Becky and I missed last night’s episode of 24 because of the Sabres game, so I bought it from iTunes and we watched it this evening. Eh. Not a terrible episode, but not great either (in Dave Barry’s words, “For the record: Drums in the soundtrack are not a substitute for action”)… and I’m still not sure how much I care about the rest of this season, now that I know no major cities are going to asplode. Anyway, Doug Mataconis says 24 has jumped the shark and Salon calls this the longest day ever. (Hat tip: Dave Barry.) WARNING: all links contain spoilers about last night’s episode.
Ok, so I understand the whole premise of 24, but have never been able to sit through an entire episode. However, I do have a question. Given that each one-hour episode corresponds with 1-hour of real-time in the story, and given that all 24 episodes in a season collectively consitute one 24-hour day, does this mean that Jack Bauer basically pulls an all-nighter every season? Seriously, it sounds stupid, but I’m guessing they don’t spend 8 episodes with Jack Bauer sleeping comfortably in bed …
Ugh. again this week. 24 jumped the shark UNTIL now. Last night was decent. Not as promising as last week, but they’re still on a climb upwards. Tony is coming. It’s not dead yet.
Dave Barry, I hope you read this blog. Nothing shows a 24 novice like an inability to stick with the show when the problem set up in the first two episodes disappears. Um gee - when was Secretary Heller rescued in Season __ ? Yeah, like 12 pm (with like 18 hours left to go). When did they stop the nuke plant meltdown ? Ummmm 2 pm ? One of the best seasons continued on for 14-15 more episodes. We could list the other seasons. One reason I tuned out was cause I was sick of the Fayed story.
Yes, Patrick, he pulls an all-nighter. Virtually the entire cast does — or at least the staffs of CTU and the White House do, along with the main bad guys.
If they bring Tony back from the dead, I cannot conceive of how that will not fail to kill this show. The whole premise of the show is based on killing people dead. If you start resurrecting confirmed dead people, then you have taken away Jack’s only real power. And the show can’t work with an impotent Jack.
I catch any 24 episode that I miss on MySpace, though watching such a show on MySpace, even if it is Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace, seems somehow disgusting. Thankfully, I’ve only made the double “fell asleep before the episode started/forgot to set the DVR just in case I fell asleep” mistake once this season. MySpace doesn’t have the added convenience features that downloading off iTunes offers, of course.
Folks can complain about this season, but I’m just happy to see Powers Boothe in a great villain role. I want his character to be president, preferably at the start of next season. We need a good bad intentioned president. Logan doesn’t count because he was just a sniveling coward of a man. Vice President Daniels is the real deal.
Tony passed out and was drug away. Plenty of room for maneuvering. Many thought Jack himself was confirmed dead - only reason we knew different was because he’s the protaganist. It will be a stretch, but Tony’s death was a major mistake that the show is paying dearly for. The producers seem to want to do a gratuitous death every season now that doesn’t move the plot along at all (i.e. Curtis). It was unforgivable for Tony to go out like he did. A slap in the face to what Carlos Bernard did for the show for 4.5 seasons.
My problem has never been with Jack pulling an all-nighter, but instead with the fact that he goes entire days without using the bathroom or having anything to eat. That always gets me…
I’m sick of these websites that proclaim that 24 sucks now, and that it has “jumped the shark”. It’s still the best show out there even if it hasn’t been quite as good as the previous seasons. So I will continue to watch.
Also, the correct way to watch 24 is to wait for the DVD’s and watch 4-5 hours at a time, and then pick it up the next day and continue. That way you get more into the flow of the season. I think right now, people are concentrating too much on one episode at a time, rather than focusing on the bigger picture.
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April 17th, 2007 at 10:15:32 pm
Ok, so I understand the whole premise of 24, but have never been able to sit through an entire episode. However, I do have a question. Given that each one-hour episode corresponds with 1-hour of real-time in the story, and given that all 24 episodes in a season collectively consitute one 24-hour day, does this mean that Jack Bauer basically pulls an all-nighter every season? Seriously, it sounds stupid, but I’m guessing they don’t spend 8 episodes with Jack Bauer sleeping comfortably in bed …
April 17th, 2007 at 10:42:13 pm
Ugh. again this week. 24 jumped the shark UNTIL now. Last night was decent. Not as promising as last week, but they’re still on a climb upwards. Tony is coming. It’s not dead yet.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:44:31 pm
Dave Barry, I hope you read this blog. Nothing shows a 24 novice like an inability to stick with the show when the problem set up in the first two episodes disappears. Um gee - when was Secretary Heller rescued in Season __ ? Yeah, like 12 pm (with like 18 hours left to go). When did they stop the nuke plant meltdown ? Ummmm 2 pm ? One of the best seasons continued on for 14-15 more episodes. We could list the other seasons. One reason I tuned out was cause I was sick of the Fayed story.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:10:46 pm
This season has been excellent. 24 noobs know nothing.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:40:51 pm
Why are you paying for the episodes on ITunes when you can get them for free???
www.myspace.com/24
April 18th, 2007 at 12:08:14 am
Yes, Patrick, he pulls an all-nighter. Virtually the entire cast does — or at least the staffs of CTU and the White House do, along with the main bad guys.
If they bring Tony back from the dead, I cannot conceive of how that will not fail to kill this show. The whole premise of the show is based on killing people dead. If you start resurrecting confirmed dead people, then you have taken away Jack’s only real power. And the show can’t work with an impotent Jack.
April 18th, 2007 at 1:31:46 am
I catch any 24 episode that I miss on MySpace, though watching such a show on MySpace, even if it is Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace, seems somehow disgusting. Thankfully, I’ve only made the double “fell asleep before the episode started/forgot to set the DVR just in case I fell asleep” mistake once this season. MySpace doesn’t have the added convenience features that downloading off iTunes offers, of course.
Folks can complain about this season, but I’m just happy to see Powers Boothe in a great villain role. I want his character to be president, preferably at the start of next season. We need a good bad intentioned president. Logan doesn’t count because he was just a sniveling coward of a man. Vice President Daniels is the real deal.
April 18th, 2007 at 8:29:05 am
Yay Strongbad reference! YOUR HEAD ASPLODE! :)
April 18th, 2007 at 9:16:46 am
Tony passed out and was drug away. Plenty of room for maneuvering. Many thought Jack himself was confirmed dead - only reason we knew different was because he’s the protaganist. It will be a stretch, but Tony’s death was a major mistake that the show is paying dearly for. The producers seem to want to do a gratuitous death every season now that doesn’t move the plot along at all (i.e. Curtis). It was unforgivable for Tony to go out like he did. A slap in the face to what Carlos Bernard did for the show for 4.5 seasons.
April 18th, 2007 at 9:47:36 am
Jack Bauer doesn’t jump the shark. Jack Bauer shoots the shark in the thigh.
April 18th, 2007 at 11:28:01 am
My problem has never been with Jack pulling an all-nighter, but instead with the fact that he goes entire days without using the bathroom or having anything to eat. That always gets me…
April 19th, 2007 at 12:39:49 am
I’m sick of these websites that proclaim that 24 sucks now, and that it has “jumped the shark”. It’s still the best show out there even if it hasn’t been quite as good as the previous seasons. So I will continue to watch.
Also, the correct way to watch 24 is to wait for the DVD’s and watch 4-5 hours at a time, and then pick it up the next day and continue. That way you get more into the flow of the season. I think right now, people are concentrating too much on one episode at a time, rather than focusing on the bigger picture.