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‘How Would Teri Feel About That, Jack??’ Monday's Two-Hour Seventh-Season 24 Finale!!

Published at:  May 18, 2009 8:26:39 PM CDT

SPOILER ALERT !!

I am – Hercules!!








The bioweapon won’t kill Jack Bauer (nothing can kill Jack Bauer except peace, love and understanding), but his recovery, which will take place between seasons seven and eight, is going to take at least a year.

We’ve also word that while Renee Walker will be hanging around next season for the CTU reboot in Manhattan, Janis Gold won’t be making that journey up the coast.


Right now we’re back in season-one territory, with powerful forces using Kim Bauer to force daddy Jack to do their bidding.

Will Soul-Patch Tony die, escape or grow better understood before episode’s end?

Fox says:

After 22 hellacious hours underscored by the loss of innocent lives, the evil betrayal of Tony Almeida, the First Gentleman's kidnapping and shooting, a vicious siege on the White House, heroic sacrifices, a conspiracy, exposure to a lethal pathogen and an unthinkable bio-weapon attack, Jack Bauer reaches an emotional breaking point as this remarkable day reaches its climactic conclusion. Guest Cast: Jon Voight as Jonas Hodges; Sprague Grayden as Olivia Taylor; Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer; Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce; Will Patton as Alan Wilson; Leland Orser as Martin Collier; Ryan Cutrona as Admiral Smith; Frank John Hughes as Tim Woods; Amy Price-Francis as Cara Bowden; Ravi Kapoor as Muhtadi Gohar.



8 p.m. Monday. Fox.


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    Readers Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 2:53:59 AM CDT

    season seven

    by vibrocount

    This show is as implausible as ever... yet I cannot look away

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 3:10:23 AM CDT

    Already out on the net

    by guitar heroine

    Ratings are gonna be low tonight.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 3:45:22 AM CDT

    Tony is Jack in a Tony mask

    by themcflyfarm

  • May 18, 2009 3:53:11 AM CDT

    Yeah, please keep this spoiler free, gang.

    by shermdawg

    We don't want those dvd leaks spoiling those of us that live blog the show.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 3:53:42 AM CDT

    Rack to the rescue

    by the mcpoyle clan

    You know it will happen. And it will be glorious.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 3:55:40 AM CDT

    15hrs & 5 mins 'til Mary Page Keller goodness.

    by shermdawg

  • May 18, 2009 4:03:55 AM CDT

    Jack Bauer has personally leaked the eps early

    by ballbag

    WHAT A GUY!

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  • May 18, 2009 5:24:26 AM CDT

    So season 8 was a bluff!

    by ballbag

    I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE THE DAY THEY ACTUALLY KILL JACK OFF JUST LIKE THEY HAVE ALWAYS TEASED. I FEEL NUMB RIGHT NOW.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 5:31:26 AM CDT

    They've killed Jack SEVERAL times already

    by v'shael

    He keeps coming back.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 6:11:34 AM CDT

    WHY did Tony join Bill and Chloe in the first place?

    by boynamedsue

    What possible motivation did Tony have to tell Bill and Chloe that he needed to help expose a conspiracy in the government? Given all that we know about Tony now, it seems he didn't really have to do it and that his energies would have better been spent elsewhere.........I'm not enough of a deep thinker to figure this out.

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  • May 18, 2009 6:11:59 AM CDT

    I am from the future, and I can tell you that

    by yackbacker

    There are sandwiches here.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 6:24:50 AM CDT

    Yack

    by just pillow talk

    With cheese I hope?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 6:48:54 AM CDT

    Sammiches!

    by jimmie dimmick

    Please tell me they still have meat in them. REAL MEAT. I heard it was gonna be all "Soy Meat" and "Vegetable Protein" shit.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:07:51 AM CDT

    Spoilers

    by greenflame0

    If you want ep 23 and 24 spoilers, read what's on the link below and it tells you everything.

    http://tonyalmeidajunkie.blogspot.
    com/2009/05/major-spoilers-synopsis-of-23-and-24.html

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  • May 18, 2009 7:13:21 AM CDT

    Yuh-oh

    by chrth

    I'm going to be avoiding this talkback today, methinks.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:24:53 AM CDT

    I LOVE Freckles Bauer

    by zoefan

    It will be hard going though life without her.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:42:29 AM CDT

    Ah, the end to one of 24's WORST seasons

    by the_man_behind_the_curtain

    Yeah, it is. Don't delude yourselves. This season was POOR. From the bullshit African storyline in which our stupid Prez decides to risk the lives of her country for a bunch of Africans, to the dumb, dumb, dumb attack on the White House ("Hey, did you just see a SWAT team hiding under that bridge?" "Nope") to everything that's happened with Tony "If only you'd stayed dead" Almeida... this was terrible.Please get better soon "24". You were good once.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:48:27 AM CDT

    This season started strong but has gone off the rails

    by bigtuna

    The Tony turn as a villain has just not worked. And it's not because I wanted to see him as a hero, it's just that it makes zero sense. He'd have to have a dozen things go right to have any chance of his mater plan working. And we haven't been given any explanation why he's doing this.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:50:07 AM CDT

    This season's been awesome all the way through

    by nalapou

    the only weak season was season 6. otherwise its been stellar. and you wouldn't be posting in a season finale talkback if you hadn't been watching all the way through.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:51:14 AM CDT

    This has been a great season!

    by chrth

    I understand some of the concerns about the last few eps but come on, Tony is fun as a badass. And how can anyone say 'after the White House'?!? Hodges was fantastic!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:04:08 AM CDT

    Oh dear

    by chuffsteruk

    Both episodes have been leaked online...

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:13:11 AM CDT

    Episodes were leaked because disks were on sale

    by v'shael

    and FOX is retarded.

    They just don't get the internet. They bitch about the Wolverine print being leaked, and it opens huge. Then they release the 24 DVD/Blu-Ray set before the TV episodes have finished airing. And no doubt bitch about the ratings taking a hit, and piracy being responsible.

    God damn fucktards...

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  • May 18, 2009 8:25:45 AM CDT

    how come the dvd comes out the next day already?

    by ghost_matt

  • May 18, 2009 8:39:29 AM CDT

    Will We Ever Learn More About...

    by richardalpert_timepimp

    Naked Mandy!?! I've always wanted to know more about her...Who she works for, what she does exactly, etc. I'd like her to actually have a few lines of dialogue maybe? You guys think she'll ever re-emerge as a baddy for one of the final seasons? I sure hope so, one of the more intriguing characters they created in the early 24 seasons.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:06:59 AM CDT

    oy

    by rob in wi

    I think I'll be avoiding the blog until showtime tonight.

    Fucking spoilers.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 9:14:55 AM CDT

    Gotta agree with RichardAlpert_TimePimp

    by ash0k

    Season 8 needs Mandy. And this season started off strong but flew off the rail after the White House invasion.
    And to the poster who said Hodges was great... uh --- yeah, I guess he WAS cool. But he died and mass Tony and Kim silliness ensued.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 9:34:20 AM CDT

    Surely they gotta kill Kim now....

    by dj_bollocks

    sets up the unfinished business for Season 8 no ?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 9:45:44 AM CDT

    Much better as last Season

    by lostbat

    Which series can uphold the quality for such a long time? Love or Hate it. You are still watching it,ain't you? Probably the only thing to look forward to next to Lost in 2010.

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  • May 18, 2009 10:03:44 AM CDT

    The Tony as a retroactive double agent dilemma...

    by obsd

    You see this in a lot of bad TV and movies. A character who has been on one side for a fairly long period of time suddenly announces that they have been working for the other side this entire time, even though they have never ever shown any signs of going the other way at all. It's a fairly easy and lazy way to get out of a corner the writers have painted themselves into. Sometimes the double agent thing works, and mostly it's because the writers have given subtle hints that this was going to happen. Ruby in Supernatural is a good example of this. But more often than not, the character suddenly announces he's the bad guy and has been the whole time which means that the character in question is both an amazing liar and an better actor than Olivier. The truth is in the real world maybe one out of a thousand people could actually pull off the kind of con that these characters pull off all of the time. So when something happens like what happened with Tony this year, my suspension of disbelief is shattered because it was so obvious that this was not an idea that was though of when they started writing the series, but something they pulled out of their asses at the last minute to get another "twist" out of the season.

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  • May 18, 2009 10:37:06 AM CDT

    I still care more

    by punto

    I still care more about Kim than I did about the off-screen deaths of thousands of people due to some terrorist attack using some magical device. And I don't really give a shit a bout Kim, so that tells you how much I cared about everything else this season.


    Now, to the bittorrent client!

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  • May 18, 2009 10:53:30 AM CDT

    Last time until next season; FREE THE ENDER SMITES FOES!

    by pennsydeux

    I think wherever he is, he's enjoyed this season more often than not. I know I have.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 11:16:00 AM CDT

    I want to

    by jubs

    motorboat Rack's glorious bosom. That is all.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 11:27:24 AM CDT

    I hope Chloe knocks the hell out of Janice.

    by banditmania

    Only two hours left.

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  • May 18, 2009 11:30:51 AM CDT

    Kim will die and Jack will be knocked out trying to save her.

    by ihaveseeneveryepisodeofprisonbreak

    Rack Bauer will have Kim's DNA used to save jack after her death! That is my guess at least!

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  • May 18, 2009 11:35:37 AM CDT

    I find myself not caring.

    by hobocode

    For the first time in a long time I just don't give a shit what happens. The last quarter of this season has been dreadful. It can be saved by the finale but it will take a miracle.

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  • May 18, 2009 11:37:07 AM CDT

    Seriously...Janice

    by kessler

    Glad she is not coming back. Can't stand Janine Garafalololo. Can't even understand why she was in this show anyway.

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  • May 18, 2009 11:43:15 AM CDT

    I love this season and I love Freckles Bauer

    by allykatd

    Just saying.

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  • May 18, 2009 11:44:55 AM CDT

    Ehhh ok season, better than last

    by kampy0jay

    Kim escapes with a pen, jack is the new bio weapon, Tony wants revenge on Wilson for controlling Logan... gets shot in the hand. President daughter arrested, Rack goes into torture mode, kim saves jack.

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  • May 18, 2009 12:10:44 PM CDT

    Really lacklustre season finale.

    by rosasaks

    The last half hour is particularly slow.

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  • May 18, 2009 12:12:08 PM CDT

    solid 24 season

    by basehead

    3 stars nothing more nothing less.
    dont know about the imam in the end though. always unsure about islam good guys on 24. There is a reason Fox broadcasts it...

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  • May 18, 2009 12:17:46 PM CDT

    My prediction

    by tin snoman

    since I'm too lazy to hit the torrents or buy the DVD and will have to wait for broadcast: Kim dies, they use her baby's DNA to cure Jack, Tony gets away, Rack gets caught in the rain wearing naught but a wet t-shirt, Chloe stabs Janis in the face with a letter opener, and next season's big villain will be revealed to be Harrison Ford as himself.

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  • May 18, 2009 12:22:32 PM CDT

    Fox meet internet

    by christian_bale_trashed_my_lights

  • May 18, 2009 1:04:36 PM CDT

    If Jack ends the episode in tears...

    by skimn

    I will throw my JackSack at the screen...

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  • May 18, 2009 1:16:36 PM CDT

    Tony should have been the bad guy for the whole season

    by tallboy66

    I was a bit miffed that they sold the season as TONY vs. JACK! and we got like, what, two episodes out of it? Then they bailed on it. However, the show did get you invested in Tony again for almost the entire season, which was a smartly cruel move to THEN have him go evil again. The Tony Twist does come off as the last-minute rewrite of the back 6 episodes they did, but I dig it because Tony vs. Jack is some pretty emotionally heavy stuff. I think it could have lasted the full year, but I'll take the 8 or so episodes that were Evil Tony. Fun fact: Tony Almeda is the ONLY bad guy from episode 1 (that you knew was the main bad guy) to last through episode 24 in any season. Sure, they kinda cheated in the middle there, but I guess it works. Poor Tony is probably dead, but I'd like to see Carlos Bernard brought back for the Big Bad of Season 8. Somehow I doubt it. Tony dies again, but he's been walking dead for awhile.

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  • May 18, 2009 2:18:41 PM CDT

    I would skip the torrents and wait

    by yackbacker

    I would if I was not a bastard, which I am. I won't spoil anything, I will only give you my reaction in general terms- excellent acting, some very deep character moments, a couple of fun surprises and a pretty good wrap-up. If you're stuck on Tony being good or evil, you're going to be disappointed with an ambiguous answer. I personally think they fucked up the character, but that's like my opinion, man.
    Oh and Rack Bauer has the hottest action scenes imaginable.

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  • May 18, 2009 3:32:31 PM CDT

    Ok

    by nudeandaroused

    For everyone who trashed the unrealism and inconsistency of the silly show "heroes" yet swear by 24, I ask you this, "Where is the realism of this show this year?" Everything that has been done in this season was done before, and it was better then. There is nothing at all original or plausible here. Nothing. Every possible plot twist or character change has been done before with better actors in better stories. This show flat. Sutherland looks tired. There are points when they get to the morality of what Jack does. There, and only there, it is compelling. Otherwise, this show should have stopped after season 5. Yes, "Heroes" is silly and very inconsistent. So is "24."

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  • May 18, 2009 3:34:12 PM CDT

    nice finale, miles ahead of last season's

    by ravex

    but all the stuff with president's daughter...? even though retired agent of s.h.i.e.l.d. was kind of involved with that subplot, it made me awfully sleepy.

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  • May 18, 2009 4:21:11 PM CDT

    EXCELLENT SERIES!!!!

    by echobase

    Well done to all involved!

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  • May 18, 2009 4:33:22 PM CDT

    Critics have been going on with how 24 and Lost

    by skimn

    have had strong seasons this year, but to help me God, if either crowd out Breaking Bad for a best drama Emmy, there will be hell to pay.

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  • May 18, 2009 4:44:02 PM CDT

    This show is a parody of itself

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

    You people are still brainwashed from the adrenaline high you somehow still miraculously get from it, despite it being the most predictable shit on tv. It is literally a comedy. If you played a drinking game where you took a shot everytime kiefer says "he's our only lead, you'd be fucking dead in the first five minutes of any episode.

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  • May 18, 2009 4:48:07 PM CDT

    skimn

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

    24 and Lost were at there worst this year. I really feel like when it comes to television I'm the only one who can see how full of shit these shows are, everyone else, I don't know, maybe they don't want to feel like all the years of watching have been for nothing or something, beats the hell out of me. It's really turned into a fucking chore to watch these shows.

