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‘It’s Already Ugly!!’ Michael Madsen Joins The Last Six Hours Of 24!!
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For the first time this season “24” just posted two consecutive ratings increases. Blame curiosity over how it all ends. Blame also “House” returning to new episodes three weeks ago.
Michael Madsen – a man who knows from onscreen torture – joins the cast to close out Jack Bauer’s last six hours on Fox. But why does the network refer to his character as both “Rick Vickers” and “Jim Ricker”?
With only six hours left, the clock races toward the series finale as President Allison Taylor faces impossible choices and much to the dismay of CTU, she enlists a private security firm to complete a sensitive task led by Mark Bledsoe (guest star D.B. Sweeny). Meanwhile, Jack calls in a favor to his old friend Rick Vickers (guest star Michael Madsen) before he embarks upon a crucial mission of his own. Guest Cast: Gregory Itzin as President Logan; Bob Gunton as Ethan Kanin; Necar Zadegan as Dalia Hassan; Naneen Contractor as Kayla Hassan; James Liao as Devon Rosenthal; Reed Diamond as Jason Pillar; Michael Madsen as Jim Ricker; D.B. Sweeny as Mark Bledsoe; Navid Negahban as Jamot; Lesley Fera as Press Secretary; Justin Alston as Agent Beck; Graham McTavish as Mikhail Novakovich.
9 p.m. Monday. Fox.
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im going to cry when the show ends
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Attitude and persona-wise, they seem to be cut from the same cloth. Sounds like a winning addition.
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But thanks for noticing.
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my life without 24 is not going to be the same!!
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over the head of a bad guy.
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that's his grand scheme. "I just can't help it! I'm so evil, dammit!"
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Sounds like a Will Ferrell off-the-cuff name, a la Chim Rigalds
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Damn good. I don't care what anyone says. And I don't get those who say it's weak. I think it's way better than 6 and 7 were. Five is still the best season to me, followed by one. This one ranks up there with 3 and 4.
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The show's going out with a bang. I love it!
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maybe he can get together with Renee's ghost and they can spend the remaining 6 hours mutilating folk.
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Apr 26, 2010 3:25:34 AM CDT
They always bring in other characters
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
To teamup and do shit with Jack that could have easily been written for Tony. Palmer's brother in season 5, Renee in season 7 and the Wing Commander kid and now michael madsen this season. The one character left you could give a shit about and actually feel like he was in danger at any time and they just wasted him.
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Again.
Thats like the third time he's had that role.
He had it in that cool CBS show about post nuclear war America... Jericho.
And i cant remember the other show.
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Awesome!
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And that goes for a lot of "Shocking Deaths" of supporting 24 characters. Once they're gone, the show misses them and the new characters written are not as strong as the originals. It really makes you wonder what the point was.
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Mia Kirshner. Just do it.
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Since there's no Freckles, there's no point....
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STRAIGHTEN THE RUG! STRAIGHTEN IT OUT!
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Hello, Troy! Hi, everybody...!HI, DR. NICK!
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The other show was Harsh Realm. He co starred with Terry O'Quinn and the ex-Party of 5 guy who turned out to be a pedophile.
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1.) There are 6 episodes remaining, PERIOD. Then it's done.2.) Mandy has been the one wildcard villian who's still lurking out there somewhere.3.) Jack cut her loose at the end of Season 4, and while that seemed at the time like a simple plot device, it wouldn't surprise me too much if she...4.) Reappeared sometime very soon, and...5.) Ahhhhh, the writers of this show need to fill in the blank there. Properly. There is NO other way to give this show proper closure.
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Apr 26, 2010 8:58:32 AM CDT
Oh now the President needs a private security firm, eh?
by skidmarkedundies
Too bad she had a perfectly good one all set up last season . . . and BLEW IT ALL TO HELL! LOL!
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This could easily still be a top 20 show. Why is CHLOE of all characters the one that always survives? Because of her blind faith in Jack? Well, at least until now? Makes no sense.
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I'm trying to think of who's still out there that can possibly come back at the end of this season. One armed Chase saving the day would be bad-ass.
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I'm sure he could come back. As could Ray Wise.
