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Herc Has Seen The First Four Hours Of 24’s Eighth Season!!
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As the folks who follow my twitters know, Fox forwarded the first four hours of “24’s” eighth season yesterday and, while it’s way too early to file a review of the episodes, I can offer some not-too-spoilery hints of what’s in store:
* 8.1 Opening titles: Kiefer Sutherland. Mary Lynn Rajskub. Anil Kapoor. Mykelti Williamson. Katee Sackhoff. Chris Diamantopoulos. John Boyd. With Freddie Prinze Jr. And Cherry Jones. Special Guest Star Elisha Cuthbert. Guest starring Bob Gunton. Nazeen Contractor. Doug Hutchison. Akbar Kurtha. Benito Martinez. Paul Wesley. Jennifer Westfeldt. Necar Zadegan. Jaime Gomez. Stefan Kapicic. Cliff M. Simon.
* Writers:
8.1 Howard Gordon & Evan Katz.
8.2 Manny Coto & Brannon Braga; story by Howard Gordon.
8.3 David Fury & Alex Gansa.
8.4 Chip Johannessen & Patrick Harbinson.
* Kapoor (the Regis Philbin of “Slumdog Millionaire”) plays Omar Hassan, the Arab Jed Bartlet, the greatest Middle East leader one could hope for.
* While Ethan Kanin (Gunton) is still around, he’s no longer President Taylor’s chief of staff.
* Jack Sack? Back!
* Jack Bauer, now in Manhattan (and just down the street from the big Hassan-Taylor disarmament negotiations), is not only not dead, his doctor “signed off” on him two weeks earlier.
* While Jack’s in perhaps better shape than we’ve ever seen, things have not gone well for Chloe O’Brien.
* After so many years of “Battlestar Galactica” it’s strange to see Sackhoff playing the Chloe role this season. She's not the girl with the gun anymore!
* CTU NY is not dissimilar to CTU LA. Still lots of glass and a prominent staircase leading to the director’s office. The biggest additions noticed in the first four hours are a jumbotron-like HD screen looming over everything and a sci-fi interrogation room.
* A piece of dialogue I loved: "Oh!! Oh!! What's the matter with you??"
* Doug Hutchison, who plays Horace Goodspeed on "Lost," stars on "24" this season. Did not recognize him without the hippie hair.
* Domenick Lombardozzi (Herc from “The Wire”) plays another Herc-like role as an NYPD patrolman.
* Very exciting opening credits for 8.4! Jurgen Prochnow and ... someone else!
Look for lots more just before the first four hours of “24’s” eighth season hits Fox Jan. 17 and 18.
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What's the Jack Sack?
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I keep my sandwiches in it.
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Dec 10, 2009 7:21:27 AM CST
Prediction: They are like the first 4 hours of every season
by angrysnowmonkey
This show goes in circles. Each season is like the one before it. Let me guess: there is a traitor in the Whitehouse, Jack's family is in danger, and most of the characters featured in eps 1-4 will be killed for the ultimate reveal late on in the season.
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Oh, and the Jack Sack is Jack Bauer's man-purse... It's second only to the cougar in 24 lore.
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Talk to me when you've seen hours 14 - 17. That's about the time the show usually approaches the ramp with Jack on waterskis (except he's wearing the Jack Sack rather than a leather jacket).
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Im jealous of you Herc.
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...and just as comfortable. Welcome back, 24. And yeah, some good cast pick-ups in the off season.
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On X-Files.
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Considering this is FOX, he will no doubt be EVIL!
EEEEE-VIL!!!!!!!! -
While I didn't want any reviews quite yet, I would have liked to see how you liked the 1st 4 hours.
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Mary lynn Rjakscub. doesnt she play chloe o brien?
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BAN THE INFIDEL FROM THE TALKBACK.
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So no doubt she's brought in in the final 4 hours as a "secret" revelation, to undo all the nasty horrible shit which was done by the INEVITABLE CTU MOLE.
