See it again. Right away. Really, right away.
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- January
- 16
First of all, last night’s two hours of “24” were just off the charts. Stunning.
Jack, only a couple hours returned from being tortured by the Chinese for 20 months is fit as a fiddle, thinking on his feet, running and driving around LA and making nice with a man who’s been a terrorist for 20 years. He kills Curtis! (Curtis!!!?!?) Quits CTU! (again?!) And sees a mushroom cloud over his beloved L.A. (OK, Valencia, but whatever).
And the line of the night? Wayne Palmer: “Get me Jack Bauer.”
Can’t wait until the Season 6 DVD comes out? You don’t. You can get it the first four hours on DVD today, Tuesday. Yeah, you read that right. Suggested retail price is $14.98 U.S. / $15.98 Canada. Plus, you get the first 12 — 12! — minutes of Episode 5 without having to wait until next Monday.
How crazy is that?
But enough about that.
My jaw dropped when I realized Curtis was dead and not just wounded.
And seeing Jack puke after killing his friend was a side of Jack we’ve never seen before. Besides all the usual over-the-topness of the show, the scene after he killed Curtis was genuinely moving. Jack is feeling things he’s never felt before. Or, at least, it’s been a long time since he last felt that way.
On another note, I was really glad to see Chloe back to form tonight. In the first two hours, I thought she was a little too happy with Morris in her life again. Her little Milo/Morris shout-down was true comedy and her surly, “Like I’m already doing?” response to Nadia was truly to form. That, my friends, is the Chloe we all know and have come to, if not love, then at least expect.
I mean, her telling Morris that he shouldn’t act up to his superiors was so, “Hello, pot? The kettle’s on the phone for you.”
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I realized after watching last night's episode that I should rely more on my coworkers when I work from home. Occasionally, I'll call in and ask someone to check my Rolodex for a phone number. I never realized I could have asked them to train a satellite on the deli down the street to see if there's a long line, or to check if my dry cleaning's done.
And I want Jack's cellphone, where he can put a frightened mom on hold, dial up CTU and patch the two calls together. I'm still trying to figure out how to change the ring on my new cellphone…. Maybe I should ask someone in the office to help me?
As you're new to "24," Pete, here are a few rules:
• CTU can track anyone using satellites and CalTrans cameras — but there are always moments invisible to any camera that turn out to be key.
• Jack can do anything with a cellphone. I think he once made a woman in another state pregnant by pressing a few buttons on his phone.
Actually that was me.
I can't even respond to that.