24: Season Eight - Page 2

Not the best "24" season premiere ever, but definitely not a bore-fest as was suggested above. The ax to the chest shocked the hell out of me and I've watched Jack kill people just about every way imaginable at this point. I also liked the "Who's Jack Bauer" line...it just struck me as funny for some reason. Thought Mykelti Williamson and Starbuck were good additions to the cast, still don't care for Freddy Prinze Jr. though. Maybe he'll grow on me, but I'm kinda hoping he gets killed....after all, he's head of Field Ops so it would only be logical for Jack to take over his job if he gets iced.

What happened to Chase?  I vaguely remember them mentioning what happened to him and Kim last season but I'm not sure.

I thought the premiere episodes were quite good.  My prediction is the second half of the season will involve Kim at risk again, possibly the Granddaughter, too.  It would be a nice capstone on the series--Kim and Terry are abducted in the first season, and Kim and Terry are abducted in the final.

I don't know why Kim would want to go back to California, though.  That mountain lion is still at large.

So this is definitely the final season?  I hadn't heard that.

Sorry, I meant "Jack's final season."

I agree.  Pretty lame two hours.

I think the show has been in decline for
the last two seasons.  

Good to see one of the characters from
THE SHIELD (the informant shot on the
rooftop) making an appearance.

 

Does Kim know she married a vampire?

Season 6 was easily the worst in the show's history, but I thought last season was a nice bounce back....especially the first 12-14 episodes. After the siege on the White House, though, it went downhill pretty fast.

I loved season 6, I've loved them all so far.

So it has been confirmed that Kiefer and Cassar want to keep going with the show after this season? That's awesome news!

I really dug the latter half of day 7, it was all about Jack facing what he's done and preparing himself for death, of course it was all for not but at least it dealt with his actions and how he sees himself as a man.

See, I'm a bit dissapointed by that. I was hoping that 24 and The Shield might have existed in the same universe and that one day there could be a crossover. Think about it....."Jack and Mac!!!!"

Brilliant! 

I enjoyed the episode last night; in fact that mountain lion nonsense from season 2 was about the only time I've not thoroughly enjoyed 24.

What is it with Mikelti's posture? The man can't seem to stand up straight. Plus his head doesn't turn, his head and body move in unison lol.

His heart could be in this a little more, too, most of the time he looks like he's preoccupied, probably thinking up more ways to cook shrimp.

When you manage to render Jack speechless with an act of violence, be afraid.

That woman is a freakin' animal!

We may have a new resident badass on the show. Wow, I thought Jack nailing the guy with the fire ax was brutal, but Renee takes the prize with the saw. Your move, Mr. Bauer.

She Hulk; She Jack!

That's his thing. All actors have a thing...ya know, Clooney has the head tilt, David Caruso has the head tilt looking down. Mikelti has the hunch.

I liked the first 4 hours, though the whole Dana getting stalked by the old boyfriend with a secret thing just really annoying.

They have to get the Middle Eastern President to yell at his brother....'Why?! You were nothing but a chi wallah!!!!'

Watched all 4 hours tonight, went pretty quick.
I hope they wrap up Starbuck's ex storyline quickly and get her out there kicking some ass.

I'm with you there. That's the only storyline that's not working for me so far. Get on with it already.

I couldn't help but smile when the yelling started and I flashed back to House yelling at a criminal for answers, then saying, "It works for Jack Bauer."

It's nice to see Chloe struggling with new technology. The computer world changes so fast that being out of it for a little while can leave you hopelessly out of touch until you get back up to speed again. But it was also nice to see that technology is just a tool. The best decisions are still made by people with good knowledge, experience, intelligence, instincts, and motives.

If there was any question about Renee's mental state after last season, I think that was out the window somewhere around the 2nd or 3rd revolution of the saw. Now I'd like to think I'm not a closet sicko, but seeing what she did, then thinking about to her saying, "I know how to remove that," I just can't help but chuckle a bit. :-( That was even worse than the fire axe to the chest. Just raw.
 
haven't been irritated by Freddy Prinze, Jr. so far, which is why you watch before you complain.
 
Katee Sackhoff? She could have been talking to me when she told her coworker to stop looking at her. In Bionic Woman, I still felt she was Starbuck-ish, but I think she's pulling off a new character here so far. She's such an untraditional pretty girl (just look at the number of blemishes on her face sometime), but a pretty girl nonetheless.

The black guy who is in charte of CTU NYC... he has some strange thing going on with his shoulders/neck/head. It's like he is almost a hunchback. Is the actor in question always like that (in other words, that's his build) or is he doing that for the role?

Kim Bauer... she looks more like a woman and less like a kid, now. On the other hand, she didn't strike me as gorgeous this time. Still, it was worth the weight in gold to me that she understood and they didn't write her as a whiny, "I thought we were important to you" daughter. I think I would have become physically ill.

All in all, not too many blatantly stupid moments. It's not the best of "24" (so far) but I'm glad the show is back. And I'm really interested in what they're going to do with Renee. Yowza.

Why didn't Starbuck recognize Leoben?  I keed, I keed.
 

Once the nuclear threat kicked in and they brought Renee, the show was clicking again for me.   Let's hope Renee can bring the Bauer out of Jack.

I find it laughable that Jack took a beating just an hour ago, and his face is fresh as daisies in this second hour tonight.  Maybe that cop can't punch worth a damn.

President Hassan's hair was looking good, even after getting bombed and rolled.  I find it funny he was the "Regis" of "Slumlord Millionaire" and now he's a president.

Is Sark undercover in this Russian crime family?  Hah.
 

It is wild how much crossover there is for actors in TV shows. In the first 4 hours of "24" we've seen characters from 3 great, but now defunct shows(Battlestar Galactica, The Shield and Alias).

And the Wire.  The cop who beat up Jack.. from the Wire :)

 

Though I can never picture Sark as anything but :)

The axe was pretty much the sole high point of the first two hours. Everything else was more of the same. Someone dirty on the inside? Poor employee screening at CTU? At least they've traded up to pleasant wood paneling.

In the third hour, after Jack got tasered by the "cop" I said fuck it, and skipped to the next hour to catch crazy Agent Walker. I gather from the Previouslies that Jack somehow got out of that jam. Hah, now they've taken Omar to CTU, historically among the least safe places on earth. Skip all the talky filler to get to the end: she's crazy, but not crazy enough.

After 7-1/6 seasons, I'm out. I may never find out the reason for Katee's oddly deliberate hair style.

Not the greatest start to a 24 season (I think that title goes to the opener for season 6), but still pretty solid. The new CTU is certainly a breath of fresh air. It was cool seeing Doug Hutchison and Jurgen Prochnow on board as two of the Russians. Too bad they've already killed off the former. He was so good in The Green Mile that I couldn't hate his character like the movie wanted me to. I don't even mind the Dana subplot, as I've had a thing for Katee Sackhoff since Halloween Resurrection, so the more screen time, the better. And yes, she's pretty much the sole reason that I own that movie.

 

Anyway, looking forward to seeing who else pops up as the season goes on.

I'm hooked for now...the Starbuck side story is what's bugging the hell out of me so far.  Somebody with that much shit in her past would never get that inside an agency like CTU, especially with a name change.