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  • May 18, 2009 4:48:13 PM CDT

    Kim's unintentionally funny moment

    by estacado1

    Look out for it. There's something funny about how she waves her hand frantically.

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  • May 18, 2009 4:52:55 PM CDT

    Solid season

    by whatcokes982

    Nothing more, nothing less. I watched the first hour of the finale, and it's pretty damn good, so I'm looking forward to hour 2. This season was a nice return to form after the horrible season 6. It's nowhere near as good as seasons 1,2, or 5, but I'd put it ahead of 3, 4 and 6. It may not be the watercooler show it once was, but at least it's entertaining again. I'll pick up the blu-ray for sure.

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  • May 18, 2009 5:03:14 PM CDT

    My Favourite Season Finals This Year

    by christian_bale_trashed_my_lights

    1. Fringe2. Lost3. 244. Supernatural10. HeroesDon't like it? Fuck you, it's my list (and yeah, I missed out 5 - 9, but I couldn't think of anything to bridge the gap between the awesomeness of 'Supernatural' and the shitiness of 'Heroes')

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  • May 18, 2009 5:04:50 PM CDT

    Although...

    by christian_bale_trashed_my_lights

    ..from what I hear, 'Smallville' had a worse season final than 'Heroes'. Who would have thought that'd be possible? Oh, wait. It's fucking 'Smallville'.It's possible.

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  • May 18, 2009 5:56:19 PM CDT

    Didn't see the Fringe finale...

    by themarinebiologist

    ... but your placement of LOST as number 2 is a good choice. It could have been a LOT better...

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  • May 18, 2009 6:59:49 PM CDT

    season finals

    by ravex

    30 rock had a great one: band aid +
    "we sure had quite a year"
    "what are you talking about? it's may"
    office would've had a great finale if it wasn't rushed in half an episode.
    scrubs had a good series finale, but now that we know that there's gonna be more, it feels somehow less... good.
    chuck probably deserves #5 on that list. if for no other reason, then for "I know kung fu." and "chuck me!"
    T:TSCC finale was also very good, but just as knowing that there will be more scurbs takes it away from their finale, knowing that SCC is canceled makes me think that it could've been better (more plots resolved, no GIANT cliffhanger/gamechanger at the end)
    in the "meh" category we have bones, house, united states of tara and FNL (which is, in my opinion, on of the best series on TV that no one is watching. it's just that I thing that penultimate episode -yes, I went there- was better season finale then the actual one).
    and then we have prison break season/series finale. which makes heroes/smallville seem like golden globe material. the sheer amount of bullshit launched at the viewers (were there any?) in the last season culminated with that 2 hour finale to that degree that, while forcing myself to watch, I felt like I was at bukkake party gone horribly wrong. and to think wow good the first and second (before the shitty and unnecessary ending) seasons were...
    and just for the record: I loved BSG finale, and would put it on top of the list. I also understand that not all people think like me (yet! my synchromind device is almost complete...), and that lots of people hated/disliked it.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:05:29 PM CDT

    Ok...

    by rob in wi

    Here we go. Jack's body count BETTER be up above 10.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:08:45 PM CDT

    NO PAYOFF!

    by scoobysnack

    With this weak finale, 24 has officially jumped the shark. Despite a few nice character moments (primarily the final conversation between Jack and Rack), this wrap-up demonstrated how far 24's storytelling quality has slid... or how weak a showrunner that Howard Gordon is... you take your pick. Season 6 notwithstanding, 24 has clearly suffered from the creative absence of Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran. Normally, we'd get a real shocker ending with some very moving emotional moments. Instead, we got 1) story developments so obvious, they were lifted from the weaker years of Mission: Impossible; 2) PC pandering to Muslims with Jack's sudden interest in Islam; 3) the typical "I'm going to tell you everything about why I want to kill you, so that the good guys have enough time to stop me from doing so" scene with Tony and Wilson; 4) too much time at the end spent with this season's White House family vs. any time with Jack and Kim, the latter of which is more fundamental to the series; and finally 5) NO PAYOFF! Just HINTS of what COULD happen... if you stick around for next season. After a 24-episode buildup, that is totally LAME. It's clear the new writing staff doesn't have the balls to GO THERE with the characters like in previous seasons. It's almost as if they're trying to absolve themselves from the controversial positions the series has taken in prior seasons under Surnow's leadership. By doing so, they've neutered the series... which is an appropriate analogy. The entire two-hour finale was just a huge jackoff session with no cum shot. 24 is officially impotent.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:13:31 PM CDT

    Harvest it from his blood...

    by zoefan

    That's ABSURD!!!!

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  • May 18, 2009 7:16:11 PM CDT

    This is the way 24 ends...

    by hideo kojima

    not with a bang but a whimper

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  • May 18, 2009 7:26:48 PM CDT

    Bye Bye

    by rob in wi

    Mary Page... Kim Finally put down a Cougar.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:27:37 PM CDT

    She said Dammit! Hah

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • May 18, 2009 7:27:51 PM CDT

    Haha! A Kim Bauer "Dammit!"

    by kyle051554

  • May 18, 2009 7:28:00 PM CDT

    THOSE BASTARDS KILLED KELLER!!!

    by shermdawg

    And that was a nice "DAMMIT!" from Kim.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:28:30 PM CDT

    Sweet "DAMMIT!"

    by mr_macphisto

    from Kim.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:28:47 PM CDT

    "Sloppy Second's" Ass is getting big

    by zoefan

    Just my observation.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:28:55 PM CDT

    A Kim Bauer "Dammit!"

    by seagrass

    That's a rarity...take three shots of Patron and do a line of blow off of a hooker's tits.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:29:01 PM CDT

    YES!!

    by roninredshade

    A Kim Bauer "Dammit!"

    It must run in the family!

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  • May 18, 2009 7:29:31 PM CDT

    Well, we know that Kim's a Bauer for sure

    by maelstrom_zero

    That was an awesome "dammit!" from Kim.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:29:37 PM CDT

    Also, I wanted a bit more...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...from the Scooby-Doo Mystery plot with Aaron and Ethan. I smell sitcom!

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  • May 18, 2009 7:29:42 PM CDT

    It's like I'm watching a comedy skit of the show

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

    This shit with Kim is hilarious

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  • May 18, 2009 7:29:45 PM CDT

    Seriously?

    by nudeandaroused

    Long Haired bad guy gets shot in the knee and runs away? Seriously? That's real?

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  • May 18, 2009 7:29:46 PM CDT

    These airport security people suck

    by jubs

    standing out in the open, giving the shooter free, easy looks at them. Kim Bauer "dammit!" was pretty epic though.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:29:58 PM CDT

    Next Season:

    by closeencounter

    Kim Bauer is "Jaqueline Bauer; CTU Agent-at-Large"!!!!! DAMN IT!!!!!!

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  • May 18, 2009 7:31:40 PM CDT

    Now to get...........

    by closeencounter

    Jaqueline Bauer and Rack Bauer in bed together.....Yuummmm....

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  • May 18, 2009 7:33:03 PM CDT

    I like that Kim is going to be the one

    by indycollector

    To catch the long-hair fuck. See? She isn't going to be tied to railroad tracks.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:33:41 PM CDT

    Ha!

    by catvutt

    Loved the Kim Bauer DAMMIT!

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  • May 18, 2009 7:37:52 PM CDT

    Hey! It's Beckett from Atlantis!

    by kyle051554

    I love that guy!

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  • May 18, 2009 7:38:09 PM CDT

    Kim Bauer

    by rob in wi

    Dammit was off the charts awesome...

    Tony is awfully pushy in meeting the HDIC.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:39:20 PM CDT

    Tony

    by l.h.puttgrass

    ...Is a good guy.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:39:26 PM CDT

    Just out of curiosity

    by rob in wi

    Why did they need Jack alive to rebuild the virus?

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  • May 18, 2009 7:40:14 PM CDT

    I bet he's going for the HDIC.

    by l.h.puttgrass

  • May 18, 2009 7:40:17 PM CDT

    I bet he's going for the HDIC.

    by l.h.puttgrass

  • May 18, 2009 7:40:36 PM CDT

    I love Aaron Pierce

    by jubs

    He knows whats up.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:40:46 PM CDT

    weird ending...

    by corpseride

    ...last 20 mins are really just lo-key setup for season 8. The only really great part of this was when the daughter goes a bit nutso with her "he stole my property" schitck. It made me so psyched to see her get her ass handed to her, which is the mark of a good villain. The rest... not so exciting. And yeah, way to end on the kind of lukewarm action scene you'd expect with 20 mins to go... then give us nothing but season 8 setup, only after which do we realise that yes, that really WAS the climax in that warehouse. Really?? :-(

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  • May 18, 2009 7:41:05 PM CDT

    Oops...

    by l.h.puttgrass

  • May 18, 2009 7:42:18 PM CDT

    I like this episode!

    by hercules

    It's exciting!

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  • May 18, 2009 7:42:24 PM CDT

    DAMMIT!

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    Stop Spoiling! :^P

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  • May 18, 2009 7:45:22 PM CDT

    man...

    by rob in wi

    I forgot that Kim wasn't a complete idiot when written that way.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:45:45 PM CDT

    When did this turn into Fox Force 5?

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    Jack's sick so the women do all the heavy lifting.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:46:35 PM CDT

    Redshirt bullseye FTW!

    by seagrass

    Redshirts on 24 are pretty good this season...

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:47:53 PM CDT

    Kim is so hot

    by indycollector

    Anyone who doesn't think so is a fuckin' FAGGOT.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:48:29 PM CDT

    She's so hot, she's on fire.

    by tonagan

  • May 18, 2009 7:48:49 PM CDT

    The pig was roasting...

    by zoefan

    Sorry that was too easy. You have to admit, for Hollywood standards, she's a little above average size wise.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:49:08 PM CDT

    she's so hot...

    by maxwell's hammer

    ...she's on fire!!

    That was pretty funny.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:49:08 PM CDT

    Kim running

    by jubs

    is almost as good as Rack's bouncy run. Almost.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:50:17 PM CDT

    LongHaired bad Guy

    by nudeandaroused

    Had something like four bullets in him, he drives a car, strongly grabs Kim. Even better, the car catches fire? Guess I am missing something about the excitement.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:50:22 PM CDT

    Kim pwnd the long haired operative

    by nahdogg

    That's how Bauer's roll

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:50:27 PM CDT

    its just not funny...

    by maxwell's hammer

    ...if more than one person thinks of it. Bleh.

    And ol' Kimmy is the perfect size to satisfy all of my desires.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:50:49 PM CDT

    OMG... TWO RACK BAUERS!!!

    by da-giez

    Kim sure looking gooood tonight, and with Renee... Rack Jr & Rack Sr!!

    MMMMMMMMM

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:50:59 PM CDT

    Not bad so far!

    by kronos6948

    Don't know why you guys are complaining. Unless, of course, it's all downhill from here, with a touching moment between Tony and Jack looking lovingly into eachothers' eyes...

    @ZoeyFan...

    Sure, she's made her way around the NHL, but what woman her age hasn't been porked a few times?

    Also, as far as big asses go? I like 'em. I cannot lie.

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  • May 18, 2009 7:51:28 PM CDT

    Kim Bauer is Hotter than a $2 Pistol

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    at the Compton Swap Meet- Baby Weight or no Baby Weight. ;^)

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:51:35 PM CDT

    Loved Renee's look...

    by mr_macphisto

    Kim: "Technobabble gobbledygoop technobabble." Rack: "Zuh?"

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:51:43 PM CDT

    I'd be all over

    by rob in wi

    Kim Bauer sloppy seconds.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:52:20 PM CDT

    Sweet Hyundai has an mp3 player!!

    by nahdogg

    I'm getting a Genesis now!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:53:10 PM CDT

    Pathogen +10

    by nahdogg

    in spinal fluid alone, nice. Oh and I've uploaded it

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:55:43 PM CDT

    When the big cheese looks Tony in the eye

    by nahdogg

    Tony's going to reveal he's a double double agent!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:56:21 PM CDT

    You DO NOT

    by rob in wi

    Fuck with JACK BAUER!

    Sack or no sack.

    Jack body count: 3.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:56:39 PM CDT

    dont mess with....

    by evildeadron

    zombie jack, hell stab you in the god damn throat

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:56:48 PM CDT

    Freckles Bauer VS LOST's Kate "Freckles"Austen

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    Who do you "JACK" to more often?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:56:53 PM CDT

    Jack Hates Doctors

    by jocutus

    Reminds me of when he died and came back to life.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:57:14 PM CDT

    Jack Pwnage

    by nahdogg

    Even with a seziure inducing pathogen level of +10 Jack can drop 3 evil dr's in under 60 seconds

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 7:59:23 PM CDT

    Rob in WI

    by da-giez

    where you at? I'm Fondy

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:00:51 PM CDT

    Good heavens

    by maelstrom_zero

    Jack just had a spinal tap, has 2 hours to live from a prion-variant virus, and was shot with a severe dose of muscle relaxant. And he gets up and owns 3 doctors and escapes? That's almost as impossibly ridiculous as the First Gentleman killing a youthful, militarily-trained SS agent while in a drug-induced stupor.
    But god help me, I'm loving this episode.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:01:10 PM CDT

    So... err...

    by rob in wi

    Are we live blogging Glee next week?

    What?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:01:48 PM CDT

    Madtown.

    by rob in wi

    Living the dream.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:01:54 PM CDT

    uh,

    by jocutus

    did the sun just rise in the last 5 minutes?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:02:10 PM CDT

    Spinal Tap

    by nudeandaroused

    Jack just had his spine tapped and he gets up and kills the bad guys, including Carson. Can't wait for the explanation there. Though it is interesting to see Kim. By the show' chronologically, she must be in her 40sby now.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:02:18 PM CDT

    At least Kim

    by seagrass

    finally has something to do.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:02:34 PM CDT

    Any other week...

    by rob in wi

    And we'd be making DC Cab jokes.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:02:50 PM CDT

    As I said above,

    by l.h.puttgrass

    Tony is going for the head of the snake. He's double-secret-probation undercover!

