24 - Day 6

[kwok_talk]

next week: a mole appears on nadia's face.

[fred]

next week, nadia appears on a mole's face

[conorkilpatrick]

"Before its posted on the internal forums."

No wonder they never catch anybody at CTU, they've got forums.

[iSteve]

A Middle Eastern woman as acting head of CTU?

[fred]

"Before its posted on the internal forums."

No wonder they never catch anybody at CTU, they've got forums.

that would **** up fred's ctu

#2 killer -photoshop

[fred]

A Middle Eastern woman as acting head of CTU?

they've been very open-minded about the status of middle easterners for about 3 hours now

[fred]

next week, chloe eats sour stuff - with moles

[kwok_talk]

I'm still waiting for the bazooka promised in last week's previews.

[conorkilpatrick]

Oh, god, someone blow her up.

[fred]

little ricky's gonna **** it all up

[iSteve]

Finally, some shooting!

[fred]

there's your bazooka

[conorkilpatrick]

You'd think that Doyle would have a silencer or a knife or some way of taking out that sniper silently.

[kwok_talk]

there's your bazooka

I thought it would've done more to the helicopter

[iSteve]

little ricky's gonna **** it all up

That he did.

[conorkilpatrick]

Ah, the old "three identical black hummers going in three different directions" trick!

[fred]

stupid mother****in little ricky

[kwok_talk]

amnesia strikes Jack's lady again. we come full circle.

[conorkilpatrick]

At this point I am pretty sure that Jack is a descendant of Rasputin.

[conorkilpatrick]

The Chinese broke Audrey!

[fred]

At this point I am pretty sure that Jack is a descendant of Rasputin.

probably - but the cartoon version

[fred]

The Chinese broke Audrey!

she's a girlie like morris

[kwok_talk]

she's a girlie like morris

bottle of vodka should fix her up then.

[kwok_talk]

Isn't Papa Bauer still out there somewhere?

[fred]

does she metabolize?

[conorkilpatrick]

Isn't Papa Bauer still out there somewhere?

Oooh! Good call!

[kwok_talk]

Oooh! Good call!

Papa Bauer in cahoots with the Chinese. Or maybe he IS Chinese! :eek:

[conorkilpatrick]

Sadly, I'm probably not in tonight. I'm 90% out, 10% in.

[kwok_talk]

Ah, you’ll be missed. I totally forgot about 24 tonight. I think I should be in. Fred & Steve have been quiet today.

[fred]

I have been quiet.

[fred]

I have been quiet. I'm pissy so I've hung back a bit. I'm in at 9

[iSteve]

Not quite myself either. But I'm in at 9.

[kwok_talk]

In. Here we go!

[fred]

I'm in now too

[iSteve]

Chloe's comment is going to drive Morris to drink again.

[iSteve]

Enough of the "Bad" Jack - it's time for "Bad Ass" Jack again.

[kwok_talk]

VP looks like he's had botox in his cheeks w/o the mustache

[iSteve]

The VP is such a liar.

[kwok_talk]

Is the VP trying to seduce Karen?

[fred]

I hope she gives him herpes

[iSteve]

Looks like little Miss Lisa Miller (the blond) is two-timing the VP.

[kwok_talk]

Well...looks like someone else is seducing someone.

[iSteve]

Now we have a mole for real. The blond?

[fred]

vp is surrounded by people he can't trust - no way 0 who could betray him?

[iSteve]

Time to kidnap Morris again?

[kwok_talk]

Morris going to get kidnapped again?

[kwok_talk]

Dang. I had abs like that....never.

[kwok_talk]

Morris and Chloe aren't looking at each other. It's like an Obsession commercial.

[fred]

she's not deaf - she's crazy

[fred]

nadia should punch little ricky in the face

[kwok_talk]

Morris should hook up with Nadia. Not really. I'm just kind of bored right now.

[kwok_talk]

Presidential booty call?

[iSteve]

So Lisa is the mole.

[iSteve]

The VP is getting ready to blow a gasket.

