24 fans out there?

[scaeagles]

Holy cow....I watched the 2 hour start to this "day".....certainly took me by surprise. Don't want to spoil it for anyone.....

When Palmer was shot, I was surprised. When the Tony and....shoot...his wife, former agents, were targeted, that was a bit of a surprise. I figured Chloe was going to be targeted. By the end, i had the aide fingered as in on it.

That would suck, I must say. Being an actor on a hit show, them telling you they will only require 3 minutes of you this season.

Looks like a fun day.

[Not Afraid]

Wait until Steph gets up. She's a 24 fanatic!

[mistyisjafo]

Just finished watching 24 and WOWSA!!!! Talk about right out the gate excitement and drama.

YEY JACK'S BACK!!!!!!!

[cstephens]

When Palmer was shot, I was surprised. When the Tony and....shoot...his wife, former agents, were targeted, that was a bit of a surprise. I figured Chloe was going to be targeted.


When Palmer was shot, I was very surprised, just because it totally came out of nowhere. I hadn't read anywhere that he was going to be in this show, so I didn't expect to see him at all. I was sad when he was killed though because I really liked his character. (I do hope that they don't allow Allstate to buy commercial time on the show this year so that dead David Palmer isn't hawking insurance.) But when they killed Michelle (Tony's wife), it almost brought me to tears. I really like her as a character and an actress, and I'd noticed that while Tony was going to be on the show, she wasn't, so I was waiting to see how they'd explain that. I figured they'd be divorced again or something. It never occurred to me that they'd kill her off. And at first, I didn't figure out what happened. I thought someone had shot at the house or driven a car through the house to get to Tony. And then I realized that it must have been a car bomb, and then OMG, no, not Michelle. I loved the scene with Edgar telling Chloe about Tony and Michelle just as Chloe is about to put her key in the car.

That would suck, I must say. Being an actor on a hit show, them telling you they will only require 3 minutes of you this season.


Well, Reiko (Michelle) has been saying that they've been threatening to kill her off for a couple years now, and they've never actually done it. And pretty much everyone in the cast except for Kiefer is expendable.

I'm loving Jean Smart in the show. I wasn't sure how her character was going to be, but she's got one meaty role. I still hate Logan though. I really liked Mike's reaction to hearing about Palmer's death.

I'm liking Derrick (sp?), especially since it's looking like he's not going to be an annoying kid. I love the looks he's had as he's seeing Jack do various things, kinda like Audrey last year, but with pretty much just wonder as opposed to horror. And speaking of which, I was surprised they were bringing Audrey back, but I'm glad they did. I do like her, and it looks like she'll be instrumental in how things go. She knows Jack. Even though she found out a lot of things about him last year that she didn't know or like, she knows about his character. She knows what he would do, and she knows he wouldn't do this. And she especially knows that Chloe wouldn't back him unless Chloe also knew he didn't do it.

So I was a bit surprised that a baggage handler supervisor's job would be so important enough that he'd have a suicide pill at his disposal...

I love this show, but it also makes me crazy. Two hours wasn't enough. The fact that I have to wait another 16 hours for another two hours still won't be enough. If I had a time machine, I'd jump forward to when the DVD for this season was available and then watch all of it at once.

I'm wondering if they're going to tie in any more of the stuff that happened in the 10 minute special scene on the season 4 DVD. As it is, we know that whoever is behind this has known about Jack being alive for about 6 months.

[MickeyLumbo]

i soaked up all 120 minutes.... on the edge of my seat.... could've watched two more hours!! oh wait, two more hours TONIGHT!!!

GOD BLESS JACK.

[Stan4dSteph]

Is it wrong to say that Jack killing people is a total turn on?

Did everyone catch the return of the Cubs Mug? :D

[Ghoulish Delight]

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[MickeyLumbo]

a very impressive 4 hour/2 night season opener.

just one hour a week is gonna be pure torture!

[mistyisjafo]

I gotta say the second part of the 2 day show was just as good as or even better than the first. Now my problem is....

I HAVE TO WAIT FOR MORE!!!!!!!!!

