it. beep beep beep

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:47:53 AM CST

    Who's next from Robocop?

    by em_tee_em

    Will it be Nancy Allen or Miguel Ferrer next year? I'm putting my money on Ferrer.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:50:29 AM CST

    BlackJackBauer....

    by carpet_pisser

    Dude, if you are so insistant on not being spoiled, then why the hell do you come here anyway, especially on the day that you know that a 24 talkback would be opened. If you don't want to know, come back here Monday nights at 10 PM after 24. Stop bitching.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:50:46 AM CST

    A real '24' fan is...

    by allykatd

    anyone who enjoys the show with variations such as spoiler/non-spoiler. I don't view trailers as spoilers and seriously, for people who don't like spoilers, you need to find one of one of many '24' fan sites that are rabid about spoilers and stick to that. Go only there. Visiting a site like AICN that YOU KNOW A HEAD OF TIME likes to crow about spoilers is about the dumbest thing you can do and even dumber is whining about it and asking them to change their policies just because you're too lazy to find an appropriate fansite. Seriously, there are times when I don't want spoilers and those are times when I avoid AICN. If you haven't figured that out by now, then you've gone full retard.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:52:12 AM CST

    BlackJackBauer

    by adm

    Watching the previews does not make you any less of a fan.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:52:18 AM CST

    allykatD....

    by carpet_pisser

    BlackJackBauer shall now be known as SimpleJackBauer...HA!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:54:19 AM CST

    BwaHaHaHa!

    by allykatd

    OMG, that was a good one. Heh. I just rewatched Tropic Thunder last night so that line was fresh in my mind.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:03:47 AM CST

    24 Going Green

    by varian

    http://enterfamement.blogspot.com/2009/03/24-even-hybrid-cars-emit-co2-when-they.html

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:04:17 AM CST

    SimpleJackBauer

    by carpet_pisser

    Momma, can you make the future knowing words go away from titty machine. They make SimpleJackBauer's eyes hurt.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:51:35 AM CST

    We could be losing a fan favorite...

    by shermdawg

    ....and y'all are wrapped up in a bullshit debate of a non-spoiler of a title!?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:52:06 AM CST

    Shermdawg, you shut your godsdamned mouth!

    by chrth

    If Aaron Pierce, Agent of SHIELD suffers a temporary setback in his living, I'm holding you personally responsible!
    ;)

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:53:43 AM CST

    If we're going to lose a Fan Favorite, my money is on

    by chrth

    Bill Buchanan

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:55:11 AM CST

    "Bitches leave"

    by stuntcock mike

    "That includes you, Madam President. Chesty McFreckles, stick around."

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  • Mar 02, 2009 12:05:45 PM CST

    What? The Season 7 DVD is out already???

    by mrmysteryguest

    That was fast!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 12:06:52 PM CST

    Tonight on 24: "The Candyman Can't!"

    by mrmysteryguest

    'Cause Jack's gonna kick some Sengala ass!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 12:38:11 PM CST

    Bill Buchanan?!

    by allykatd

    Don't say that! Bill's da bomb! He better NOT die. I think the FBI dude whats-his-face needs to die so Freckles Bauer will run to Jack for comfort sex.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:00:19 PM CST

    I can't see that chrth.

    by shermdawg

    Injured yes. Coma, maybe. But not killed. Next year could be the show's final season, and unless they are gonna go with a smaller scenario focusing on Jack (like season one), they're gonna need someone in Bill's position....that is, unless it's Tony...but with the situation he's got going on now, I doubt that'd happen.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:02:02 PM CST

    They need to put Chesty Freckles in a progressively

    by xiphos_2

    Tighter T-shirt every week and have her run more. that's how you build a show.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:03:11 PM CST

    Unless the FBI guy fills that role.

    by shermdawg

    Which would be ok with me since he's a much better actor.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:04:44 PM CST

    It's "RACK BAUER" people!!!

    by shermdawg

    Like Curtis was "Black Bauer".

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:13:36 PM CST

    Curtis was not Black Bauer

    by cman

    Just because you like the sound of alliteration doesn't make it fit the character. Yes, Curtis was badass but he filled in for Tony when Tony wasn't around for much of Season 4, 5, and 6. So he's Black Tony. Rack Bauer on the other hand is a great and apt description of uh that redhead with awesome tits, whose real name I forgot.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:42:29 PM CST

    WHERE'S THE HEROES TALKBACK???

    by pennsy

    ;)

    Yes, I have too much time on my hands after my workplace closed on the possibility of a 14-inch snowstorm that dumped barely half as much on us. Seriously, I'm as worried as Shermdawg, for a different reason; that we could be in for a nuke the fridge moment. The White House under attack by ground forces with all the security in place to prevent one? I dunno. If it's handled right, they'll hit a home run and maybe put Heroes down for the count, permanently in reaching 7 million viewers. They barely accomplished that last week, and it hit a series-low rating in the demo.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:44:30 PM CST

    I don't think they're looking that far ahead

    by chrth

    Out of all the "old timers", Bill Buchanan is the easiest to dispatch without too many childhoods crying "rape!". Besides Zombie Mason can always be Jack's main handler next season.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:45:25 PM CST

    Cman: Who cares whether it fit?

    by chrth

    Aaron Pierce doesn't actually work for SHIELD either.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:49:49 PM CST

    Where the hell is EnderSmitesFoes?

    by white goodman

    Someone dig that bitch up. I'll even take Zombie EnderSmitesFoes. I think he's what this season is missing.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:51:30 PM CST

    OT: The OwlShip is in front of Grauman's Chinese now...

    by pennsy

    for tonight's Hollywood premiere of Watchmen. Point that mouse toward http://www.manntheatres.com/webcam/index.php and you'll be able to see still pictures of the red carpet arrivals. Forget both Forecourt webcams.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 1:52:47 PM CST

    Thanks, WG; almost forgot: FREE THE ENDER SMITES FOES!

    by pennsy

    So let it be written, so let it be done.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:01:05 PM CST

    Um. Who didn't see that clip a week ago?

    by lockesbrokenleg

    You nkow, after they air an episode?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:02:46 PM CST

    A momentary digression to discuss: Reaper

    by chrth

    I'd like to take a moment from this 24 talkback to talk about a show near and dear to my heart: Reaper. I know, I know. A lot of us gave it a try last season, and while we found it amusing, we got tired of the whole monster-of-the-week shtick.
    Well let me tell you Brothers and Sisters: that shit is gone. The second half of the season was full of mythology (Demons against the Devil! Demons getting into Heaven! (?)(!)) and lunacy (Benjamin marrying a Brit for her green card, and falling for Dualla! Sock finding love (momentarily) with a Succubus! Andy finding out what's going on!). Were there still monsters-of-the-week? Oh yeah. But some eps they lasted all of two minutes. The show is different. The show is better.
    And now the Father is buried dead, but he's not really dead (good thing Mom went to dig him out). Is he an angel? Is he a demon? Or is it just something in his contract? And is the Reaper actually the Son of the Devil?
    Tune in tomorrow night, friends. 8pm on the CW. I hope Herc has a talkback because this show needs love, and there's only so much love I can give.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:11:32 PM CST

    "How Many Hours Is 7.11 Open??"

    by chrth

    That's horrible, Herc. Besides, everyone know they're open (drum roll!) 24 hours!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:13:38 PM CST

    Carpet_Pisser

    by topfivevideo

    Thank you for that.. every so often i peek at this TB on my office computer and the SimpleJackBauer line you provided was just precious. I can't believe this douche is still droning on about a spoiler for fucks sake its been blaring on fox for a week straight..