[fred]

he got burned twice - herpes and she's the mole

[kwok_talk]

Why would the VP admit he's sleeping with her?

[iSteve]

Make that a breakdown instead.

[fred]

one thing led to another and then I was ****ing one of my subordinates

[fred]

is tom trying to arrange a threesome?

[fred]

nobody likes an I told you so Dimas

[fred]

hwo needs a keycard when you have a gun?

[fred]

audrey's from albany
yaaay

[kwok_talk]

hwo needs a keycard when you have a gun?

I leave a gun under the floor mat just in case I get locked out.

[iSteve]

Two wounded souls coming together.

[iSteve]

Caught red-handed.

[fred]

this is boring

[iSteve]

Lennox is back in the driving seat again.

[kwok_talk]

Hello, Audrey's dad that I can't remember his first name from last season. Yes this is super boring. Little Ricky better turn into mutant or something by the end of the episode.

[fred]

secretary heller
yaaay

[kwok_talk]

CTU gets blowed up? Yayy

[iSteve]

Is '24' running out of time?
SCOTT COLLINS
April 30, 2007

JACK BAUER, America's favorite counter-terrorism agent with the violent code of honor and the weird sadomasochistic bent, is squaring off against a stealthy and unforgiving new enemy.

His fans.

After peaking in the ratings last year, Fox's thriller "24" has been getting dumped on by seemingly everyone in this, its sixth season. Critics and fans alike are aiming tomatoes at the stage, carping about the soapy and repetitive plotlines that unspool Jack's unlikely familial past, tiresome romantic triangles in the security bureaucracy and endless bickering among Oval Office advisors.

Last week, with a fresh episode designed to lay the groundwork for what the creators promise will be a typically suspenseful finale next month, "24's" ratings in the key young-adult category swooned to their lowest level in more than three years, with a total audience of just 10.4 million, according to figures from Nielsen Media Research.

More than one-third of viewers have bailed since the special four-hour season premiere that aired over two consecutive nights back in January. And if that wasn't enough bad news for the series, last week "24" was one of the prime-time shows that the Federal Communications Commission singled out in urging Congress to curb TV violence.

The vox populi protests have not escaped the attention of the show's producers, who promise that some big changes are on the way for Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) and other regulars next season. There's also speculation that something else might be at work in accounting for viewers' tune-out this season, but more about that in a minute.

"It hurts to hear the criticism," said executive producer and writer Howard Gordon, who spoke with me last week by phone as the cast and crew crashed to finish shooting the season's final episode, set to air May 21.

"I don't dispute it's been a challenging season to write for us. But it's reinvigorated our determination to reinvent the show. This year could be seen to be the last iteration of it in its current state."

Oh, dear. Reinvention? That does sound ominous. But Gordon says not to worry, as Jack "won't be flipping burgers."

"It won't be a musical or a half-hour," he added. "I've got a couple ideas, none of which I could even begin to share responsibly."

So "24" — the TV institution, to say nothing of the show's ongoing narrative — has at last arrived at a crossroads, and what an odd trip it's been.

Premiering less than two months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, "24" initially amounted to barely a blip on the pop-culture radar. The premise — each episode unfolding in real time over the course of a single day as Jack races to foil some dastardly conspiracy — sounded gimmicky. And given recent American history, Jack's missions against Middle Eastern bad guys could easily have struck too close to home. (As it is, the show has prompted plenty of complaints for propagating noxious ethnic and religious stereotypes; witness this season's major plot involving a diabolical terrorist overlord named Abu Fayed.)

But Fox stuck by the show, and, thanks in large part to the about-to-explode television DVD market, it steadily grew a fan base that finally made it blossom into true hit-level status sometime during the critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning fifth season.

I always loved "24's" willingness to work without a net, to go to crazy extremes in expanding the thriller format and somehow live to tell the tale — to outLudlum Robert Ludlum, as it were.

But two personal anecdotes brought the show's mass appeal home for me: My 70-something mother-in-law, a rock-ribbed Republican with narrow TV tastes outside of "The O'Reilly Factor," confessed that she never missed "24." And last year, while walking in downtown Burbank, I happened to observe a middle-age man take his female companion's hand and inquire, in a tone of voice at once soothing and conspiratorial, "What do you say we go home, build a fire and watch '24'?"

