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Uh, we don't know what her role is. For all we know, the writers may have come up with a smart, sarcastic, but oddly likable woman, maybe even with her in mind.

Couldn't tell you (although, admittedly, I'm still trying to figure out when all of America apparently turned on Rosie O'Donnell). She's a pretty good actress, and despite being mostly known for comedy, she can probably do more.

Well, "Africa" is pretty general. If they were going to set it in a desert, yeah, that's easy enough to do in California. A jungle might be a little tougher. But if Jack's supposed to specifically be in Cairo or Algiers or Cape Town, or even just a generic African city with a lot of regional...

I think the writers recognized that the innuendo was much more fun than the reveal possibly could be. Although I'm kind of surprised Kim was barely mentioned after episode 1. She must have moved East or abroad or something, because she'd have to be a tempting hostage for Cheng or Philip. And...

24 Hours of Terror: Kim (because Keifer will be busy shooting the regular show, and Elisha Cuthbert just sort of has the scream queen vibe about her) has to deal with all the terrorists her father has killed attacking LA, with only Zombie Tony, Michelle, and Curtis to help her. My friends and...

Man, why isn't Bryan Spicer the lead director on this show rather than John Cassar? These were some of the best action sequences all year, and Spicer's good with the split-screen stuff, too.

Even the chunk of the American public being underestimated likely wouldn't complain or stop watching a smarter show, because if the writers are doing their jobs right and well, they'll have manufactured suspense and thrills from the constraints of the physical universe that they're working with...

I think you're giving the likes of 24 too little credit and maybe giving Shakespeare too much. He was the pop culture of his time. And I feel like I've said it a million times, but it bears repeating - wouldn't something be more exciting to more people if the writers sweated the details and...

And D.B. Woodside is shooting a pilot for fall. It might depend on whether or not that gets picked up.

So what? Did you retroactively enjoy it less after reading that the mistakes annoyed people? If not, then it's not big deal. But the things that don't bother you might stick out like a sore thumb to other viewers, and since a show like 24 can only benefit from more people enjoying it, it's a...

Nothing wrong with wishing the writers would sweat the details a little. It only makes a show better and more suspenseful for more people when they do.

Maybe they do in 2009 or 2013, or whenever this season of 24 takes place. :)

Well, Ma's character isn't a leader; he's an operative. As to why he hates Jack, I wouldn't be shocked if the S4 debacle got him demoted/reassigned to a less prestigious position, and torturing someone for two years and getting nothing has to be frustrating. This last bit, I think, is...

I'd assume they'd be holding her in China, but Tzi Ma's character flew to L.A. with Jack, so she's likely either been brought over since then or he's flown back across the Pacific (although he gave Jack a [familiar] U.S. phone number). And didn't they figure Jack was going to be dead? Or did...

Invading sovereign territory and getting the consul killed is pretty much it, and it is kind of a big deal. That and I think the producers may just like Tzi Ma. Although, honestly, where were the Chinese holding Audrey? In the Chinese consulate? Did they fly her over in the last sixteen hours...

Gredenko's pretty clearly using a satellite phone, which strikes me as pretty untraceable - it's not like you can triangulate with cell towers.

Hey, give Jack a break. He's two years out of practice, probably jet-lagged, and hasn't eaten anything but a couple bites of terrorist all day.

Someone at Fox really liked Invasion. I think the entire cast will have been hired onto various Fox shows by the end of the season. One of the best episodes in a while. Part of what's been really fun is that I'm not quite sure just how complicit Powers Boothe's VP is in the coup, and it'll be...

I couldn't help but notice that when Jack was telling his father that he, Marilyn, and Josh were all Philip really had left for a legacy, he omitted Kim. Of course, if I were in his position, I don't know that I'd want to remind psycho-dad of my daughter's existence, either.

The trick, I think, is to have Eric Balfour in your pilot, because he's got a pretty darn good track record of having shows picked up, and then write him out after a half-dozen or so episodes, because shows where he's a regular don't make it to the second season. Also, I see he's been cast in...

I think part of it is that we've seen what led to the last two or three Presidents 24 has had: David Palmer's campaign, his eventual decision to forgo a second term, the guy after him being [nearly] assassinated, putting Logan in office. We got a sense of where they were coming from, but there's...

Actually, wouldn't that make him bad casting? The idea is that Wayne is in over his head and was likely elected by a country sick of the last four years of scandals and disasters.

Well, it's been mentioned that the Bauer brothers haven't seen each other in nine years (Teri's funeral). Still, the sheer absurdity of Graeme and Jack being brothers led to a lot of riffing in the Seaver house: (Swarm of CTU agents busts into the house) Rena Sofer: Oh, god, it's...

Peter MacNichol played a character on Ally McBeal (coincidentally, in the same timeslot) who was nicknamed "The Biscuit".

You know, I'm guessing Kim would spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with Teri's family even if Jack apparently hadn't been speaking with his brother and father since Teri's funeral. I'm really having trouble imagining the amount of tension at a Bauer family holiday gathering.

I wouldn't say Wayne has no previous political experience - he was David's Chief of Staff, although that's traditionally an administrative position as opposed to a policy-making one (still, John Sununu was governor of New Hampshire before he held that position for Bush I and a Senator afterward...

A significant number of folks don't rent; I know I don't have any memberships at Blockbuster, NetFlix, Hollywood Express, etc. Of course, I don't think Fox is making this thing to be sitting in the regular TV-on-DVD section for very long - they're probably paid to have it placed near the...

Well, there was a tanking series to shoot (Veritas?). :)

Eric Balfour's been in about five failed series since his run on 24. When the terrorist blew himself up in the storage unit last night, I commented that at least this one was good and cooked so Jack wouldn't have to eat him raw. I suspect we'll be making "Jack eating terrorist" jokes all...