[cstephens]

Some people have commented that it didn't make sense that no one at CTU and the terrorists themselves didn't pick up on Jack's obvious clue, but I think it's obvious to us because we know Jack, and we knew that he was going to find some way to tell them it was a trap. They had no idea that he was under duress, and none of them have worked with Jack for that long, even Chloe, and to the terrorists, it seemed part of the whole conversation. "Flank 2" does sound like a position, telling them where he was going to be.

I really liked how the discovery worked. They've been working there under what they know, so they wouldn't think about Jack having been gone for 18 months and not knowing about anything that might have changed. It took an outsider to figure that out.

But I kept yelling at the TV: "Listen to what Jack is saying!"


Favorite line from Sunday night:

Jack to Derrick: "The only reason you're still conscious is because I don't want to carry you."

Favorite line from Monday night:

Chloe to Buchanan: "So do you want me to help you figure out who that guy is, or should I just wait in holding?"

[cstephens]

I read about a casting deal in TV Guide online, which I'll include in spoilers just for the heck of it.

Elisha Cuthbert will be returning as Jack's daughter Kim.

[MickeyLumbo]

now if casting would replace President Logan* with President Palmer# all would be well in the world.

* = :rolleyes:

# = :snap:

[scaeagles]

Damn I love this show. Another great episode. Previews look great.

[scaeagles]

Just a thought - when will the Chinese find out Bauer is alive?

[Stan4dSteph]

When Jack stabbed that guy in the neck with the scissors, I went "ew." Then he slammed them home and I yelled out "DAMN!" He didn't just kill that guy, he KILLED that guy.

[mistyisjafo]

When Jack stabbed that guy in the neck with the scissors, I went "ew." Then he slammed them home and I yelled out "DAMN!" He didn't just kill that guy, he KILLED that guy.


OMG :eek: That was so intense!!

The thing that got me kinda giggly tho was when he saw the killer in the monitor just in time to beat off the attack. Total 007 moment! :snap: :snap:

[scaeagles]

Anybody still watching? I am....oh yeah, I am! Gotta resurrect this thread.

They killed Edgar. They freakin' killed Edgar. :eek: :crying:

Wow. That was a seriously intense two hours.

I hope the idiot moron Lynn did not make it to a sealed room. Let him die knowing what a jerkwad he is.

I think the Russian President knows (I figured he did before this episode) that Logan knew. Oh yeah. He knows Logan knew.

How any more people can they kill off though and still have a series? Gonna have a bunch of newbies on day 6, that's for sure.

[BarTopDancer]

Oh. My. God.

Poor Edgar! Poor Chloe! I didn't expect that. Did they seal off the room Tony is in?

Wow.

[MickeyLumbo]

how can two hours fly by so fast?!

very intense. and now have to wait until the 20th for another dose:(

yes, the Russian Prez knows. i'd like to see the First Lady use her power over her husband, the weasel.

RIP, Edgar. (although i think there is wiggle room for him to somehow survive.)

cool move shooting the wife in the leg! Go Jack!

yes, Tony is in a sealed room.

rather than see Lynn dead, i'd like to see him demoted so he would be ordered around by everyone. LOL

nice sound editing as people's hands/fingers squeaked along the glass sealed rooms while dropping to the ground. and even creepier that people are inside watching it happen.

who writes this stuff? yikes.

[MickeyLumbo]

Oh. My. God.

Poor Edgar! Poor Chloe! I didn't expect that. Wow.

i did. i have only myself to blame for checking my LoT email before the show was over in the Pacific timezone. but it was only 30 minutes early. i'll learn someday.

[cstephens]

I hope the idiot moron Lynn did not make it to a sealed room. Let him die knowing what a jerkwad he is.

Well, according to the preview they showed for next week, he did, because they flashed his picture. And if he didn't survive, we would have seen it. Besides, dying in 2 seconds is too easy. He needs to survive to know that this happened because of him.

How any more people can they kill off though and still have a series? Gonna have a bunch of newbies on day 6, that's for sure.