But the clock is ticking, for fans as well as for Jack Bauer. Longtime devotees are struggling to keep the faith during this trying season.

"The writers have recycled some plots this season that are glaringly obvious: a recording, an almost removed president, an assassination attempt on that president, an attack on a Middle Eastern country, an impending nuclear strike, a person close to Jack kidnapped, etc.," Victor Lana, a novelist who follows "24" for BlogCritics Magazine, wrote in an e-mail. But "the bottom line is that we still care about Jack Bauer."

Meanwhile, with apologies to my mother-in-law, "24's" audience is getting noticeably grayer, typically a sign that a show is losing its purchase on the windy crags of pop culture. According to Brad Adgate, senior vice president at the New York ad firm Horizon Media, the median age is 47.4 so far this season, compared with 45.1 last year and 42 in the 2003-04 season.

Those born with resistance to "24's" charms have noted that in the second and third seasons the show benefited from following "American Idol." Now, though, its scheduling is cutting the other way: In recent weeks the show's Monday lead-in was "Drive," a new cross-country caper that bombed and got yanked last week. (The network hastily replaced it with reruns of "House.")

"We had every hope that 'Drive' would be a good companion to '24' and successor to 'Prison Break.' We were wrong," Fox Entertainment President Peter Liguori told me, adding quickly that he nevertheless believed "24" would bounce back stronger next year.

But Gordon said he and his writing staff were wondering if something else was afoot besides the normal cycles of storytelling and network scheduling.

Could it be that the vague but gnawing post-9/11 fears that helped turn "24" into a hit are ebbing — the nightmares that envisioned great cities laid low by chemical weapons spilled into the water supply, say, or suitcase nukes wielded by shadowy assailants?

"It's something we talked about at the beginning of the season," Gordon said. "9/11 is becoming, quietly, a memory; the memory is starting to fade…. I do think that people are looking at the world differently, with less fear."

If so, that's probably good for America. And alas, that's probably bad for "24." Real-life political tension does wonders for creators of thriller fare. Look how kind the Cold War was to Ludlum and Tom Clancy.

Even so, Gordon sounds optimistic that "24" can recover from its annus horribilis and deliver the goods next season, no matter what changes are ultimately in store for the ever-suffering Jack Bauer.

"Certain tropes of the show will remain the same," Gordon said. "It'll keep its contract with the audience. We'll keep the adrenaline going."

[kwok_talk]

Ha. 24 the musical.

[fred]

who's in?.kdjn;k.dsjf;fksd;kfds;lksdf;lksd;lfk;fdsk;fdsl k10

[conorkilpatrick]

I'm in .

[fred]

nice. me too
kwok has cardinals tix
steve?

[iSteve]

I'm in (10).

[fred]

cool(6789)

[conorkilpatrick]

Hey - it's Jack illegitimate kid! And his dead brother's wife! I think the producers completely forgot about them*. And anyone remember Papa Bauer and when it looked like this season was going to be a Bauer family war? Yeah, that might have been more interesting than what this has ended up being this season.

*Well, not really.

[conorkilpatrick]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Secretary Heller drive off a cliff last season? Did he survive and I just forgot?

[fred]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Secretary Heller drive off a cliff last season? Did he survive and I just forgot?

yes he survived

[conorkilpatrick]

Nadia is in over her head.

[fred]

how is it that even as a prisoner he gets intel updates?

[iSteve]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Secretary Heller drive off a cliff last season? Did he survive and I just forgot?

His death was faked.

[conorkilpatrick]

Hopefully, whomever is the new head of CTU is another 80s star. Either that or someone else from Young Guns.

[conorkilpatrick]

His death was faked.

Was it? That seems vaguely familiar but I am getting old.

[iSteve]

Chloe grimacing, "I'm fine."