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It's weird, in my opinion, because when Chloe first came on the show, her first few seasons, and especially while Edgar was still alive, I specifically remember there being fan outpourings of things like "Kill whoever you want, but if you touch Chloe, I'll stop watching." I think its just that no one wants to have to watch Chloe die. Now that shes been on for so long and keeps surviving, I think that feeling has faded a bit...but I do think they haven't killed her, first, because she's an easy device for Jack to always have an ally. Chloe believes in Jack like few other people. But I also think it has to do with the writers not wanting to deal with Chloes death. Unlike most people, who are soldiers of some kind, or if not, are often loners whose families and personal lives we never get to know. But Chloe, we know her husband, she has a kid, shes always given her all for the country, and I just think it would be a really ugly, nasty death, no matter how they handle it. She's just too innocent or something. It just seems wrong to kill her in a way I think.
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Seriously, how can we have a final season without Soul Patch Tony and Naked Mandy?
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Next time, use a pie chart!
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He gets kudos for his bit-part work with Tarantino.Beyond that, nothing but shite.If you want a laugh, watch him in Uwe Boll's BloodRayne - its the biggest I-do-not-give-a-FUCK performance by an actor ever. Hilarious.
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And make him the leader of all of this somehow. But don't kill him, Make him Bauer's Joker/Blofeld.
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Yes..Madsen has been in some classic, even iconic films. Well , okay maybe only one, but that ear scene will even be mentioned at his eulogy. But he has also taken a paycheck for some of the schlockiest schlock to come down the pipeline. So does the mention of his name instill any sense of excitement? No, not really. His role will have as much impact as it did in that Bond movie he appeared in, standing around with that bemused constipated you-tawkin-to-me? look on his face.
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Kudos sir...
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I've only been watching this show out of sheer momentum for years, but, after starting pretty crappy for the first 10-12 hours these past 6 hours or so have actually been pretty good.
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"...its the biggest I-do-not-give-a-FUCK performance by an actor ever."
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Apr 26, 2010 12:50:19 PM CDT
My first exposure to Madsen was ABC's "Vengeance Unlimited"
by turketron_2
Awesome show cancelled before its time.
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I think he's another one of those actor who had money issues; reportedly, he is/was on the hook for a big loan from another in his profession who also got into trouble. Definitely not the CFA type.
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But I always thought Madsen would be a perfect Mike Hammer.
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Donnie Brasco--and quite good in it, as well as the Kill Bill flicks,Sin City, Narc,Mullholland Falls to cite a few decent films. He has a certain Robert-Mitchum-ness to him that often makes it seem like he could give a shit. Sometimes it plays, others not so much.
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Could you imagine their parents, trying to contain those two?
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Oh, and is Sarah Jessica Parker joinging the cast....thank you, ladies and germs, don't forget totry the veal...
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and it's pretty damn hilarious that someone would try to gauge acting skills by analyzing a Uwe Boll movie.
Find me the actor that is playing it straight in a Boll film and I'll show you a guy who takes himself too seriously. -
...or are you gonna bite?
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What? People have been hating Chloe since her first appearance in season three. That some autistic/Asperger's-crippled whiner could get such a high-profile government job with countless lives hanging in the balance baffles me. Could you seelp at night knowing that your safety was in the hands of someone who complains incessantly and practically breaks down crying if you raise your voice to her even slightly? I have NEVER liked Chloe, and the fact that she's survived six(!) seasons of the show while Michelle Dessler only got 2 1/2 seasons before getting randomly blown up is proof of just what the writers of the show think about women.
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Look this guy hit his peak like 10 years ago his acting sucks all kinds of balls now.
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to make him go off the grid on purpose. These are the guys who used to write Nikita, they used to pull that kind of stuff almost every week.
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BTW, thanks for the Top Secret! reference. You made a bit of coffee come out my nose. Just a little.
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Apr 26, 2010 4:19:47 PM CDT
"You can call me Vickers, or you can call me Ricker..."
by mrmysteryguest
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Apr 26, 2010 4:20:26 PM CDT
"...or you can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay..."
by mrmysteryguest
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You may be right about that. im not sure whats cooler, him going it alone for the president or against the president. since episode twelve this season has gone way up. hope they finish strong
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Guest Starring: Michael Radsen as Clit Licker alias Chick Dicker.
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Why do they need Michael Madsen? =)
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I don't know why she'd secretly command him to disrupt her peace process and expose her as complicit in covering up russian involvement in the death of whatshishair but it's 24 so I guess anything that stupid is possible.
