24 - Season Six
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 It's Going Downhill This season of 24 left me changing my mind every other week a new episode aired. The 1st 4 episodes ok. They had the right amount of action with a mixture of suspense. Only 2 problems with them. 1) The whole thing where Jack was going to sacrifice himself: The writers have played the Jack death card about 8 times now - we know he is going to live. This did not create suspense or any emotion in me at all. I knew he would escape. 2) The sub-plot at the White house with Tom creating Detention Facilities: This got very annoying to keep hearing about over again. We know it's not going to happen. After the Nuclear bomb, the show started going down. The remaining 4 Nukes were destroyed in suspected and uncreative ways. The bottom line is that we know that after the first Nuke going off, the others will be found and secured. There should have only been 1 or 2 Nukes to begin with because 5 does not make me anymore nervous as I know they will not go off. Jack's character got cut out a lot as well. Some episodes in the teens he was only their for 10 min/episode. Well then he can't be very important. I understand that this season had a lot to follow up on after season 5, but I think the plot was a complete replica of season 2. A lot of things were left unanswered here too. The Logans? The radiation from the bomb? Morris' Drinking? (shouldn't have been introduced in the first place). The last 6 episodes were good. Yes, the plot took a unrelated turn to the previous 18, but at least their was suspense. I like how the Chinese were introduced again. However the whole Audrey thing was ridiculous. Why bring back a character that doesn't know who she is. And it makes the Chinese look just evil to torture a women just because she loved Jack Bauer. And the Russians are portrayed as a bunch of people who love throwing their Military on the U.S. The plot was better, but still a little strange and very unrealistic. THE CHARACTERS: Tom Lennix: A Great addition to the cast. He kept the show in the white house going since no one else did. Morris O'Brian: Excellent addition - he was great take over especially because of his history with Chloe. Nadia Yessir: Not so sure about her. Her personality changed frequently as if the writers weren't sure what to do with her. One of the worst directors of CTU. Bill Buchanon: Excellent director as usual. Stays true to what he believes which I like. Jack Bauer: For the amount of time he was involved: excellent. The show would have been better if he was more involved in the main plot episodes 6-17. Milo Pressman: I didn't like him very much. He was a bit annoying with the whole Nadia sublot. Mike Doyle: I hated him in the beginning. However, I ended up liking him in the end but then he was bombed. The way it looks, he won't be returning. Chloe O'Brian: My favorite character on the show (besides Jack). She never gets annoying to me and I love what they did to her in the season. Wayne Palmer: Good character overall. He wasn't always there but when he was he had the strength deep down to be President. V.P. Daniels: I couldn't stand him as a character. He didn't even add to the show in my mind. All in all I missed Tony, Michelle, and Edgar. This season gets a 5/10 overall. Thanks for reading. I didnt even watch the season finale... How bored and disappointed was I with Season 6??? So much so that I didn't watch the season finale. I've been an avid fan of 24 since season 1. I even went out of my way to spread the good news of Jack Bauer to friends and family. Only to be embarrased by this season. I really do hope that next season is better. But I agree with one of the other comments. Everyone that Jack relied on are basically dead, except for annoying Chloe. And WHAT was the deal with bringing the Logans back??? Is Charles dead, did she get put into a mental institution, did Aaron go back to work for the president??? What happened with the people that were exposed to the radiation??? All I can honestly say is that I hope that Season 7 is good and Season 8 should be kick a** and should DEFINITELY be the last season.  24 Rapidly turning into 0 I have watched 24 since its debut. It was at the time, the best show on TV. Perfect mix of action, suspense, emotion, with a new real-time format. All seasons have been high-quality, except for Season 4, but I won't get into those details now. The problems I see with 24 in Season 6 are: 1. The show has become increasingly violent. Torture is used often, with fingers being cut as easily as blinking an eye. 2. The show is fostering the "us against them mentality". But now it's not just against Arabs, but also the Chinese, and the Russians. And the answer? Let's just nuke them. So with this approach, we can nuke half the world, and torture the other half. We will live happily ever after embracing our nukes until the radiation fallout from all the bombs we've used reaches us. 3. Because torture and/or gore is so prevalent in the show, there is no element of surprise. For example, when Jack is looking for Gredenko, and CTU is still receiving a signal even though Jack can't find him; I knew he had cut off his arm; and left it behind. 4. Jack has become a character devoid of humanity. A torture provider. I think this is not only the result of having him use torture so often, but also the fact that all the characters who gave him his personal side are gone. I did not buy his story with Marylin. He just doesn't seem capable of loving anyone anymore. 5. With the exception of a few characters like Bill Buchanan, and Karen Hayes, everyone feels like a caricature. Doyle seems to have been brought in as Jack's replacement if Sutherland quits the show. 6. Chloe is as annoying as ever, but when the show was good, she was bearable, now she's just another negative. Same for her boyfriend Morris. 7. Milo is not credible in the role, and his involvement with Nadia, and their kiss in the middle of the nuclear bomb crisis and in the office, was just ridiculous. 8. How many times are they going to recycle the same ideas? Can we have some originality? In any case, this is it for me. No more 24. Sad evolution for a show that from a scale of 1 to 10 was really a "24".  24 & KEIFER SUTHERLAND ROCK I WATCHED THE FIRST SEASON OF 24 ON TV. IT MADE ME CRAZY GOING FROM ONE WEEK TO THE NEXT FOR ANOTHER HOUR OF THE SAME DAY. SO THE LAST 5 SEASONS I HAVE RECORDED ALL THE EPISODES FOR THE SEASON AND THEN WATCHED THEM ALL IN A WEEK OR TWO. THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST WAY TO WATCH 24, IN MY OPINION. I REALLY LIKED THIS SEASON, JUST A LITTLE MORE CONTENT AND A LITTLE LESS SHOOT EM UP. I LIKE THE CONSTANT ACTION...BUT ALL ACTION IS NOT SHOOTING. THERE WERE ENOUGH TWISTS AND TURNS TO KEEP ME WATCHING. A COUPLE OF EPISODES KIND OF DRAGGED, BUT OVERALL THE STORY WAS PRETTY DOGGONE TRUE TO 24. JACK WAS IN KIND OF A STUPOR AFTER 2 YEARS IN A CHINESE PRISON...HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HIS SPARKLING SELF...THEN HIS BROTHER AND HIS DAD...AND THEN WHEN HE FINDS OUT HE'S LOST ANOTHER LOVE...WHAT? PEOPLE EXPECTED HIM TO BE TOTALLY FOCUSED AND EAGER TO DO CTU'S BIDDING? I THINK THE WRITERS KEPT HIM RIGHT IN CHARACTER FOR HOW SOMEONE LIKE JACK BAUER WOULD BE IN THE 24 HOURS AFTER THAT! NICE SIDE STORY WITH CLOE & MORRIS, TOO. GOOO STUFF, THIS SHOW. | |||||||||||||
