Jack’s back, baby!
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- November
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OK, not quite, but it’s coming close.
Later this month (Nov. 23), we get the two-hour 24: Redemption telemovie, which I finally got a chance to watch last night (more on that later in this post).
Even more importantly, Fox has finally released the premiere date for Season 7, which will come rushing at us like Season 6’s premiere did: Two hours a night for two nights: 8-10 p.m. Jan. 11 (a Sunday) and Jan. 12 (a Monday). It finally settles into its regular time slot at 9 p.m. Jan. 19.
And, not shockingly for those with basic math skills, the fourth hour of the season is the show’s 150th on the air.
Now, for my initial thoughts on 24: Redemption.
Sigh.
So much promise, so … well, dull.
Sure, it was fun to see Jack break a bad guy’s neck with his legs (it was in the trailer, so don’t yell that I’m spoiling anything for you). And Jack was Jack — he yelled, he whispered, he squared his jaw, he saved lives, he took lives. Every moment Jack was on screen, it was enjoyable to watch.
But there was far too much of the bad guys running around trying to kidnap child soldiers. I know it’s a Serious Subject and it’s Important and we should all Care. I felt vaguely guilty when my attention wandered and I started thinking, “Where’s Jack? Show us Jack!”
Like this:
It did, however, set up some interesting issues for Season 7, showing us the Bad Guys now and explaining how Jack got here from there and why he comes back to the States to testify before a Senate panel. We got to meet new President Allison Taylor and bid a fond farewell to slimy President Noah Daniels. We met some new folks and missed dear Chloe (who’s in the Season 7 trailer with a classic Chloe line).
Jack said “dammit” a lot and the telemovie was in Real Time, unfolding over a two-hour period in some made-up African nation and in Washington, D.C.
And despite everything I just said, it was still among the better two hours you could spend watching television. But the Season 2 and Season 5 peaks will be hard to top.
Hopefully, Season 7 can erase Season 6 from our collective consciousness. 
Don’t forget: Tony’s one of the Big Bads this season. And though he wasn’t in the premiere, he was in the trailer, and Jack and Tony get up close and personal.
I have my own theory on why Tony’s a Bad Guy now: He was “killed,” basically, by the powers that run this country, kinda sorta. Jack’s family killed Michele Dessler and David Palmer and tried to kill Tony. They’re the people who were behind President Charles Logan (you know, the bad president).
Tony’s not turning against his country, I don’t believe, but rather the corrupted politicians running it and the power brokers who’ve corrupted them.
Photos courtesy of Fox.
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I hope you’re right about Tony. ‘Cause, you know, I love Tony – there I said it. I can’t wait for 24 to come back, it seems like years… oh wait, it was.