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  • May 18, 2009 8:02:53 PM CDT

    Shit, I missed Jack beating down the doctors.

    by shermdawg

  • May 18, 2009 8:03:23 PM CDT

    Now THAT

    by seagrass

    would have been awesome. And by "that" I mean a garage door decapitation for Soulpatch Ratboy.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:04:34 PM CDT

    Aaron Pierce: Agent of SHIELD.

    by rob in wi

    Who the fuck DOESN'T like this guy? I'd watch an Aaron Pierce: AoS spinoff.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:04:49 PM CDT

    Or not.

    by l.h.puttgrass

  • May 18, 2009 8:06:01 PM CDT

    YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH, BEE-YOTCH!

    by seagrass

  • May 18, 2009 8:07:04 PM CDT

    Tony needs to go on douche island

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • May 18, 2009 8:07:26 PM CDT

    Ugh....

    by rob in wi

    Really?... REALLY?... I'm NOT liking this turn.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:08:01 PM CDT

    OK, Tony is a kinda bad good guy.

    by seagrass

    Finally, the truth.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:08:56 PM CDT

    This is the SHIT!!!

    by indycollector

  • May 18, 2009 8:08:56 PM CDT

    Tony's fall from grace

    by seagrass

  • May 18, 2009 8:09:56 PM CDT

    Double Double agent

    by nahdogg

  • May 18, 2009 8:10:12 PM CDT

    I'm not Gonna Kill Him You Are

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    LOST Finale anyone?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:10:43 PM CDT

    Guess Darth Tony will be sacrificing himself

    by seagrass

    a la Return of the Jedi.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:12:01 PM CDT

    Ooops

    by seagrass

    meant to add "in order to redeem himself". Predictable, but maybe he'll go out with a bang...like Mayday at the end of A View To A Kill!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:12:29 PM CDT

    Not EXACTLY what I thought.

    by catvutt

    But damn. Nice.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:13:19 PM CDT

    Darth Soulpatch

    by seagrass

    or Darth Almeida or Darth Ratboy probably sound better.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:13:41 PM CDT

    Oh shit...

    by jubs

    using Jack as a human bomb to kill the guy? Interested in seeing how Jack is going to get out of this one. Tony ain't good nor evil. He's just one crazy, vindictive fucker.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:13:45 PM CDT

    CatVutt

    by rob in wi

    I didn't like it... but I'll live with it.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:14:14 PM CDT

    Darth Soulpatch force-choke FTW!

    by seagrass

  • May 18, 2009 8:15:00 PM CDT

    How many fucking people....

    by mr_macphisto

    ...were fucking behind the season 5 plot?!? Cummings, Henderson, Logan, Bluetooth Bauer, Senior Bauer...CHRIST.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:17:02 PM CDT

    man Bad guys always have

    by nahdogg

    better security than the good guys on this show

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:17:27 PM CDT

    How many Different Ways

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    can Tony kill him with a cellphone?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:17:41 PM CDT

    I know what your problem is.

    by seagrass

    Do you know why you won't fight? Because you have nothing to fight for! You don't care about anything! You don't value anything! You don't believe in anything! That's what makes me better!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:18:28 PM CDT

    Rack Bauer...

    by rob in wi

    I'm so turned on right now....

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:18:46 PM CDT

    More FPS cliche

    by nahdogg

    thank you exploding barrels

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:19:10 PM CDT

    All Tony needs to do

    by seagrass

    Is find a flight of stairs to run down. Sheesh.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:19:14 PM CDT

    Seriously

    by jocutus

    Who keeps barrels of fuel just lying around outside of 24 and video games?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:19:35 PM CDT

    Rack Bauer

    by nahdogg

    just pulled one heck of a stunt roll.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:20:09 PM CDT

    I'm so glad I'm DVRing this...

    by rob in wi

    Rack and I are going to have some... intimate moments... later tonight.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:20:14 PM CDT

    What fucking ending was that?

    by stalkeye

    "I can't let you go Daddy" Just when I hoped they would wrap up the loose ends, it endded abrubtly, just like that. And Tony's ulterior motive for betraying his country was a bit cliche. Please Fux, just kill this series already.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:20:29 PM CDT

    If Rack Bauer can disarm a bomb that fast

    by seagrass

    with those hands, imagine what else she can do.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:21:29 PM CDT

    Tony wastes his chance

    by nahdogg

  • May 18, 2009 8:21:46 PM CDT

    COLD FUCKIN BLOODED!

    by toadkillerdog

    Whoo!
    That must be how BSB feels when typing!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:21:55 PM CDT

    My name is Tony Almeida.

    by hercules

    You killed my wife. Prepare to die.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:22:11 PM CDT

    WOAH.

    by seagrass

  • May 18, 2009 8:23:01 PM CDT

    FUck...

    by rob in wi

    Even a spastic Jack Bauer is a DEAD EYE shot...

    This show is ridiculous, but awesome, all at once.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:23:24 PM CDT

    Talked too fuckin much

    by toadkillerdog

    Need to just pull the damn trigger

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:23:35 PM CDT

    OK, this finale

    by seagrass

    has redeemed the last few episodes. Maybe that's what the rewrites were for. Nice little twist there.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:24:36 PM CDT

    You killed my son!

    by catvutt

    KLINGON BASTARDS KILLED MY SON!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:24:42 PM CDT

    tony screaming about his son

    by evildeadron

    that was almost too painful to watch, he did a good job with that scene

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:24:54 PM CDT

    What was with that Evil look by Freckles?

    by zoefan

    Do those two have a past?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:25:23 PM CDT

    "You got me monologuing! I can't believe it..."

    by seagrass

    Oh, ho ho! You sly dog!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:25:31 PM CDT

    Jack'

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

  • May 18, 2009 8:25:55 PM CDT

    That was good

    by nudeandaroused

    Straight out of "The Princess Bride" only better. Good scene there.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:26:02 PM CDT

    wow!!

    by da-giez

    awesome 20 minutes there! Emmy

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:26:18 PM CDT

    Tony Almeida=Tragic Shakesperean Figure

    by boynamedsue

  • May 18, 2009 8:26:29 PM CDT

    Yeah, Carlos did a nice job

    by seagrass

    with that last scene. 30 minutes left, too...wonder what will happen next?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:26:46 PM CDT

    Bravehart revenge is how to do it

    by nahdogg

    Stand the guy up against the post and be done with it...

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:26:52 PM CDT

    Maybe

    by rob in wi

    I should have kept track of Rack's body count..

    Jack's BodyCount still sits at: 3.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:27:33 PM CDT

    s a hypocrite

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

    He's not even fun to watch anymore. Breaking the rules and killing for the greater good is okay when you got a badge and your name is Jack Bauer but nobody else can do it. It's pretty fucking irritating at this point. Do people really like watching this guy anymore? Some fucking "hero" he is.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:29:12 PM CDT

    Why the hell...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...didn't Jack just shoot Curtis in the fucking hand?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:29:51 PM CDT

    Mr Macphisto.

    by catvutt

    Just one more reason Season Six SUCKED.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:30:06 PM CDT

    Just sic "Mad-Dog" Almeida on him already

    by seagrass

    Let him finish the job already! Will Patton deserves a nasty death for appearing in The Postman, anyway.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:30:07 PM CDT

    Rack Bauer will have to get the number

    by nahdogg

    of Olivia's contact...or maybe she'll "do whatever is necessary"

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:30:18 PM CDT

    MacPhisto

    by rob in wi

    Jack did NOT have that shot on Curtis... the only shot he had was the neck; Curtis was using the hotsage as a shield. Not as an Agent of SHIELD.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:31:22 PM CDT

    Mr_macphisto

    by nahdogg

    Excellent point on Curtis. Shoot him in the hand, why kill a friend?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:31:47 PM CDT

    I can't tell you What to Do

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    But I can tell how we did it when Bush and Cheney were in office...

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:31:53 PM CDT

    The ghost of Ryan Chappelle approves of Tony's methods

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:32:27 PM CDT

    Curtis is sorely missed

    by seagrass

    and did not deserve that death. If the writers can return Tony from the dead, then they can get BLACK JACK BACK!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:32:47 PM CDT

    The Postman wasn't all that bad.

    by shermdawg

    Costner gets too much undeserved shit.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:32:47 PM CDT

    Lessons in moral ambiguity by Jack Bauer

    by nahdogg

  • May 18, 2009 8:33:33 PM CDT

    "Mr. Bauer, we have to go now ...

    by chrth

    The Chinese have a tanker waiting for you"

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:34:19 PM CDT

    Really good

    by nudeandaroused

    Liked that scene with Jack and Renee. Really thoughtful.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:34:29 PM CDT

    Had to rewind to listen to Jack again...

    by rob in wi

    I will say this... the writer's NAILED this aspect of their story in the end.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:34:40 PM CDT

    Who could ever have foreseen that ...

    by chrth

    Sandra Bullock would need Ryan Reynolds to help her open a movie

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:34:40 PM CDT

    Meestah Bowah

    by nahdogg

    We have beewn waiting a very rong time!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:36:16 PM CDT

    Tony Redemption

    by powerhouserowe

    In my book, we got it. I will keep my soul patch.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:36:29 PM CDT

    chrth

    by rob in wi

    Was Renee Zellweger already booked?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:36:29 PM CDT

    Three hours of commercials Ten seconds of show

    by lockesbrokenleg

    And they wonder why TV is dying?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:37:25 PM CDT

    Time for the President to reverse herself again

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:38:51 PM CDT

    Nevermind...

    by rob in wi

    Yep. I'd still hit the first daughter.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:39:40 PM CDT

    Catfight!

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • May 18, 2009 8:40:02 PM CDT

    So what, CTU agents don't swear any oaths

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

    They just get a license to kill?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:40:07 PM CDT

    Commentary on Torture

    by nahdogg

    If you liked Jack's speech you might like the following:

    http://townhall.com/columnists/ CharlesKrauthammer/2009/05/15/ the_torture_debate,_continued

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  • May 18, 2009 8:40:27 PM CDT

    OUCH! First Lady laying the smack down on the Prez!

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:41:11 PM CDT

    I actually enjoyed The Postman

    by seagrass

    but it's SOOO much fun to make fun of.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:41:44 PM CDT

    Aaron Pierce, Agent of SHIELD, still working

    by chrth

    Gotta love it

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:42:37 PM CDT

    Giraffe-alo is gonna be the inside man

    by seagrass

    and yes, I meant to say 'man'.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:42:41 PM CDT

    Yay Chloe

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:43:05 PM CDT

    I love Chloe.

    by rob in wi

    I lover her awkward compliments.

    Mostly, I love her Baby Boobs.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:43:21 PM CDT

    Yay Macer

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:43:35 PM CDT

    Only 15 minutes left

    by nahdogg

    nooo, we're running out of time!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:44:37 PM CDT

    Jack doesn't need morphine

    by seagrass

    he just needs some of that sweet Rack Bauer nectar.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:45:18 PM CDT

    Jack Converts to Islam, becomes Yusuf Bauer

    by toadkillerdog

    Just like Cat Stevens - oh, too old of a reference

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:45:32 PM CDT

    Jack Bauer Will be

    by harryshairbutt

    a muslim in season 8.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:45:46 PM CDT

    The ghost of Ryan Chapelle does not forgive Jack

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:45:59 PM CDT

    Sprague Grayden is a damn fine actress

    by zoefan

    Perfect delivery

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:46:09 PM CDT

    Nothing is Black and White

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    Except Rack Bauer's polka dot lingerie...

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:46:13 PM CDT

    it's time...

    by nahdogg

    ...time to adminster the stem cell treatment

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:46:49 PM CDT

    I can't remember: did we know Michelle was pregnant?

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:47:03 PM CDT

    Behrooz Bauer!

    by seagrass

    You know you want to see it! A pistol in one hand, a copy of the Koran in the other.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:47:09 PM CDT

    Hey

    by rob in wi

    I got the Cat Stevens reference. But I'm old.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:47:19 PM CDT

    WE NEEDS US THE JACK SACK!

    by pennsydeux

    Only that can save Mr. Bauer. :(

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:47:50 PM CDT

    Re: Michelle's pregancy

    by seagrass

    Don't think it was mentioned...anyone?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:47:53 PM CDT

    I got the Cat Stevens reference. But I'm not old

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:48:00 PM CDT

    shaq and Ben = gay lovers?

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • May 18, 2009 8:48:07 PM CDT

    Chrth

    by rob in wi

    I seemd to think we did... thought there was a reference to Michelle's murder being a double homicide... then again, I could TOTALY be mixing things up.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:48:14 PM CDT

    Shaq saying "I love you Ben"

    by nahdogg

    Sounded a little to sincere

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:48:23 PM CDT

    If you're listening to this ... be a professional

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:48:32 PM CDT

    this should've ended about 20 minutes ago.

    by kronos6948

    Went from being a great ending to the season, could've had a cliffhanger leaving us wondering if Jack lives or dies, and could've ended having Jack leaving words of wisdom to Rack Bauer and then going into the ambulance. Instead, we watch a man in his supposed death throes begging for forgiveness for what he's done. And, still 15 minutes remain.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:48:42 PM CDT

    Anyone know if Darth Almeida

    by seagrass

    will be returning next season?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:49:19 PM CDT

    Next year

    by nudeandaroused

    How are they going to have Jack get healed to fight the next terrorist who holds the White house hostage next year?

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:49:23 PM CDT

    Very DIFFERENT Season Finale This Year

    by boynamedsue

    But still outstanding, just in a different way!

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:49:23 PM CDT

    American Idol final: Vote for the Hot Chick!

    by chrth

    Although I'm surprised her parents named her Adam

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:49:47 PM CDT

    Season 8 will be...

    by harryshairbutt

    Rack Bauer and the muslim cleric clumsily fighting terrorism and lecturing in New York while Jack recouperates and munches jello in the hospital.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:49:58 PM CDT

    Tony will definitely show up in the show's final season.

    by shermdawg

    I'd assume.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:50:14 PM CDT

    It's time...

    by nahdogg

    ...Time to indict Olivia for conspiracy to commit murder

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:50:15 PM CDT

    Great, the President smoked pot

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:50:38 PM CDT

    This is so draaageed outtfttt

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Shit, this daughter story has been going on since Feb

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:50:59 PM CDT

    Yes! Olivia is going down! Hot Jailhouse Lesbian Sex!

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:51:12 PM CDT

    This bit with the First Lady and company

    by seagrass

    is really moving slow. Like molasses slow.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:51:52 PM CDT

    Aaron Pierce: Agent of SHIELD

    by rob in wi

    Just does his job. He'll stab a mofo if he has to, but he just does his job.

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:52:08 PM CDT

    Does anyone give a rats patootie about Olivia?

    by toadkillerdog

    Didn't think so.
    Chrth - good on ya

    Reply to Talkback

  • May 18, 2009 8:52:14 PM CDT

    Think the First Lady will leave her next season?

    by chrth

    Going the single President route again?

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  • May 18, 2009 8:52:28 PM CDT

    I kinda feel sorry for Olivia

    by seagrass

    but not for her cellmate. Yay-er!