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:14:24 PM CST

    And I must admit (and Amazon.com)

    by chrth

    I like the Season 7 poster.
    Anyone else notice that Dennis Haysbert is a keyword on the Amazon.com Season 7 DVD preorder?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:16:05 PM CST

    Chrth

    by topfivevideo

    Careful there buddy... thems spoilery words

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:19:24 PM CST

    Topfivevideo: Maybe, don't know. I'm just reporting

    by chrth

    what I'm seeing.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:25:00 PM CST

    Agree 100% on the Reaper shout-out

    by chimpjnr

    It's the best feel-good TV show around. A little too similar to Chuck, granted - perhaps they could merge the two. Yvonne whatshername would be an asset to any show. Reaper is just so damned likeable, and I agree 100% that it got much better in the second half of the season. Hell, I kept one episode from October on my DVR for months just so I could re-watch the hilarious "Happy Halloween from Reaper" mock-commercial with the awesome Ray Wise dancing to the tune of "It's the most magical time of the year". Brought a smile to my face, no matter how many times I saw it.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:26:43 PM CST

    topfivevideo....

    by carpet_pisser

    no problem....I come to a spoiler sight for...get this...SPOILERS!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:35:11 PM CST

    Chuck is awful

    by lockesbrokenleg

    The characters never change on that show, and the lead actor is wallpaper.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:35:21 PM CST

    No shit

    by topfivevideo

    Exactly... maybe i want to know ahead of time what im in for... just maybe

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:47:48 PM CST

    I saw that too,chrth, I wonder...

    by toby wan

    you think we get a zombie Palmer, too? Wouldn't that be a bullshit, shark straddling moment?! Taking a syringe in the chest is one thing, but a sniper round to the jugular is horseshit on a whole notha level! You do not come back from that shit, no matter HOW badass you are!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:50:23 PM CST

    Every President must die on 24

    by lockesbrokenleg

    It's a rule.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:52:51 PM CST

    Agent Pierce of S.H.I.E.L.D. ain't gonna die, people

    by yackbacker

    Let's see, who's a "fan-favorite" that will buy the farm? A one-armed Chase Edmunds? Oh sweet Jesus, no. Mike Novick, coming back to the WH to pick up some old mail? Too random. I got a fear inside me that Bill Buchanan gets offed. I hope not. But when someone says "fan favorite" I say "Buchanan."

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  • Mar 02, 2009 2:55:37 PM CST

    It's the Jack Sack!

    by carpet_pisser

    It's is gonna get offed this week. You know this to be true.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:05:27 PM CST

    If they kill Freckles Bauer

    by allykatd

    I'm going to stop watching... maybe. Maybe not, but it'll piss me off. BTW, Chuck is a really fun show and well written. All the characters are hilarious. And Zach Levi is hawt.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:05:36 PM CST

    Regarding nicknames. . .

    by maelstrom_zero

    Aside from calling Redheaded-Agent-Who's-Well-Endowed "Rack Bauer," I just call her Scarlett. . .which I think is far more catchy and appropriate. It's too bad the name hasn't caught on.

    The season so far has been pretty spectacular. However, what this season really needs is an amazing boss fight/kill scene, like Jack and the Rolento-styled chain super kill on Fayed. As bad as Season 6 was, that one sequence with Jack single-handedly taking out an entire terrorist compound and its leader is the high point in the whole 7 seasons of 24 thus far.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:10:09 PM CST

    Scarlett while appropriate

    by carpet_pisser

    is not at all catchy. Rack Bauer is much catchier because it both entails her Jack Baueresque nature (at times) and her fantastic rack. I want to motorboat those freckled funbags!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:11:41 PM CST

    Do we know for sure that a fan-favorite is buying it?

    by chimpjnr

    Or is this more based on the historical precedent of someone dying mid-season? What fan favorites are left? Bill, Chloe, Tony, Pierce...is there anyone else at this point? Season 5 culled most of them. Could be Chloe - Mary Lynn had a baby recently in real life so might not be able to commit to a full season.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:32:55 PM CST

    chimpjnr, I'm going by an Ausiello article

    by yackbacker

    He hinted that someone of signifigance dies, but whatever that means is entirely up to interpretation.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:35:00 PM CST

    About the death :SPOILERS:

    by brandongk

    Spoilers below:



    Korbi reported that the person who dies in tonight's episode "deserves it." So I'm thinking Dubaku bites it or Larry (hardly the most popular character.)

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  • Mar 02, 2009 3:39:20 PM CST

    You know who deserves it

    by carpet_pisser

    Madame President.

    Begin Rant...

    Sorry but saving Sengalans (or whatever the fuck is the name of that fictitious African county) to stand on some high moral fucking ground...all the while knowing they could kill thousands of Americans. Hell no. The Presidents job is to uphold the Constitution and protect the American people. She sucks with her, I have to stay tough and what about the Sengala....you know what, they can take care of their own shit. I am tired of us having to step into everyone else's fights.....

    ...Rant Over

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 3:51:40 PM CST

    not eh whitehouse again

    by mr_x

    with superman 2 and independence day you would have thought security was a bit more tighter

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 4:00:24 PM CST

    Why didn't they ever bring back Chase?

    by white goodman

    Except for when he was acting like a fuckup, he was an alright character? I think I saw that actor on an episode of Rescue Me and nothing else.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 4:20:17 PM CST

    Carpet_Pisser, that's a little simplistic

    by yackbacker

    Let's say that Sengala's importance is limited to its own future- let's just say we're talking about the Sudan, for instance. It's a humanitarian crisis taking place. If it happens in Eastern Europe, it's suddenly a more important issue. But because its taking place in Africa, we should just chalk it up as business-as-usual?
    Besides, if Taylor backed down and appeased Juma and Dubaku, she'd basically be inviting other thugs from all over the world to do the same-- making it a far more dangerous situation here.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 4:29:30 PM CST

    YackBacker....

    by carpet_pisser

    You make a valid point, and in the real world, I would whole heartidly agree with you. The problem was that in the situation as it was presented in 24, with them having the capability of killing many US civilians, and the presidents own motives were not about not backing down as to not invite this kind of action by other thugs, it was because she was more worried about the safety and lives of Sengalans. Sorry, in the situation as presented, you don't fucking go forward with the invasion until the device is in your hands. Now after you get the device, I am all for the invasion. But you pull back until that point. You don't put Americans at risk until then. I don't care if it is Sengala, Spain, or fucking Canada.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 4:41:22 PM CST

    CP, good point re: the device

    by yackbacker

    I glossed over that in my memory- she decided to proceed with the invasion despite not having the CIP device. But I give her less of a demerit for that move, because again it was Dubaku telling her where and when to take a shit. It's a tough situation for any President, I don't know if she was less worried about Americans v. Sengalans. I think it came down to protecting the U.S.'s sovereignty.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 4:47:25 PM CST

    Hope they lose Garofalo tonight.

    by banditmania

  • Mar 02, 2009 4:52:56 PM CST

    I second that Banditmania

    by white goodman

    What a pointless character.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 5:06:36 PM CST

    Yackbacker, I think then

    by carpet_pisser

    we can agree that without the device, we should unleash holy hell on the Juma regime. Hell, we should be intervening in Darfur right now, but can't because we are protecting oil for Exxon in the middle east.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 6:14:31 PM CST

    45 minutes to double power Bauer hour!

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 6:16:23 PM CST

    My, this show has a high character turnover rate...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...godspeed, Bill!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 6:42:29 PM CST

    Shit, I hope they don't kill me...

    by frecklesbauer

    Best season since 3...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 6:57:04 PM CST

    3 minutes to Bauer Twin Power Activate!

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:01:08 PM CST

    So why is Juma in the US anyway?

    by chrth

    I didn't see the 2-hr movie so I don't know a lot about what his dealie is

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:03:40 PM CST

    Bye bye Dubaku

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:04:32 PM CST

    Ah, they're answering my question

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:05:19 PM CST

    "tried and convicted"

    by chrth

    I take it President Taylor isn't much of a fan of "Innocent Before Proven Guilty"

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:06:55 PM CST

    I got $5 that Dubaku's son turns on Juma

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:07:52 PM CST

    It doesn't start here for another 3 hours

    by allykatd

    So wow, guys, stop with the spoilers already, jeez, I mean, just shut up! After all, like, I should be able to come to this site and not see spoilers. Do I sound like SimpleJackBauer yet? Or maybe I should whine a little more. Yeah, I don't think I have the right whine down and need to go practice a little more. So did Dubaku just eat it? Seriously, I really don't like Jeneane Garfalo's character (or however she spells her name), she like a less attractive, less intelligent, more autistic version of Chloe, who I actually adore, and they better not kill Chloe, she's a mommy. You can't kill mommies.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 7:09:10 PM CST

    Teri Bauer was a mommy

    by chrth

    Just saying

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  • Mar 02, 2009 7:11:30 PM CST

    Jack's taking an awful risk deleting Burnett's name

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:12:39 PM CST

    Jack's a DUMB ASS.

