24 used to be a kick-ass show. The show that wasn't afraid to kill off central characters, have its lead disobey all protocol in the name of protecting the good 'ole US of A. It reintroduced bad-ass to America.
And now? Now they can't even come up with a plot line that lasts an entire season, the bad guys have to have "my heart is breaking" monologues, and Bauer has been proven time and again to be so much of a bad-ass that we're no longer surprised when he does something cool. In fact, we're just depressed that he can't always be a bad-ass. We're addicted to Bauer breaking the rules, but unfortunately that can't quite fill 18 hours of programming.
And that's why 24 now sucks.
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It was due for a bad season. Next year, I'm sure will be better. 1 and 2 were good; 3 was not. 4 and 5 were good; 6 is not. It'll look up, I'm sure.
Oh, and by the way, in the next episode we're going to find out that Audrey's fine and Jack's old Volvo is being held hostage by Swedish nationalist militants who think that all Volvos should return to the mother country. Jack's going to blow up Stockholm.
Posted by: Ari | May 3, 2007 08:03 AM
Me, I blame Rena Sofer.
Posted by: Ben | May 27, 2007 11:53 AM