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  • May 18, 2009 8:52:29 PM CDT

    So she gets convicted.

    by catvutt

    Can't she just turn around and Pardon her?

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  • May 18, 2009 8:52:57 PM CDT

    So... errr... the writers are saying

    by rob in wi

    That this is why a chick wouldn't make a good PResident, right?

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  • May 18, 2009 8:53:10 PM CDT

    It's like everyone is going for an Emmy nom this ep

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:53:24 PM CDT

    We've had the evil Presidn't Wife...

    by harryshairbutt

    The brilliant writers at 24 will keep things fresh by now having an evil President's husband!

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  • May 18, 2009 8:53:37 PM CDT

    Whadaya Want seagrass?

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    A mother daughter Michelle Yeoh Zhyi Zhang style swordfight?

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  • May 18, 2009 8:55:01 PM CDT

    Rack

    by nahdogg

    Can't torture out a confession in 5 minutes..

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  • May 18, 2009 8:55:50 PM CDT

    That would be grand, cymbalta4thedevil

    by seagrass

    Just grand.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:56:24 PM CDT

    Hey Rack

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    I've got a Pole you can secure your hands to...

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  • May 18, 2009 8:56:26 PM CDT

    Interesting turn of events.

    by seagrass

    Is Rack Bauer evil?

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  • May 18, 2009 8:56:29 PM CDT

    This is the BIRTH

    by rob in wi

    Of Rack Bauer 2.0...

    Rack Bauer 2: Even Rackier?

    Rack Bauer 2: Yeah... I'm at a loss.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:56:31 PM CDT

    TURN TO THE DARK SIDE! DON'T LISTEN TO THE VIPER!

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 8:56:44 PM CDT

    GO, RACK BAUER, GOOOOO!!!!!

    by l.h.puttgrass

  • May 18, 2009 8:57:20 PM CDT

    She's just gonna

    by nahdogg

    execute him.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:57:38 PM CDT

    Groan

    by rob in wi

    "No, he's still alive Kim."

    Not the, er... best written line.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:58:26 PM CDT

    Bet Rack kills Giraffe-alo

    by seagrass

    and runs off with General Bethlehem.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:58:33 PM CDT

    "Sunny"?!?!

    by chrth

    I bet no one took her seriously in med school

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  • May 18, 2009 8:58:38 PM CDT

    So, after the stem cell transfer...

    by kronos6948

    does that mean that Jack will be weak against Cougars?

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  • May 18, 2009 8:58:39 PM CDT

    Rack should have drilled Janeane

    by indycollector

    Fuck that bitch.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:58:48 PM CDT

    So Season 8 will start with Kim dead.

    by catvutt

    Having died saving Jack.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:58:59 PM CDT

    Even in a coma

    by nahdogg

    Jack could still kill 3 evil doctors in under 60 seconds

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  • May 18, 2009 8:59:18 PM CDT

    NOOOOOOOO!

    by seagrass

    WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK????

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  • May 18, 2009 8:59:21 PM CDT

    Sweet, does this mean we get a singing demon

    by chrth

    next season?

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  • May 18, 2009 8:59:28 PM CDT

    That was the ending?

    by kyle051554

    That kind of sucked.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:59:45 PM CDT

    chrth

    by rob in wi

    I'm imagining that "Sunny" slept her way to the top.

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  • May 18, 2009 8:59:52 PM CDT

    Season 1 & 3's closing moments are still the best.

    by shermdawg

  • May 18, 2009 9:00:11 PM CDT

    Well, I guess next season's premiere

    by seagrass

    will be this season's finale.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:00:31 PM CDT

    I can't wait until next season...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...when we finally found out who was behind Charles Logan! It can't end with Wilson! IT HAS TO GO HIGHER AND HIGHER, AND DEEPER AND DEEPER, UNTIL EVERYONE IS IMPLICATED IN THE MOST SECRET CONSPIRACY EVER!

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  • May 18, 2009 9:00:42 PM CDT

    Gah!

    by joe mannix jr.

    Suddenly I feel like it's May 21 1980.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:00:54 PM CDT

    You know, I actually thought Jack was going to die

    by chrth

    Maybe next year you'll be free, Jack

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  • May 18, 2009 9:01:17 PM CDT

    shitty

    by lockesbrokenleg

    This felt like a mid season episode.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:01:29 PM CDT

    Honestly

    by rob in wi

    What a terrible ending... as anticlimactic as you can get. BUT

    It did hammer their point that Torture is good. And I'm all for more ass kicking Rack Bauer.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:01:36 PM CDT

    Freckles: Did someone say..."Do they have a past?"

    by zoefan

  • May 18, 2009 9:02:43 PM CDT

    next season

    by piercedrexel

    jack is revived from his coma in 2032 and has to kill wesley snipes with the help of rack bauer's daughter.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:03:23 PM CDT

    I bet Jack Bauer is the mastermind

    by seagrass

    behind EVERYTHING.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:03:38 PM CDT

    Season 2 still has the best ending

    by lockesbrokenleg

    With Palner passed out. Then, in Season 3 they ignore it. WTF?

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  • May 18, 2009 9:03:53 PM CDT

    Okay. Initial reaction.

    by catvutt

    Not ENTIRELY happy with the Tony resolution, but once he killed Larry, it was about as good as they could do. It made sense that he was trying to draw out somebody higher up in the conspiracy, and the Michelle card AND the unborn son card sold it better than expected. The Kim-as-victim thing wasn't dragged out, so that wasn't so bad. Overall, I think it was a pretty fucking good season marred somewhat by some lackluster late episodes, and only partially redeemed in the end. But definitely worth the ride. I'll be here for Season 8.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:03:58 PM CDT

    Shermdawg and Chrth

    by nudeandaroused

    You are right about that. Season 1's closing was a classic. Obviously, in this case, the stem cell stuff will heal Jack. I agree with Chrth. It looked like Jack was going to die. Then someone else could be the star. That would be cool.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:04:08 PM CDT

    MUTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!

    by l.h.puttgrass

    SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! That's the END?!? MUDDERFUCKERSSS!!!!!!

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  • May 18, 2009 9:04:15 PM CDT

    Actually, the ending did what it was supposed to do

    by chrth

    Yeah, a little drawn out and neatly wrapped up at the end of the 24 hours, but I'm intrigued with what would've happened with Freckles and Wilson, and what the President have up her sleeves with Wilson as well.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:04:44 PM CDT

    Should have ended it

    by jubs

    with Rack closing the door. Oh well.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:05:45 PM CDT

    Worthless Fucking SHIT!

    by raystevensonwarzone

    I can't believe this awful shit

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  • May 18, 2009 9:06:25 PM CDT

    next season

    by nahdogg

    The pathogen in Jack's blood turns out to be the rage virus and Jack awakes to a post apocolyptic DC filled with speed zombies. Jack then has to battle his way out of DC using all his past training except torture doesn't work on zombie's

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  • May 18, 2009 9:06:46 PM CDT

    RACK BAUER 3

    by da-giez

    RACK BAUER 3: The Evil Deep in Me

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  • May 18, 2009 9:06:57 PM CDT

    Agreed, Jubs

    by seagrass

    They should have swapped that scene with the Kim/Jack scene...would have felt much better.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:07:56 PM CDT

    Clip from "Once More ... With Torture"

    by chrth

    Renee: "Will this do a thing to change him? Am I better off kidnapping Kim? Or is Jack Bauer too far gone to care?"
    Janis: "What if Bauer can't defeat them?"
    Chloe: "Beady-eyes is right let's help him ... or we could just sit around and glare."
    All: "We'll see it through that's what we're always here to do so we will walk through the fire"

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  • May 18, 2009 9:07:58 PM CDT

    Wait, does Rack Bauer know

    by seagrass

    that Tony killed Larry?

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  • May 18, 2009 9:08:54 PM CDT

    seagrass: oh yes, she knows

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 9:08:58 PM CDT

    OK. Change the show's title to 25.

    by l.h.puttgrass

    I want a REAL FUCKING ENDING!!

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  • May 18, 2009 9:09:06 PM CDT

    You knew the ending...

    by da-giez

    Would be Jack & Kim... almost HAD to be. But RACK just about going Jack was the little twist at the end for everyone... Glad she's back in S8!

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  • May 18, 2009 9:09:19 PM CDT

    Chrth

    by rob in wi

    GOD DAMMIT... now I've got to put in the OMWF disc and burn through that tonight.

    Which means that, yep... it's a Buffy marathon.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:09:22 PM CDT

    Jubs is the winner

    by zoefan

    He has better ideas than the writer, director and editor do. Well done!

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  • May 18, 2009 9:09:25 PM CDT

    Dammit Rack, become vengence!

    by stuntcock mike

    Fuck. Maybe next season.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:10:14 PM CDT

    REDEMPTION

    by da-giez

    ... was an overlaying theme from the movie right on through.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:10:26 PM CDT

    Rob in WI: If you don't think I'll be putting together

    by chrth

    an entire score for Once More ... With Torture, well you don't know me very well ;)

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  • May 18, 2009 9:11:07 PM CDT

    chrth

    by rob in wi

    HAHA... Sign me up for the newsletter.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:11:32 PM CDT

    Alright, peeps, it was a fun season

    by chrth

    Definitely better than last one. We'll be back in January, in NYC.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:12:19 PM CDT

    I did really enjoy...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...Almeida's super-villain-esque ending - being dragged away, in custody, whilst screaming at the hero. "YOU'LL LIVE TO REGRET THIS! YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME!" etc.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:12:28 PM CDT

    seagrass, I was thinking the same thing re: Rack being evil.

    by pennsydeux

    Something about her body language.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:12:39 PM CDT

    Thank FUCKING GOD...

    by rob in wi

    At least Burn Notice comes back on June 4th.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:12:49 PM CDT

    Jack never gets the last word

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Ever notice that? In every season finale, he never gets to say the last word.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:14:38 PM CDT

    lockesbrokenleg...

    by zoefan

    But he did get the last scene...and he shouldn't have.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:14:58 PM CDT

    It was a good season, chrth.

    by pennsydeux

    Mucho gracias, Kiefer and Company. Now get yer anger management issues under wraps and let's have a farewell tour (season 8) to remember.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:15:16 PM CDT

    that couldn't have possibly licked more sack

    by fat and curious

  • May 18, 2009 9:18:26 PM CDT

    PennsyDeux...

    by zoefan

    She gave the -Evil I'm a dirty whore and more is going on than I really am letting on- smile/look. She's a baddy.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:20:04 PM CDT

    Why are People complaining

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    about that ending? They've set up a lot of threads to deal with next season. It's a low key cliffhanger but it's still a cliffhanger. And Almeida will be back next year. They would have just killed him if they didn't have plans to use him.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:22:12 PM CDT

    Rack needs her own series pronto.

    by stuntcock mike

    She's well on her way to becoming the next Jack. White t-shirt and braless next season. And it rains all day. Fuuuuck.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:24:05 PM CDT

    And Rack isn't evil

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    she's just going rogue like Jack does on occasion. It would be fun to have a season begin right where the previous season left off but with the move to NYC I doubt it.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:27:51 PM CDT

    lockesbrokenleg

    by jub3i

    I believe he did in Season 3. Answered a call after he was crying, or something like that. Might've been 4.Next, the haters can suck it. I liked the finale, EVEN Kim's part. Get that long-haired motherfucker, girl!!!! And yes, it sets up a good premise for 8.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:31:30 PM CDT

    In the meantime, "This isn't fucking baseball, weaselface,"

    by pennsydeux

    it's catering!" http://tinyurl.com/quaulj, or in case that gives off an error message, http://tinyurl.com/pr6abp. Made of fucking win, this Party Down season finale's gonna be.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:31:44 PM CDT

    Nah, it has to be months if not a year or more later

    by chrth

    Jack needs to recover and the First Lady has to disappear (Ethan and Allison sitting in a tree?). Although it would be great if Tony was in a coma at the start of the next season and they had to wake him up from it.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:32:16 PM CDT

    I meant "Jack was in a coma"

    by chrth

    Although if both of them were in a coma ...

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  • May 18, 2009 9:33:52 PM CDT

    I'm curious if

    by seagrass

    Jack will spend most of next season recuperating and directing CTU: NY, while Rack Bauer will end up as the field agent (assuming she isn't evil, which would kinda suck).

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  • May 18, 2009 9:35:31 PM CDT

    The finale definitely did make up for

    by seagrass

    those last few episodes. Definitely one of my favorite seasons! Jonas still went out like a bitch, though...he deserved better (or worse).

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  • May 18, 2009 9:38:02 PM CDT

    seagrass: word is that there's a new guy running CTU

    by chrth

  • May 18, 2009 9:40:51 PM CDT

    Jack got the silent last word in Season 4

    by chimpjnr

    Disappointing final 30 mins. I liked the fact that the President finally sacked up though. Ethan's getting some the next morning, for sure. Tony and Jack are going down Mr White/Mr Orange style at the end of next season - I'm calling it now.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:41:42 PM CDT

    chrth: Is it Behrooz?

    by seagrass

    Because that would be EPIC.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:41:55 PM CDT

    That Was Good Enough

    by richardalpert_timepimp

    Not the best or even close to the worst. I'm sure Jack will live and the next one will probably be a month or two later if I had to guess. I kind of zoned out when Rack was chaining up Janice. I saw her put her badge down and face Wilson. Did she go in and do anything after that or did it just end with us not knowing what she did? Please help me out someone, I know its dumb, I just can't remember if there was anything after...

    I agree she could get her own series.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:42:06 PM CDT

    ALLAHU AHKBAR! exclaims Jack

    by chimpjnr

  • May 18, 2009 9:42:06 PM CDT

    ALLAHU AHKBAR! exclaims Jack

    by chimpjnr

  • May 18, 2009 9:42:34 PM CDT

    Season 8

    by jubs

    Think of the possibilites a Jack/Rack torture team up could bring.

    Jack: "How do you want to begin, sweetie? Bullet to the knee?"

    Rack: "Nah, too loud, too sudden. How about we break each finger?"

    Jack: *smiles* "that's my girl."

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  • May 18, 2009 9:42:34 PM CDT

    Season 8

    by jubs

    Think of the possibilites a Jack/Rack torture team up could bring.

    Jack: "How do you want to begin, sweetie? Bullet to the knee?"

    Rack: "Nah, too loud, too sudden. How about we break each finger?"

    Jack: *smiles* "that's my girl."

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  • May 18, 2009 9:43:28 PM CDT

    They can't kill off Jack until

    by seagrass

    the 24 movie comes out, correct? Or has that been canceled, too?