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:12:43 PM CST

    Tell me what's going on, with Jack Bauer...

    by jimmy rabbitte

    ...or I'll put my foot in your ass!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:15:25 PM CST

    This makes no frakkin' sense

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:16:58 PM CST

    CHANGELING JACK!

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Wow, that sucked.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:17:31 PM CST

    Jack always whispers something tender

    by hercules

    as he chokes his victims into unconsciousness.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:18:02 PM CST

    "Don't fight it."

    by tonagan

    That's the second time he's done that this season. It's like his pick-up line.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:18:42 PM CST

    IS JACK THE FINAL CYLON?! is he going to jump in time?

    by soloaj

    oppps sorry nuttin 2 do till Weds / Friday :( got lost in the talkbacks :)

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:21:47 PM CST

    Moss isn't very smart, is he?

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:21:52 PM CST

    Hi Chloe, I need some updates, oh and Bill is dead.

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:23:32 PM CST

    "Judgement impaired" Bring in the Veep!

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:24:40 PM CST

    The infamous Jack Goes Nuts episode

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:25:35 PM CST

    so is jack only able to use one power at a time?

    by livahd

    what power now? flight or time travel?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:26:32 PM CST

    TALK TIIIIIIIIIIIIME!!!

    by l.h.puttgrass

    Jack's got some "talking" to do!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:33:52 PM CST

    Say hello to my little friend

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:38:30 PM CST

    "Apparently you don't, dumbass."

    by tonagan

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:40:52 PM CST

    great quote change, Herc!

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:41:28 PM CST

    OMG, you guys are killing me here.

    by allykatd

    Still 2 hours and 20 minutes to go. WAHHH! I need to stop reading.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:44:22 PM CST

    Wait...

    by rob in wi

    There've only been 3 Presidents that Jack has saved the country for? Is that fuzzy math? Or does it just seem like more?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:45:01 PM CST

    rack is an idiot ... again

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:48:08 PM CST

    well he didn't save it for Logan

    by chrth

    he saved it from Logan

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  • Mar 02, 2009 7:49:51 PM CST

    She'll have no trouble blending in with them, though.

    by tonagan

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:50:05 PM CST

    You really'd think the Feds...

    by catvutt

    Would get some fancy waterproof celphones or some shit.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:52:07 PM CST

    Did I miss sumthin?

    by shermdawg

    How did Rack find out where Candyman and his peeps were hiding out at? Was it the payroll info she was waiting on?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:52:10 PM CST

    Who do you think you are lady? Hillary Clinton?

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:53:23 PM CST

    Sherm.

    by catvutt

    Some guy gave her the photo of the license plate of the 'orderly' that left after Duba was killed. She tracked him.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:54:58 PM CST

    Okay.

    by catvutt

    She just needs to knock a soldier out, get herself some shoe polish and...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:56:36 PM CST

    WALLLLLT!!!

    by tonagan

    I think they borrowed that boat from the Others.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:56:37 PM CST

    What are you doing, Chesty?

    by l.h.puttgrass

    She's gonna get dead. Real dead.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:57:04 PM CST

    Bill is not dead. FALSE ALARM!

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:57:10 PM CST

    Hurray!

    by joe mannix jr.

    Wet T-shirt and jiggles!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:57:44 PM CST

    Sorry

    by joe mannix jr.

    I'm apparently 12.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:58:41 PM CST

    I suppose it's too much to hope...

    by catvutt

    That they dig right into Jack's cell.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:59:35 PM CST

    Run, Chesty!! RUUUNNNN!!!

    by l.h.puttgrass

    Junior's after you!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 7:59:53 PM CST

    Joe Mannix Jr.

    by whatcokes982

    No apology necessary. We're all 12 at heart. Especially went it comes to jiggling boobage.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:00:16 PM CST

    The mastermind behind it all? Wile E. Coyote.

    by tonagan

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:01:05 PM CST

    when breaking into a building

    by chrth

    it's always important to have an artist rendering handy

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:03:24 PM CST

    24 has the longest recaps in TV show history

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:03:50 PM CST

    Whatcokes982

    by joe mannix jr.

    Thanks, and let's all hope it happens again...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:05:47 PM CST

    HE SO IS GONNA GET KILLED.

    by shermdawg

    :( They just set it up.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:06:13 PM CST

    Drink!

    by rob in wi

    Aaron Pierce sighting!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:06:15 PM CST

    crap

    by jocutus

    I forgot this was a 2 hour deal and missed the first hour!!1

    Reply to Talkback

  • And then go to the back of the class.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:08:40 PM CST

    "5 Administrations, ma'am"

    by chrth

    "So that's what, four years?"

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:09:41 PM CST

    RIP NPS Ranger

    by chrth

    You'll be missed

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:11:11 PM CST

    "Sorry, Jack, I suck"

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:11:50 PM CST

    "Why didn't you tell me you didn't like Chinese?"

    by tonagan

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:12:26 PM CST

    My money's now on Bill biting it.

    by catvutt

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:12:45 PM CST

    So

    by rob in wi

    You can't trust White House security, NOR the White House maintenence staff.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:13:12 PM CST

    Run Girl Run

    by white goodman

    Yeah, daddy like.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:14:03 PM CST

    @crth

    by rob in wi

    I missed the 5 administrations line, what was that from?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:15:34 PM CST

    These 24 Presidents. What is wrong with them?

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:16:13 PM CST

    Rob: First Daughter said something like

    by chrth

    "You've been doing this for awhile" and Aaron Pierce, Agent of SHIELD said "5 Administrations, ma'am" ... so I added the next logical line

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:16:23 PM CST

    WHAT? AN INTERMISSION? WTF?!!

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:16:56 PM CST

    Shut yer dirty mouth, Shermdawg!

    by chrth

    THAT'S NOT TRUE! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! NOOOOOOOO!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:17:44 PM CST

    I'm glad Ethan left for the Pentagon

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:17:49 PM CST

    chrth

    by rob in wi

    Thank you... aww... poor press secretary goes bye bye

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:17:55 PM CST

    Campaigning for President in the 24 Universe.

    by catvutt

    "And I promise, as Commander-In-Chief, to reduce the number of traitors and terrorists working in the government by FIFTY PERCENT!"

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:18:00 PM CST

    If this hour was directed by Zack Snyder...

    by l.h.puttgrass

    None of you would complain about the use of slo-mo while wet Chesty Bauer runs for her life from Lil' Junior. You know this to be true.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:18:08 PM CST

    This is like BSG a few weeks ago.

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:18:27 PM CST

    I'm just saying...

    by rob in wi

    CJ Cregg would have put up more of a fight.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:19:06 PM CST

    Chesty Freckles

    by rob in wi

    is really turning me on tonight.

    Reply to Talkback

  • She's wet, sweaty, and bruised

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:20:07 PM CST

    Welcome to the party, pal!

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:21:23 PM CST

    NOOOO!!!!

    by rob in wi

    Don't do it Bill!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:22:01 PM CST

    chrth

    by rob in wi

    She was a soap opera actress... she was already ready for a Cinemax role.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:22:03 PM CST

    I'm going to miss Bill Buchanan

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:22:05 PM CST

    I'm telling you.

    by catvutt

    Bill's dead, man. DEAD.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:22:18 PM CST

    Damn it, Chesty!

    by l.h.puttgrass

    More running!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:23:19 PM CST

    "We need hostages"

    by chrth

    Bill Buchanan, saved by writer's caveat!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:23:41 PM CST

    Bill...

    by l.h.puttgrass

    Watch yourself.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:24:50 PM CST

    chrth

    by rob in wi

    Too bad Ryan Chappell didn't have better writers

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:25:23 PM CST

    Zombie Chappell is pretty pissed right now. Again.

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:25:32 PM CST

    And the quarterback is toast.

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:26:35 PM CST

    Son of CSM is a wuss

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:28:03 PM CST

    You ask for a miracle and I give you the F B I

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:28:43 PM CST

    They should smoke them out using household cleaners

    by chrth

    Didn't they watch the first few eps?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:30:18 PM CST

    chrth

    by rob in wi

    Apparently there's no terrorist equivalent of Jack and Tony

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:30:37 PM CST

    CatVutt: I pledge to be President for more than 2 years

    by chrth

    "Stability you can believe in"

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:30:43 PM CST

    Good one chrth

    by white goodman

    I just rewatched Die Hard for the 383 time yesterday.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:32:22 PM CST

    chrth

    by kyle051554

    Non-Zombie Chappelle was pretty pissed all the time, though.