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and one of them will be filled with Madsen's awkward pauses.
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Where the fuck is Aaron Pierce during all this shit. Has hasn't missed a day with the Jack Sack yet. What the hell?
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Apr 26, 2010 5:56:18 PM CDT
Someone beat me to the Madsen pausing
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
Yeah there goes the final few hours just waiting for that dude to finish a sentence.
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A final season with no Mia Kirshner is nothing but all kinds of FAIL.
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Ahhhhhhh, Lumbly.
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I think there will be a lot of deaths.
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Madsen and Sweeney have both gotten very, very jowly.
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Jack's back is to the wall; he's hurtin' bad. An 8-bit Mr-T just hit him with a trash can. Oh shit - there's Michael Madsen with a fucking turkey leg! Deus Ex Madsen ftw.
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Jack stabbing Taylor in the throat, or choking the life out of her with piano wire.
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I can barely pay attention anymore
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Ethan's comments about Taylor clinging to her presidential legacy because of all that it's cost her actually ring pretty true. Credit the acting more than the writing, but it certainly pushes the rather uncharacteristic decisions she's made a little more palatable. Madsen's character is WAY too fucking convenient, though. Oh, well. 6 eps left, I'm really trying to just enjoy what's left.
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Haven't these people been WATCHING the last 18 HOURS??? Jack took down the whole damn Russian mob after being stabbed in the gut and getting strung up and electrocuted for an hour! Let the bodies hit the floor... :)
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Pix Stickler? Zig Ziglar? I dozed off during that scene. Help a brotha out...
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He's just this guy. You know?
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Doh! Jack got'em!!!
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It's been a long day, and he's saving his unquenchable bloodlust for laterz.
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It's Jim Ricker.
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see Jack stop at a taco bell or something, dude has to be starving
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You have choosen... ... unwisely.
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Translation: "Duh... HELLO? I'm Jack BAUER, idiot!" >:)
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Jack stops at SONIC and his carhop is... Naked Mandy! Boop Beep Boop Beep...
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The safest person in that room. Until... Jack finishes up with the hired help and turns his attention to dessert.
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Apr 26, 2010 8:59:30 PM CDT
It's pointless arguing about the time, but how the fuck
by hey_kobe_tell_me_how_my_ass_tastes
Did Madsen put together that arsenal in under 40 minutes?
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Just should star in a show by themselves - or keep that hood over her face.
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Surprising everyone, revealing that the fabled movie was just a ruse to keep everyone thinking it would end happy. The peace agreement falls apart, President Taylor is arrested, Jacks dead, maybe Cole too. The show ends with the world in shambles.
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After all of the leaps of faith Chloe has made in Jack in this season alone, why is she suddenly doubting him. Oh yeah, she finally got a little power and doesn't want to lose it. I miss the seasons when Jack worked with CTU instead of against them, Bill Buchanan wouldn't let this shit happen.
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Love the lighting and decoration of the torture room. Shackles & chains, really? Should've done some quick cuts between the torture and the weak President's speech. word scream word scream you get the idea.
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"We're gonna need a bigger boat." "And guns!" "We're gonna need a bigger boat and lotsa guns!" "Oh! And prayers!" "We're gonna need a bigger boat and lots and lotsa guns and prayers! Preferably from the Pope!" "Aw, shit on this, I'm gonna hide in this closet and cry like a little girl 'til Jack gets here. I have no spine... (*sniffle*)
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Sue me, but I think that movie's funnier than Airplane!"Nick, that's an interesting name. What does it mean?""Oh, nothing. My dad thought of it while he was shaving."
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Apr 26, 2010 10:02:21 PM CDT
Chloe vs Jack makes no sense with the legacy of this show
by jimbojones123
Plus a Chloe that knows when the Prez is lying through her teeth. Her blind faith has seen her to a dozen death sentences due to treason. She got lucky every time before siding with Jack.
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"If they catch you here your life will be worth less than a truckload of dead rats at a tampon factory."
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But man, Jack's sack got fuckin' big this episode.
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on L&O.
Thank God they changed their minds. -
twice in one season!
