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Some 24 babbling...
Jan. 14th, 2007 11:48 pmI watch the show with my husband and daughter. That's the main reason I didn't read any spoilers or watch the episodes when they were up on the web. It is also the reason most of my immediate comments get spoken to them rather than recorded here.
Still... what a start.
President Palmer -- I never had a big problem with Wayne in Day 3. I think the problem came with David's way of handling the problems in Day 3, still, I don't see him as great President until he learns two things: 1) the President needs to make up his own mind, not just go with the strongest voice in the room and 2) Jack Bauer is always right. David Palmer understood lesson 2 almost immediately and he did pretty good with lesson 1. There is hope that Wayne will get up to speed pretty soon. He especially needs to learn lesson 2.
CTU -- I like the feel of CTU this season. I liked Milo the first time around and it's good to see him back in a position that shows that some people to manage to live and prosper in 24's LA. I like Morris and Chloe is an absolute wonder. It's obvious that having Morris around is good for her. It's also nice to see her snark back, because that's what I loved about Chloe first. And Bill Buchanan. How I love that man. I'm very glad to see that he was still in charge of the CTU. It was also great to see him having a good relationship with the people at CTU, including Chloe. And married to Karen Hayes. The CTU may be a death trap for most, but it also seems to be Cupid's hangout.
Assad -- Alexander Siddig is wonderful. I sure have missed him since DS9. He's perfect in the part and has a great on screen presence with Kiefer. I'm hoping they manage to keep him around for a while. I really like the way the character views Jack. There is an obvious puzzlement in how Jack goes about doing things, as if he just doesn't quite know what to make of him. Which I understand because I've been watching for six seasons now and I still don't know what to make of Jack.
Faiyd -- This is a nice bad guy. I doubt he will be around for the entire season (although they did do it in Day 4). He's ruthless and driven. And because he hates Jack for something that Jack did, it will help cut back on all the whining from people who want the terrorists to have a "real" reason for their attacks on the US. And by real, they usually mean one that can be blamed on the US. Me? I don't care one way or the other. Hatred doesn't have to be based on anything concrete, but the personal hatred of Jack will lead to some interesting character moments.
The family and the terrorist -- This had some very interesting scenes in it. When the racist thug was beating up the kid, it was wrong, but yet he wasn't wrong the kid was a terrorist. I love how the show plays with the concepts like that -- you can't really take either side. Well, except for the family who was just doing the right thing and is doing the right thing for someone who would just as likely kill them as look at them. Can't fault them for that, but you can feel for them when everything is going south.
I'll have more detailed thoughts, later.
Still... what a start.
President Palmer -- I never had a big problem with Wayne in Day 3. I think the problem came with David's way of handling the problems in Day 3, still, I don't see him as great President until he learns two things: 1) the President needs to make up his own mind, not just go with the strongest voice in the room and 2) Jack Bauer is always right. David Palmer understood lesson 2 almost immediately and he did pretty good with lesson 1. There is hope that Wayne will get up to speed pretty soon. He especially needs to learn lesson 2.
CTU -- I like the feel of CTU this season. I liked Milo the first time around and it's good to see him back in a position that shows that some people to manage to live and prosper in 24's LA. I like Morris and Chloe is an absolute wonder. It's obvious that having Morris around is good for her. It's also nice to see her snark back, because that's what I loved about Chloe first. And Bill Buchanan. How I love that man. I'm very glad to see that he was still in charge of the CTU. It was also great to see him having a good relationship with the people at CTU, including Chloe. And married to Karen Hayes. The CTU may be a death trap for most, but it also seems to be Cupid's hangout.
Assad -- Alexander Siddig is wonderful. I sure have missed him since DS9. He's perfect in the part and has a great on screen presence with Kiefer. I'm hoping they manage to keep him around for a while. I really like the way the character views Jack. There is an obvious puzzlement in how Jack goes about doing things, as if he just doesn't quite know what to make of him. Which I understand because I've been watching for six seasons now and I still don't know what to make of Jack.
Faiyd -- This is a nice bad guy. I doubt he will be around for the entire season (although they did do it in Day 4). He's ruthless and driven. And because he hates Jack for something that Jack did, it will help cut back on all the whining from people who want the terrorists to have a "real" reason for their attacks on the US. And by real, they usually mean one that can be blamed on the US. Me? I don't care one way or the other. Hatred doesn't have to be based on anything concrete, but the personal hatred of Jack will lead to some interesting character moments.
The family and the terrorist -- This had some very interesting scenes in it. When the racist thug was beating up the kid, it was wrong, but yet he wasn't wrong the kid was a terrorist. I love how the show plays with the concepts like that -- you can't really take either side. Well, except for the family who was just doing the right thing and is doing the right thing for someone who would just as likely kill them as look at them. Can't fault them for that, but you can feel for them when everything is going south.
I'll have more detailed thoughts, later.