[fred]

yes he survived

from wiki on 24 season 5


Audrey copes with the apparent death of her father, Secretary of Defense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_Defense) James Heller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Heller), who was later found alive and hospitalized

[fred]

Hopefully, whomever is the new head of CTU is another 80s star. Either that or someone else from Young Guns.

I vote for Emilio
when all else fails they can play hockey against the terrorists

[conorkilpatrick]

from wiki on 24 season 5

Thanks. I pretty much blocked out everything to do wiith Audrey, I think.

Not many hours left for Nadia to have a dark hallway hook up with Silver Spoons...

[conorkilpatrick]

That guy in the tank top looked like the asian version of McSteamy.

[fred]

mo' on heller


After Henderson is captured by Jack, Henderson reveals he has his men on standby to kill Heller. The men have orders to kill Heller if Henderson does not make contact with them every fifteen minutes. Jack calls Heller to ask him if any of Henderson's men are visible, and Heller informs him that a man from a hovering helicopter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter) has a laser sight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_sight) on him. Jack is insistent on letting Henderson go to save Heller. Heller, however, asks Jack's forgiveness for not trusting him earlier, and wasn't going to let his life get in the way. On the phone, Heller speaks his last words, "Tell Audrey I love her." He then hangs up, and in a suicidal gesture, drives his car off the cliff into a lake. His car is last seen impacting the water of the lake. While it appears Heller resigned himself to committing suicide, Henderson mentions to Audrey the possibility that Heller could still escape from the car and survive. This may have also just been a trick by Henderson so Audrey would let him go.
In the episode 3:00AM-4:00AM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3:00AM-4:00AM_%2824_season_5%29) it was revealed that Heller survived the crash and was in intensive care

[fred]

Thanks. I pretty much blocked out everything to do wiith Audrey, I think.

Not many hours left for Nadia to have a dark hallway hook up with Silver Spoons...

np
and for the record - friends don't let friends make out with little ricky

it's not cool man

[fred]

should it alarm me that I keep hoping they'll cattle-prod that kid?

[conorkilpatrick]

I'll be honest, as much fun as I have watching this show - this season has not been good. It took six seasons but they finally served up a turkey.

Hey! Jack Jr. is finally acknowledging what everyone else on the show has either forgotten or ignoring - that a frakking nuclear bomb went off just outside LA! Not even 20 hours ago! People should still be freaking out. Where is the mass exodus of people every time we follow the action outside??

Poor, poor writing this season. Disappointing.

Thankfully I've got you guys to goof around with.

[iSteve]

Hey, it's Daniel from Stargate SG-1.

[iSteve]

I'll be honest, as much fun as I have watching this show - this season has not been good. It took six seasons but they finally served up a turkey.

Hey! Jack Jr. is finally acknowledging what everyone else on the show has either forgotten or ignoring - that a frakking nuclear bomb went off just outside LA! Not even 20 hours ago! People should still be freaking out. Where is the mass exodus of people every time we follow the action outside??

Poor, poor writing this season. Disappointing.

Thankfully I've got you guys to goof around with.

Feel the same way.

[fred]

I'll be honest, as much fun as I have watching this show - this season has not been good. It took six seasons but they finally served up a turkey.

Hey! Jack Jr. is finally acknowledging what everyone else on the show has either forgotten or ignoring - that a frakking nuclear bomb went off just outside LA! Not even 20 hours ago! People should still be freaking out. Where is the mass exodus of people every time we follow the action outside??

Poor, poor writing this season. Disappointing.

Thankfully I've got you guys to goof around with.

honestly, this thread is the only reason I still watch it live. this season has been very dull.

[conorkilpatrick]

Feel the same way.

What's even worse is that this happened a year after all the Emmy wins. Anyone tuning in to see what all the hype was about got screwed.

WahwahAudreyWahwah

[conorkilpatrick]

They're trying to sneak in with their headlights on?

And all those huge motors?

[fred]

What's even worse is that this happened a year after all the Emmy wins. Anyone tuning in to see what all the hype was about got screwed.

WahwahAudreyWahwah

I don't hate Audrey. For many reasons, it just hasn't worked for me

[fred]

They're trying to sneak in with their headlights on?