    Side note: as logical as it is for Aaron Pierce to want to let the Secret Service know that the President is safe, does anybody just want to see him stay in the White House and go all John McClane on Juma's ass?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:32:28 PM CST

    WG: Credit to lockesbrokenleg

    by chrth

    His quote got me going

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:32:31 PM CST

    Bounce..

    by rob in wi

    Bounce bounce bounce bounce

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:33:27 PM CST

    I'm certain

    by rob in wi

    that Pierce, Bill and Jack could take out at least 50 terrorists on their own.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:33:40 PM CST

    We're gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:35:19 PM CST

    They should have killed Bill

    by white goodman

    Would have been a lot cooler.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:35:31 PM CST

    Joshua is trying to launch the missiles!

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:36:13 PM CST

    "And now I need a Diet Pepsi, some chewed bubble gum and...

    by catvutt

    BOOOOM! MCBAUER!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:36:29 PM CST

    Nah

    by rob in wi

    now Bill can die heroically, rather than getting Chappelled

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:36:34 PM CST

    Tony could help take 17 Rob

    by white goodman

    Where did that asshole disappear to again?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:37:21 PM CST

    Running around the whitehouse like a bitch

    by white goodman

    and getting shot in the face would have been good to me.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:37:32 PM CST

    Oh, good...

    by rob in wi

    More Jon Voight.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:37:51 PM CST

    "Damn it, son, what treasure are you looking for now?"

    by chrth

    Oh, wrong movie. Sorry.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:38:09 PM CST

    Isn't that the dude from Empire Records?

    by shermdawg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:39:08 PM CST

    White Goodman

    by rob in wi

    Tony would go all Argyle on their asses from outside.

    /keeping with the theme

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:39:24 PM CST

    "The shipment"

    by chrth

    Could you be any vaguer?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:39:32 PM CST

    Yes, Rory Cochrane has certainly filled out.

    by tonagan

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:40:42 PM CST

    "The shipment"

    by rob in wi

    Isn't that the cradle of life?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:40:59 PM CST

    I guess his CSI Miami Money ran out

    by white goodman

    The weed must have mellowed him out and help him work with Caruso.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:41:01 PM CST

    Glass? Who gives a shit about Glass?

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:41:39 PM CST

    Speedle?

    by catvutt

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:41:48 PM CST

    Will Aaron get more first family action?

    by tonagan

    He's the man.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:42:06 PM CST

    The president's daughter will try to escape...

    by shermdawg

    ...in a pickup...and will be shot in the back of the head.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:43:09 PM CST

    So if the Senator gets killed, is that Irony?

    by chrth

    Raaaaaaaain on your wedding day

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:43:16 PM CST

    Aaron Pierce

    by rob in wi

    Trying to get the first daughter to the residence... are we SURE this isn't a cinemax movie?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:44:03 PM CST

    Shipment = Asian Sex Slaves

    by white goodman

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:44:28 PM CST

    I'm hoping it will be the Senator

    by chimpjnr

    But have a nasty feeling it will be Pierce. Bah!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:45:22 PM CST

    chrth

    by rob in wi

    The Senator negotiates million dollar deals for breakfast. I'm sure he can handle that terrorist trash.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:45:35 PM CST

    I guess Chloe gets the episode off

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:46:02 PM CST

    What are you doing, Juma, this is radio not TV

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:46:41 PM CST

    She's thinking of ways to punk Garofalo...

    by pennsy

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:48:20 PM CST

    Chloe

    by genesis495

    I think she may be gone for quite sometime cause she was preggers when they were filming and there is a gap where she wasn't filming so this may have been where it was.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:48:32 PM CST

    I see the Veep is holding the idiot stick this ep

    by chrth

    When did Moss grow a brain?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:48:41 PM CST

    It Seems

    by rob in wi

    that neither the President nor the Vice President have any balls.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:49:25 PM CST

    NOOOOOO!OOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

    by catvutt

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:49:27 PM CST

    Dammit.

    by shermdawg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:49:49 PM CST

    Oh NO!

    by rob in wi

    Are we getting the montage at the end for Agent Pierce

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:50:05 PM CST

    Goodbye Aaron

    by white goodman

    He's fucked.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:50:14 PM CST

    It's just a flesh wound! It has to be!

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:50:20 PM CST

    Happy trails, Hana

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:50:25 PM CST

    NOOOOOOO

    by genesis495

    AGENT PIERCE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:50:49 PM CST

    Nevermind

    by rob in wi

    That look of disappointment did it ALL for me

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:51:50 PM CST

    Ok, Pierce looks pained, but I think he's ok.

    by chrth

    PHEW.
    (for now)
    DAMMIT

    Reply to Talkback

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:52:21 PM CST

    We need Hiro to time travel.... :(((

    by pennsy

    And teleport him outta there. Bummer deluxe.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:52:41 PM CST

    They tried to kill Aaron and all he got was a bloody lip!

    by theghostwholurks

    Foolish terrorists...

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:52:49 PM CST

    You poor West Coast Bastards

    by white goodman

    I remember when I was one of the sad losers that had to wait 3 hours for a new 24. "NEVER AGAIN!" I said.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:53:31 PM CST

    If I lived on the Left Coast

    by chrth

    I would get satellite.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:53:54 PM CST

    What the hell is this shit? Is it over?

    by white goodman

    WTF is going on?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:54:05 PM CST

    A Jack PSA announcment?

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:54:06 PM CST

    Impacting Climate Change?

    by rob in wi

    That's it. The Terrorists win.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:54:15 PM CST

    Solve the climate problem with TORTURE!!!

    by tonagan

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:54:29 PM CST

    Never trust a Presidential offspring to call for help...

    by theghostwholurks

    They can't even use a flashlight without a cribsheet! >:(

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:54:32 PM CST

    Never mind that last post

    by white goodman

    The wisdom teeth drugs mess my mind up good, friends.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:55:11 PM CST

    Aaron Pierce

    by rob in wi

    could totally kick Chuck Norris' ass.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:55:15 PM CST

    Mr. Jack Bauer, now that this incredible ordeal is over

    by lockesbrokenleg

    what are your feelings?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:55:28 PM CST

    There better had be a death at this point

    by chimpjnr

    Or Ausiello (sp?) needs to be investigated for being on the Fox payroll. The suggestion of it is definitely adding to the thrill tonight. All are being gathered in one room...didn't someone way back say that it would be a death that would leave us cheering? Has to be Senator then, right?
    Oh, and as for the beating climate change - don't they drive around in big fuck-off SUVs all the time?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:55:36 PM CST

    STUPID!!

    by jackryan555

    This is the worse season ever! In the past it would have been CTU getting invaded instead of the White House.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:57:25 PM CST

    I'm rhe President on this show, which means I'm fucked

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 8:57:34 PM CST

    Open the Pod Bay Doors, Jack!

    by chrth

    I'm sorry, Madame President, but I'm afraid I can't do that.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:59:09 PM CST

    Ugh...

    by rob in wi

    Horrid ending to 2 great hours.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 8:59:21 PM CST

    Worst President Ever

    by white goodman

    And fuck Red for questioning Jack. What a bitch.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:00:09 PM CST

    BITCH (smack) WHERE'S MY MONEY???!!!! >:O

    by theghostwholurks

    Next time, don't talk back.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:00:12 PM CST

    ooooo

    by livahd

    someones gonna get blowed up next week

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:00:15 PM CST

    Nukes at the White House?

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Mar 02, 2009 9:00:39 PM CST

    HOLY SHIT.

    by shermdawg

    Next week. HOLY. SHIT.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:01:13 PM CST

    Vice President Hayworth

    by hercules

    was not brought into any fricking fold!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:02:16 PM CST

    So...

    by rob in wi

    All back here, next week, right?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:02:20 PM CST

    I see Aaron and/or Buchanan getting it

    by seagrass

    next week. I bet one will sacrifice himself.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:02:50 PM CST

    It was a typo.

    by catvutt

    He was brought in TO fold.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:02:51 PM CST

    The Senator is dumb. And he's an ass.

