Search results

Yeah, but only this time (until next time).

Yes, but Jack is ignoring the overall principle to save "innocents". The president is adhering to the overall principle to address the guilty. It's an important difference. My views on torture have evolved from the simplistic ("no") to the confused ("no, except in cases of emergency, but who...

It struck me that Jack asked why Tony turned on "him" not his country. It reminds me of soldiers behind the line. At some point, they stop fighting for their country (not that they don't care), and they're fighting for their unit. You're fighting to save your life and the life of the guy next to...

That's what lack of self control will do for you. I now wish I hadn't read that spoiler. It will actively change how I view the rest of the season. But what else would it do? What was I thinking by clicking it in the first place? for some reason, I thought I'd be reading about...

He's been working with the Starkwood guy's bosses all the time.

This is a case where having a week between episodes worked for me. That Tony reveal had a chance to sink in. I went into the next episode a bit more emotionally balanced. I still say the pace of this season has been great, and it's holding up as one of the better seasons.

Jack was already working on immunity on his behalf. He also said he was ready to face the music for what he's done. I think there's more to it. He apparently killed an FBI agent in cold blood. That is, unless they want to say that he simply deprived him of air until he passed out, then released...

I just don't get that. I don't see a catch-22 at all. Remove yourself from the land of "24" just for a moment and imagine someone calling Obama (or Bush) and doing what Starkwood is doing. Let's let through the fantasy that s domestic company build such a base on domestic soil to begin with...

Many people make the same association when they hear stem cells, but there are multiple types of stem cells, not just embryonic stem cells. In fact, most of the study going on is with adult/undifferentiated stem cells, which can be found even in adults. Stem cell - Wikipedia, the free...

It's completely possible not to care about one thing that's important while still caring about something else important. I'd even say prevalent. Even if he didn't care about his marriage on emotional terms, the show made a point to say that the divorce would get extremely (financially) messy...

Kim will be OK since she won't be running CTU computer systems, won't be a hostage, and won't be running from Mountain Lions. As for Voight being the best villian by far, I think I'll go ahead and put Dennis Hopper in that group as well. I didn't like that the President shut out her...

The President's most glaring inadequacy so far (but one most of us can understand on some level) is her burning desire for her daughter to be who she wants her to be rather than taking a cold hard look at who she is. The show can keep us guessing because it often shows us the daughter through...

Unless it's a prequel of some sort, or it's a wrap-up movie where Jack is in it only in flashbacks, or... But yeah, Occam's Razor would suggest Jack makes it, at least for awhile.

I envy those of you who know Jack won't die. Despite all the years of watching TV in general, and this show specifically, I sat watching the bio weapon scene accepting the possibility that he might not make it. Sure the odds are that he will, but it isn't a certainty to me.

Skip the clearance and just use the back door. I think if you use the key "damnit" it decrypts everything. Seeing Jack and the assassin go at it was goodness I don't recall seeing since maybe S1. I forget what season it was, but I want to say I remember Jack being in a tunnel in a stadium...

I had a long post typed up and then hit the wrong key just as I was about to post it. I don't have the heart to try to recreate it, so I'll just chime in with the basic repeat of my comment last week... "24 is back!"

Sure he is, if she gets put into enough situations where it's either save the country or save yourself. Anyway, it finally happened. I watched "24" live and I'll watch "Heroes" later. Who needs a 2-hr episode (which we'll get next week) when they pack 2 hours worth of drama and action into 1...

Nice, Josh. Oh, I don't know. Larry might come back with, "Come with me if you want to live."

The best part of the episode to me was watching Agent Renee Walker sinking further into Bauer-land against all her intentions. The tough thing about being Jack Bauer is there's no question he's done everything he's done for his country, yet it violates our conventions. Since this show started...

A few quote clarifications. FBI Agent: "The rules are what make us better." Jack Bauer: "Not Today" (If that wasn't the best line of the episode, it's definitely up there at #2) Jack Bauer: "Maybe you should get out." FBI Agent: "Maybe I will." (considers what's at stake...)...

I get your point, though. Some organizations are just great at putting a lid on any problems they have. FBI, CIA, local cops, etc. I'd buy any of them having a turncoat as most have probably hit the news at some point. But when have you ever heard of someone in the Secret Service (or NSA) doing...

I was pleasantly surprised that they rescued the Sangala PM so quickly. That's moving at a rapid pace and not dragging things out. Sure Dubaku escaped, but that's tolerable at this point. It'll be interesting to see if the PM can make it to the President safely. I've said it before in this...

I don't think most people are aware of TCAS. I wasn't. As for the crash happening in broad daylight, the assumption is the pilots are looking out the window for another plane, and that other plane is in the field of view. Personally, I don't know to what degree commercial airline pilots depend...

It's not a requirement to overlook everything in a show just because you like it. Telling fans of the show who don't overlook everything to go watch something else is unwarranted. Our reaction is just as valid as your own.

In addition to the eyeroll moment I described above, I had another one here. It is nothing that would take me out of enjoying the show, though.

I'm OK with the lack of killing as well. I also seem to be accepting the president -- at least for this past episode. The eyeroll moment for me is the First Husband gets "proof" from his dead son's girlfriend that the son didn't commit suicide, and he thinks it is a good idea to keep it...

Agreed. As for this season in general, I like the FBI Special Agent in charge. It's good how things developed with Tony, and it's good that they didn't just take the simple way out in explaining how he finds himself in this situation. Is the character Jon Voight played being played by someone...

It's nice to see Jack out of LA. And yes, it's irritating to see Jack being held accountable in this way, but they did give voice to the viewer point of view with the FBI agent in the car with him. To a degree, I don't mind Jack being held responsible for the same reasons he mentioned. Still, at...

Would you really want this? When writing is weak, many here are quick to point it out and we'd hear all about how it wasn't a good season of "24" because it was written under the gun, rushed, or written by overworked writers. Personally, I'm all about the quality. I don't know exactly how...