And all those huge motors?

they're very smart

mathletes I heard

[conorkilpatrick]

I don't hate Audrey. For many reasons, it just hasn't worked for me

I'm just tired of Jack whining over her. He didn't even take the death of his wife this hard.

[conorkilpatrick]

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/stylewatch/blog/070115/mcsteamy_400x300.jpg

"Excuse me, have you seen my asian doppleganger?

[fred]

I'm just tired of Jack whining over her. He didn't even take the death of his wife this hard.

for me, the show is really formulaic and I'm not huge into action. some action is cool, but it's got to be good. I like the intrigue/relationship/human drama side of the show. I think those elements have felt canned this season.

[conorkilpatrick]

The Chinese are invading CTU? Are they after Morris and his nuclear arming knowledge?

Seems like we're about to have World War III. Only with less Black Adam.

[fred]

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2007/stylewatch/blog/070115/mcsteamy_400x300.jpg

"Excuse me, have you seen my asian doppleganger?

you're looking for another guy with a beard sculpted from pubic hair?

(yes I typed public accidentally the first time)

[fred]

The Chinese are invading CTU? Are they after Morris and his nuclear arming knowledge?

Seems like we're about to have World War III. Only with less Black Adam.

I didn't read WWIII yet but something tells me adding Black Adam to this lineup couldn't hurt.

[conorkilpatrick]

for me, the show is really formulaic and I'm not huge into action. some action is cool, but it's got to be good. I like the intrigue/relationship/human drama side of the show. I think those elements have felt canned this season.

Killing off the entire supporting cast last season (while super cool at the time) is haunting this season.

[fred]

Killing off the entire supporting cast last season (while super cool at the time) is haunting this season.

that's happened far too often in the history of the show

seems large chunks of the cast are always new

[fred]

I'd totally buy Morris a shot if I met him

[fred]

did chloe dye her hair in the bathroom this hour?

[conorkilpatrick]

I can't decide if I want more or less Morris and Chloe bickering.

I think more.

Once an episode they should tear into each other for half the show and then end up making out furiously in one of CTU's many dimly lit corridors.

[fred]

you will be facing treason charges

and perhaps a stoning

[fred]

I can't decide if I want more or less Morris and Chloe bickering.

I think more.

Once an episode they should tear into each other for half the show and then end up making out furiously in one of CTU's many dimly lit corridors.

something about those corridors
just makes the cast want to act like animals


hey hey hey - then jack can turn the hose on them

[conorkilpatrick]

I'm not sure it's a smart idea to send the President's Chief of Staff out on field missions. I don't think you'd see Leo McGary out there sitting in a van. He'd send Josh.

[fred]

he does seem a bit high profile for the clandestine spy shit

[fred]

2 words to save this season:
grumpy munchkin

[conorkilpatrick]

Uh oh - the blonde is a bad actress. (The character, not the actress)

Of course, this guy's not really paying attention....

[fred]

I'm not feeling so fresh

[fred]

Uh oh - the blonde is a bad actress. (The character, not the actress)

Of course, this guy's not really paying attention....

he's um having 'blood flow issues'

[conorkilpatrick]

I get the feeling that this season, Kiefer said to the EPs "you know, I don't really want to be on the show that much this year..."

[fred]

I get the feeling that this season, Kiefer said to the EPs "you know, I don't really want to be on the show that much this year..."

can you make me a whole family to fall back on? I want to get drunk and melt action figures

[conorkilpatrick]

I love John Hodgman. I hate these Mac commercials.

Well, I love them yet I hate them.

[fred]

I love John Hodgman. I hate these Mac commercials.

Well, I love them yet I hate them.

they aggravate the shit out of me, yet some of them are quite funny

and aggravating at the same time

trying to say that I know just what you mean

[fred]

did milo just give nadia permission to **** little ricky?

doesn't he know the rules?

[conorkilpatrick]

they aggravate the shit out of me, yet some of them are quite funny

and aggravating at the same time

trying to say that I know just what you mean

What's funny is that at work our computers are on a British server so we get the British version of the mac commercials when we visit websites they are on. It's like being in Bizarro World.

