[Movie] 24 Season 6 Discussion Thread

I like how good old Dr. Bashir has completely changed his image. If I hadn't seen his name in the credits, I wouldn't have recognized him.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Honestly, I'm just not that sad to see Curtis go. He never had as much character development as someone like Tony (or even Edgar), so there wasn't that much for the audience to get attached to. The question is, will the producers bring in another black guy so there's continued diversity at CTU?

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Isn't it a bit cliche that Jack's brother (and possibly father) are involved with the terrorists? Besides, with the whole nuclear plotline, maybe they should have saved such a major development for next season.

Does anyone else think that Jack's nephew looks too much like Kim? Ten bucks says he's really Jack's kid. Only one way to find out: stick him in the woods with a mountain lion and see what happens.

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

Why does this season remind me more and more of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

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If Jack Bauer finds the Holy Grail, the series is over.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I'm betting Jack's nephew knows more than he's letting on. The resemblence to Kim is just too uncanny for him not to be a more important part of the plot later on.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Yeah, he's got a creepy Children of the Corn thing going on.

FELIPE NO

Oh, right, thanks for reminding me. Normally I DVR Prison Break, watch 24, then watch the DVR of Heroes, but I'm going to have to rearrange things tonight. I would have been really pissed off to turn on hour 2 of Bauer only to realize I hadn't watched the 1st hour.

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Looks like Kim Jr. just can't stay out of trouble.

Also, I like how Jack no longer needs doors.

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Originally Posted by Acro-nym

Also, CTU will be needed many new field agents when this season is over. I doubt they have many left.

They didn't have many agents left after the gas attack on CTU last season. After all this, CTU agents ought to get hazard pay just like civilians working in Iraq; seems like no matter where they are, the terrorists always kill most of them.

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Originally Posted by Acro-nym

I don't like that we don't get an explanation for Phil's departure nor his connection to Logan. Perhaps the latter comes next week along with Logan's connection to Gridenko.

Phil's connection to Logan was spelled out last season, when Logan was taking orders from Graem. I'm more surprised that Logan managed to escape prison, unless he got a pardon from Wayne.

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

Wasn't Logan arrested during a press conference? That precludes him from just resigning due to stress. I'm sure they were able to cover up some of his involvement in S5, but there must have been some public punishment.

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Great, now on top of everything else, I have to worry about Chloe busting in while I'm in the restroom.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The whole Martha thing was just stupid. I'd rather they hadn't brought the characters back at all then give us this ridiculous attempt at closure. By the way, if Martha is a recovering alcoholic, why is there a rack of wine glasses in her kitchen?

Seriously though, next time somebody annoying at work starts talking to me, I'm just going to say, "I'm feeling ambivalent" and walk away.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by nazpyro

Martha handling that knife prior to the out-of-nowhere stab was actually one of the most intense scenes this season.

I hope you're not serious. They kept zooming in on various knives, so you knew she was going to do it. But killing him with a lousy paring knife? Come on. Besides, what kind of nuthouse is she committed to that they let her have alcohol and knives?

FELIPE NO

It's funny how Rick Schroeder is taking all these tough guy roles to leave his child star image behind. He could be a good character if they don't go completely overboard with his assholery.

Every character on the show now is an overblown caricature. The vice president is a warmonger (with that Texas Yosemite Sam attitude), evil russian diplomats, crazy homicidal first lady, Jack Bauer, etc. We wouldn't have Jack any other way, but for everyone's character to be going to the extreme of their personality just doesn't make sense.

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

Somehow I doubt Audrey is dead? Burned beyond recognition in a car crash? Come on, that just screams "Audrey's in a Chinese prison". This episode did suck pretty bad, though. Lots of tense meetings and ominous discussion, but not a whole lot of action.

Also, "untold environmental damage". EPA finally gets to shine on 24.

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Can 24 stop wussing out and finally name whatever middle-eastern country we're going to nuke? In every season involving muslims, they just say "that country" without ever naming them. Sure, we can blame China and Russia, but heaven forbid we mention Iran or Pakistan sponsoring terrorism, because they might riot. Hell, just make up a country, just so they can stop skirting around the issue.

Also, I'm betting the Audrey thing is the basis for next season (maybe he'll finally leave LA). There's just not enough time left this year for him to get revenge/clear up the mystery.

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Originally Posted by Thalin

Did anyone find it funny though when Bradey suddenly spoke perfectly well for about 2 seconds when mentioning about the firewall crap?

No, he was a savant, so that's not unusual. I was grimacing though, because on top of everything else he's done, now Jack is exploiting a mentally handicapped person. Way to go. It's blasphemous to say this, I know, but maybe 24 has jumped the shark.

The whole bit with Wayne Palmer at the end, while incredibly satisfying, was so predictable. This season seems to be recycling old plots, first with storming the embassy, and now with trying to remove the President on medical grounds. Come on, can't we get some new material?

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

The CTU phone sound effect was the best part of the episode. Kyle in the Chloe role was fine, but why did they have to make Cartman Jack Bauer?

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So how bad is the episode going to be tonight? More Supreme Court perjury action? I predict the climactic event they've been touting in the commercial happens in the last 5 seconds.

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Originally Posted by Vivace119

Wow! I just loved the most recent episode and I'm also glad that Nadia seems to be getting more air time than Chloe. I got tired of her a while ago.

No. Chloe has more personality in her pinky finger than Nadia has in her whole body. The character is there so the writers can say, "Hey, not all of the Muslim characters in 24 are evil!" The argument between Nadia and Milo was so contrived; it just doesn't seem plausible for Milo to get that worked up with jealousy over such a simple thing.

That being said, this episode was miles better than the dreck we've gotten the past few weeks. The climactic scene with Fayed is possibly the best scene ever, and we get the whole nuclear plot line wrapped up early. I can't imagine the Chinese want something related to the nuclear bombs, considering they already possess nuclear technology. Whatever they want, it's probably just a pretext to lure Jack back into their custody.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by The Furious One

Man vice president getting off like that, creeped me out

It just makes President Palmer seem that much more normal. Really, who hasn't come back from sick leave to find that their horny co-worker had sex on their desk?

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If you just close your mind to the absurdity of the plot and enjoy Jack's body count, the episode was awesome. Why does Child of the Corn have to play such a big role, though?

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Jack Bauer has got to stop taking phone calls from strange people. It's like his achilles heel.

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