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Forget Michael Madsen, the real "news" tonight is the reunion of Reed Diamond (President Logan's aide) and DB Sweeney who both starred in Memphis Belle. Now they just need to figure out a way to resurrect Sean Astin's Lynn McGill.
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should be a complete clip show. or a musical episode. they haven't done either of those yet and I demand conformity!
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better not play a big part in the ending. But again, they parachuted a 'big name' in there for a reason. Fuck that. And that helicopter ride was way too short.
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Man, I couldn’t watch this shit on the East Coast feed OR live on the west cuz I was helping my little nephew do the ole “drop an egg” experiment. I let this nigga wrap that shit up in cotton balls, packing bubbles, put it in a shoe box and duct tape balloons to it. Nigga was PLEASED as FUCK with his handiwork. Then I showed him some simple ass shit that took about 33 seconds: put an egg in a jar of peanut butter. That shit aint breaking. He was not amused.
First thoughts: LOL@ this wacky cgi 1977 lucas special effects on the helicopters. This shit looks like the good version of clash of the titans with those claymation effects.
WTF @ seeing special guest D.B. Sweeney. :tu :wow @ him beign in it, good to see another nigga again! President Wayne Palmer is- Oh wait that nigga name is db woodside. Who is this other DB fucker? AW its just some dumb ass pale facecracker. NM. Back to square one.
Hahaha this helicopter pilot reminds me of the terminator 2 pilot and shit. Ole non descript generic face motherfucka giving a blow blow by of what Jack is doing. Might as well of used twitter, faggot.
HAHAH @ them NOW making use of a NY crowd!! that shit aint had no bearing whatsoever on the show for almost 20 hours yet now Bauer can just blend into thousands of people “because its NY.” CLASSIC!
Ethan is letting this bitch have it. Ugh she looking like a ole dusty muppet baby right here. Damn I just realized Ethan got a big ass wart on his face. Im gonna start watching the rest of these episodes on a 2o inch tv, fuck this Crackavision shit.
LOL 2 black secret service agents, looking like frenchy ass tony parkers
Zzzzzzzz got dammit too much fucking TALKING AGAIN. I coulda turned to Fox News for this bullshit. Do they think the average 24 view is 67 years old or something? Its not like we are seeing Alzheimer's commercials or anything.
Did Turkey Neck’s eyes just get bluer this episode, or am I tripping? The fact that Im noticing dumb ass shit like this means THIS IS BORING AS FUCK!
HAHAH A CHANK ANALYSIST! YES! Asians DO work at CTU. I bet he usually reads manga and plays online poker all day tho.
LMAO@ transferring Starbuck. So there is a fortified area that she is in, yet u are gonna remove her RIGHT NOW whle Jack is lookin for her?? Why not fucking wait? Whats the pressing concern? The bitch is locked down, he has no possible way of fucking touching her. Hahaha old people. Scared of their own shadow.
HAHA why is that dudes name Bledsoe? Drew cant be pleased by this.
Tight, Jack is finally experiencing REAL NY. Cheap ass gully bag knock offs right next door! Now my nigga NEEDS to stop in a bodega to “get some information”.
HAHAH WTF MICHAEL MADSEN??? How fuckin random Is this shit? LOL@ his character burns on his neck. I bet the movie will be a prequel with that nigga in it. time has not done this dude well tho. he look constipated as fuck.
And BTW how did Jack scramble a call from a dime store phone in absolutely no time? We watched thi nigga buy that shit, put it in his gully bag, pull it out and call Madsen, who has all the finest nerd technology in the fucking world yet somehow the call came up “scrambled”. Is that just fancy 24 lingo for *67??
HAHAH I already don’t like this Bledsoe guy, his fucking 80s mustache and bad hair are fucking with me. Also I love the overused side plot of some dickhead always giving the people in charge bad info “nah nah we NEED to KILL them – it’s the only way”. Hahaha thse assholes are responsible for half the shit that happens on 24 to make us waste an episode on unnecessary shit!
ROFL “ethan! We all just want to see u get well!” HAHAHAH what a slimy pompous fuck! I really cant decide who is a bigger dick now between him, the gladiator fag or shooter mcgavin.
And didn’t Ethan retire last year? This old fuck is forgetful as hell
ROFL@ Grumpy Old Government Men!! Ethan and Logan finna battle with canes and walkers over a bottle of Viagra.