[conorkilpatrick]

I think Milo is going to die saving Nadia from the Chinese. And then she is going to bang Silver Spoons anyway.

[fred]

that's funny

I put together a really bad fake version of a british mac commercial right here and then deleted it

[fred]

they have assigned safe rooms

they anticipated that they might get invaded by a foreign govt

[conorkilpatrick]

Talk about an ineffectual security guard.

[conorkilpatrick]

You're acting Director of CTU? You're wearing a t-shirt!

Whoops - not anymore.

[fred]

Talk about an ineffectual security guard.

ok

I know this security guard and he totally doesn't guard anything


and you were right about gabe dimas

[fred]

You're acting Director of CTU? You're wearing a t-shirt!

Whoops - not anymore.

well there was a problem with my paycheck and mr. lumberg told me to talk to human resources and human resources told me to talk to mr. lumberg

that's my stapler

[fred]

what's a joss stone? I hate this commercial so much I'm giving up telephones

[conorkilpatrick]

what's a joss stone? I hate this commercial so much I'm giving up telephones

A hot British singer.

http://www.musicnotes.com/images/features/artists/joss_stone/joss_stone.jpg

[fred]

A hot British singer.

dude you're going to ruin my schtick

[conorkilpatrick]

The Chinese are... after the kid??

Way to shoehorn in the original plotline!

[fred]

The Chinese are... after the kid??

Way to shoehorn in the original plotline!

he apparently knows too many ancient chinese secrets

[conorkilpatrick]

I bet Jack misses Curtis now...

[fred]

the wages of shooting your wing-man

[conorkilpatrick]

Where is John McClaine when you need him?

[fred]

recutting his movies for daycare centers

[fred]

i want to hurt her

[conorkilpatrick]

Is this going to lead to the reappearance of Papa Bauer? Is he in league with the Chinese? Is he trying to get his grandson back?

[conorkilpatrick]

You know, Josh Bauer is going to have to man up now. Even Kim Bauer offed a couple of dudes, proving that the Bauer DNA was strong in her.

[fred]

what's the point of bracing yourself to be shot?

[fred]

You know, Josh Bauer is going to have to man up now. Even Kim Bauer offed a couple of dudes, proving that the Bauer DNA was strong in her.

hell she even once fought a mountain lion

[fred]

Is this going to lead to the reappearance of Papa Bauer? Is he in league with the Chinese? Is he trying to get his grandson back?

I really hope they've forgotten about him
the moment is passed

[fred]

wow - guess that makes you 2/2 tonight

[conorkilpatrick]

Hey! There he is! I'm psychic tonight!

Time to go play the lotto.

[fred]

what? they're going to cram three seasons into three episodes?

[kwok_talk]

I'm in. They should've brought in Jack Bauer to relief pitch for the Cards. HE wouldn't have walked in the winning run...

[fred]

I would make jokes about that if I hadn't just had to sit through the mets 5th inning

[kwok_talk]

Must have been bad. I'm hoping 24 redeems it a little

[kwok_talk]

oh snap! well. nadia's going to have to make it up to milo a little bit now. Maybe buy him a nice dinner or something.

[kwok_talk]

Don't think I'll be watching live tonight.

[fred]

I should be in

[k33k3r]

Only two episodes left.... NO!!!!!

[kwok_talk]

Only two episodes left.... NO!!!!!

Really? Man, they have a lot to wrap up.

[k33k3r]

Yeah I agree and I can't believe that they aren't ending this eyar with a two hour show.

[iSteve]

I'm planning to be in. I faded out last week. Sorry.

[fred]

I'm honestly ready for it to be done. I'm hoping they spend a bit more time at the drawing board in between seasons this time.

[k33k3r]

and get past the whole killing the president stuff.
We are running out fo Palmers here.

[fred]

and get past the whole killing the president stuff.
We are running out fo Palmers here.

I'm going to throw out something crazy here. Let's have a prequel. I want David Palmer back. I'll even take crazy Sherry to get him if I have to.