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was something we'd want to see? And then she got all... frumpy? That's how long this show has been on the air. Longer than the entirety of Kim's hotness.
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Dec 10, 2009 8:23:29 AM CST
Seriously, google "The Jack Sack" and marvel at its greatness
by yackbacker
Fuck, it's a beautiful thing.
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This has to be on the net by tonight... 4 x 24 with on top the final of Dexter. My perfect early xmas-gift!!! ho ho hooooooooooooooo
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so why hasn't this erm... leaked...
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But I still ain't watching no Brannon Braga shit!
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Dec 10, 2009 8:49:39 AM CST
Anil Kappor Rules!! - he touched Hopkins feet!!!
by daniel_larussos_gonna_fight
He is the man- I'm pumped to see this guy- did anyone notice him touch Anthony Hopkins feet @ the Oscars last year? That is a HUGE sign of respect to elders in India and he did it on his way up to accept the Oscar- Hopkins didn't know what to do!! Truly a classy move by Anil..
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what the fuck? impossible to say you liked it or not? I guess the episodes will probably go online within 24 hours so I will have to see for myself
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Can't f'n wait for the return. I'll really miss Jon Voight this season, but hope Will Patton can come back to carry on. Voight ate up the screen every time, and his scenes with Rory Cochrane were awesome. Patton can't pull off the same Lincoln Hawk acting (over-the-top), but he's always been great at being menacing. Of course, I have no idea if he'll be back this season, I'm just assuming he'll return and we find out what Rack Bauer did to him in that interrogation room.
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but still not as great as days 1-4.
how is day 8 shaping up so far Herc?
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As seems to be the case with all 24 screeners. Hmmm, but with so long to wait until episode 5, should I watch, probably not...aaarrrrggghhh.
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I thought that finf, fine piece of freckled redheaded sweetness was supposed to be back, but I didn't see her name in your cast list.
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Still remember him as Tooms, the stretchy guy on X Files, and the sadist guard in The Green Mile.Does Jack shout, "WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?"?
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Renee from last season became affectionately known as "Rack Bauer" on these boards, because...well, she has a remarkable rack.
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Let's hope Herc doesn't lose a camera in '24' too!
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However they only have her listed as appearing from 5:00 pm (the premiere) through 12:00 pm the next day....
Herc, is our freckled action Goddess back?
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Remember... the new way to 'promote' your upcoming season is to 'leak' the first few episodes to Bittorrent to build buzz...I would be shocked if these don't show up in the next few weeks
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And the country is under attack?!!? And he'll work with his partner who has a nice Rack? You know, the one he should take into a shack and give it to her from the back while he gives her fanny a smack? Yes.
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WILL NOT GET SUCKED INTO THIS BLACK HOLE ABYSS OF A SHOW EVER AGAIN. IMPEACH THAT DUMB PRESIDENT BEE-ATCH. SHE'S DUMBER THAN GEORGE BUSH.
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I like the Kapoor character, I like the Sackhoff character, I love the Hutchison character, Rajskab is the hotness.
As the credits imply, Renee Walker doesn't turn up in the first few hours this season -- but it's well known that both she and Charles Logan will be back at some point in 2010. -
Remember when the first four episodes of season five were leaked online because they were sold as a DVD set the day after they aired? These will be leaked as well, and just like last time when that guy went to prison for posting the spoilerish parts on YouTube, it'll happen again this time...
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THIS MAY START OFF GOOD LIKE ALMOST EVERY YEAR, BUT THEN IT IS GOING TO TURN TO SUCKING HARD AND YOU KNOW IT. WHERE TO BEGIN ABOUT LAST YEAR: Secret underground tunnel to the Whit House; Evil Tony; an inexplicable deal for Voight's character which ultimately led to just another red herring lead, the President constantly willing to allow Americans to die for a pointless war in Africa, the President selling out her own daughter for doing the only heroic thing in the whole season. I could go on and on.
