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After real life and pneumonia sidelined me for six long weeks, I have finally caught up. Huzzah!
I was almost afraid to watch the episodes, what with the comments I've seen around the Internet. However, I liked the episodes. Where the greatest eps of 24 ever? Well, maybe the last hour was. Other than that, no. But they were good. I love Tom Lennox. I wish Tom and Karen could have more screen time together. I want them to plot to save the Presidency/US. That said, I don't hate Palmer. Doyle has grown on me. His "Damn, Jack" in the last episode was dead on perfect. Everyone was gripping that there was too much about Morris and his drinking problem, but outside of one mention of Milo being concerned about it, it wasn't mentioned. In my opinion the whole "dysfunctional" CTU bit is much less noticeable than other years.
I think, however, that the show suffers when Jack isn't on screen. I think that has more to do with a lack of real tension in non-action scenes. I don't know why. Of course, I hated the whole President/Vice President thing in Day 2, so disliking this comes as no surprise. It doesn't help that the VP is so one-dimensional he could be a stick-figure. I just don't care because I can't see why anyone would believe the VP was anything but a power-mad maniac. And you know, Palmer saying "tell those who voted against me that there will be no repercussions" really, really stupid. They should be out the door and rubbing their asses where the asphalt burned them as they bounced dow the road. The reasoning is simple: The cabinet serves as the discretion of and for the pleasure of the President. If they so blatantly turn against the President, they have to go.
And now: the new episode. Huzzah!
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24_forever. I'll post it there, too, but I'm still going to leave it here.
I was almost afraid to watch the episodes, what with the comments I've seen around the Internet. However, I liked the episodes. Where the greatest eps of 24 ever? Well, maybe the last hour was. Other than that, no. But they were good. I love Tom Lennox. I wish Tom and Karen could have more screen time together. I want them to plot to save the Presidency/US. That said, I don't hate Palmer. Doyle has grown on me. His "Damn, Jack" in the last episode was dead on perfect. Everyone was gripping that there was too much about Morris and his drinking problem, but outside of one mention of Milo being concerned about it, it wasn't mentioned. In my opinion the whole "dysfunctional" CTU bit is much less noticeable than other years.
I think, however, that the show suffers when Jack isn't on screen. I think that has more to do with a lack of real tension in non-action scenes. I don't know why. Of course, I hated the whole President/Vice President thing in Day 2, so disliking this comes as no surprise. It doesn't help that the VP is so one-dimensional he could be a stick-figure. I just don't care because I can't see why anyone would believe the VP was anything but a power-mad maniac. And you know, Palmer saying "tell those who voted against me that there will be no repercussions" really, really stupid. They should be out the door and rubbing their asses where the asphalt burned them as they bounced dow the road. The reasoning is simple: The cabinet serves as the discretion of and for the pleasure of the President. If they so blatantly turn against the President, they have to go.
And now: the new episode. Huzzah!
Ooooops! Meant to post this to
24_forever. I'll post it there, too, but I'm still going to leave it here.