[kwok_talk]

I'm going to throw out something crazy here. Let's have a prequel. I want David Palmer back. I'll even take crazy Sherry to get him if I have to.

I’ve been pushing the prequel idea for years now. It’d be like “All-Star” 24. Bring back Palmer, Tony, Michelle, guy who died of radiation in season 2 who I can’t remember his name, Sherri. And the mother of all dead characters….Nina Myers.

[fred]

**** yeah, I wasn't even thinking of Tony, Michelle, and Nina

[fred]

from what I can tell - A&E is starting the show over running nightly at 8PM
season one begins on may 22 - next tuesday

[iSteve]

I never thought I would be saying this, but I agree with you, Fred - this season needs to end. It started off so well, but then just went off the rails. Too much recycling of old story lines.

[fred]

I never thought I would be saying this, but I agree with you, Fred - this season needs to end. It started off so well, but then just went off the rails. Too much recycling of old story lines.

which part did you never think you'd say?

"I agree with you, Fred"
or
"this season needs to end"

[iSteve]

Ha ha ha! "This season needs to end."

[fred]

I agree with that

[kwok_talk]

Any death predictions?

[iSteve]

Papa Bauer!

[iSteve]

Will Jack discover and/or acknowledge that his nephew is his son?

[kwok_talk]

Will Jack discover and/or acknowledge that his nephew is his son?

Ugh. I hope not.

Which would also be the same answer to “Will Jack hook up with his mom?”

[fred]

Ugh. I hope not.

Which would also be the same answer to “Will Jack hook up with his mom?”

his own or the boy's? either way I'm not saying anything. Chuck Norris has nightmares about Jack Bauer.

[conorkilpatrick]

I’ve been pushing the prequel idea for years now. It’d be like “All-Star” 24. Bring back Palmer, Tony, Michelle, guy who died of radiation in season 2 who I can’t remember his name, Sherri. And the mother of all dead characters….Nina Myers.

The big problem with a prequel - look at Kiefer now and Kiefer in season one. He's had a hard last five years.

(I probably won't be in tonight)

[fred]

The big problem with a prequel - look at Kiefer now and Kiefer in season one. He's had a hard last five years.

(I probably won't be in tonight)

that's not a real problem though

if we couldn't suspend disbelief better than most than we wouldn't be 24 fans

[kwok_talk]

The big problem with a prequel - look at Kiefer now and Kiefer in season one. He's had a hard last five years.

(I probably won't be in tonight)

Valid point.

If they did, they HAVE to write a scene where Jack gets issued his PDA.

[six-gun]

The big problem with a prequel - look at Kiefer now and Kiefer in season one. He's had a hard last five years.


He looks so much tougher now though!

[acomicbookgirl]

from what I can tell - A&E is starting the show over running nightly at 8PM
season one begins on may 22 - next tuesday

Really? Sweet! Time to take off 24 from my Netflix queue then..

[conorkilpatrick]

He looks so much tougher now though!

Whiskey will often do that to a man.

[kwok_talk]

Whiskey will often do that to a man.

As well as Chinese torture. I’ll take the bottle any day over that .

[iSteve]

Fred, don't think I will make it tonight.

[fred]

ok. Am I the only one?

[alexg]

I'll hang in until my wife kicks me off the computer...

[fred]

cool. good news

[fred]

did jack just more or less take out a whole team himself?

[alexg]

ahhh...just got back on the computer..

Anyone here?

Does this episode feel like filler?

[fred]

it does kind of suck
have you noticed cisco that this cisco episode cisco seems cisco to suck? cisco

message sponsored by cisco

[alexg]

"this ruse (and the last two episodes) bought us nuttin!"

[fred]

except reasons to plug cisco

[alexg]

The panasonic toughbook commercial is more interesting than this episode.

[fred]

I liked the Diet Pepsi 90210 commercial

[alexg]

"I want my grandson...and I'm willing to trade this talking pig named Babe"

[fred]

nobody puts little jack in a chopper

[alexg]

Did anything actually happen in this episode?