Well, the only people they've killed off so far this season that were long-time characters were Michelle and David Palmer. This was only Edgar's second year, and Lynn's sister and her boyfriend were both newbies. Yeah, they've killed off Nina and Sherry previously, but they keep adding new people every year anyway. And besides, Jack is the only one you really need.

and now have to wait until the 20th for another dose

Nope. There's a new show next week. Every since they started this "don't start the show until January" thing, they don't have off-weeks, which I prefer. I was thinking there was no show next week either (which I thought was weird) because of the "Prison Break"/"24" promo, but that was just to say that "Prison Break" wouldn't be on until the 20th. "24" will be back on the 13th.

I started to tear up when Tony found out about Michelle and collapsed. I was outright crying when I realized that they were going to kill off Edgar. And they didn't kill him off in furthering the story per se. I figured since he went to find out where that lady went, he'd end up finding the cannister. But nope, he's just a casualty. The look on Chloe's face was what made it all the worst.

I hate this damn show. And I keep watching and watching because they will do exactly this sort of thing. It was bad enough watching day players collapse from the nerve gas. But Edgar. That was killer.

High body count this week, including Lynn's sister and her boyfriend.

I'm also noticing all the familiar actors that are on this season. Lynn is played by Sean Astin, big bad guy is played by Julian Sands, Henderson is played by Peter Weller, Miriam Henderson is played by JoBeth Williams, Kim's new boyfriend/doctor is played by C. Thomas Howell, the VP is played by a guy who's name I don't remember, but he was on "Twin Peaks".

[MickeyLumbo]

whoa! that was C. Thomas Howell? wow... hadn't seen him in, well forever. didn't recognize him. cool to know. thanks

[BarTopDancer]

Wow. I need to keep a box of kleenex by me when I watch 24 now :(

That was a really good episode. I wasn't going to watch this season because the story became so preditcable. That predictability was pulled out from under us this season. Wow.

[scaeagles]

My wife kept yelling "I hate 24!". She, of course, loves it, but last night was surely emotional. What got her most of all was the security guard who was with Lynn talking to his daughter.

I have mixed emotions about the writers letting Lynn off the hook yesterday.

The VP dude is sure a slimey character, huh?

[BarTopDancer]

My wife kept yelling "I hate 24!". She, of course, loves it, but last night was surely emotional. What got her most of all was the security guard who was with Lynn talking to his daughter.

Oh ya, that really got me too. So did the part when Lynn came back and Jack was talking and the guard started breathing thinking he was OK instead of breathing in knowing he was going to die. I almost thought that gas disappated enough and Lynn was going to live. I was getting ready to be pissed. Not pissed that Lynn lived, but pissed the guard didn't wait another few seconds.

I have mixed emotions about the writers letting Lynn off the hook yesterday.

He was a jerk and stupid. He should have reported his keycard missing as soon as he was robbed; but I doubt he knew who his sister was involved with.

[scaeagles]

Yikes! Audrey selling info to the terrorist chick? May it never be! And next week....

Jack is going to be interrogating her! Holy freakin' cow!

[MickeyLumbo]

that was a shocking preview!:eek:

[cstephens]

Yikes! Audrey selling info to the terrorist chick? May it never be!

It's not her. I'm thinking there's some connection to her dad.

[scaeagles]

Glad to know that Audrey was being set up, but I about gagged when she said the only thing that got her through was knowing that Jack would save her.

So....I'm wondering....it is apparent that the remaining cannisters of the nerve gas have been destroyed in the explosions at the gas company. Good for them. But that makes me wonder what's going to happen in the remaining 9 hours of the day.

Henderson is loose and active, sending his cronies to try to kill Palmer's brother, who is bringing info the that stud secret service agent Aaron. Henderson had told Jack that it was really big and Jack didn't want to know what was going on. So, I'm thinking Henderson has more of the nerve gas, and that these 20 cannisters were designed as a demonstration to potential buyers. So there will be another attempt to deploy some more.

Regarding the previews for next week -

What does the aide to the first lady know? Palmer didn't look really happy with her, and she claims to know much. I think the VP may be dirty?

