24: Season 2 - Hour 1 - 10/29/02 (2 Viewers)

[Jason Seaver]

still hate Kim's character. She is just as stupid as ever and must always be in some kind of trouble.

Well, yeah - people who aren't in or causing trouble don't have much place in thrillers.
I don't know about stupid, though - she seemed to take control of the situation pretty quickly, and only really seemed to be in trouble for the last five minutes. For all we know, next week she'll stand this guy down with "I've been held hostage by terrorists - you don't scare me".

 

[Morgan Jolley]

I like how the show started off. I'm happy that the style is still VERY much the same as the last season and that the new characters are already pretty well defined.

One thing I really like is how Jack has changed from the last season. If they wanted the show to be dumb, he would be head of CTU or be working for the government and his daughter would be in college, but instead they use the more realistic scenario that was used last night.

I'm looking forward to the rest of this season eagerly. The only thing is, what can they do next season to top nuclear terrorism?

 

[Matt Goddard]

I'm dying to find out whether Jack just shows up looking for Wald next week with the guy's head in a duffle bag.

Anyone upset with Jack's actions at the end of the episode needs to remember that, as some others have said, Jack isn't law enforcement. He is ex-special forces who used to kill for a living, ie it was his team whose mission was to assasinate Drazen 3 1/2 years ago. The guy Jack shot last night was simply collateral damage.

Jack's mission in Season 2 is to prevent a nuclear device from detonating in Los Angeles. I seriously doubt Jack has a copy of the Miranda Rights in his wallet. He will stop at nothing to stop the terrorists. He is not a member of the ACLU and really doesn't care about manners or due process. That tends to get in the way when you only have 24 hours to save 2.5 million innocent people.

I said it last year and I'll say it again: 24 is the greatest show on television!

 

[MickeS]

Josh, yeah 24 got the Emmy for best writing for a drama series. I didn't see the Emmy in last night's show, that's cool.
/Mike

 

[Joel Fontenot]

For all we know, next week she'll stand this guy down with "I've been held hostage by terrorists - you don't scare me".

I was thinking the same thing after watching the preview for next week.

What I found funny, or coincidental, was that while this season starts at 8:00 am in L.A., the very first scene is actually in Seoul, S. Korea and it's 12 midnight.

 

[GordonL]

Looks like '24' did pretty well.

'24' Premiere Clocks Record Ratings
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For those who missed the season premiere and don't get F/X,
it will be rerun next Monday, Nov 4 at 9 PM in the slot vacated by 'girls club'.

 

[Patrick Sun]

But the scene in Seoul is occuring in real time, just with an 8 hour time zone difference.

 

[John Thomas]

Right on, Patrick. So, in essence, it is starting at midnight and leads me to believe it may link back to Seoul before this year's shows are over.

By the way, no one's making a big fuss over the torture that the man in South Korea was going through. Is it only because the protagonist (Jack) wasn't involved or is it for other reasons? Hmm.

 

[Dave Scarpa]

Well I liked what I saw so Far. Keiffer Asking for a Hack saw ! Yikes he's over the Edge ! Has He slept in the year we last saw him? Excellent. My only resevation Shoehorning Kim back in seems forced especially if they hook her plot into the main storyline or even if they don't. It just seems I get a negative reaction whenever the plot breaks back to her.

 

[Rob P S]

Great first episode. A bit talky for the first 40 minutes or so, but that's OK - they needed to set up the premise and introduce the new characters, which they did very well. I'm expecting great things from the show this year and hope they sustain the quality over all 24 episodes. Can't wait for the return of Nina and Sherry! The best show on TV.

 

[VicRuiz]

Who said that Nina is going to return? She's in jail!

 

[Angel Pagan]

Who said that Nina is going to return? She's in jail!

Yeah, so was Drazen at one point.

 

[gregstaten]

Patrick: it isn't an 8 hour difference, it is a *16* hour difference. The prime meridien is between the US and Asia. So in Korea it was the start of the next day.

-greg

 

[John Thomas]

*sigh*

 

[Tommy Ceez]

I thought Nina got away, did I forget something

 

[Michael Lee]

At the end of Season 1, Nina definitely did not get away.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Okay, if it's 8 a.m. Pacific time, what time is it in Korea? Is it 12 a.m. or is it 4 p.m.?

 

[MickeS]

well, according to the Windows clock Pacific Time is GMT - 8 hrs and Seoul is GMT + 9 hrs. So that would give a 17 hr time difference and at 8 am pacific it's 1 am the next day in Seoul.

/Mike

 

[GlennH]

One big thread for such a serialized show.

Why? Just because it is serialized doesn't mean the discussion has to be in one big thread. Here's why I think this isn't the best way to do it:

1. This thread will get too big and unwieldly rather quickly. Figure at least 2 or 3 pages of posts per week discussing that week's show, maybe more. So at some point you'll no doubt have to start a new thread or two anyway.

2. What if somebody is running behind (watching the show later on FX or tape or Tivo) and wants to check out the discussion only up to the point he's seen? How does he know where to look and not go too far to see spoilers?

To me, having a new thread each week titled "24 - Episode 1 (8 - 9 a.m.)", etc., would be a better way to do it. Then people can check out the discussion on a specific episode as they see fit and wouldn't have to search for the beginning of each week's discussion.

Just my opinion.

Anyway, enjoyed the first show. After some initial setup it's right back to the suspense again.

 

[BrianShort]

Glenn: I agree, I'd rather see seperate threads for each show as well.