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Tony Almeida is back!!! Yep, he's apparently not really dead. You know, like Jack and all of us who watched that season witnessed when he was killed in front of us. I mean he was even pronounced dead and everything, then he was "whisked" off and not seen the rest of the season or even the following season. Now he's back and he's doing things that make it look like he's a bad guy.
Jack finds his ass hauled up in front of Congress who seem to be very mad at him for torturing people and doing really, really bad things. Never mind that he saved President Palmer's life, saved the country from terrorists and sacrificed all kinds of things like oh, his family, for the country. It was really fun to watch Kurtwood Smith (he played Eric Foreman's dad Red on That 70's Show) play a senator who was fed up with Bauer's tactics and with the way CTU ran things. Apparently it's been dismantled so there's no CTU and Jack is in Washington, D.C.
Before the hearing could conclude, some FBI agents come in and stop the proceedings to whisk Jack off to help with a situation. This is where Jack discovers Tony is alive.
From there it progresses with Jack helping them locate Tony. They actually do this when Jack convinces the pretty FBI agent, who claims she's going to keep Jack on a short leash, that they have to go it alone when it seems the FBI has been compromised.
It's typical 24 after that. Jack and the FBI agent manage to catch Tony, who doesn't look very happy at all. He even grew a beard to look more like Satan or something.
Don't get my sarcasm wrong. I find 24 to be quite fun. It's great escapism for me. In real life I'd probably really not like Jack Bauer and his tactics. Because in real life torture doesn't really work. Only the truly sadistic believe the opposite.
But for an hour a week, I can suspend my disgust and watch as Jack Bauer gets into impossible situations and manages to somehow pull through. He's like Superman. LOL And for an hour I hold my breath and stress out because 24 kills people off like you wouldn't believe.
Despite being somewhat formulaic, 24 still holds my attention for an hour because I care about Jack Bauer and his tortured soul. The man is not a saint but he's not a horrible person either. He's complicated character that falls into that gray area that and that makes him fun and fascinating to watch.
Okay, so now I have two shows I'm enjoying and perhaps a third one if USA network ever pulls its head out of its ass and puts LOCI on the air.
In the meantime, here's the trailer for those of you who may be interested. You can view episodes of this show on the official site for the show because like ABC, FOX does nice things like that for fans. Unlike USA.
Jack's Back!
[NP: Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper]
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Tony Almeida is back!!! Yep, he's apparently not really dead. You know, like Jack and all of us who watched that season witnessed when he was killed in front of us. I mean he was even pronounced dead and everything, then he was "whisked" off and not seen the rest of the season or even the following season. Now he's back and he's doing things that make it look like he's a bad guy.
Jack finds his ass hauled up in front of Congress who seem to be very mad at him for torturing people and doing really, really bad things. Never mind that he saved President Palmer's life, saved the country from terrorists and sacrificed all kinds of things like oh, his family, for the country. It was really fun to watch Kurtwood Smith (he played Eric Foreman's dad Red on That 70's Show) play a senator who was fed up with Bauer's tactics and with the way CTU ran things. Apparently it's been dismantled so there's no CTU and Jack is in Washington, D.C.
Before the hearing could conclude, some FBI agents come in and stop the proceedings to whisk Jack off to help with a situation. This is where Jack discovers Tony is alive.
From there it progresses with Jack helping them locate Tony. They actually do this when Jack convinces the pretty FBI agent, who claims she's going to keep Jack on a short leash, that they have to go it alone when it seems the FBI has been compromised.
It's typical 24 after that. Jack and the FBI agent manage to catch Tony, who doesn't look very happy at all. He even grew a beard to look more like Satan or something.
Don't get my sarcasm wrong. I find 24 to be quite fun. It's great escapism for me. In real life I'd probably really not like Jack Bauer and his tactics. Because in real life torture doesn't really work. Only the truly sadistic believe the opposite.
But for an hour a week, I can suspend my disgust and watch as Jack Bauer gets into impossible situations and manages to somehow pull through. He's like Superman. LOL And for an hour I hold my breath and stress out because 24 kills people off like you wouldn't believe.
Despite being somewhat formulaic, 24 still holds my attention for an hour because I care about Jack Bauer and his tortured soul. The man is not a saint but he's not a horrible person either. He's complicated character that falls into that gray area that and that makes him fun and fascinating to watch.
Okay, so now I have two shows I'm enjoying and perhaps a third one if USA network ever pulls its head out of its ass and puts LOCI on the air.
In the meantime, here's the trailer for those of you who may be interested. You can view episodes of this show on the official site for the show because like ABC, FOX does nice things like that for fans. Unlike USA.
Jack's Back![NP: Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper]
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Don't hurt me but, although I started to watch the very first episode of '24' I slept soundly through most of it, which I was quite cross about at the time because Keifer and I were once very 'close' (Lost Boys/Promised Land/Young Guns I & II etc.etc.). However, for some reason, I never, EVER went back to it, so to this day, I've never seen even one (sorry)
LOL No worries. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea. I rave about Six Feet Under and quite a few people don't get it.
It's just great fun and I've grown somewhat attached to Jack Bauer. Not like I am to Bobby Goren, of course, but he's still an interesting character. :-)
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