[mistyisjafo]

What I want to know is where can I get a messanger bag like what Jack carries! That thing is like Felix the Cat's bag of tricks.

I think this season is much better than last season. Much more action packed and full of sitting on the edge of your seat stuff.

[BarTopDancer]

Re: Spoiler

I think the VP is dirty. Or Mike. Mike betrayed Palmer. The aide went to hanging dude (forgot his name) and then left the First Lady alone so hanging dude could drug her and steal the papers.

If you think about it, the VP is the one that wanted everyone to have to stay in their homes... natural gas for heating... more people would die if they were in their homes...

[scaeagles]

Ooh - bartop - second part of that spoiler is a mighty fine point.

[cstephens]

Audrey sure has changed a lot in a year and a half. After watching Jack torture Paul, she could barely look at Jack. Guess she was still adjusting to what Jack used to do rather than what he was doing at the DoD. Now, Jack interrogates the heck out of her (how crushing was Jack's look when Audrey kept insisting that she'd only met Walt Cummings on business occasions?) and slams her against a wall, and she still forgives him. Guess she understands him better now. His treatment of her during the interrogation made a lot more sense knowing that if he treated her lightly, they were going to chemically torture her. Of course, then they tortured her anyway. I actually liked her admission that she was getting through it by thinking of Jack. It shows how much her attitude about him has changed and that she understands him a lot more than she used to. I thought the whole make-up scene was sweet, but yeah a little sappy. Nice that Jack got a 2-minute break in his day though.

I liked the exploding gas containers at the end when Jack was running away from them, but that seemed much more conventional blow-em-up stuff than they usually do on "24", so that actually didn't ring as true for me as the numerous other action scenes.

I'm wondering about all these people who are doing what the bad guys are asking them to do, thinking they'll be ok afterward. Figure out a way to open this cannister because we can't or we'll kill you. OK, they've just said they can't do it - how can they then kill you if you don't do it? And you have zero idea what they're having you open or what they're going to do with it. And what happens after he cuts them all open for them? Boom, he's dead. Let us release this we-won't-tell-you-what-it-is gas into your system or we'll kill your friends. Umm, ok, they can't do it without you, and you're not even going to think for a minute what they're releasing into the system? I guess I'm wondering if everyone is really just on a "fend for yourself" mentality without thinking about what the bigger picture is. Did he think they were releasing happy gas into the system? So far, the only day player person to think about the bigger picture is the guard who was unlucky enough to be in the same room as Lynn. Maybe everyone does kick into self-preservation mode first.

Does anyone else see the amazing resemblance that the head lady from the Department of Homeland Security bears to Helen Mirren?

I loved Chloe's "protocol" speech to the second-in-command Homeland Security guy, but I especially loved her look when she realized how crazy the new girl is after Bill brushed past her.

I really liked that in the preview for next week, they didn't show Jack at all. But we know he's not dead.

[BarTopDancer]

But that makes me wonder what's going to happen in the remaining 9 hours of the day.

The Chinese still haven't entered the picture yet...

[BarTopDancer]

:eek:

[scaeagles]

Logan? Logan is behind this? He seems pretty insulated from this. Here's my theory.

Logan contacted Henderson. Henderson ran the whole thing. The plan was as originally described by Walt Cummings, being that they were going to remote trigger the nerve gas when it was at the terrorist camp in central Russia.

This is the only rational explanation I can come up with. Otherwise, how does he have the private conversation with Cummings that he had? I think when the plan went awry and the terrorists decided to turn the gas on the US that Logan went into damage control mode and now it is all about preserving himself.

[Prudence]

Is 24 shown on different nights/times? Because I keep calling my mom during 24 and if this keeps up my brother's going to replace me as the good kid in the family.

[BarTopDancer]

Sca, that is a really good theory.

Remember in the beginning when Logan and Jack were talking and Jack acknowledges that his being alive is going to be a huge problem for Logan...?

Prudence, the Fox site for 24 shows 24 being on Mondays at 9.

