And so another day in the life of Jack Bauer begins!
There is no way anyone could hotwire a car that new.
Does "later this hour" count close enough to "within the hour" that we have to take a drink?
Jack is talking about going to the airport and leaving with Kim for L.A. But we all know this isn't going to happen, because 9 episodes of passing through airport security and travel from coast to coast would make for the worst 24 ever.
We welcome Freddie Prinze Jr. and Katee Sackhoff to 24 by giving each of them a "perimeter" within their first couple lines of dialogue. That's TWO drinks!
Is so much of the new CTU made of glass so that we can smash it dramatically later in the season?
Cole Ortiz is distributing new patrol "perimeters." Drink! (Unless the fact that he's distributing multiple perimeters means we should drink twice.)
Arlo asks "who's Jack Bauer" and immediately gets the stink eye from half a dozen people who think he should go pick up the first seven seasons on DVD.
We're getting lots of "look! it's New York!" camera angles in this first hour, because it's going to be too expensive to actually film much in New York later in the season.
Victor falls down to loss of blood. "Dammit!" Drink!
This has got to be the slowest paced season opener of 24 ever.
Though the gunfire almost covers it up, I distinctly here Jack shout "dammit!" Another drink!
Jack Bauer goes Jack Torrance when he whips out that axe!
Wait, you mean there's an assassination plot in the works, and the victim has a mole close to him?! On 24?! Get out!
When CTU is describing the reporter Reed to the security guys, do you think they might want to mention the fact that she's the only woman in the place with blonde hair?
Even though Jack and Chloe have been on the show longer that anyone, this is probably one of the few times they've actually been in the same room at the same time.
We're in President Hassan's room, with a lovely view of the skyscrapers next door. Seems to me an assassin who wanted to get to him could just set up there with a rifle, you know?
Looks like Jack's gonna push his flight to around 4:00 AM.
What's with the crazy doors to the interrogation chamber?
Ooo... this is a bad man. He'll squeeze his body through the air ducts to get to you, I saw it on The X-Files!
Horray! Thigh shooting makes its triumphant return to 24!
4 comments:
I understand not being able to point out the "blonde, female suspect" in Los Angeles...you'd be tackling 95% of the city. But in New York at the UN during a Middle East peace negotiation? Come on, just say it.
The "I need you Jack" scene from Chloe was pretty good stuff considering it was very dependent on having watched the rest of the series.
and the little girl was ADORABLE!!!! Grandpa Jack is coming with us on the plane? YAY! HUG! sooooo cute! what show am I watching? Dammit! I hope they don't do anything to that kid!
they never showed the "drone" thing that was supposed to shoot down missles? what is this, Robocop? also, why didn't that guy have more missles anyway? one or two more missles and we would have had a very short season...
oh yeah one more shout-out to the axe! it was so awesome that they showed it again on the "previously on 24..." recap.
the mole
I'm already tired of Hasings and his "I won't do anything that costs more $" routine. Maybe he can fly a nuclear bomb into the desert or have a mentally disturbed kid and have to resign.
Arlo's not the one who should be watching previous seasons of 24, it's Hastings. Just get to the point where you trust Jack fully and get over the whole "This is how we do things on my watch" thing already.
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