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 9:03:33 PM CST

    VPs always suck on 24

    by chimpjnr

    Who says 24 ain't realistic?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:03:38 PM CST

    So the senator is a dumbass?

    by rob in wi

  • Mar 02, 2009 9:04:55 PM CST

    That last shot of Jack

    by theghostwholurks

    You could literally SEE him count the numerous ways he was planning to kill each and every terrorist in that room. Probably by alphabetical order and blood type and in direct relation to how much they've already ticked him off.The smart terrorists in the room should shoot themselves in the head NOW before it's too late. :)

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:05:48 PM CST

    "VPs always suck on 24"

    by shermdawg

    NO. Ray Wise was a VP, sir.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:05:53 PM CST

    She really is the worst President ever

    by chimpjnr

    The lower the body count, the more she cares. God forbid someone threaten to hurt the White House pooch, we'll all be screwed.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:06:40 PM CST

    "VPs always suck on 24"

    by shermdawg

    NO. Powers Boothe was a VP, sir.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:07:17 PM CST

    Good point, Shermdawg

    by chimpjnr

    Would have been nice to have 2 mins of Jack-tim devoted to him dancing to "it's the most wonderful time of the year" too...

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:08:47 PM CST

    With all due respect, sir

    by chimpjnr

    Powers Boothe did suck, especially in the 24 movie where he came across like some bullying alcoholic.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:12:49 PM CST

    Isn't Powers Boothe a bullying alcoholic?

    by white goodman

    I'm just saying.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:14:04 PM CST

    Boothe doesn't suck, but his character did

    by chrth

  • Mar 02, 2009 9:14:07 PM CST

    SENATOR

    by haywood

    Cant wait for Jack to save the senators ass.. then he Jack should take out some hot tongs and slowly walk toward him.. fade out.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:15:19 PM CST

    Powers Boothe cracked Veronica Mars' skull...

    by tonagan

    That was a memorable Deadwood.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:15:43 PM CST

    So that major character death...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...was just Dubaku getting syringed? LAME.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:16:05 PM CST

    Boothe was President in the 24 movie.

    by shermdawg

    Doesn't count.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:17:28 PM CST

    I mean, honestly...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...after faking out both Bill's and Pierce's deaths, I was half expecting Mike Novick to walk in and trip down some stairs.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:18:15 PM CST

    Any episode where Veronica Mars gets whacked

    by lockesbrokenleg

    is a good episode. Damn, she's an annoying actress.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:18:38 PM CST

    What did the five fingers say to the president's face?

    by garbageman33

  • Mar 02, 2009 9:29:09 PM CST

    The strict definition of 'bringing into the fold'

    by chrth

    simply means 'tell someone what's going on', so the Veep was brought into the fold

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:30:46 PM CST

    It's Patch Time!

    by aeronaut

    What is Tony doing during all of this? Still strapped in the booster seat in the car listening to the radio? The power of the patch will be unleashed on the Candyman next week!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:33:50 PM CST

    *glares at lockesbrokenleg*

    by pennsy

    *glares some more* ;)

    Greg Grunberg was Twittering as he usually does and earlier today wrote this: "Winding down shooting season 3 Heroes. Tough to say goodbye to crew not knowing if any or all of us will return next year. Hope all."

    A few hours later, he backtracked: "Don't get me wrong, Heroes IS coming back next year, but some crew take other jobs, so it's tough...we have the Best. Crew. EVER."

    Take that for what it's worth. Another series-low 18-49 demo rating like last week's and season 4 will probably be Heroes' last.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:34:01 PM CST

    Gaping plot holes in this episode:

    by fanboy71

    One: The total lack of cell phones on ANYONE. Aaron, the first daughter, etc.... Second, the lack of a satellite phone or land line or cell phone in the panic room. Every self respecting panic room has weapons and a way to call for help... and third, freckles was wearing a dark blue shirt instead of a thin white one. DAMNIT!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:43:26 PM CST

    Senator Red

    by oldnewbie

    Reminds me of Barney Frank! Seriously... he (Red not Frank) will hopefully die a pathetic death, weeping and crying for Jack to save him, but, alas, Jack will be in jail!!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:46:56 PM CST

    fanboy

    by metallijames

    Live a little, it's TV, man. This season is still the best. I thought my heart was gonna stop tonight. Boo-yah...

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:49:00 PM CST

    That was the best two hours of 24...

    by symphy

    ...since the last two hours of Season One. Wow. I want to watch it again.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 9:53:31 PM CST

    Life on Mars cancelled.

    by pennsy

    Confirmed by Entertainment Weekly's Mike Ausiello literally a few minutes ago.

    http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/03/breaking-abc-ca.html

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:04:04 PM CST

    Powers Boothe blew as VP too

    by chimpjnr

    He was banging the cougar from "Invasion" and sullied the mantle of the Commander in Chief (like it hasn't happened many times before). On a side note though, I'm sure that AllState books more ads with Palmer during 24 than any other show...just to remind us how great he was

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:12:44 PM CST

    Mike Novak is the true mastermind

    by chimpjnr

    Why else would he have tried to kill the aide in Season 2? He was awesome though. Positively David Addington-like in his knowledge of the Constitution (Addington was rumored to keep a copy of the Constitution in his pocket during the last Administration).

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:13:39 PM CST

    Where's Logan?

    by lockesbrokenleg

    He needs to come back.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:23:08 PM CST

    If Life On Mars hadn't...

    by shermdawg

    ...blown off it's gimmick in the pilot, it might've had a chance. Dude was waaaaay too accepting of his situation.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:26:09 PM CST

    life on mars

    by dradis contact

    The British show was fun to watch but ultimately pretty empty. Maybe if they had kept Colm Meaney they would have had a chance.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 10:33:26 PM CST

    TORCHAA!!!!!

    by nasty in the pasty

    I just watched Teenagers From Outer Space this morning, and now every time I see Jack, I'll be thinking about TORCHAA!!!

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:06:10 PM CST

    Most Proposterous Thing to Ever Happen on 24?

    by crow3711

    No one seems to be talking about the fact that Juma and his men swam under the Potomac...came up in some sort of basement some 30 feet from the White House...connected by a shoddily bricked up wall? It just took some guy inside to snip a few wires and it shut down the lasers for 2 minutes? What the hell was that whole sequence? They brushed over everything because they knew how ridiculous it was. I really think that was sillier than a Cougar and Matt Dillon in the woods. It was a great two-hour special, and it led to awesome stuff. I'm just saying, the way they got in was as retarded as anything I've ever seen. Didn't any one else think so?

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:17:28 PM CST

    @Crow3711

    by tighxo

    Thank you for making me feel sane. It was the brick wall that made it for me. Yay suspension of reality. Yea totally, preposterous.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:22:23 PM CST

    pffff

    by tighxo

    and lol at them all moving slooowly through the white house in a big huddled mass of large african man. yea rrrrrrright

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:24:44 PM CST

    Crow3711 - You're Not Alone

    by dr. chim richalds

    That was good for at least 10 minutes of solid laughs at the place where I watched 24. Seriously, what the hell was that mysterious water entrance next to the White House? I mean, at this point they must assume that the viewers just don't care.

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  • Mar 02, 2009 11:43:01 PM CST

    This was uber ridiculous...

    by whatcokes982

    ... but it was still glorious. Two of the best, most suspenseful hours of 24 in a long time.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:07:36 AM CST

    Aw...

    by whatcokes982

    If you screengrab next week's promo, you can clearly see which major character bites the dust.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:15:31 AM CST

    I fucking LOVE this show!!!!

    by zillabeast

    I know I know, it's beyond over the top, but they do it so well!!!

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:23:03 AM CST

    Whatcokes

    by themarinebiologist

    Who? I'm too lazy...

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:51:58 AM CST

    TheMarineBiologist

    by whatcokes982

    It's one of the characters people were dreading would die tonight.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:53:07 AM CST

    Just wish we got one rated R season of this show

    by exie

    You know if this was on HBO, General Juma would have stripped the President's daughter naked and licked her face or something.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 1:16:12 AM CST

    I laughed when Freckles Bauer found the White House picture on t

    by guntermonkey

    ...I mean, what is a picture of the front of the White House doing in a stack of maps and blueprints? Like they don't know what the front of the place looks like? I can hear the terrorists in their meeting: "And here we have a scenic look at the house we're about to break into--gentlemen, I give you the front of the White House!" I mean seriously...this is obviously a "let the audience know where the terrorists are breaking into" device, but it was funny. I agree, some absolutely silly plot stuff tonight, but damn glorious and exciting!

