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I've been very quiet about my obsession for 24 lately. Okay, I've been quiet about everything lately. However, with the premier of 24 in 10 days, I'm going to break my silence.
I'm usually spoiler queen, but this year I've decided to go spoiler free. Well, not completely spoiler free, because I know two of the biggest ones that deal with the first episodes, but other than that, I know nothing. Or, rahter, nothing much.
There are several things that I'm looking forward to this year, most of all is Sean Astin. He's got a great spread in the TV Guide this week. This is my favorite quote:
I play Lynn McGill, a cocky young bureaucrat sent by the president and district to oversee operations at CTU. I’m an overlord, an ubercrat. And let me tell ya, they need one, because CTU hasn’t exactly been running like a Swiss watch lately.
Heh. Can't wait to see Lynn but heads with Jack. Ubercrat or not, he's going to loose.
I also love his answer when he was asked if Lynn was going to meet and quick and violent demise:
Let's just put it this way: I thought I'd be doing four or five episodes and signed up for seven. We just did my ninth. So if he's going down, he's not going down easy.
There is also a really nice picture of him. Life is good.
Now since this is a 24 post, I'm going to talk a bit about Michelle's death.
Now, all my sources say the Michelle buys it in the opener. I'm OK with this. I'm also OK with Palmer dying, which is also supposed to happen in the opener. While I love both characters, I'm okay with the thought that they're "going to buy for plot's sake".
The biggest problem with Michelle's death is it's effect on Tony. While pondering that, I came to a dark and depressing line of characterization for him.
We start with the fact that Michelle is killed because she knows Jack is alive or because she is a friend of Jacks. The bad guys are actually trying to kill them both, but Tony survives and Michelle dies in his arms. Tony is taken back to CTU (because the top-notch medical care there) where he spends several episodes in pain and mourning. During this time, Tony comes to one decision -- it's all Jack's fault. There are a lot of reasons he could come up with to support this. From imagining that Jack is bitter over Tony and Michelle's happiness after he lost his own wife to despising Jack's continual insistence of putting "the job" before individual people.
Over several hours, Tony's anger and depression over Michelle's death mixes with a new hatred of Jack. His tunnel vision becomes so strong that he actually agrees to help the Bad Guys get Jack. Only, even with his help, Jack survives and continues to fight the Bad Guys. By the end of the day, Jack stands victorious over the Bad Guys -- however, all Tony can think of is all the people who have died because of Jack.
In the final hours, when we think all the threats are done, Tony captures Jack and is going to kill him. By now, Tony sees Jack as a Grim Reaper. He needs to die in order for the world to be a better place. The final episodes, it's Tony against Jack.
Jack does all he can to reason with Tony, but Tony won't give in. The day ends with Jack killing Tony and fade to black as Jack holds Tony's body. The last shot is Jack's face when he realizes that maybe Tony was right: He is nothing but a harbinger of death.
I'm sure that they're not going to go that route. But it would be cool.
I'm usually spoiler queen, but this year I've decided to go spoiler free. Well, not completely spoiler free, because I know two of the biggest ones that deal with the first episodes, but other than that, I know nothing. Or, rahter, nothing much.
There are several things that I'm looking forward to this year, most of all is Sean Astin. He's got a great spread in the TV Guide this week. This is my favorite quote:
I play Lynn McGill, a cocky young bureaucrat sent by the president and district to oversee operations at CTU. I’m an overlord, an ubercrat. And let me tell ya, they need one, because CTU hasn’t exactly been running like a Swiss watch lately.
Heh. Can't wait to see Lynn but heads with Jack. Ubercrat or not, he's going to loose.
I also love his answer when he was asked if Lynn was going to meet and quick and violent demise:
Let's just put it this way: I thought I'd be doing four or five episodes and signed up for seven. We just did my ninth. So if he's going down, he's not going down easy.
There is also a really nice picture of him. Life is good.
Now since this is a 24 post, I'm going to talk a bit about Michelle's death.
Now, all my sources say the Michelle buys it in the opener. I'm OK with this. I'm also OK with Palmer dying, which is also supposed to happen in the opener. While I love both characters, I'm okay with the thought that they're "going to buy for plot's sake".
The biggest problem with Michelle's death is it's effect on Tony. While pondering that, I came to a dark and depressing line of characterization for him.
We start with the fact that Michelle is killed because she knows Jack is alive or because she is a friend of Jacks. The bad guys are actually trying to kill them both, but Tony survives and Michelle dies in his arms. Tony is taken back to CTU (because the top-notch medical care there) where he spends several episodes in pain and mourning. During this time, Tony comes to one decision -- it's all Jack's fault. There are a lot of reasons he could come up with to support this. From imagining that Jack is bitter over Tony and Michelle's happiness after he lost his own wife to despising Jack's continual insistence of putting "the job" before individual people.
Over several hours, Tony's anger and depression over Michelle's death mixes with a new hatred of Jack. His tunnel vision becomes so strong that he actually agrees to help the Bad Guys get Jack. Only, even with his help, Jack survives and continues to fight the Bad Guys. By the end of the day, Jack stands victorious over the Bad Guys -- however, all Tony can think of is all the people who have died because of Jack.
In the final hours, when we think all the threats are done, Tony captures Jack and is going to kill him. By now, Tony sees Jack as a Grim Reaper. He needs to die in order for the world to be a better place. The final episodes, it's Tony against Jack.
Jack does all he can to reason with Tony, but Tony won't give in. The day ends with Jack killing Tony and fade to black as Jack holds Tony's body. The last shot is Jack's face when he realizes that maybe Tony was right: He is nothing but a harbinger of death.
I'm sure that they're not going to go that route. But it would be cool.