[fred]

the commercial for the finale promises a "terrifying climax"

the 12 year old in me is howling mad with laughter

[kwok_talk]

Finished the episode this morning. First time in 5 years, where I saw “2 hour season finale” for next week and just thought “oh, that’s nice.”

[kwok_talk]

24 season finale (2 hrs) on tonight. Who’s in?

I should be watching live.

[fred]

I'll be in
I'll bring the blase

[kwok_talk]

Change of plans, might only be in the first half hour to hour.

[kwok_talk]

Bring it Jack Bauer!

[fred]

I'm in now

[kwok_talk]

Is it bad that I realized I didn't even know the VP's name?

[alexg]

The VP is Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.

[alexg]

"where does the locator go?!"

[kwok_talk]

That was totally lost on me.

I'm sure that tracker will not be discovered and will fully be functional.

[fred]

Is it bad that I realized I didn't even know the VP's name?

I think that it's Commander Dickhead

[alexg]

Did anyone ever see Dragon Slayer? The Chief of Staff smoked a dragon in that one.

[kwok_talk]

Did anyone ever see Dragon Slayer? The Chief of Staff smoked a dragon in that one.

Jack Bauer would wrestle a dragon with his bare hands. And then kill it with his PDA.

[kwok_talk]

Oh, Bill's been gone for a while. Made you some mashed potatoes, Karen. How was your day...oh wait, you fired me.

[fred]

would anyone ever trust little ricky schroder to keep them safe?

[fred]

I can see them hwen they're sleeping
I can see them when they're awake
I know if they've been bad or good
So they should be good for goodness sake

[kwok_talk]

would anyone ever trust little ricky schroder to keep them safe?

Only if he has Menudo as backup.

[fred]

this is my head of security: steve urkel

[kwok_talk]

Head of Internal Affairs - Snagglepuss.

[alexg]

Morris, drop dead.

[fred]

Have you met our new Director, Scott Baio?

[kwok_talk]

Black ops group consisting of:

Demolition - Kool Aid man
Sniper - Huckleberry Hound
Heavy Artillery - The Green Power Ranger
Scout - Fat Albert

[fred]

Demolition - Mr. T
Sniper - Mr. Magoo
Heavy Artillery - Flavor Flav
Scout - Helen Keller

[fred]

karen's going to the pokey

[kwok_talk]

Jack vs. Ricky.

[fred]

ricky's gonna cry

[kwok_talk]

Alright. Gotta head out. I'll finish the rest tonight via DVR. Later peeps (or just Fred)

[fred]

have fun talk to you later

[fred]

your mistakes are unacceptable but Vagina is still my future

huh?

[fred]

shit
chloe metabolized

[fred]

bring me the head of Phillip Bauer!

[fred]

he really is jack's kid

[alexg]

Yeah come on...of course. That's the weirdness that's been between Jack and his sister in law.

[fred]

jack jumps faster than missles fly

[alexg]

Full Withdrawal.

[fred]

no baby russians

[alexg]

I think Subarov feels like a dipsh*t now.

[alexg]

there was a *****in' set comin in that jack wanted to catch

[fred]

so does buchanan get his job back?

[alexg]

No, but he got his b**ls back

[fred]

No, but he got his b**ls back

now where did I leave my nuts?

oh yeah

[fred]

weren't there some nuclear blasts like 3 plots ago?

[fred]

chloe's pregnant? gross

[fred]

the baby is already drunk

[fred]

so then jack is kaiser soze?

[alexg]

Father's day in the Bauer house just got weird...

[fred]

the wife thing was low

[alexg]

Bauer walk o' shame.

[fred]

audrey, I love you but I need strange. I'm going to stare at the ocean and then I'll be touring the strip clubs of coastal Washington state.

[kwok_talk]

What the crap kind of ending was that?!?!?!?!

[fred]

I like my fake interpretation of the ending more than the actual ending.

[alexg]

My fake ending:

"Audrey...we...we should go up to Napa for a few days...and if they don't give us good pours, I'll KILL every last one of those bastards..."