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For those who missed it, here's the Television Without Pity recap:

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=73&story=7292

Wait I thought this was pretty much a comics blog?

I liked the episode where Bauer's drinking got totally out of control and he threatened those people with a knife. But his haircut if f-ing stupid, yo?

"Wait I thought this was pretty much a comics blog?"

Newbie!

> Jim at January 10, 2005 12:49 PM

Hey, I laughed when I saw it! Of course, it was an evil laugh and included the statement "F***ing A!"

I had no power Sunday night (parts NE Pennsylvania still have black out conditions today!), so I taped the first 2 hours, then didn't get to watch it, so I taped Monday's 2 hours. Hoepfully will start playing catchup tonight.

So, can I assume Jack isn't dead yet??

With all that superelite spy gadgetry, you'd think CTU might be better at screening employees. Maybe they should put "Are you a mole for nefarious organization?" on the job applications. And another thing -- what's up with the gloomy blacklight office atmosphere? Man, no wonder the employees are so disgruntled. C'mon, cheer up the place! Let associates personalize their cubicles with Successories and Beanie Babies. Maybe then they'll think twice about hacking and backstabing and arresting each other.

Not that it really matters. A moron can see where this plot is going:

The so-called "Muslim" terrorists will turn out to be Presbyterians, who are actually working for Hillabortun, the evil multinational company controlled by the Secretary of Defense. He has staged his own "kidnapping" in an elaborate plot to stage a coup/scrap the Constitution/raise oil prices. The world is saved thanks to Bauer, with assists from the "terrorist" kid (who, in a plot twist, coverts to real Islam after ratting on his fake-Muslim treasonous parents), and SecDef's illegally tortured hippie son.

Jim: "24" is secretly a comic book.

Honest.

He that have eyes, etc.

Actually...

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I haven't watched much 24, so I might not have the context necessary to process a lot of what got thrown at me during the two-hour premiere, but: why did they make the head of the counter-inelligence agency look like such an incompetent bitch?

I understand it on a story level, I suppose -- it creates more drama when our hero is the only one smart and ballsy enough to figure out the Mystery of the Haunted Cove, and the boss isn't hearing any of it. "I've had it up to hear with these cockamamie theories of yours, Jack! You're off the case!"

Still, it seems like an odd choice for what purports to be a hyper-realistic dramatic thriller. How'd this woman ever manage to work her way to the top of the food chain in an intelligence agency funded by the world's largest superpower when she doesn't seem to have the deductive ability to match socks?

"We've just discovered an odd internet virus that originated from Turkey at the exact same time Turkish terrorists blew up a train. The virus is aimed at all government intelligcenc agencies. Perhaps there's something to this?"

"I remain stoically unconvinced. Put all of our men on phoning people randomly and asking if they did it! It's our only chance!"

Well, I can see that *you* have never worked for an incompetent bitch.

She has Bauer's old job, so of course Bauer has to be the only one who knows what he's doing. Like robbing a convenience store so the girl from Mr. Show has time to type things on her computer while scowling and looking over her shoulder. That's thinking outside the box, the box factory, and the galaxy the box factory is in.

As for "hyper-realistic," the only reason it seems that way to some people is because it's played entirely straight. The plot twists are completely ridiculous...

http://jimtreacher.com/archives/000671.html

...but Sutherland sets his jaw and somehow manages to hold it all together. Me, the crazier it gets, the more I like it. It has long been my contention that the show is actually a masterpiece of deadpan comedy. Rent the DVDs of the first three seasons and you'll see what I mean.

uhhhhh... youze are fixated on a show featuring one of Julia Roberts' castoffs??!! Whose father is a Canadian? On Fox??

Not that everything would be wrong about that which would apply to said actor, of course. Our Repub tent has room for all...

"Our?"

Haven't you heard? That big Republican tent is a circus tent. All we need are the cars full of clowns. Oh wait, we have that...

Some of us aren't Republicans. For instance, I'm not.

I think that was the royal, or "what, you got a turd in your pocket" "our."

Ah, thanks. And, yes I do have one in my pocket. You never know when you might need one.

I thought it was for comics. Isn't it? Is there going to be more comics.

how come the CTU doesn't have offices where you can close the door and no one can see what you're saying? Don't they have Secrets?

I still like how Bauer never hits traffic except on the one occasion when it's useful to prevent him stopping the muslims. oh, SORRY, blonde women.