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Dec 10, 2009 10:43:16 AM CST
Having Janeane Garafolo and Jon Voight on the same show
by asimov_lives
was like putting a portable hole inside a bag of holding. If you were ever a D&D geek you know what I'm talking about.
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I wasn't a big fan of Cherry Jones last season; she wasn't great but wasn't bad...but then she gets nominated and wins an Emmy for Best Supporting Actress. Wow. Hoping for some range from her this time around.
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...I've realized that this show blows.
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'Nuff said.
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One of the better things about the post-Gou'ald episodes of Stargate. Granted, he was a Gou'ald, which might have been the reason he was interesting. But he always played a decent bastard on Stargate, so he's probably the opening villain for 24 this year. The Peter Wingfield-ish bad guy who gets killed after the first 5-10 episodes.
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The hotness factor just went up a few notches. She is a sexy mucho. She will take the place of the now Frumpy Bauer.
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Sound, but no image as "This service is not available in your region" because the fine folks at AICN don't understand there's a whole planet out there, beyond their limited geographical borders, and they just keep on using services with limited distribution.
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...a.) Chloe finally dies this seasons
b.) It will be better than the last season, which started strong but then became the 2nd worst season of the whole show. (Only Season 3 was worse.) -
It guarantees me sitting through an entire season yet again, even if the "magic" is back from earlier seasons.
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I sure hope Jack kills someone by creative means this year. I'm hoping it's a #2 pencil in honor of 2for2true.
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even that couldn't get me to tune in this season.
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That British baddie was badassed, Jack threatening to kill his daughter was awesome, Jack being forced to execute Ryan Chapelle was the ballsiest thing i'd ever seen at the time, and the weapon was something other than a nuke that was also credibly terrifying. I never understood why people think season 3 is weak.
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It started out slowly but once Saunders was introduced it ramped up. The Chapelle killing was an awesome moment and wasn't that also the season where Tony was forced to turn traitor by the bad guys?Last season was also pretty good, even if it was even more unbelievable than before. Still, Tony VS Jack had some good moments and you can't beat John Voight overacting whilst chucking someone to their death.Bring on the last season!
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4 hours, where everything just wheeled around that former ally of Jack. Very anti-climatic. Otherwise a strong season; hated though the final fate of Nina Myers! She should so not have been shot by Jack. Strong scene ("No, You don't!") but very bad for future storylines now without her. She was some badass!! And a cutie!
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Come on - just for the sake of the final day of 24 on TV! Let's get her ready to rrrrrrumble!!!
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Didn't like his storyline. Too farfetched...
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And then he was back in action barely 3 hours later. That was the truly ridiculous 24 of years past. people forget about stuff like that. It was barely buyable, yet utterly insane. Shot in the god damn throat I tell ya! And that was back when Tony wore shiny red shirts and had a goatee that made him look like Satan.
Oh, and Season 3 still had Nina, the best overall villain 24 has had. She was totally badass, you can't deny it. Except maybe Naked Mandy, whose return I DEMAND before 24 finishes its run. I want to know who the hell she is. I think she should emerge as the "big bad" one season. Fed up with being an assassin-for-hire, she takes things into her own hands and plots some shit. Naked. -
He blamed Jack for getting his entire squad killed if I remember, and then being forgotten about and thrown to the dogs. He wanted revenge, and he wanted money and his daughter. I thnk that was one of the least far-fetched scenarios 24 has had. Let's talk about shooting down air force one and recovering a nuclear-launch capable briefcase from the fiery wreckage. AND the President survived getting shot down. What in the fuck.
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By jack and Senator palmer, who green-lit the mission he went on with Jack. Far fetched my ass.
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I'd like to see a terrorist with that kind of hair.
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and also a How Many Moley Moles Are There This Season?I'm in for 3.5 (the 0.5) is for a Mole who is only pretending to be a mole to help the side he is supposed to be mole-ing against.