[Stan4dSteph]

Is 24 shown on different nights/times? Because I keep calling my mom during 24 and if this keeps up my brother's going to replace me as the good kid in the family.The current season runs on Mondays at 9 PM on Fox. A&E runs previous seasons at other times during the week.

[scaeagles]

Central time, which includes AZ, means it is on an hour earlier. Though we are now on the same clock time as CA, it is on at 8:00 here, while most of the country sees it at 9:00.

[BarTopDancer]

I think the day ends tonight in a 2 hour show.

9:20 after the prez speaks.

[scaeagles]

Nope - one hour episode from 4-5am, then next week is the finale, time 5-7am.

[Gemini Cricket]

So each episode is one hour of the same day each season. So is each season a day in the same week? (I don't know, I've never seen the show...)

[scaeagles]

The title "24" refers to 24 hours in a day. Each of 24 episodes is one hour of the same day in chronological order. So the entire season is one day. This season (day) of 24 is set 18 months after the conclusion of the last season (day) of 24.

[Gemini Cricket]

So does Kiefer Sutherland wear the same costume the whole time? If he does, he has to pretty much wear the same clothes every day for almost a whole year.

[BarTopDancer]

So does Kiefer Sutherland wear the same costume the whole time? If he does, he has to pretty much wear the same clothes every day for almost a whole year.

Yes, the entire cast wears the same outfit for the entire show. They have made the outfits flexible (jackets to take off). The first season the outfits wern't flexible and the cast was frying or freezing depending on the month.

Keifer has been looking extra yummy this season.

[BarTopDancer]

Nope - one hour episode from 4-5am, then next week is the finale, time 5-7am.

/cry

[MickeyLumbo]

best

show

ever

besides Mickey Mouse Club

[scaeagles]

Well that was sure an unforseen twist.

Poor Aaron. Go Martha! Kickin' butt and takin' names!

I am so looking forward to seeing Jack confront Logan.

[BarTopDancer]

And it ends just as well as it begins.

I think I am going to cry. Good thing I have a short attention span so I'll forget what I'm waiting for in a few days.

[sleepyjeff]

Very good ending....felt a little cheated though when they said "stay tuned for scenes from season 6" and all we got were a recap of the last couple of scenes we had just seen...not one single new scene(wish I could remember what commercials were played durring this period so I could personally boycott them;)

[BarTopDancer]

Poor Jack on the boat! However, I do suspect that either in the DVD or hour 1 of season 7 they will get the boat because it's still in American waters.

[scaeagles]

I knew the Chinese were going to show up this season - it just took about 10 hours (episodes) longer than I had expected!

[Stan4dSteph]

Holy crap, Jack is in some deep doodoo.

I loved StoneCold!Jack when he shot Henderson. Awesome moment. Also, when he was going to shoot the prez, then didn't. He looked so conflicted, but it was all part of the brilliant Jack plan.

[BarTopDancer]

I really thought they were going to end on a happy note. Jack is with Audry, but as soon as that guy came by and told him Kim was on the phone.. on a landline!!! I noticed that 1) the guy was Asian and 2) really?! A landline? Jack how could you be so stupid! After all the cellphone useage why wouldn't they patch her through to your cellphone!

Some things I've learned from 24

Background checks are easy to pass
Using cell phones in the "ranch" is common place and no one questions why the President is always sneaking off to make privte cell phone calls.
You can get a boat out of LA harbor in 5 minutes or less

[scaeagles]

You can get a boat out of LA harbor in 5 minutes or less

Yeah - I thought that was funny. Jack went from relatively good shape at that airport to unconscious to conscious and beaten badly on a container ship well out of port in just about 5 minutes. I have often been amused at certain things in the time line of 24 (like how fast they drive around LA to get from place to place), but that was a bit extreme.

[BarTopDancer]

Yeah - I thought that was funny. Jack went from relatively good shape at that airport to unconscious to conscious and beaten badly on a container ship well out of port in just about 5 minutes. I have often been amused at certain things in the time line of 24 (like how fast they drive around LA to get from place to place), but that was a bit extreme.

Oooo OOOO YA! I forgot one

#4. There isn't traffic in LA!