24 - The Morning After
Episode 9: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Bruce's Five-Point Review
1. Hey, whadda you know. Audrey said something really annoying in the first five minutes of the show. I don't even remember what she said now, but trust me, it was annoying.
Also, Audrey, could you waste more time chatting with Nathanson, and then with Jack before putting the damn call through? I mean it's not like Nathanson was being aggressively hunted by a platoon of skilled terrorist assassins at the time he was talking to you. No, he had all the time in the world for a little chat. Hell, I'm surprised you didn't take that opportunity to talk to Jack some more about your feeeeeeelings.
At least she told Lynn to go screw. So she's not completely useless.
2. Speaking of annoying, as far as annoying subplots are concerned, the whole thing about Lynn's crackhead sister and her dirtbag boyfriend really isn't doing much for me. Maybe later on, if Jack gets to torture the both of them, things will improve on this front.
3. And, speaking of (dust speck-proportioned) improvements, Jack's bodycount technically did increase two-fold this hour. I counted two terrorists dropped by Jack, and one by Nathanson - who illustrated quite nicely the idea of using your small gun to get to a big gun.
Side gripe: How many movies have you seen on where a bad guy get taken out, and the good guy just keeps on running without even thinking about taking the dead guy's gun? Hello???? It's not like he needs it anymore. And, it might just come in handy, you know, what with all the remaining bad guys still trying to kill you. Just a suggestion.
But, I digress.
4. Was there a memo circulated recently to all government agencies, private corporations, and terrorist cells calling for the adoption of a standard top-secret microchip interface, so that any chip used to encode secret information will be compatible with all government-issued cell phones and PDA's?
I have a hard enough time getting my cell phone charger to plug in just right. How can it be that every crucial piece of data that Jack gets his hands on (exactly three and a half seconds before his sources succumb to their gunshot wounds) is embedded in a chip that conveniently plugs right into his phone for upload to Chloe's workstation?
And, speaking of Chloe, how long are they going to make up wait before she gets to shoot someone. Come on, Lynn, GIVE HER A REASON!
5. Curtis threatens to draw his weapon on Goonie-boy. Best previews yet.
Bruce's Five-Point Review
1. Hey, whadda you know. Audrey said something really annoying in the first five minutes of the show. I don't even remember what she said now, but trust me, it was annoying.
Also, Audrey, could you waste more time chatting with Nathanson, and then with Jack before putting the damn call through? I mean it's not like Nathanson was being aggressively hunted by a platoon of skilled terrorist assassins at the time he was talking to you. No, he had all the time in the world for a little chat. Hell, I'm surprised you didn't take that opportunity to talk to Jack some more about your feeeeeeelings.
At least she told Lynn to go screw. So she's not completely useless.
2. Speaking of annoying, as far as annoying subplots are concerned, the whole thing about Lynn's crackhead sister and her dirtbag boyfriend really isn't doing much for me. Maybe later on, if Jack gets to torture the both of them, things will improve on this front.
3. And, speaking of (dust speck-proportioned) improvements, Jack's bodycount technically did increase two-fold this hour. I counted two terrorists dropped by Jack, and one by Nathanson - who illustrated quite nicely the idea of using your small gun to get to a big gun.
Side gripe: How many movies have you seen on where a bad guy get taken out, and the good guy just keeps on running without even thinking about taking the dead guy's gun? Hello???? It's not like he needs it anymore. And, it might just come in handy, you know, what with all the remaining bad guys still trying to kill you. Just a suggestion.
But, I digress.
4. Was there a memo circulated recently to all government agencies, private corporations, and terrorist cells calling for the adoption of a standard top-secret microchip interface, so that any chip used to encode secret information will be compatible with all government-issued cell phones and PDA's?
I have a hard enough time getting my cell phone charger to plug in just right. How can it be that every crucial piece of data that Jack gets his hands on (exactly three and a half seconds before his sources succumb to their gunshot wounds) is embedded in a chip that conveniently plugs right into his phone for upload to Chloe's workstation?
And, speaking of Chloe, how long are they going to make up wait before she gets to shoot someone. Come on, Lynn, GIVE HER A REASON!
5. Curtis threatens to draw his weapon on Goonie-boy. Best previews yet.
