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February 13th, 2007 at 11:59 pm in MediaWe all know 24 has been one of my favorite shows ever since I was first exposed to it during an 18-hour marathon viewing session of season 1, which was capped off by my buddy Chong’s dad coming downstairs at 5AM and screaming, “Alex, go to bed. You, go home!” Heck, I’m not even so much a 24 fan as I am a Jack Bauer fan. He’s like the Favre of killing bad guys.
Last season was a bit of a drag though, I must admit. The highlight of the season’s “threat” were a few cans of nerve gas that induced diarrhea or suffocation or something and the bad guys had enough to bomb 12 malls or 3 Super Wal Marts or something. Kinda lame… Though even that was better than the season before, where every few weeks the terrorists had a new weapon that never worked and by the end of the season, they hadn’t done much of anything besides manage to piss off Bauer. Great job, guys.
But with this season, after nine episodes, it looks like we’re back to the 24 of old. The baddies inflict some major damage early on in the season and are trying to do even more. (this time, with some handy, light-weight, compact suitcase nukes. I think this is a market LL Bean and Sharper Image totally overlooked.) It’s fun, fast paced, and the writers are even doing a better job at wrapping up some of the smaller, logic plot holes.
Well, except for the standard CTU ineptitude. If you took away Chloe and Jack from CTU, you’d essentially be left with the real life equivalent of FEMA. In fact, I foresee the following exchange to take place soon this season:
Scene: CTU has cornered the bad guys inside an apartment complex and are ready to pounce and save the day.
Jack: “Have you set up a perimeter?”
CTU Agent: “Yes sir, standard CTU perimeter.”
Jack: “DAMN IT! Bill, this is Jack! Fayed’s about to escape! Have Chloe start tapping into the California Highway Patrol cameras!”
Honestly, their solution is always to set up a perimeter. A porous, weak, almost mythical perimeter. For once, I’d like to see a perimeter actually stop a villain. You know, like perimeters are meant to.