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Dec 10, 2009 1:58:52 PM CST
Doug Hutchison without his hippie hair
by danielplainviewonvacationinboston
always makes me think of him as Percy in The Green Mile, and then I just want to hit him.
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As I stroke the monitor during season eight! Woo hoo! The Bauer Power Hour is back!
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Last season was just awful, I wonder who's great idea was- Hey we have the most badass character alive, so lets keep him in bed all season with a disease!
Fuck that, I want to see Jack taking on the entire country of South Korea or some shit, not lay in bed crying. -
Mostly because Season 2 was so good that the show wll never be able to top it, but also because it resolved S2's cliffhanger by mentioning it in a sideline ("Everybody got caught."), the introduction of Chloe (a.k.a. the fucking worst character that the show ever had), the "reset button" that they pushed after a few episodes("Oh, hi, it's me, Jack. I'm undercover. Ignore what happened during the last few hours. It has nothing to do with what I'm doing now.") which led to the biggest plotholes the show had ever to face (Who were the people who chased the kid and shot Tony?), Jack got over his drug addiction by swallowing one single pill...
You see, the list is long. It had its moments of greatness, but every season had them so far. That's why we keep watching the show. Because when it's good, it's FUCKING good! -
How many episodes before the newest mole? I am guessing six.
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Called it the Bauer Bag. I bought a replica from Fox.com that has a CTU brass logo on it, its pretty fucking sweet.
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More than 3.5 ;)
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There will be an agent who starts out as a good guy, but is really a mole for the bad guys.
Same plot point from just about every season of 24. These writers are awesome-O -
Crow3711 - Sorry, if I've been misunderstood. His reasoning was sound an clear as a blue sky. But he came out of left field (like later storylines in later seasons). The story with the english guy and Nina Myers should have been the one to end that season. With another Big Bang Stadion-like finale. Then he could have gotten rid of HER as the Big Baddie (and Cutie!).
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His motives could have given us some real greatness for Season 4 (and also some excuse for getting Logan after Palmer)!
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could have been related to that Saunders' story.
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...Holy Frak!!
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...they will hint at the existence of a mole in a sound-bite conversation, and then within 67 seconds they will confirm the mole, reveal who it is, and it will be one of the people in the aforementioned conversation, the mole will be "killed"--and this will all be in the first episode.Let's hope they don't copy V.PennsyDeux--sadly, I say your odds of winning are good.....
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Dec 10, 2009 4:20:23 PM CST
Season 7: First 3/4ths - TERRIBLE. Last 1/4th - AWESOME.
by i hope you die
There was a great 6 hour show in Season 7 of 24. Just start watching when all the African dictators are dead.
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With all the time between most seasons (7 took place four years after 6.. not sure about the rest) shouldn't Jack be about retirement age?
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I've seen every eppy of that show, and it continues to suck balls, despite all the great actors and writers on that show.
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Or was that an oversight.
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And I hope Cherry Jones gets killed this season. Don't know how the hell she won an Emmy. Also hope that Jonas Hodges is raised from the dead, Voight was the best thing to happen to 24 in a long time.
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Didn't they say a little while back that the premiere would only be 3 hours, 2 the first night and 1 the second?
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why does 24 feel the need to wrap up the main story by Episode 18 or 19?...in the first 2 seasons or so the main story lasted all 24 episodes and the show was really good...ever since they started coming up with a new mini story for the final 6 episodes it has always sucked big time...why can't they go back to having the main plot go for the full 24 episodes??...and why the hell did they change it to begin with?
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Hell, Walter Bishop aka Denethor has.
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Damn I needs to play catchup.
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24 episodes is simply too long a season. It's not unique to 24 either. Most US shows suffer from it. I don't think they should necessarily be the 6 you typically get in the UK, but a half-way house would be great. LOST certainly benefited from being shorted and therefore more intensified.
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Everything was so BAM BAM BAM, information and twists out the wazoo. Which is good and fine. But I miss those moments from early in the series, those times when it more about character than it was plot progression, when we were given time to spend with a character and see how they're being affected by the episode's events. We never get that on LOST anymore.
