24 - The Morning After
Episodes 3 and 4: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Bruce's Five-Point Review:
1. HELLO!!! Did we really need to wait until the last second for the little hobbit guy to clue them all in on Jack's blatantly obvious use of the phrase "Flank Two Position" as a duress code? I called that one before it even happened, it was so obvious. Curtis, what are you, retarded? Tony would have got that. They gotta get his ass patched up quick, or they're all fucked.
2. Nothing, and I mean, NOTHING will put a damper on your weekend plans quite like having someone hijack the frequency of your explosive vest's detonator and touch it off from a remote location. I friggin' hate when that happens.
3. In the past, we've seen Jack do some fairly intense shit in the interest of national security - including, but not limited to, torturing his girlfriend's husband with a lamp cord, leaving him to die on his hospital bed in order to provide medical assistance to a suspect, and shooting his boss in the back of the head. And now we're to believe he'd put the country at risk over some 15-year-old, greasy-haired, hippie kid? Not buying it.
4. This show's going downhill fast. Chloe didn't get to shoot anybody, for two whole hours! If she doesn't get some trigger time in hour #5, I swear I'm walking away from the TV. Because I could quit whenever I want to, man. I'm no addict.
[Bruce stops typing to take a sip of coffee from his CTU coffee cup]
5. Obligatory Gun Gripe of the Day: No real gripes this time around, other than Jack's shooting the gun out of the bad guy's hand. And that's not a gripe based simply on the possibility of that happening. I mean, this is Jack Bauer we're talking about here. The gripe is that some people (read: namby-pamby GFW-types) will see that and think (for lack of a better verb) that's how the police should act in every situation where they're facing an armed hostile (who was just starting to turn his life around and pursue a budding career in hip-hop).
Bruce's Five-Point Review:
1. HELLO!!! Did we really need to wait until the last second for the little hobbit guy to clue them all in on Jack's blatantly obvious use of the phrase "Flank Two Position" as a duress code? I called that one before it even happened, it was so obvious. Curtis, what are you, retarded? Tony would have got that. They gotta get his ass patched up quick, or they're all fucked.
2. Nothing, and I mean, NOTHING will put a damper on your weekend plans quite like having someone hijack the frequency of your explosive vest's detonator and touch it off from a remote location. I friggin' hate when that happens.
3. In the past, we've seen Jack do some fairly intense shit in the interest of national security - including, but not limited to, torturing his girlfriend's husband with a lamp cord, leaving him to die on his hospital bed in order to provide medical assistance to a suspect, and shooting his boss in the back of the head. And now we're to believe he'd put the country at risk over some 15-year-old, greasy-haired, hippie kid? Not buying it.
4. This show's going downhill fast. Chloe didn't get to shoot anybody, for two whole hours! If she doesn't get some trigger time in hour #5, I swear I'm walking away from the TV. Because I could quit whenever I want to, man. I'm no addict.
[Bruce stops typing to take a sip of coffee from his CTU coffee cup]
5. Obligatory Gun Gripe of the Day: No real gripes this time around, other than Jack's shooting the gun out of the bad guy's hand. And that's not a gripe based simply on the possibility of that happening. I mean, this is Jack Bauer we're talking about here. The gripe is that some people (read: namby-pamby GFW-types) will see that and think (for lack of a better verb) that's how the police should act in every situation where they're facing an armed hostile (who was just starting to turn his life around and pursue a budding career in hip-hop).