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  • May 18, 2009 9:44:05 PM CDT

    Just when Garafalo thought she was out...

    by chimpjnr

    They pulled her back in for the final humiliation. After the redemption scene with Chloe, I commented to my wife that it was the moment that she had signed out for (and suffered) the whole season...and then the scene with Freckles comes on.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:50:22 PM CDT

    There ain't no 24 movie coming

    by chimpjnr

    Jack's going down next season. Either in glorious bullet time, or he and Tony will huddle close and detonate some bomb taking down the entire conspiracy.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:50:41 PM CDT

    Yeah, poor Garafalo

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Her big break and she gets upstaged by the same old Chloe Bullshit.

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  • May 18, 2009 9:58:35 PM CDT

    Why would Jack die...

    by da-giez

    When Kiefer will need a work release job from jail?? :)

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  • May 18, 2009 10:07:43 PM CDT

    ALLAH AKBAUER

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

  • May 18, 2009 10:07:44 PM CDT

    ALLAH AKBAUER

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

  • May 18, 2009 10:07:48 PM CDT

    ALLAH AKBAUER

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

  • May 18, 2009 10:07:49 PM CDT

    ALLAH AKBAUER

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

  • May 18, 2009 10:07:49 PM CDT

    ALLAH AKBAUER

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

  • May 18, 2009 10:07:49 PM CDT

    ALLAH AKBAUER

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

  • May 18, 2009 10:07:51 PM CDT

    ALLAH AKBAUER

    by guy who got a headache and accidentally

  • May 18, 2009 10:09:58 PM CDT

    Jack is really the Terminator robot

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • May 18, 2009 10:10:46 PM CDT

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    by hobocode

    GOD DAMN THAT WAS BRILLIANT FROM START TO FINISH. ONE OF THE BEST TWO HOURS THIS SHOW HAS EVER PRODUCED! I'M AGASP. PERFECT.

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  • May 18, 2009 10:15:16 PM CDT

    That ending BLOWS!!!

    by buckaroo_banzai1260

    They took extra time to write that crap for an ending to the season. I could have reached into a service station commode and came up with better $hit!

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  • May 18, 2009 10:17:00 PM CDT

    I LOVE the grand conspiracy running through all the seasons!

    by dogmatic

    I was beginning to think this season was gonna be starting over and letting Pa Bauer's death in Season 6 be the end of it...but no! This ep's revelations keep it going deeper!
    It goes all the way back to Season 1...when Mandy heads off on her first terrorism involved assigment. She appeared at the end of season 2 to kill Palmer and she appeared in Season 4 in signifigant role as well...always used to help further the "shadow groups" plans. She is a connecting link. Obviously these evil forces are looking to drive up all their oil interests and create a world war 3 in the process with the endgame as yet unclear. Season 1 was about taking out a Presidential candidate that was obviously gonna mess things up for them. Season 2 was about starting a nuclear war and driving up oil prices...followed by another attempt to kill Prez Palmer. Season 3 was about undermining the President's (Saunders was obviously released by the shadow powers that be to wreak havoc)authority. Season 4 was about handing over a Mid-East extremist a chance to blow up L.A. and basically do what they were tyring to do in Season 2 PLUS offing the President in the meantime and getting Charles Logan into power. Season 5 was about tying up loose ends that knew about the conspiracy and getting the Russians to start WW3 with an attack from the U.S. and protecting their puppet Prez's position. Season 6 was about one of the patriarchs of the conspiracy (Pa Bauer) trying to protect his legacy and once again setting things up for Mid-East terrorists to start WW3 once again. Was Pa Bauer the end??
    NO! Season 7 was about revealing more of these shadow guys and in Will Patton revealing the biggest highest ranking shadow conspiracy guy yet! Here we saw the beginnings of another plan as opposed to reacting to the results of another plan. They were trying to creat their latest weapon and this time Jack and Rack and (mostly vengeful Tony) caught them in the act, stopped it, and caught a Big Fish!!! And the end had Rack getting ready to get some juicy details out of him about the conspiracy (finally!!!) and Jack getting ready to get revived and prepare to take on the BIG conspiracy finallly!!!! With the end of Season 8 possibly leading to an end-all blast-all feature film finale?? I tell you people it's good times to be a 24 fan!!!

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  • May 18, 2009 10:21:37 PM CDT

    I bought the video game which answered Season 2

    by chimpjnr

    But in my pathetic prowess, couldn't finish the fucking chapter where you are chasing the car through LA to a specific place (does anyone know what I am talking about?). I am normally pretty good at video games but I just could not force that MF into where I needed him to go. So...I missed the season 2 payoff that came with that. What a fucking loser.

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  • May 18, 2009 10:24:14 PM CDT

    As I write this, "Navy Seals" in on cable

    by chimpjnr

    Shit for sure (though I do like the atmo jub that they do), but it does remind me of the Mitch Rapp novels. Who on this chat is the champion of those those? It's a girl, I'm fairly sure. AllyCat, maybe? Anyway, I started reading them and they are great.

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  • May 18, 2009 10:24:40 PM CDT

    The more I think about it

    by seagrass

    the more I really liked the finale. 8/10 from me.

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  • May 18, 2009 10:34:51 PM CDT

    Kim's "DAMMIT"

    by powerhouserowe

    Best part of the show.

    That, and we got to hear the words "weaponized" and "pathogen" again. I could hear shot glasses 'round the world hitting the tables.

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  • May 18, 2009 10:47:38 PM CDT

    A piping hot bowl full of lame

    by drastrozoom

    That's what that last hour was. I think Wilson reports to Jonathan Winters -- in full Maude Frickard regalia, natch.

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  • May 18, 2009 11:01:46 PM CDT

    Finale was different.

    by michaelm

    It wasn't chock full of action, twists, or craziness, but it was full of character. Very different for this show. The whole "who killed Palmer" thing is so convoluted now it's not even worth thinking about, so I won't. I'm sure the writers wish they could redo season 6. Tony's final confrontation (while pretty awesome) would have had even more impact w/ Graem. Too bad they blew that opportunity last season. Oh well, I thought this finale was a nice wrap up for the season. It explained Tony's actions earlier in the day (as well as they can be explained), and it wrapped up some of the thematic issues as well. Loved the ambiguous ending w/ Renee. In fact, everything involving Rack Bauer was pure gold. I have to admit I kept expecting some crazy twist at the end, but, you know what? I'm glad they didn't go there. This was very good. Especially hour 24.

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  • May 18, 2009 11:04:25 PM CDT

    And the MAIN baddie should be someone really good!!!

    by dogmatic

    I am thinking it would be flat out AWESOME if Donald Sutherland (the real Pa Bauer) was the main baddie at the top of the whole conspiracy. He has been perfect as smarmy evil heavies in the past and it would be sweetly poetic. Or, if that is too gimmicky then get a real heavy actor like Robert DeNiro or Gene Hackman or Morgan Freeman to be the main baddie. Imagine Donald or one of those others giving the whole diatribe about why they have done what they have done and all this....and Jack like accusing them of every life theyve taken like Terry, Chappele, Michelle, Edgar,Curtis, Prez Palmer etc. and taking him down!

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  • May 18, 2009 11:10:23 PM CDT

    Which Palmer conspiracy is better?

    by seagrass

    The David Palmer conspiracy from 24, or the Laura Palmer conspiracy from Twin Peaks?

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  • May 18, 2009 11:11:01 PM CDT

    Great character work tonight

    by yackbacker

    Even with Tony, my initial reaction was that they ruined the character, but watching it again, I thought about it some more and while he is truly "fallen" his acts are not outlandish. He is a man with nothing to lose. All he has to live for was the hope of getting his revenge. Good people lose their moral code all of the time. Tony is a killer. That's what's left of the once-heroic Almeida. And ya know what, I'm fine with that outcome because it jives with a man of his background and experiences.
    Jack Bauer has evolved too. I was critical of the "Jack is dying" plot for a while because the outcome never seemed in doubt. But what the writers managed was show that Jack Bauer is not the same man Heller chewed out at the end of Season 6. This Bauer has faced his demons in light of his imminent death. His conversation with Renee was poignant- great acting there too. Bauer is the focus of this show, not Almeida. And Bauer's soul was saved this season. And fuck the right-wing backlash, but his scene with the Imam was also moving. Maybe the human weapon died tonight and the new Jack will be a wiser, less impulsive man. I would like to see them explore something along those lines.
    Solid writing, great acting, I enjoyed this more thoughtful 2-part finale.

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  • May 18, 2009 11:30:10 PM CDT

    chimpjnr- The game rocked

    by white goodman

    I don't remember the ending, but the game was fun. I think I took care of it during one weekend.

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  • May 18, 2009 11:43:05 PM CDT

    Cougar

    by todayzspecial

    Does the chick in the airport count as the second time a COUGAR attacked Kim?!?!

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  • May 19, 2009 12:00:01 AM CDT

    TodayzSpecial

    by seagrass

    We covered that in the last talkback, but yes, it does.

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  • May 19, 2009 12:03:49 AM CDT

    Robert Bianco has a nice writeup

    by michaelm

    of the finale over at USA Today. He also enjoyed the more quiet, reflective ending. I just finished watching it again, and it's even better when you're not expecting some crazy 24 plot twist.

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  • May 19, 2009 12:13:03 AM CDT

    Consequences Cascade into Next Season

    by mrstinger

    Jack's spiritual awakening is real. As the most qualified former member of CTU, he's heading up their largest bureau, but the first part of the day, he's trying to rein in his out-of-control protege, a disgraced former FBI agent whose recklesness reminds him of everything he ever did wrong. But sometime, in the latter half of the day, something happens that causes him to snap, to return to the old ways, and talkbacks around the Internet clamor to the cheers of "Jack's Back!"

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  • May 19, 2009 12:15:25 AM CDT

    BLACK JACK BAUER IS HERE - FIRST 30 MIN

    by blackjackbauer2

    first 30 min:
    first, LMAO@ this bitch still wearing teh full on pants suit. bitch dress down, its been 24 hours!!

    second LOL@ showing hodges- DEcEASED! darth dubaku - DECEASED! flashing across the screen. so fucking silly, i love it.

    HAHAHA look at kim starting to figure it out. YESSSSSSSS

    the baroness is some tough shit. she proves it by wearing a rough neck leather jacket.

    LOL this bitch aint listenin to SHIT! hahaha I KNEW jack would so this dumb shit. HAHAH@ jack telling her! WTF

    holy SHIT I DIDNT EVEN THINK OF THAT!! it was staring all of us right int eh face, jack holding the virus, we were all busy wondering how he would get cured, not realzing that tony could extract that shit from him! harvesting jack bauer like a fucking little sister from bioshock. AWESOME! Tony is my new hero. ok not really jack will fuck him up.

    fuck! thats actually a really good move. Check, Jack. YOUR MOVE!

    HAHAHAH @ JACK BAUER DOING THIS COMMERICAL!!! HAHAHA his voice is all calm for this B of A commerical, HAHAHAHAHAH talking about home. cozy and shit. omfg i love it.


    damn i just realized I didnt have shit to say during that whole ethan/dumb bitch shit. i was like the whole time. oh shit, Olivia is SHOOK! bitch is goin down, everyone knows it. LOL watch NOTHING be on that tape whatsoever. but olivia will admit it anyway not knowing. dumb sniviling bitch.


    LMAOOOOOOO@ KIM going BACK with them. BITCH RUN! get as far away from them as possible, and you go and SIT DOWN WITH THEM!!! HHAHAHAHAHAHAH YES YES KIM WITH A DAMMMIT!!! FUCKIN CLUTCH!!

    HAHAH NOW KIM IS THE HUNTER I FUCKING LOVE IT!!!! thsi show is GREAT! how can u not like this? i am over here cracking the fuck ujp, i cant believe thats one half hour gone. agent kim cougar bauer to the rescue. LETS GIT IT BITCHES!

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  • May 19, 2009 12:16:03 AM CDT

    2/4 BLACK JACK BAUER's RANT

    by blackjackbauer2

    2/4

    WTF @ them takign ethan to a secluding weird ass out of the way room. FUCKIN BITCH! i cant wait for this smug bitch to get hers, got DAMN its all up to agent pierce now. OH SHIT THE OLE SWITCHEROO! HAHAH ONE POINT FOR MANKIND. Ethan and Pierce are Two Grumpy Old Men: In Bauers Shadow

    wtffffff i swear i feel like Im watching Lost Boys 2 adn they are takign vampire bauer to beat the vampire blood out of him. HAHAH @ this fuckin shot that knocks bauer out the second the needle hits his neck. and yessssssss Tony is finally playing his card to get into Cobra Command. aaaaaaah fuck i felt jacks pain there. this is the most insane shit i have ever seen. jack is going to fucking kill EVERYBODY.

    you know what, I feel blessed to have these commericals right now. I dont think i could manage without them,. There is so much fucking ILL ASS SHIT going on right now that I wouldnt know what to do. Im losing it right NOW.

    back on - HAHAHAH @ kim Chasing Rod Stewart. get it...Chase. hehehe. ooh shit look at kims titties bounce!
    oh man look at kim reDEEMING herself!! she is a fucking girlie girl, but this is so brave. anything to save daddy. inventive writing here. HAHAHH @ FRECKLES LOOK AT KIM WHEN SHE MENTIONED THE ROUTER!! like "u dumb blonde, wtf?" that was a GREAT scene for Feminism. bell hooks UP!

    jack...JACK!!!! OMFG those doctors deaths rivaled that straglation from a few seasons ago. OMFG that was graphic and awesome as HELL! dude got stabbed in the fuckin neck, his homie got sliced across the throat, and the other lab rat got a nice neck break. HOLY FUCK! LOL @ Cobra Commander coming to meet Destro personally to see if he will fit in. tonys chance to kill him for michelle on some "my name is ingo montoya you killed my father. prepare to die" type shit. im fucking shaking with anticipation.

    see right now Im still convinced about Tony, that he is still doin this to get at the bad guys. he just thinks jack is already gonna die, so he might as well use him. excellent.

    noooooooo only one more hour. i hate this!

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  • May 19, 2009 12:16:37 AM CDT

    7am -7:30am... LETS GET IT

    by blackjackbauer2

    omfg 7am to 8am. here we go.

    LOL@ this epic sweeping music as kim talks about her dad dying, and jack is stealing taxis- HAHAH then it switches up as tony shows up! OOOH SHIT!! HAHHAHAH Tony is SO FRIGGED FOCUSED!! DAMMIT Jack! good try. good try old friend.

