24 Season 5 Discussion

The last 15 minutes of this episode ruined about half of this season.

Okay, so Miles just erased the audio recordings, which Chloe STUPIDLY DIDN'T FUCKING COPY IMMEDIATELY, and this also makes EVERYTHING JACK JUST DID FOR THE PAST 6 HOURS OR MORE POINTLESS.

The writers should have made the incriminating evidence something more like video surveillance on a physical tape or something. Making it just an audio recording makes it DUMB why no one:

1) copied it immediately
2) played it over the phone to someone

What is this fucking shit ARG 24 SOMETIMES YOU'RE SO DAMN RETARDED.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Also, you don't need to put that in spoilers, since only episode previews and upcoming "insider info" are spoiler material.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Acro-nym

They have no reason to believe that the recorder will be messed with there.

Hello?

This is CTU, the government building with the most moles, explosions, and assassination attempts in the world. Just a few hours ago it was filled with nerve gas. I don't think it's that secure.

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Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Maybe the best explanation is that everyone was so focused on getting the real deal to the proper location that they neglected to make a copy.

Maybe the best explanation is that the writers are making this shit up episode by episode and sometimes they're just plain retarded.

Even the very premise of how the recording came about was incredibly flimsy.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Tonight's episode:

Pretty good. Sweet Martha kill / save of Aaron.

I'm still kinda "meh" about how these last episodes are finishing up. I wished for something more epic (there haven't been any big twists for a long time).

Spoiler:

With Martha saying "YOU'RE A MURDERER!" to the prez, I wonder if Aaron doesn't survive the next couple eps. Of course, Logan has been responsible for other deaths, but for her to say it with such emotion...

At least we'll get a cool stand-off between the president and Jack (maybe), with him shouting "YOU'RE GONNA FACE JUSTICE" or whatever.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by xman25

My favorite line of the episode: "Is there anything else Charles?"

I really hope that Aaron gets a starring role next season.

I dunno, like they make him a CTU agent or something. So far he hasn't really stretched his acting chops.

I'm also hoping for "President Heller" to happen.

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Either the fact that Bierko escaped and set off another canister or that Martha killed a guy. Nothing too big in 24 world, though...

I hate how there haven't been any cliffhanger twists (the last minute of each hour) in the past few episodes, just "well, this is what's going on at the end of the hour" scenes like in S1.

I miss the sudden deaths, surprise villain reveals, bombs exploding, etc... that would at least give you something to talk about for the next week. Right now, it's just "oh, okay, they took a sub and are arranging missles. big whoop."

BTW, where are these freaking cronies coming from? It's like every villain has a whole army at their disposal, just waiting in the shadows for them to escape from CTU custody.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by gaming

Can I ask you guys what season and episode Audrey's first apperance was? And when did she and Jack first started the relationship?

Season 4, Episode 1.

Jack quit CTU and started working for the Secretary of Defense (Heller), and Audrey is Heller's daughter (and aide, I guess). Jack got involved with her before the season began, and the rest is history...

Of course, this involves how she dumps Jack because she gets freaked the fuck out since he's so brutal in his job (and he inadvertently caused her ex-husband's death).

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by SILBER-3

Actually, he was fired from CTU by Erin Driscoll. Among other things from season 3, the fact that he had a cocaine addiction was one of the main reasons why he was fired. It's all on the prequel that was included on the season 3 DVD set (where you get to hear Jack curse!).

Oh, right right right.... To nitpick, though, it was a heroin addiction, not cocaine.

I remember the coolest thing was that he actually said "fuck" to her. (I forget if it was "fuck you" or "you can take this fucking job")

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The only thing I know about the 24 movie (if this helps anyone in their "waiting" pains) is the hint that it'll be filmed in London.

I think someone might have even posted this info a while back in this thread.

As for next season, I'm really hoping that it'll be Jack alone in China with everyone else in CTU helping him get back. We need to get the fuck out of L.A., it's been the most dangerous city to live in for the past decade in their world.

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Originally Posted by acid

Also, I was very very disappointed with the "You don't know me" line. He should have told Logan "If you don't think I'll kill you, then you don't know Jack". It writes it's fucking self!

I totally called that right after Jack said it.

He really should have said that line, it would have been in the 24 hall of fame forever.

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Originally Posted by RockgamerXIII

Yep, it's been like that for the last two seasons. I've learned to deal with it though, because it's way better than the alternative, which is what they did during seasons 1-3 (starting in September, taking like a month-long hiatus for baseball, couple of more episodes, another break, and then the rest of the season, sometimes with another break or two thrown in).

Yeah, I hate that old way.

24 is incredible because it opens with a 4-hour premiere, has a 2-hour midpoint, and ends with a 2-hour special. AND ALL THE EPISODES INBETWEEN ARE NEW, NO REPEATS, NO OFF WEEKS.

Lost didn't quite get that concept, and that's why I FRIGGIN' HATE IT SOMETIMES. 1/2 week breaks, 2 or 3 new episodes, then another break, then a few episodes, then a break... ARG!!!!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by AC1

Also, did anyone else think that Logan was going to jump in front of the soldier's gun salutes? The camera switching and his previous attempt at suicide had me at the edge of my seat. Sorry if that was mentioned before.

I was thinking more like he was going to be picked off by snipers by his "superiors" (the guys he was reporting to), since he has information about them.

Ah, and Hotobu. It's "landline," not "LAN line."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landline

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Spoiler:

Not only does America in "24 Land" elect a black man as president, but they elect TWO black men as presidents!

This show has crossed over into impossibility.

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