Jack is just superhuman at this point. Nigga just omnipotent. Knows all, sees all, cheat codes imprinted in his DNA. Its like he playing life on easy mode. How in the blue fuck would he know Chloe “musta been playin him?” like my man Bubba would say? Cracka please.
Good ole torture, we MISSED YOU! Its been HOURS! man glad they found a way to bring that shit back.
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THat fuck needs a bullet in him. Obviously he is a swipe a Tricky Dick Chaney. Someone else who needs a bullet in him. THis show is wrapping up pretty good. I never thought that this namby pamby President would turn into such a bitch. As for Madsen, hey, the guy needs a paycheck and he has some gravitas. Looks like he's gonna be Whistler to BAuer's Blade. supplier of comm and weaponry. One last thing. Get rid of Freddy Prinzer Jr. The guy cannot act and always looks like he really needs to take a shit. I guess that is his form of acting. LOL
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If the the torture room had a hunchback, and an Iron MAiden, hanging cage, Pendulum etc. LOL
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is the funniest shit I have read on here in a long time, and I don't even know why.
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hahahaaha i vote black jack bauer best talkbacker of all time. you have the funniest shit on here bar none. head on over to the Lost talkbacks from now on and wreak some havoc over there and give us a break from all the arguing. lol
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This show is out of ideas. Everything has been done to death.
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have they addressed the stench from Milton's corpse yet? Nobody has wondered what happened to the civilian roaming unencumbered around CTU, even before the visit from the President? (credit to those who brought that up the past couple weeks)So now it's Evil Pres. Taylor? Just like Logan's little flip from good to evil.
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During her speech to the CTU team: "I want you to know what an important job you've done today. You've all... (sniff) does anyone smell that?"
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Threatening Chloe and telling Cole how he lied for Dana and his hands aren't clean so he can manipulate him into helping him.
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during the feature film.Or even funnier if they give Frack Bauer immunity and THEN she tells them about the body in the wall and the dead rednecks, and, oh yeah, I'm also a serial killer like Aileen Wuornos...
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Seems like MrBlackJackBauer's posts have vanished? No longer on previous 24 TBs either?
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Have they locked him down?!He's gone rouge!
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fuck it
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Apr 27, 2010 3:12:17 PM CDT
Would a body start to rot and stink after, like, four hours?
by nasty in the pasty
It'll probably take a week or so before anyone at CTU follows their nose and finds Jimmy James' corpse.
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MrBlackJackBauer has uncovered something....huge...and the remnants of the Bluetooth Group or the Powerball cabal have shut him down.
Also...A body which isn't punctured or cut open would probably avoid causing a suspicious smell for several more hours.
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They'll find his body during the CTU christmas party.
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Except for Mr.BJB's recap this week, I think the last we heard from him was a negative attack/comment about ratings stories? Not trying to fuel a conspiracy, I'm just sayin'.
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and the backwards scene with Peter Cushing and the underwater fight alone makes it a classic. Watching Omar Sharif in that crunched up car gets me everytime.
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Apr 27, 2010 11:32:05 PM CDT
You only need two words to describe Top Secrets awesomness..
by otm shank
Chocolate Mousse
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and you should see the Back-Up Plan
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Given the very bad premise of the last third of this season... I was in the middle of fun and run. So here's hope, they get their final hours of pure GRAVITAS!
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Was Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction. Except he was tied up in contract with Justice Unlimited.In fact Tarantino said that Vega was the brother of Madsen's character in Reservoir Dogs.
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I too have watched a lot of 24.
Bit annoying to see some plot devices used again, but this is a good season.
Almost couldn't be arsed watching it this year, but am glad I did.
Always amused to see Talkbackers brand new Bauer allocations.
Rack Bauer. Frak Bauer. It's all good.
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the arsenal guy, or the private security firm guy? I've never heard of any of them
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"This show needs an enema"
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Michael Madsen beating the crap out of assholes while Kathleen York looked hot. ABC was insane to put that show on at 8:00, the timeslot usually reserved for the Olsen Twins. And I can't believe the people on here criticizing Madsen. Do you really want to run the risk of him tracking you down, taping you to a chair and reading you some of his poetry?
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"We haven't got time for your personality disorder!" An awesome burn of Chloe from the late, great Bill Buchanan, haha!!
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