    "No Maam. I am NOT gonna do that." SO FUCKING CLUTCH!! PIERCE YOU ARE THE MAN! ok so what the fuck is up with this conversation with ethan and olivia? why are they still talking???? WTF?? Why didnt they go right to The President? Man this is bullshit. Why are they lettin her tell Maaadame President?? zzzzzzzzzzzzz

    ok finally another good jack tony type convo. HAHAHAH I KNEW IT! TONY!! I FUCKING KNEW IT! ALL HAIL THE DOCTOR, PETEY EGO!

    Alan Wilson? thats it??? Alan fucking Wilson??? what a DOUCHEY NAME! his name should have been some shit like Ricardo K. Mandrake III. not no got damn gay shit like alaaaaan. the most interesting man in the world is NOT named alan wilson. thats some DENTIST shit. Alan Wilson DDS.

    HAHAH why is bauer gagged? like he would say anything. this is the best result for him, he should be down with this shit. he was just willing to kill himself, so why not still kill himself while taking out the dude who killed David FUCKING Palmer? anyway


    OH NOEEEE NOT THE FBI!!! STUPID FBI GAIS!! they always ruin tonys magnificent plan! HAHAH @ jack gettin away. he better start up some gully shit pretty soon, got dammit.

    OH SHIT NICE ROLL FRECKLES! NICE FUCKIN ROLL! is this nigga still running around with a got damn bomb in his waist? GULLY!!

    HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAH THE BARONESS IS GONE! BOOM POW holla @ YA BOY BITCH! got damn tony I am completely 100% on your side right now you fucking captain. beat up the DENTIST! YES! hahahah the ole "she was carrying a baby" routine!! GOT DAMN great acting, great shit, omfg OMFG OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGGg HAHAH the Dentist is like "oh well"

    HAHAH TONY IS THE SHIT!! that entire convo was awesome. i couldnt have asked for anything more. tony is 100% right too.

    poor tony. how can you NOT FEEL FOR THIS GUY? how can u not feel for every thing he is going thru??? man, this shit is like gangs of new york, this dude planned all this shit for 4 years and some change and finally gets the guy....and fails. all that damn talking. Tony...DAMMIT TONY!

    end of part 3.... only one more

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  • May 19, 2009 12:17:06 AM CDT

    4 outta 4 the LAST OF THE RANTS!

    by blackjackbauer2

    Freckles is fuckin ready to put a bullet in that dude herself. What a great transformation. It only took her 23 hours and 30 minutes to turn completely into Bauer.

    ok jack and freckles this convo is boring as fuck, shut the fuck up jack, im gonna need u to kick SOMEBODYS ass. ANYBODY. fuckin slap yourself in the head, anything. throw freckles down on your dick, MAKE her suck it, MAKE HER JACK MAKE HER! anyway nicely lit scene. and needed i guess. but i sure as hell wanted to fast forward that shit.

    Anyway, they can hold that dude for as long as they want, fuck that. If they think he is their guy, they can keep his ass on ice. The government does worse to alot better people. Just detain him on a boat just outside of US jurisdiction and he cant do shit. lawyers cant do shit. no one will care.

    HAHAH @ this music during olivia talkin to MAADAAAME. super freaky alien music. Hahahahah @ this whole "mom...dad.... i wrecked the car" conversation. only its "mom...dad....i paid someone 250k to blow up a terrorist" not exactly License to Drive is it.

    fuckin HENRY! Saint, this sissy has your name, u gonna take this shit?? HAHA this family fucking SUCKS! this shit is FUCKED!

    hahahahah nerd wars officially OVA. LOL@ the actual true to life smile on ugly evil chloes face.

    HAHAHAHAH jack is meeting with the face of those he always fucked over. what a random motherfucka to talk to as your "priest". whats funny is, he is gettin his last rites from this muslim fucker....but thats when the CHRISTIAN GOD steps in like FUCK THAT, fuck THAT jack, i aint lettin THAT dude sign you out....KIM BAUER GET IN THERE RIGHT NOW! Im betting God blinked Kim into a hospital bed and guided them stem cells right outta her body into his. aint no muslim gonna lead jack to THEIR 99 virgin heaven, he is goin to REAL Heaven.

    anyway, needs more tony. right now.

    LOLZZZZ the second u saw MAAAADAAAME go in to hug them, it was like some american idol mindfuck. "Im sorry...but you.....have to....STICK AROUND ANOTHER WEEK YOU ARE THRU!!" ahhahah so classic. so cruel. so perfect. BUH BYE BIG HEAD OLIVIA!

    "Im sorry honey!"

    "SCREW U MOM!!"

    ahahahahah "HENRY! Adiabbou!!! SAINT!" You are on your own Madame.

    aarrrrrrgh why am i lookin at my clock and it says 9:56 and we are STILL on the got damn President and her stupid adams family bullshit? fuck! 4 minutes left in teh show and i gotta deal with this shit.


    HAHAH @ FRECKELS DOIN SOME MIND FUCK bauer shit! SO RETARDED ahahahahha see when its jack or tony its hardcore, but right now its coming off a lil bit like a female tantrum

    yup yup I knew it, God sent Kim down. God aint having this muslim shit. HAHA and neither is Kim! she looked at that dirty dude like he was shit. "a friend???" like he was fucking DISGUSTING! hahahaha dude still looks like a terrorist, like a fucking sleeper cell dude doin his best to guide jack to death so his other scum bag terror fucks can finally show their faces again.

    GOT DAMMIT FUCK THAT MAN FUCK THAT WTFFFFFF

    good ending tho. cuz now jack can come out of coma a year later and things will be all different and shit. how will he have been affected? what will have changed? will Kim be dead from the procedure? Will Tony be helping out CTU? Will Freckles have served time?

    so yea i love that ending honestly. good shit. Ill be back with final thoughts.

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  • May 19, 2009 2:04:15 AM CDT

    solid finale

    by mogwai_democracy

    that Tony shit was hard to watch. the man is just a shell.yeah, anti-climatic ending, but it's all setup for season 8. i'll be watching.

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  • May 19, 2009 2:17:45 AM CDT

    Oooo look, another Kimnapping

    by gezoes

    Seriously, apart from Olivia getting it from mom, there is more tension in an apple that falls from a tree.

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  • May 19, 2009 3:15:24 AM CDT

    Jack seeking absolution

    by rocco curioso

    OK, that made a certain amount of sense. Evidently the dressing-down Heller gave Jack at the end of Season 6 had a lingering effect(and it's worth noting that both Heller then and Tony in this season's finale used the memory of Teri to knock some sense into his head). If Jack has finally reached the stage of regret that makes it necessary for him to come to terms with all the debris he's left in his wake, then(IMO)the best way to give his character closure is to kill him off in Season 8. Send him out in a Pyrrhic victory and call it good.

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  • May 19, 2009 4:08:13 AM CDT

    How to make 24 relevant again

    by billypilgrimisunstuck

    All these points are moot because 24 does relatively well in the ratings and I can't see a network like Fox, or any major network actually, give notes to a show about quality if the ratings are doing well. Anyway: 1. Write out the stories in advanced: 24 is notorious for being the only serialized show that makes up the story as they go along. It is painfully obvious that they know that they'll have two archs and they'll fill in the gap in between. Sometimes, it even seems that the second arch in the second half of the season is built out of the holes they wrote themselves in in the first half of the season. Sit down with your writers, work out the beats for the season (you know...like a beginning, middle and end) and try to make sense of it. 2. Establish new recurring/staple characters: Remember Palmer, Sherri, Nina, etc.? Those were characters we cared about and, despite msotly bad acting and irrational character decisions, we were emotionally invested in them. The problem is that the rate of staple characters they are killing off is exceeding the rate of new characters they are succesfully establishing. I'm glad they kept Tony alive and I hope they keep this new big bad alive..even Rack Bauer can prove to have some potential. 3. Make it more personal: The plot doesn't have to involve national security anymore. The zeitgeist has changed, and with it, what people want to see has changed as well. Tonight's finale was interesting because there was a lot of quiet moments where Jack would pontificate about moral ambiguity in the twilight of his life. Those are interesting concepts to address in a life of a man who has done so much wrong for the greater good. Build your plot so it is conducive to address the personal sturggles with the characters. Get rid of the endless faceless bad guys, the long listed criminal conspiracies, the 20 different government agencies involved, and even the President (doesn't have to be a regular cast member). 4. And finally, make Jack a morally ambiguous "bad" guy: Yeah I said it. Want to get your old fans back? Do what is the logical next step. Have Jack go vigilante rogue for what he believes is the greater good. Every season has little bits and pieces of this theme, but it's always to the extent where the audience is on his side. I've always imagined a season akin to 'Watchmen', with Jack finally finding the big bad, and pulling a Dr. Manhattan and deciding that the things he is now fighting for has changed and he no longer believes in them. He'll listen to what the Big Bad has to say, turn over to the "dark side", turn to Rack Bauer, and shoot her in the heart. SILENT CLOCK. The subsequent season will deal with what he'll be doing with the big bad and in the last season, his eventual redemption when he sacrifices himself for the greater good.

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  • May 19, 2009 4:08:39 AM CDT

    Carlose Bernard Did Great, Awesome Scene

    by theenderreturnstosmiteoncemore

    However, overall it was disappointing for me. Swami Salami coming in to pray with Jack, was stupid. I was hoping Jack would tell him to lean in closer and just whisper "I regret nothing you terrorist fuck" And use his not quite a Yamaka to shove down his throat and choke him to death. Fuck that bullshit. Anyway, Im glad Kim came back with her big tittied cells to save him. Kiefer said they havent shot their perfect season yet ( I beg to differ and I point to season 2) so Im hoping 8 will destroy my asshole with its fist and cum all over my balls. Kims arm being on fire was retarded too. And that airport had the worst security of all fucking time. Ever. It actually pissed me off, I couldn't suspend disbelief right there. I was just like....okay who the fuck wrote this, and why do they have jobs. I got accepted to film school, I hope to get into this shit within the next 3 years. And the idiots who insist on doing this bullshit, have taught me vicariously how to avoid annoying your core audience. Anyway, tits, cunts, twats, fuck you, eat shit. And long live Jack Bauer.

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  • May 19, 2009 4:09:24 AM CDT

    WHAT WAS THE "DAMMIT!" TOTAL OF SEASON 7?!

    by tallboy66

    I kept count all the way through Season 4 to Season 6 and I couldn't do it this year. I think it was somewhat lower, even though Keifer said it would be higher. There's a Jack Count and a Other Character Count for a total count. I think the other characters may have had more DAMMIT'S this year than Jack, but I didn't keep count.

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  • May 19, 2009 4:11:50 AM CDT

    Tony's not Evil Tony anymore, he's now Crazy Tony

    by tallboy66

    I can take either. As long as he's an antagonist to Jack and really pissed off and willing to kill innocent people, he makes a great bad guy. Have no idea how they'd use him in Season 8. Probably not at all, which would be a shame. Bernard rules, esp. when he's completely broken down. I thought Jack was going to flat-out shoot him in the face, though. Woulda been pretty powerful stuff, but him being dragged away ranting like a Scooby Doo villain wasn't that bad either.

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  • May 19, 2009 4:13:02 AM CDT

    Holy Shit......The New Me Is BlackJackBauer2

    by theenderreturnstosmiteoncemore

    Hats off to you for keeping it down with the foul language, point by point dissections, Titty appreciation, Dick references, use of the words fuck and cunt, and above all else...loyalty to Jack. Fuck yeah man!

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  • May 19, 2009 4:13:17 AM CDT

    BlackJackBauer2, seriously how can we keep tabs on you?

    by yackbacker

    This is going to be the longest fucking stretch between seasons for me not knowing your thoughts on women, politics and general popular culture. Dude, you gotta promise us you're coming back and also that you're going to make appearances during the off season. Do you have a website? An agent? A radio program? Your recap was actually better than the finale, which I liked anyway.

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  • May 19, 2009 4:23:29 AM CDT

    JACK BAUER POWER HOUR

    by masteryoda007

    Yeah boy!

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  • May 19, 2009 4:31:17 AM CDT

    The jury is out

    by rivvorz

    I wasn't really satisfied by how Tony's arc was handled and resolved. It was always doubtful that he was truly 'evil', but strapping a bomb to Jack was OTT. Jack's strange conversion to Islam was a little out of left-field too.

    Saying that, some good moments. Kim was finally sensible and not completely annoying. Jack and Rack's dialogue towards the end was good.

    Most of the White House scenes seemed superfluous.

    All in all. It was okay.

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  • May 19, 2009 4:31:31 AM CDT

    they needed Rene to kiss Alan wilson

    by bauerpowerhour24

    or get on the phone to max and tell max they have him season 2 was the only seroius good ending to 24 hated the chinese one this one lame last like 6 eps sucked pine cones well we will see who they blame for palmers death next season i think it will be shoe ki kim or lee harvey or freckles bauer

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  • May 19, 2009 5:08:27 AM CDT

    No Rack No!

    by the mcpoyle clan

    She's turned to the dark side.It did kind of fizzle at the end, didn't it? Kim's predicament didn't turn out anywhere nearly as badly as it could have; her dammit was nice, as was her jiggly run. The revelation about Almeida Jr. was a nice touch as well.But on the whole, this season did prove that 24 could still do what it does, even if it's too formulaic for some. No question it was better than last season.

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  • May 19, 2009 5:17:42 AM CDT

    I will always be around this motherfucka

    by blackjackbauer2

    I think Im too immature to be able to run a blog properly to compile my 3rd grade thoughts, but Ill be around. I hate that shit this is over tho, I feel like a fuckin giant black bear that by nature has to hibernate til 2010 but my dick tells me it still wants to fuck bitches daily, Im confused and lost and dont have a home. There should be a hidden season they havent shown us yet or sometihg, a fuckin prequel with my nigga then Senator David FUCKING Palmer and Bauer. the fuck else do I have to watch? Entourage, Dexter...cool shit but NOT FUCKING WITH THE POWER HOUR. fuck man yall got me depressed. this shit feels like the end of Meatballs. ahaha fuckin Rudy was the SHIT one day on one summer of his life and i bet when he went back home all he could do is sit there and plot and plan til next year. well I guess that makes me Rudy '09 bitches.... BUT FUCK THAT IM GONNA STALK AGENT FRECKLES and suck on those delicious connect the red dot TITTAYS

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  • May 19, 2009 6:07:49 AM CDT

    Who knew Braga could write an episode this good?

    by boynamedsue

    Granted, he co-wrote it with Manny Coto, and granted there were story editors to polish it up.

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  • May 19, 2009 6:26:39 AM CDT

    now that's fucking entertainment

    by just pillow talk

    From Kim's "Dammit" to Tony's "losing it" scene at the end there, fucking top-notch. A huge improvement over last season, and the way they ended it with Chesty Freckles...nice.