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  • Mar 03, 2009 1:22:36 AM CST

    Oh, and about Red Foreman as a senator...

    by guntermonkey

    "Hanging out, down the street, senate hearings, and intrigue...not a thing to do...but Mr. Bauer, screw you!" We're all alright, My aide is a traitor!" Hello Washington! I salute you, Kurtwood Smith

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  • Mar 03, 2009 2:15:02 AM CST

    The one thing I don't get...

    by pops freshemeyer

    Is why anybody would want to have any sort of government job in the 24 universe. If you work for the government you've got a good chance of being killed by a co-worker who is selling info to terrorists, being killed when your place of employment is bombed by terrorists, or being shot by a federal agent who is working to bring down terrorists.
    Also, if you're President or Vice-President you've got a good chance of being shot, killed, shot and killed, and/or go into a coma when Air Force One is shot down, and/or being blown up during a press conference.

    Seriously, working for the US government in the 24 universe makes less sense than The Smurfs...

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  • Mar 03, 2009 6:27:34 AM CST

    Pops

    by just pillow talk

    For the benefits of course.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 6:55:40 AM CST

    "Martha Washington was a hip, hip lady, man."

    by garbageman33

    Slater has not aged well. I guess working for Jon Voight will do that to you.


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  • Mar 03, 2009 7:32:09 AM CST

    awesome 2 hours

    by turketron

    Ridiculous? YES! Awesome? HELL YES! Candyman in the fucking White House, fucking shit up!

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  • Mar 03, 2009 7:41:15 AM CST

    "YOU'RE WEAK!"

    by stuntcock mike

    Amazing 2 hours.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 7:49:50 AM CST

    Alright, somebody cough up next weeks preview details

    by stuntcock mike

    Fucking always gets cut off here in Canada.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 7:51:00 AM CST

    shit blows up, hostage gets shot, Jack is sad

    by just pillow talk

    after it seems, someone important to Jack bites it. I'm guessing Bill.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 7:52:49 AM CST

    Water route to the White House (and preposterousness)

    by chrth

    The water route doesn't bug me: remember, DC is built on a swamp. And I'm guessing Voight's character took care of all the details that made no sense (shutting down the grid, plans for getting in, etc). I think the ridiculous part is that the entire plan was predicated on the President being in the White House. What if she had retired to the executive mansion at 6:50? Or gone back to the hospital? Would they have aborted (since they were tracking her via the bracelet)? Gone out for Sheila's cooking?

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  • Mar 03, 2009 7:54:29 AM CST

    Did anybody look at a map of DC when writing this episode?

    by chimpjnr

    The closest body of water is the tidal basin which is all the way over on the other side of the Mall, past the Washington Monument. That's one hell of a long underground tunnel they built, presumably a couple of centuries ago.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 8:06:28 AM CST

    chimpjnr: There's two possibilities

    by chrth

    They came in from the tidal basin, and there's water that runs under the mall and ellipse.
    They came from around TR island, and water runs under GWU campus.
    Ah ha! Look at what I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiber_Creek (remove spaces) ... that may be what they used

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  • Mar 03, 2009 8:07:26 AM CST

    Also, the 24 dudes don't seem to understand DC very well

    by chrth

    Otherwise they wouldn't have shown Dubaku leaving DC on the subway in an earlier ep

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  • Mar 03, 2009 8:12:26 AM CST

    Ahhh...cunning

    by chimpjnr

    Good find, chrth. It would also explain why the blueprints that they were looking at looked like they were from around the time Tiber Creek still existed.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:00:29 AM CST

    I'm gona break into Fort Knox

    by jtp8000

    If it's as easy to break into as the White House it's a cinch.

    Oh and while Freckles has the award for best rack ever on 24, she still can't act her way out of a paper bag. The chick from season 2 was a better actress.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:02:25 AM CST

    Really tired of the BITCHING.

    by hobocode

    Why do people constantky fuckign complain about the ridiculousness of this show? I mean fuck me. where have you been the last fucking six years. The concept of the show is smoking gun scenarios that would NEVER HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. Not to mention this is fucking television. There are certai ndramatic licenses that must be made in order to further the plot and structure of the show. 24 is and has always been an adrenaline rush that happens to have great acting and at times some very poignant drama and debate. So just shut the fuck up and enjoy the ride.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:02:44 AM CST

    Fucking awesome double episode

    by pumaman

    This had everything.. seventies hairdo Dubaku's vengeful son, Freckles Bauer running again , nasty mofo Kurtwood Smith and creepy Jon Voight.
    Aaron Pierce taking yet another bullet for his country , Silver Fox Bill Buchannan getting a clump to the chin by Candman, and we got another Jack " Dammit " .

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:03:50 AM CST

    Seriously though

    by pumaman

    Great episode. Had me glued to the tv for 2 hours. Best season for years.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:20:32 AM CST

    this TB is great, love how over the top 24 is

    by miyamoto_musashi

  • Mar 03, 2009 9:21:47 AM CST

    Would it be too much to ask.......

    by we_are_trapper_keeper

    to get Rack Bauer in a white t-shirt when she goes for swims followed immediately by running around soaking wet?

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:22:42 AM CST

    Though how did a Daddo get a role in this show

    by miyamoto_musashi

    Be careful Jim Robinson, the Daddos are after your roles now

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:29:03 AM CST

    I had my doubts

    by the mcpoyle clan

    but this has been an pretty fun season. Yeah, there are some cheesy implausibilities...the brick wall...the FBI instead of the Secret Service command...and the "DC branch" of the FBI?...What about the effing Hoover building?...but it's still fun.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:29:06 AM CST

    How many Americans are dead in 7 seasons of 24

    by miyamoto_musashi

  • Mar 03, 2009 9:29:45 AM CST

    I demand complete authenticity in my TV shows!

    by chrth

    Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get ready for Reaper tonight

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:33:48 AM CST

    Bill's save - thanks to the writers , so far best ....

    by miyamoto_musashi

    TV moment of 2009 .
    We have killed lots of secret service agents so far, but this guy is a main character, let's start taking hostages now.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:37:01 AM CST

    And more screentime for Freckles Bauer please

    by miyamoto_musashi

    and even more for her rack.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:38:48 AM CST

    Actually, saving Bill makes sense

    by chrth

    He has the bracelet so he was with the President ... so why not (quickly) interrogate him to find out where the President is/going? That's the problem with the scene: eff making him a hostage, he's an intel asset.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:50:40 AM CST

    This is a bit late...

    by yodaismyhomie

    but to the guy complaining about the White House being the target being spoiled...did you not watch the previous episode? I mean it was obvious to me that the White House was the target, and I'm usually not good at figuring things like that out.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 9:58:44 AM CST

    And you know what else now makes it better?

    by the mcpoyle clan

    Of late, 24 had been bogged down in a pattern with Chloe at CTU staring at dots on a computer screen, spewing fake technobable, while Jack waited around for instructions. This season, there has been little of that, with a return to Jack and the gang actually doing something, moving around, taking charge, torturing, killing and kicking ass. Having the field work at the fore is much better than the geekery.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 10:16:02 AM CST

    yeah, last season there was too much office drama

    by turketron

    I swear, we had so much stupid shit with Milo, Chloe's husband, and the rest of the assholes in CTU bitch-bickering that Jack almost seemed like a side character. This year we just have the usual guys who have a hard-on for taking Jack down (those guys always end up dead of course... *cough Ryan Chappelle*, *cough George (awesome) Mason*) and office a little office nerd/mole bickering/interplay. 24 is at it's best when shit is blowing up, weapons are being fired, Jack is torturing and screaming at someone, and when we're getting the usual catchphrases: "We're/you're running out of time!" "DAMMIT!" and this season's use of "Copy That". Plus this year we have the chesty redhead who seems to have a scene where she's running every week now, and villains who are actually creepy. Juma is awesome... Love those creepy looks he keeps giving, with that smirk and squinted eyes. John Voight seems like he will make a great villain too. I'm hoping that Juma pulls a Marwan and escapes so we can see him in a few more episodes this year, before an awesome one-on-one fight with Jack.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 10:31:51 AM CST