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My life is complete.
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ABC's awful tendency to drag the whole season from Sept-July, and therefore punctuate the season with repeats. Speaking for myself, I just found it impossible to watch during Season 2.
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Dec 10, 2009 9:40:25 PM CST
Its Naked Mandy, the Cougar, and then the Jack Sack.
by dailysportspages
Get that shit right.
Oh and the mole will be Starbuck, she is the Cylon.
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You guys are on crack. The last 6 hours or so on season 3 is the greatest run of episodes ever on 24. It's action packed and full of suspense. Apparently, Tony waas originally suppose to die when getting shot in the neck. Sure that was over-the-top, but so is Jack saving the world after 2 years of torture in China only to be tortured again. (I still don't get how he could have that metal rod pushed through his back and was ok in Season 6)
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24 has never disappointed during its first 4 hours and half the time can be absolutely thrilling. I've seen every season except the last one and there is NO way the show can top the first TWO seasons. They were so well done in every aspect from casting, editing, writing etc... that every season, including the Emmy winning 5th, will always live in their shadow. Season 3 is definitely the weakest like RedEgir pointed out and I think dropping Kate Warner, Jack's love interest in season 2 was a HUGE blunder by the writers. She had, by far, the best chemistry with Jack out of any leading lady.
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just say that weasel faced fraggle is the hotness?? wowwwwwwwwww. ugly, annoying and all round shit more like. good to see mykelti on the show, class actor.
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The game basically gives you about 12-15 episodes worth of story that neatly ties up the loose ends in season 2 while introducing characters for season 3. Good stuff. Gameplay not so good.
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I was being minimalist in my inquiry about her appearing. I saw no mention of her in Herc's post or the comments prior to my post. I actually weent to IMDB later, although I am not sure that is 100% accurate. She is apparently in a number of episodes this season. Personally, I am not sure whether I like Rack Bauer or Chesty McFreckles better.
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If this is really the last season, they have to do the series justice. But it's usually hard to judge from the first few hours, which usually bear little resemblance to what happens later (remember the Mexico foray?) Jack Sack, Rack Bauer...Naked Mandy must make a reappearance as a nod to the diehards.
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Yeah, 14-17 is typically where it loses me too. Honestly, I've always felt 24 would be a much stronger show if it was in a 13-15 episode format.
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Sure it turned into a cartoon, but it was damn entertaining. Last season wasn't too shabby either.
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Season 6 was such an epic fail that I bailed completely on 7, never watched a minute and probably never will. I could see myself watching the first two nights of this, or at least recording them. Maybe. I was so disappointed when the writers completely passed on two consecutive opportunities to re-invent the show (ends of season 4 and 5) & realized they really have no balls.
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And whoever said its problem is its concept? That was a foolish statement, and may Jack Bauer have mercy on the souls of all of you haters who gave up on him, he will kill you quickly!
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The only bag awesome enough for Jack to put all his killing tools inside of.
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Renee is in Episode Two. Plus, she's in the promos. So Yeah.
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Bring Audrey Raines back! She is da true hawtness! *cries
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I'm there!
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I mean Mykelti!
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UseNet don't fail me now!
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Search for Jack Sack on Amazon.
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Don't ever leave me, 24. I missed you so. God, I wanna drown myself in Rack Bauer's sweet, luscious titties.
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Leak these babies... don't keep them to yourself... It's Christmas - the season of giving...
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Please let it not be the last series!!!
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- Virus released in the hotel half way through
- Nina is back
- Great twist at around ep8
- Chase was cool
- emotional ending with Jack crying
- Great baddy (Sauders)
- Very tense bits with Kim, acting as Sauders' daughter
yes... there were some really bad storylines completely unrelated with the main story (Chase's daughter, president's doctor to mention a few), but thank God they stopped doing those silly unrelated stories long time ago!!
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