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  • May 19, 2009 7:00:31 AM CDT

    Fareal: Uhhhh ... embryonic stem cells? From an adult?

    by chrth

    I weep for Obama-America.

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  • May 19, 2009 7:50:40 AM CDT

    both Rack Bauers at the same time

    by turketron_2

    Kim and Renee..... *has weaponized virus seizure*

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  • May 19, 2009 7:53:24 AM CDT

    I can't understand....

    by muzzle

    why any of you liked that pile of garbage. This was a solid season up until about two weeks ago and then they just dropped the ball. Last night’s finale was soft and the writing was sophomoric.

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  • May 19, 2009 8:41:43 AM CDT

    No DAMMIT outbursts from Jack this season

    by jack_effing_bauer

    such a disappointment. Even though I'd love to put a bullet between Kim's eyes, it was nice to hear her fill in for her ailing father.

    Overall, this felt like a bad soap opera. I think Jack has cried more this season than he ever has. His badassery is waining.

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  • May 19, 2009 8:52:41 AM CDT

    Fareal...

    by dr_james_wilson

    I completely disagree. I don't think this show renounced ANYTHING last night. You know what I do think? I think that it's a big setup for Season Eight events to cause a renunciation of what appeared to be renounced; that totally makes sense if you read it 5 times, I think. Here's what I think happens:1. Season Eight begins with a new, anti-torture Jack...who, over the course of the season, realizes that his going soft costs more innocent lives than doing things the other way. 2. Jack befriending Mr. Muslim just stinks of conservative propaganda. A kind of "See? We can all get along!" type thing...it felt very cheap this season, that whole two-episode mini-arc that ends with Mr. Muslim and Jack having a gay nod of "Hey, you're all right" to each other. 3. The stem cell treatment could very well be revealed to have compromised Kim's health or maybe even killed her by the time next season starts. And we all know what kind of message THAT would send...Bottom line is, don't get your hopes up. I'm definitely looking at it glass-half-empty, but there's no reason for the show to change, so why would it? Hell, I'll still watch. I could give a damn about political agendas. But I'm not blind, either.

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  • May 19, 2009 8:58:15 AM CDT

    BlackJackBauer2,

    by hobocode

    Learn to use paragraph breaks. without the spaces

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  • May 19, 2009 9:01:51 AM CDT

    Kiefer sez...

    by the mcpoyle clan

    the plot for S8 is actually more plausible than usual for 24. We'll see how that pans out, LOL.

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  • May 19, 2009 9:11:27 AM CDT

    Jack and Mr Muslim is Conservative propaganda??

    by rainbowtrout1265

    More like PC Liberal propaganda, imo. The whole ep was a sharp hard-turn to the Left (Stem Cells, Jack/Mr Muslim, evil defense contracters, etc). Now, maybe they're just setting things up for the "real" Jack to come back but looking at last night's conclusion on it's own, the show will be VERY liberal next season.

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  • May 19, 2009 9:19:36 AM CDT

    24 Checklist and gentle RANT!

    by wtriker1701

    Hot racks? - Check! Gunfights? - Check! Helicopter stunts? - Check! Great emotional moments? - Check! Lot's of "Dammit"? - Check! Intelligent plots?... Intelligent plots?... Bueller?... Bauer?... ANYONE? This season went downhill with plot "twists" once again, beginning with the White House stupidity! They had a great beginning and I had hope they would throw away those stupid "action plots" from prior seasons 5 AND 6! But in the end there'll always be the GREAT season 2! AND the beatiful finale of season 4 with a family, functional but departed. And Jack walking off the sunset! Season 5 opener marked the beginning of trashy plots and stupid kill-offs of familiar characters. They never recovered from that trash! The conspiracy laid out with Max and friends back in season 2 was so great and they missed the opportunity totally! Instead they brought in the chinese AND the rogue Bauer family - what a waste of script paper and continuity! They could have thrown in good ol' cold bitch Mandy anytime for a guest ppearance now and then, but they DIDN'T! What a shame! Now they really have to go DEEPER and DEEPER to dig up that bloody conspiracy thing they should have followed more intensely before instead of blowing up everything they see to feed us with action, action, action! Next season though I'll be back again with Jack, Rack and Co. Because I WANT to love it! And because I'm an optimist! And I want Tony back on Jack's side - though I fear it will be next to impossible! But GET Mandy AND Max BACK! For a great series finale!!!

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  • May 19, 2009 9:26:33 AM CDT

    Olivia's jail time!!!

    by golfbuddy

    Gang-banged with a strap-on!!! She'll come out fully dilated.

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  • May 19, 2009 10:09:19 AM CDT

    ScoobySnack

    by the__natural74

    I will respectfully disagree with most of your opinions. While this day ended with no cliffhanger and more of an epilogue, I'm good with that and think it's a nice change to a pattern '24' had fallen into, despite those cliffhangers being pulled off effectively.

    How could the season end without Jack in a coma from a virus he was infected with, and dealing with the fallout of an amazing action-packed day?!

    I thought the emotion Carlos Bernard showed during his speech to the villain was exceptional. At first, I thought it seemed cliché too, but what would you say to the man responsible for the death of your wife and unborn child. After Tony coldly capped the chick he used to get to Wilson, flashed an evil Tony-glare...he just charged at Wilson showing that raw anger and hatred! If anything, the speech and reveal about Michelle's pregnancy served to explain to viewers his motivation for everything. This is a TV show after all, and on '24' the characters have always been larger than life.

    The First Family drama is just as fundamental to the series as Jack & Kim...it's just a different First Family than the Palmer's. We got plenty of issues with Sherry and the kids back in the day. I'm willing to see where the Taylor's story goes.

    As for the writers having "no balls", I think they showed a ton of sack over the season with the "Butcher of Sangala" Dubaku and the tragic death of Marika, Samantha Roth's chest full of blade, Rack Bauer being buried alive, the remarkable Jonas Hodges and his laid back approach to genocide, the shocking sacrifice by Buchanan, and Tony's smothering of everybody's favourite by-the-book-FBI-asshole...Larry "The Rules Make Us Better" Moss.

    Using your analogy of a "jackoff session with no cum shot", I had already shot my load a dozen times this season and didn't have any more juice to give! HAHA! And if you believe '24' to be "impotent", that means you didn't get hard in the first place and maybe '24' just doesn't turn you on anymore. It's okay, people change. But '24' stays the same...kicking ass and swinging a giant Jack-sack along the way!

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  • May 19, 2009 10:37:55 AM CDT

    Horrible finale. Make next season it's last.

    by drpain

    I just don't really care about this show anymore, Jack and every other storyline or character has become so predictable. Like an old dog, it's way past it's prime and needs to be taken out to the woods. I hope next season will be it's last and they come up with something near as good as the first few seasons.

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  • May 19, 2009 10:47:51 AM CDT

    Speaking of Olivia and her cellmate

    by chrth

    I bet Martin won't mind his new predicament.

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  • May 19, 2009 10:49:56 AM CDT

    Season 8 twist (also Once More ... With Torture question)

    by chrth

    Olivia ends up in a halfway house next door to Charles Logan and the two of them plot revenge!
    I was going to give Under Your Spell to the President and Ethan, but now I'm thinking Logan and Olivia. Although Logan might be better as Spike to Olivia's Buffy. What does everybody think?

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  • May 19, 2009 10:55:56 AM CDT

    Not a good day

    by clarencebeaks

  • May 19, 2009 11:07:34 AM CDT

    chrth - OMWF vs. 24

    by wtriker1701

    "Goin' through the motion" comes painfully in mind. Sung by Dear Jack when attached to Tony's bomb!

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  • May 19, 2009 11:08:17 AM CDT

    Olivia should sing

    by wtriker1701

    "Hey, I'm not wearin' underwear!"

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  • May 19, 2009 11:10:15 AM CDT

    Olivia's songline should at least

    by wtriker1701

    please her "mother"!

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  • May 19, 2009 11:36:23 AM CDT

    why do people think rack/freckles went bad?

    by itrainmonkeys

    I don't understand. Did you guys not pay attention the last 30 minutes. She wanted to know what to do and Jack told her not to do what he does because once you start....you can't stop.She saw an opportunity and decided to interrogate Wilson (or not interrogate him.....it was ambiguous).
    She wasn't becoming a bad guy or showing that she was working with Wilson. She just made the final step to being like Jack Bauer and doing what you need to do to get the info you need. I can't believe people think she was working with Wilson.

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  • May 19, 2009 11:38:47 AM CDT

    Dogmatic - Yackbacker - BlackJackBauer

    by the__natural74

    Dogmatic - great points about the links from each of the seasons. There is so much to a season of '24', but breaking it down like that does draw some nice comparisons.

    YackBacker - I agree, everything with Tony was spot-on in terms of development. After the finale, I went back and watched some classic Day 3 moments with Tony & Michelle. I thought Carlos nailed the anger, hatred and sadness in those final moments brilliantly. There's a lot of history behind his motivations, and in many ways Day 7 was more about Tony than Jack. But your analysis of today's Jack Bauer compared to the man Heller was so cruel to was perfect...great points!

    BlackJackBauer - you're fuckin' awesome! thanks for your posts this season, cheers to '24' fans like you! "homie got sliced across the throat" HAHA! that's why we watch, seeing Jack bite the neck outta some terrorist to escape or slicing up doctors who would probably let him go if Jack just looked at 'em with the scalpel and sneered...but no, they needed killin'! Don't leave sharp objects around Bauer when you just gave him a spinal tap!

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  • May 19, 2009 11:40:21 AM CDT

    shit, I forgot breaks...

    by the__natural74

    Dogmatic - great points about the links from each of the seasons. There is so much to a season of '24', but breaking it down like that does draw some nice comparisons.

    YackBacker - I agree, everything with Tony was spot-on in terms of development. After the finale, I went back and watched some classic Day 3 moments with Tony & Michelle. I thought Carlos nailed the anger, hatred and sadness in those final moments brilliantly. There's a lot of history behind his motivations, and in many ways Day 7 was more about Tony than Jack. But your analysis of today's Jack Bauer compared to the man Heller was so cruel to was perfect...great points!

    BlackJackBauer - you're fuckin' awesome! thanks for your posts this season, cheers to '24' fans like you! "homie got sliced across the throat" HAHA! that's why we watch, seeing Jack bite the neck outta some terrorist to escape or slicing up doctors who would probably let him go if Jack just looked at 'em with the scalpel and sneered...but no, they needed killin'! Don't leave sharp objects around Bauer when you just gave him a spinal tap!

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  • May 19, 2009 11:42:27 AM CDT

    no subject

    by hotblack deisato

    Rob in WI:
    Of Rack Bauer 2.0...
    Rack Bauer 2: Even Rackier?
    Rack Bauer 2: Racked with Guilt, Racked with Pleasure?
    Rack Bauer 2: Jack-n-Rack Attack?
    Rack Bauer 2: Back and in the Rack with Jack?

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  • May 19, 2009 12:17:10 PM CDT

    God Bless 24

    by henry fool

    ...for overcoming the mess that was the sixth season and giving us something as good as season one and four (my faves).

    I really liked how the Tony's revenge motives created a morality play between him and Jack. 24 usually has such black and white morality but they really went to the grey zone this time. Evil never feels real to me, unless you show the evildoers capacity for good. In fact, I think good and evil are antiquated concepts.

    This show loves to deify Jack Bauer way too much. But last night they left him hanging there, really wondering who'd done the right thing. Ultimately, Tony was responsible for catching the bad guy of the show yet did horrible things himself. I like how they really left it to the viewer to decide who was right and wrong. I'm really glad they didn't kill him. I can't wait to see how they use him next season.

    And if anyone wants to go back in time and look at old 24 posts, they'll notice that I've been saying that Tony's death was a sham ever since they killed him in season 5. I wonder of Carlos Bernard gets a kick out of the fact that the sucky season was the one where he didn't appear.

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  • May 19, 2009 12:17:18 PM CDT

    God Bless 24

    by henry fool

    ...for overcoming the mess that was the sixth season and giving us something as good as season one and four (my faves).

    I really liked how the Tony's revenge motives created a morality play between him and Jack. 24 usually has such black and white morality but they really went to the grey zone this time. Evil never feels real to me, unless you show the evildoers capacity for good. In fact, I think good and evil are antiquated concepts.

    This show loves to deify Jack Bauer way too much. But last night they left him hanging there, really wondering who'd done the right thing. Ultimately, Tony was responsible for catching the bad guy of the show yet did horrible things himself. I like how they really left it to the viewer to decide who was right and wrong. I'm really glad they didn't kill him. I can't wait to see how they use him next season.

    And if anyone wants to go back in time and look at old 24 posts, they'll notice that I've been saying that Tony's death was a sham ever since they killed him in season 5. I wonder of Carlos Bernard gets a kick out of the fact that the sucky season was the one where he didn't appear.

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  • May 19, 2009 12:22:10 PM CDT

    And about Tony's motivations...

    by henry fool

    ...It's like Colonel Tigh said in the finale of Galactica, "If she'd done that to my Ellen, I'd have done the same frakkin' thing."

    Anyone who doesn't understand Tony has obviously never really understood what its like to desire vengeance...

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  • May 19, 2009 12:22:16 PM CDT

    And about Tony's motivations...

    by henry fool

    ...It's like Colonel Tigh said in the finale of Galactica, "If she'd done that to my Ellen, I'd have done the same frakkin' thing."

    Anyone who doesn't understand Tony has obviously never really understood what its like to desire vengeance...

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  • May 19, 2009 12:30:57 PM CDT

    So, just so we're clear...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...Wilson hired Philip to tell Graem to talk to Logan about asking Henderson to discuss things with Walt Cummings about finding a guy to kill David Palmer, along with three other people...one of whom is the wife of the guy he later helped fake his own death so he could hire him in the future and then meet face to face with him to discuss salary expectations in his career as a professional...conspirator? Zuh?

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  • May 19, 2009 12:32:24 PM CDT

    Which, of course, poses the question...

    by mr_macphisto

    ...WHO'S PULLING WILSON'S STRINGS?!?

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  • May 19, 2009 12:43:18 PM CDT

    Great show

    by dioxholster

    was the best thing on TV.

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  • May 19, 2009 12:53:14 PM CDT

    Regarding evidence against Wilson (& OM .. WT)

    by chrth

    Cara was dead, so they had access to her phone. She was a known operative (was witnessed by several picking up Tony and Jack, plus going to see Hodges). Her phone was used to call Wilson. While they could not tie him directly to the conspiracy as a result, the phone contact plus his presence there would get them enough leverage for warrants ... and no matter how much he might think there'd be no evidence, there's always evidence to be found. Especially if communication was done on genuine Cisco networking equipment.
    So Remaque may have been premature with her Bauerizing.
    Jack definitely will open the season with Going Through the Motions; I mean, that's the whole point of Once More ... With Torture -- Jack coming to terms with being alive.