    I also love seeing Jack in a suit for some reason

    by chimpjnr

    Not sure why, but Jack in a suit always strikes a cord for me. Happened first when he went to the prison in the early episodes of Season 3. Loved the scene outside the White House where he told Tony he was driving off a cliff.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 11:00:07 AM CST

    What really stretched believability. . .

    by maelstrom_zero

    . . .wasn't the magical underwater entrance that led to the White House. I mean, there was a laser grid, so presumably, the writers were at least trying to make it hard for the terrorists to get in. And if you rationalize hard enough, you can just say that Jon Voight arranged everything, as was implied.
    No, what strained believability was the picture of the White House Renee/Rack Bauer/Scarlett uncovered with the schematics. I mean, come on. . .what possible function does a picture of the front of the White House serve WHEN YOU'RE GOING UNDERNEATH IT TO GET INSIDE?
    The other issue is how Juma randomly decides to start taking hostages with Bill Buchanan. That's just way too convenient. They were willing to kill countless Secret Service agents and helpless female secretarial staff, but you're going to start taking hostages with an armed man who's deliberately fucked you over? *sigh*
    Aside from those 2 caveats, these two episodes were really good. I'm looking forward to a possible boss fight between Jack and Juma that will rival Jack vs. Fayed.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 11:58:49 AM CST

    The Best Quote...

    by deejay

    ... was actually when Bauer said, "--- and you, sir, are a COWARD." That line allowed Sutherland's character to explain what has driven him season after season... and in what was actually an unpretentious fashion. Of course, while the entire episode was somewhat silly. With things such as Ijuma's men not wearing helmets to agent what's-her-name not telling the one officer that a terrorist is hot on her heels ("oh, yeah... I'm so tired, I forgot he was back there"), I realized I just had to let some things go. In the end, just seeing how the President was finally able to trump our Bauer was compelling enough to just go with the flow.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:06:01 PM CST

    Vince Flynn - Tranfer of Power - Parallel

    by drzhavago

    One talkbacker already mentioned how similar this season is to Flynn's Transfer of Power but I thought I would add a synopsis to show how close the two actually are: (Substitute Rapp for Bauer and you have your treatment ready for Fox Executives to green light the season)

    On a busy Washington morning, the stately calm of the White House is shattered by a hail of gunfire. A group of terrorists has descended on the executive mansion and gained access by means of a violent slaughter of dozens of people. Through the quick actions of the Secret Service, the president is evacuated to his underground bunker, but not before nearly one hundred hostages are taken.

    While politicians and military leaders argue over how to negotiate with the terrorists, one man is sent in to take control of the crisis. Mitch Rapp, the CIA’s top counterterrorism operative, determines that the president is not as safe as Washington’s power elite had thought. Moving stealthily among the corridors and secret passageways of the White House, Rapp makes a chilling discovery that could rock Washington to its core: someone within his own government is maneuvering to make his rescue attempt fail.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:10:05 PM CST

    Tony will eventually turn-coat

    by rivvorz

    Did anyone get that in Tony's conversation with Jack in the truck, Tony's 'source' with a direct line to Juma was/is Tony himself?

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:16:28 PM CST

    rivvorz: I think it's Emerson

    by chrth

    And Tony is protecting him

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:21:37 PM CST

    There was a reason I chose 24 over Alias back then

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

    That reason is nonexistant now. The show is like a modern camp James Bond film. I thought this was where they had all that time from the writer's strike to stop fucking things up and get their shit together. And yeah, that Vince Flynn shit is an obvious influence on the show, I thought they said that was why they named Jack Frank Flynn at the beginning of Season 5. Anyway, even the excitement is wearing thin with this nonstop barrage of bullshit. 24 is dead, long live season 1's realism and logic and creativity.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:27:59 PM CST

    Anyone else made queasy by the symbolism?

    by blackmantis

    The White House is taken over by scary black Africans Am I the only one connecting the dots?...And for the record I still thought it was an awesome 2 hours, but I couldn't help but thinking it played like Hillary Clinton's election race nightmare.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 12:39:08 PM CST

    Art imitates life

    by fanboy71

    Scary black man in the White House! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

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  • Mar 03, 2009 1:02:31 PM CST

    no subject

    by drzhavago

    I never caught the Frank Flynn reference in Season 5.

    Anyway, while I am enjoying this season I have a hard time ignoring all the plot holes (mention by many above). I totally understand and agree that we are to suspend all belief when watching 24 and I can accept most of the stretched believability....but
    1) That SAFE Room was a joke. How is the leader of the Free world suppose to run a country from a room with no COMM with nice comfortable couches. She couldn't even launch nukes from that room - not to mention why is it the farthest distance from where the President spends the majority of their time (the Oval Office). Finally, the safe room would be staffed and guarded by a small army!
    2) the White House is crawling with Counter Attack Terrorist units (CAT Teams) on any given day you don't see them but when the S*it hits the fan rest assured these guys would be out in full force.
    3) After swimming to the White House (without wet suits) they all appear dry. Sure Guns and computer could have been stashed in some waterproof bag...but these guys weren't even sweating.
    4) Secret Service agents apparently didn't get the "We do not negotiate with terrorists memo"! Retreating from a winning position based on the enemies word is just ridiculous. I would have rather seen (and believed) they were overpowered and forced to regroup.
    5) Jack disobeys everyone even the President all season long, but just agrees to open the door because he was given a "direct order" to do so.

    oh well!

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  • Mar 03, 2009 1:28:11 PM CST

    When will SSgt. 'Wild Bill' Guarnere ....

    by banditmania

    ...get in on the action.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 1:43:08 PM CST

    I'm surprised he didn't knock her the fuck out

    by stuntcock mike

    and let Candyman carve up the first Daughter.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 1:50:00 PM CST

    "someone important dies next week"

    by arcadian del sol

    in the brief 1 second glimpse of someone being heatshotted, they're in a white shirt.
    bill is in a black leotard (?) so its not him. The men in the room at present who are in white shirts are:
    Jack
    Pierce (the shirt could have been pinstriped. its a 1 second shot)
    Senator Red Foreman who technically isn't a regular cast member
    While it might be a very interesting change to the show if Jack dies (they've sure written his character into a political corner here), my guessing that its going to be Pierce. He's like that fat crew-cutted detective on CSI that died - a 'supporting cast regular' who would definitely be a loss long-time viewers would feel, but the show wouldn't be radically hampered by it. He's expendable.
    They practically spoiled it when he told the "first daughter" about his long record of working for the FBI - it was a way to establish his long-term importance to new fans who otherwise wouldn't care if he died.
    If he doesn't die, then that little discussion would be utterly pointless.
    RIP Agent Pierce.

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  • "My fellow Americans,
    "I have come before you tonight to tell you something important.
    "We suck. That's right. All of America sucks.
    "Juma rules, though. Much more than my husband, who also sucks. Oh, how I wish I could be married to a man like Juma.
    "Of course, I prefer the company of lesbian hookers, who I kill after I sleep with them.
    "I hope all America can join me tonight in hating ourselves for sucking.
    "Maybe some day we'll be as cool as Juma. We can only hope.
    "And I always make the hooker watch videotape of the last hooker being killed. I'm fun that way.
    "Good night America, despite your suckiness."

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  • Mar 03, 2009 1:51:31 PM CST

    what really would had made this ep good

    by mikkoscassadine

    was if sam seaborne and josh lyman came charging out a wh house room with guns busting caps in juma's men. WEST WING 4 LIFE BITCHES

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  • Mar 03, 2009 2:02:51 PM CST

    glad to see so much love

    by quintana007

    for the CANDYMAN

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  • Mar 03, 2009 2:10:35 PM CST

    Black Jack is a cross dresser on The L Word

    by alwaysthere

    He does it for fun though. He still loves the ladies even though he dresses up for fun in a Lesbian night club.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 2:25:31 PM CST

    Jack frying the phone/Aaron's eye roll

    by chimpjnr

    Couple of classic moments that I am surprised that nobody commented on: Jack frying the phone mid-way through his conversation with the Prez. Almost expected him to mutter something like "boring conversation anyway." And then Aaron's eye-roll when the first daughter completely failed in her task. Classic. Finally, Juma's carve-up of the daughter was straight out of the Jack Bauer playbook - he'd obviously watched Season 5 before invading the White House.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 2:33:39 PM CST

    I figured out who Tony's contact is. It's

    by chrth

    BEH-ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ

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  • Mar 03, 2009 2:46:49 PM CST

    Jon Voight

    by drewlicious

    So a rich industrialist is the big bad. I certainly hope his motivations are more interesting than money. He certainly seems to have a detachment with everyone else on the planet. Hoping the master plan is some greater good he has in mind.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:10:40 PM CST

    "Let's Play Some Darts."

    by frecklesbauer

    Voight's scene was awesome. And Todd rules. They wasted a couple good opportunities for awesome tension, but overall pretty damn good episode. Plus, I'm still alive.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:14:43 PM CST

    Tony's contact is Logan.

    by lockesbrokenleg

    He is Tony's boss!

