In the interest of full disclosure, you should know that I’m writing this while hopped up on Oxycodone. And let me tell you, it’s awesome. The only catch is that the line between sleepy bliss and blinding pain is a thin one. So here goes nothing. If my writing goes off the rails…it’ll look like every other week! (*rim shot*)
Starbuck has finally been found out, and her demand to deal only with Jack struck me as curious, given his talents for persuading people to talk. You could tell by the way that she made the demand that she’s following orders, and that her employers have experience with him. I’ll still hold on to Alan Wilson as a possibility, and God help them if they hold Kim and her daughter hostage as a last resort. After the things that happened tonight, that would totally suck to have it undone by Kim, again.
Man, Samir’s people can act fast, can’t they? He’s a dozen blocks away from driving into an ambush, and is able to get the call from Starbuck and relay that information to the drop car in time to get into the one place they can make the switch. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but…it’s a hell of a thing, don’t you think?
Pity you didn’t get to die with your boots on, Slumdog.
Let’s get straight to the ending, shall we? While I don’t like seeing good guys die, it was nice to see “24″ finally act like a show that has nothing to lose. Because hey, let’s face it, they don’t have anything to lose, so why not kill Slumdog President? And the thing is, from the moment Jack broke into that apartment, I had a bad feeling. I knew that their audio wizard had picked up an internet broadcast of Samir rather than Samir in the flesh, but I thought that it would turn out to be the wrong room, not the right room but much too late. Oh well, same result either way, I guess: Slumdog’s dead. Long live Slumdog.
So now what?
All of Samir’s men are dead, or close to it. He has no nuclear rods, and he’s killed the President. We have eight hours left, and nothing to play for. Starbuck’s deal was only good if they recovered Slumdog alive. Since that didn’t happen, I’d quit negotiating with her and put her alone in a windowless room with Buffy so he can hate fuck her to death. The Russians and President Buck Buck Brawwwwwwk look as though they’re being put in play, but it seems too little too late. I’m dying to hear the explanation for why Logan’s not dead though, since the last time we saw him, he was flatlining in the back of an ambulance.
All right, the meds are wearing off. It’s time to wrap this up. I usually finish with a video, but Prince is a right bastard about YouTube. See you next week, and hopefully this drug stuff is far behind me.
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It was nice to see Slumdog get a silent clock tick.
Since they don’t have, or don’t know about any new time limit, its time for Jack to go to work on Starbuck. They can at least try to find out who got her in place and fooled with their background checks.
Now hopefully that smirk will be wiped off of Starbuck’s face. I know many of you are fans of hers as the kickass Starbuck, but here on 24 when she plays tough she still seems well… not so tough.
As a 24 watcher from the beginning, I have mixed emotions about being able to predict what will happen next as I watch. You other loyalists know what I mean. It is satisfying to be on top of it, but then again, it gets predictable. I have the added enjoyment this season of driving my teen crazy about being right most of the time. That being said, I will admit that I did not see Slumdog’s death coming. I had read that soon Jack will be operating in “revenge” mode, and so I figured this would be the night that Crazy Jackie takes her final breath. I was waiting, waiting during the rescue for it to happen. And… no. It was good to be shocked for a change, though I liked Slumdog Prez. Do we get to pour a little out of a 40 for him or does that not meet the criteria DM?
Slumdog definitely gets a 40, or at least half of whatever we pour out for Bill Buchanan.
It was sad to see the S-dog go. Loved it tho, that 24 did it without pulling punches. Also loved that he did not read the prepared text, knowing you pukes are killing me anyway, so screw yourselves.
I thought Jackie was done for when woman terrorist reached behind the cushion for the gun, but Jackie got her. Wasn’t there just a child sitting on that couch? A little disconnect there.
The Prez slapping her COS was perfect, “I make the decisions around here, if you don’t like it you can have this, WHACK!!” Reminds me of my childhood.
Going to be hard to say goodbye to 24, lots of mixed emotions watching these last episodes.
By the way, will the perv, can’t remember his name, that just about got choked by Starbuck, will he star in the new movie, Final Destination 24?
Jackie shuffled the kid out the door to another agent when the woman came in the room.
The parking garage scene was the only truly ridiculous situation this week, which is rather impressive for “24″ since it was two hours. I thought they had both exits covered, and then all of a sudden…they didn’t. I know Cole said “we’re converging on your position, Jack” but it’s just terrible terrorist containment to leave another exit wide open. What if they make a car swap and drive the hostage out in the trunk of the blue hybrid? It could happen…
I also loved the extended shot of that Hyundai sports car that Jack stole in the alley. “Buy a Hyundai, maybe it will be stolen one day by Jack Bauer!”