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  • May 19, 2009 12:53:38 PM CDT

    far fetched

    by the__natural74

    Yes, the on-going conspiracy seems far fetched...but none of that is more ridiculous than the idea of Henderson purposely missing a vital artery when he stabbed Almeida with the syringe, only to have Emerson revive Tony and turn his hatred against Jack & CTU. That is, if Tony was telling Jack the truth in that scene. Maybe that was so far fetched because Tony was covering his real motivations this season?

    Either way, as much of a stretch this conspiracy seems to be, the writers do try to connect the dots. Jack originally took down Henderson for selling secrets to defence contractors, which must have included Papa Bauer, Jonas and this Wilson guy.

    I've always wanted to know more about the evil guys on the boat in Day 3 that I think Saunders reported to...that was always a sticking point for me that was never resolved. Now it seems like that door wasn't closed for good reason, and I'd love to see Logan back next season to help Jack find those old guys from the boat and Wilson's other associates from the secret chat room!

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  • May 19, 2009 12:54:49 PM CDT

    mr_macphisto - you're right!

    by wtriker1701

    That's the plot "twist" since season 5! In season 8 we actually learn about the guy who hired Wilson! Hopefully that next guy has Max and Mandy in his chain of command...

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  • May 19, 2009 12:57:31 PM CDT

    dioxholster

    by hobocode

    You mean other than Lost, right? I know what a big fan you are.

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  • May 19, 2009 12:58:53 PM CDT

    chrth - I Got A Theory...

    by wtriker1701

    It must be BUNNIES!

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  • May 19, 2009 1:05:03 PM CDT

    David Fury HAD a guest appearance

    by wtriker1701

    this season. But it was not in a restaurant - just in a lobby. Would have been great to hear him say: "They got the mustard out!"

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  • May 19, 2009 1:08:41 PM CDT

    when are they gonna make 24 The Movie?

    by dioxholster

    i would like to see that

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  • May 19, 2009 1:08:59 PM CDT

    wtriker1701

    by chrth

    Chloe: "It could be Muslims, some evil Muslims (glare from Jack) ... which is ridiculous because Muslims have been persecuted, Quran good, praise Allah and I'll be over there"

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  • May 19, 2009 1:17:48 PM CDT

    Henry Fool

    by the__natural74

    I'm with you on Tony's epic return this season! I loved how he truly believes he was the hero, telling Jack so in the finale. "You see, I'm the one who saved lives today, Jack, not you. I'm the one who helped you recover the CIP device. I'm the one who warned you about the White House attacks! I'm the one who stopped Jonas Hodges from launching those missiles!"
    Great points about the grey area of morality this season. I loved the dialogue between Jack and Sen. Mayer too, setting up some of those scenes with Jack & Rack, and Jack and Tony debating what's right and wrong.

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  • May 19, 2009 1:19:29 PM CDT

    chrth

    by wtriker1701

    Season 8 - The Beginning: Jack to Kim (probably with offspring): "I died So many weeks ago But you can make me feel Like it isn't so"

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  • May 19, 2009 1:43:33 PM CDT

    WORST SEASON FINALE EVER!!!

    by stabby

    Boring. Jack and Rack should have let Tony shoot Wilson. The President should have tried to protect her daughter. Oh, it's fine for us to give a mass murderer a deal and let him go free, but when it comes to my blood I have to stick to my ideals. Worse 24 President ever!!! Charles Logan could run presidential circles around this clown. Jack should have die in the end. We're supposed to believe that a man with an incurable disease who has an hour to live can be miraculously saved by a complicated experimental stem cell procedure. I call BULLSHIT. I am officially done with 24. I will not be sucked in again next year, even if bot Rack Bauers play their roles completely in the nude for the entire 24 hours.

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  • May 19, 2009 2:13:59 PM CDT

    I hope that episode put to rest...

    by darthcorleone

    ...those claims of Tony's being "good." That equivocating he did about saving lives was a load of crap. How many people's sons did he help kill in day 7? The man was crazy.

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  • May 19, 2009 2:17:29 PM CDT

    Stabby

    by just pillow talk

    Please be sure to turn in your ID and '24' credit card. All balances must be paid in full within 30 days of your "officially done with 24" post.Thank you for your patronage and have a pleasant day.

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  • May 19, 2009 2:28:20 PM CDT

    Yes, you should be quite proud...

    by darthcorleone

    ...of calling the plot twist that Tony's death in season five was a sham, as the explanation given was so amazingly plausible!

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  • May 19, 2009 2:31:50 PM CDT

    Wow, great stuff.

    by pompoulus

    I may have to rethink my solid, dependable 'ignore 24' policy. My favorite part was possibly Kim inheriting her father's "Dammit!" It was a little un-actiony and the last part felt incomplete, but a lot of good stuffs happened in the meantime that I can't in good conscience ignore.

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  • May 19, 2009 2:58:57 PM CDT

    Great tribute to Tony Almeida

    by yackbacker

    http://tinyurl.com/onhosk

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  • May 19, 2009 3:10:11 PM CDT

    just pillow talk

    by stabby

    I'll be sure to turn my ID over to Morris. I heard he's good with stuff like that.

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  • May 19, 2009 3:46:08 PM CDT

    It's DO or DIE

    by amazing maurice

    Jack: Hey I've died twice

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  • May 19, 2009 3:47:02 PM CDT

    I hope the 24 movie

    by jubs

    has Jack swearing like a drunk sailor, and Rack getting naked several times. Oh, and a full-frontal shot of Naked Mandy. None of this side-boob shot business.

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  • May 19, 2009 3:50:40 PM CDT

    OM....WT

    by rob in wi

    I must admit... I'm anxiously awaiting this.

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  • May 19, 2009 5:37:54 PM CDT

    Rob in WI: Uh, don't hold your breath :)

    by chrth

    I do have some limits to my time. However, I will be sure to pepper next year's talkback with snippets. It's a shame Bill Buchanan is dead because he'd be perfect for the Giles role.

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  • May 19, 2009 6:07:10 PM CDT

    Season 8: CTUDOG Millionaire

    by wtriker1701

    "And for 8000$ this question: How do You get the right information from a suspect within 30 seconds? by a) Asking? b) Humiliating? c) Torturing? Killing?

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  • May 19, 2009 7:22:21 PM CDT

    The last hour made for good drama

    by drewlicious

    Despite for the medical implausibilties throughout the season it all made for good TV. If I'm willing to buy that the first gentleman would be out of the hospital (and fully conscious no less) I guess I'm willing to buy the stem cell miracle cure. I just hope Jack has a permanent malady as result so our intelligence isn't completely insulted.

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  • May 19, 2009 7:26:28 PM CDT

    Also,

    by drewlicious

    Kind of felt sorry for Tony when he crawled to the gun on his bullet wounds. All that murder and he doesn't even get to taste his revenge.

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  • May 19, 2009 7:56:42 PM CDT

    Fucking Tony...

    by jiggah

    Why the fuck do you have to monologue, you ass?

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  • May 19, 2009 8:05:22 PM CDT

    Bleah

    by jdb1972

    Bad episode. And making Jack (who blew away his wife's killer without a second thought) stop Tony from doing the same... bleah.

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  • May 19, 2009 8:25:34 PM CDT

    I read the following on a blog...

    by immortal_fish

    I have never watched this show. I'm curious as to TB reaction of what I read on a conservative blog:"The real terrorists aren't foreign haters of America but U.S. defense contractors, stem cells offer the hope of miracle cures for biological-weapon attacks, and when Jack Bauer seeks deathbed counsel he calls a Muslim imam."Go ahead and hate on me personally. Don't care. This is a liberal forum and I respect that. Again, just wondering what the AICN response would be.

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  • May 19, 2009 8:37:10 PM CDT

    Immortal

    by yackbacker

    Not sure what you're asking- but I'll give you my read on those bullet points: The real terrorists = U.S. defense firms: this has been a continuing thread of "24" from very early on. The idea that corruption from within exists is a much more compelling storyline than simply blaming terror on foreigners. And "24" mixes it up, even this season with an African dictator being a key player. As for stem cell treatment, I don't see any real political message being promoted by the show on that issue. And finally, the Muslim imam was actually a poetic juxtaposition. Having Jack Bauer, representative of U.S. counterterrorism in the eyes of people around the world (as a pop culture icon) taking confession with an Imam was a nice touch. There is a political point being made there, no doubt. At the start of this season, Bauer was being questioned before Congress about his use of torture on Muslims to fight specific attacks. The scene at the end of the finale was Jack making amends for whatever wrongs he feels he committed. But again, Jack would have probably done the same thing all over again, so I don't think it was a remediation on racial profiling, etc. It was simply one man at death's door seking redemption.

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  • May 19, 2009 10:00:59 PM CDT

    Chrth/Rack Smile

    by nemesisdarkside

    Chrth: you're killing me dude! "And what's with all the moles, why do they wanna get into CTU anywaaay"Did Freckles smile all season. I've been hoping we'd see her finally smile in the finale, but it never happened! :(

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  • May 19, 2009 10:46:48 PM CDT

    nemesis- she almost smiled when

    by yackbacker

    Janis told her Jack cleared scurity and was back at FBI HQ after being "exposed." She looked like a doe-eyed high-school girl running to see the QB.

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  • May 20, 2009 5:31:20 AM CDT

    Jack Bauer = Hypocrite

    by lock67ca

    Am I the only one who thinks Jack was a bit of a hypocrite?

    He tells Tony that he's only doing this for revenge, but he can't kill Wilson because he's part of the larger conspiracy. Isn't that exactly what Jack did? Jack killed Nina purely for revenge, even though she was also part of a bigger conspiracy. Who knows? She was most likely working for the same people Wilson is, since it's becoming clear that this organization is pretty much behind everything that's happened over the past seven seasons.

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  • May 20, 2009 10:27:31 AM CDT

    jdb1972 & lock67ca

    by the__natural74

    You both make good points about Jack being hypocritical, not letting Tony seek revenge. But that is perhaps the point, and through Jack's time in Africa and back in Washington, he's a changed man. He not only killed Nina in cold blood, but Henderson as well. He REALLY wanted to kill Logan when he while he was President, but even Jack knew better in the end.

    I do feel for Tony, but his theory that Wilson was to blame may have just been a one-man mission to kill anyone he thought had a part in Michelle's death. When Tony made those accusations, I wondered why we were going down that route again when we've had multiple villains blamed for the deaths of Palmer & company. From Henderson, Logan, Graem and Philip Bauer...now Wilson.
    All I know is that Henderson's warning to Jack in Day 5 is even more significant. "You don't want to know what I know. You get me to talk, I promise you you'll just be opening Pandora's box."

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  • May 20, 2009 10:57:38 AM CDT

    clarification

    by the__natural74

    I just fact-checked my own post from earlier about those dudes on a boat who I thought would make interesting villains to return to...they were actually from Day 2, not 3 like I thought. And Wayne Palmer had a line of dialogue in Day 3 which explained the fate of those men and the attempt on Palmer's life at the end of Day 2.
    So it seems only Eugene Robert Glazer's character of Alexander Trepkos is alive and in custody for the attempt on David Palmer's life. I would love for '24' to bring Glazer back...a great actor who is another Nikita alumni on the long list of Surnow & Cochran's actors brought into the '24' universe. I met Carlo Rota (Morris) after his first season on '24' and he was great in person too! I also had the privilege of working closely with Don Francks (Walter on Nikita) for months, so I'm always eager to see familiar faces on '24', and the other great Canadians they have cast over the years.

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  • May 20, 2009 12:09:39 PM CDT

    Has to be a Pre-season update

    by jonnyfrag2k

    It seems that in order for this narrative to work, they will have to have a special 24 movie event kind of thing like this year to cap off the less that final finale. Otherwise, next season will be the 25th hour and we will get to see thrilling shots of Jack recuperating while everything else happens. I don't think we want an entire season of Jack lying in a bed. Unless, of course they bring back blinded Ricky Schroder agent or something.

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  • May 20, 2009 12:23:24 PM CDT

    no subject

    by harrykeogh

    Hey chrth, id like to hear more of your once more with torture personally, ill even add in a few im thinking of, its bloody brilliant if you ask me

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  • May 20, 2009 12:36:00 PM CDT

    always should have done a prequel.

    by hey_zeus

    every season they don't do a prequel it becomes less possible. they need to kill this show now more than ever. go away and come back as a movie like x-files. this show has no idea what it's trying to achieve anymore.

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  • May 20, 2009 1:30:54 PM CDT

    drewlicious, why are you willing to buy it?

    by stabby

    You're forgetting about the underwater backdoor to the White House, the APB that led to the immediate arrest of Jack and Freckles, the immediate victim protection of Jonas and the immediate investigation into Jonas' death to name just a few more. Also, this may have not been the worst season ever (that honor goes to last year), but it definitely was the worst finale.

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  • May 20, 2009 1:35:45 PM CDT

    lock67ca, Jack is totally a hypocrite

    by stabby

    I was totally with Tony on killing Wilson. The only thing I was against him about was betraying his friend. Jack should know that Wilson wouldn't talk. Also, he should have put Tony out of his misery instead of shooting him in the hand and arresting him.

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  • May 20, 2009 5:08:01 PM CDT

    Kim got attacked by another cougar!

    by mrmysteryguest

    Until Kim stuck that knife into her leg and she got shot! I'm surprised nobody noticed that!

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  • May 22, 2009 3:44:45 PM CDT

    drewlicious, I bet that

    by jackiechan

    Jack spends next season in a wheelchair, calling the shots to Rack Bauer. However, he'll at least have a power hour in which Rack brings him a terrorist for him to toy around with.

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  • May 25, 2009 3:53:38 PM CDT

    "Liberal" 24 BS

    by queerfilmjunkie

    Conservatives are pretty stupid if they think somehow Jack being saved by stem cells is some kind of liberal propaganda. Jack is being treated with adult stem cells taken from his daughter. The stem cell research that many conservatives deplore is fetal stem cell research. Last time I checked Kim Bauer is not an unborn fetus, so give the fucking liberal conspiracies a rest already.

    If you want to be angry about the stem cell plotline, then be angry because it was fucking retarded. But don't assign a political agenda to something that's just a lame plot point used to re-introduce Kim Bauer and provide Jack with yet another lifesaving miracle.

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