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:17:08 PM CST

    Interesting Lockes...

    by frecklesbauer

    Though I'm really sick of that guy.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:21:39 PM CST

    Yeah me too. But Logan needs a wrap up

    by lockesbrokenleg

    to his story.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:22:49 PM CST

    A tracheotomy by his wife isn't a sufficient wrap up?

    by chrth

    I'm betting on Emerson

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:27:00 PM CST

    Logan didn't die.

    by lockesbrokenleg

    He was in the ambulance to the hospital, but the never said he was dead.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:28:37 PM CST

    Two Things Worry Me.

    by frecklesbauer

    No word from boring worthless Audrey yet...and we know Kim will be popping up soon. Otherwise Season 7, we're good.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:29:53 PM CST

    Locke: Based on Jack's comment earlier this season

    by chrth

    I'm guessing Logan is alive

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:30:48 PM CST

    Freckles: I'm pretty sure Audrey is gone from the show

    by chrth

    At least, I pray so. If that's not a reason to want Lipstick Jungle to get another season, I don't know what is.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:33:49 PM CST

    chrth, I'm not a religious rack 'o boobs....

    by frecklesbauer

    ...but I am praying that you are right. Her best scene was lying in the bed at the end of 6. With half a season to go, it could go either way. I'm just glad that I give a fuck this year.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:52:33 PM CST

    Ok, while enjoyable...

    by _maltheus_

    ...that was one of the more ridiculous episodes to date. Why did they act as if the senate aide was the only one they could interrogate? I mean there were a whole bunch of other people on that list who would have been easier to get to. How did Juma fly to the US so quickly? How did they open the panic room door after frying the controls? How did that aide manage to live after being zapped with 40x the standard taser voltage? How did a handful of soldiers manage to secure something as big as the White House? And of course there are all the other issues people pointed out. Also, Bill is a hypocrite. While I'd admire his stand to choose his soul over following in Jack's footsteps, he was already indirectly responsible for Jack's actions anyway.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:53:57 PM CST

    How many more Canuck actors can you stuff into 24?

    by tangcameo

    Kiefer's (somewhat) Canadian. First Gent is Canadian. First Son's girlfriend is Canadian. And now the Veep is Canadian (that guy with the Aussie accent from FX: The Series). Over these past 7 seasons there have been SO MANY Canadian actors on this show! I wonder who will show up next. Gordon Pinsent? Brent Butt from Corner Gas? Miss Fran from Romper Room? lol Which Canadian actor does everyone else think will show up next? Would be cool to see Kiefer's dad play some shadowy figure on the show.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:55:21 PM CST

    It's 24 man

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Just relax and enjoy it. Yes, it's implausible that a hallway in the White House has one secret service agent in it. BTW, what happened to the bunker that Logan was in?

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  • Mar 03, 2009 3:56:51 PM CST

    And why not Canadians as villians?

    by tangcameo

    Imagine us all silent and friendly up north of you, but little does the President and Jack Bauer suspect that Canada has a hidden agenda and access to some thingamajiggy device to seize power over their southern neighbours.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 4:00:16 PM CST

    Maltheus, it's not the fucking West Wing we're watching here...

    by frecklesbauer

    ...and Bill listening to Jack has been done. Over and over. I'm glad he decided otherwise. Quit nitpicking.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 4:02:32 PM CST

    Tang, I like where you're going here...

    by frecklesbauer

    Canadians and English unite to take over the western world. But the Mexicans have another plan...

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  • Mar 03, 2009 4:09:36 PM CST

    Canadian attack via Crackberry system failure

    by tangcameo

    Why do think we invented them! Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha! Meet our demands! We have the thingamajiggy protocol device that somehow controls US airspace, chemical plants and other US targets that REALLY REALLY shouldn't be linked electronically like that (what da hell were you thinking America?) and we're not afraid to use it, thank you kindly! And we'll threaten your [fictional] President (who's actually an actor from Toronto who used to play a lawyer named Chuck Tchobanian on Canadian TV). We mean it, eh!

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  • Mar 03, 2009 4:20:31 PM CST

    This years 24 basically ripped off Sneakers

    by lockesbrokenleg

    They had a device in Sneakers that could break into any system via a really cheap modem.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 4:22:44 PM CST

    I, for one would welcome Jack n' Rack torturing

    by stuntcock mike

    my Prime Minister for a Season.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 4:36:27 PM CST

    Drzhavago, it's was me with the Vince Flynn comments.

    by allykatd

    He's actually my favorite author and spy thrillers are my genre of choice. However, the parallels are, I think, not coincidence since Vince Flynn's professed 'favorite' TV is '24' and he consulted for season 5. I think the Powers That Be receives his blessings to rip off some of his Mitch Rapp scenarios. And because I like all the books, and have read each multiple times, it's really amazing how easily I can predict what will happen based on what Mitch Rapp did in a similar sitatuion in the books. Heh. Still, '24' is my favorite show despite some of the plotholes. I think the way the terrorists got into the whitehouse in the Flynn book makes more sense, and could actually be a real scenario.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 4:39:25 PM CST

    Oh, and that reminds me...

    by allykatd

    I wonder when we're going to see Jack (Mitch) hand cuffed and sitting in a jail cell being smacked around by some pussy and than said pussy realized Jack (Mitch) really isn't confined by the cuffs and gets the shit beat out of him. Good scene in the last book. Hope I'm not giving away any future spoilers.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 4:43:31 PM CST

    Can you fly, Jackboy?

    by iamjack'suserid

  • Mar 03, 2009 5:33:33 PM CST

    Oh, and that reminds me....

    by drzhavago

    I don't want to hijack this board with Mitch Rapp worship but that would be an amazing scene to steal. The utter look of panic on the person face would be just too classic.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 5:54:31 PM CST

    Jack and Chloe just need to get it on.

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Perfect end to the series.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 6:11:29 PM CST

    24 RULES!!

    by skydemon

    Damn, missed it Monday, just watched them both on hulu. Love It man!!

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  • Mar 03, 2009 6:16:00 PM CST

    Jack and Chloe? Ewwwww!

    by allykatd

    Too much of a brother/sister vibe there. It'd be like incest.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 6:43:43 PM CST

    The canuks behind it all..

    by aeronaut

    ..it is an elaborate version of Kenny v Spenny.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 6:48:18 PM CST

    Solid ep.

    by twisted_lullaby

    John Voight is cool as fuck.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 7:29:59 PM CST

    Twisted Lullaby...

    by blackmantis

    ...you have obviously not seen Baby Geniuses 2. That will dispel any notions you have about Jon Voight's coolness.

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  • Mar 03, 2009 8:08:45 PM CST

    Jon Voight imprisoned Megatron

    by lockesbrokenleg

    He's a bad ass.

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  • Mar 04, 2009 2:29:04 PM CST

    back on track

    by obscura

    those 2 episodes saved me as a 24 viewer. i was about ready to give up... but that was fuckin' awesome.

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  • Mar 04, 2009 6:23:16 PM CST

    They all dried off real quick

    by snootyboots

    Lots of people in the potomac, lots of people all dry after a commercial.

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  • Mar 05, 2009 2:01:07 AM CST

    My money's on

    by ides

    Buchanan buying the farm. Hate it, though. The only compelling, competent boss Jack has ever had. I don't see them EVER offing Chloe. She has become too integral to the show. Tony has already died once, it's too soon to pull that again. It's Pierce or Buchanan, and I have a feeling they'd like to keep Pierce around. He's barely been in the show, but people love him. Buchanan is a great character, but you could make the argument that he's served his purpose.

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