24 Day 8

Damn. Forgot that was going to be on. Could've had a double-feature of BSG hotties. (Tricia Helfer was on Human Target tonight).

 

I thought she only said that he wasn't there, not that he was dead?

 

So, I just got done with the premiere ... even though I said I wasn't going to watch it.

Anyone else sick of the way every season begins with Jack basically saying "I don't work for the government" and someone else saying "Come on Jack, we need you to do this one little thing, it won't lead to anything big" and then Jack agreeing within two minutes?

For a second, I thought Jack was actually going to say no and walk away. Then I remembered this is 24 we're talking about.

Poor Bauer. Looks like the only way he's getting out of this shit is by eating a bullet or two or 234.

As for tonight's episode, I like the new CTU look but I find it strange 24 went with so many big names/recognizable faces. Just off the top of my head, I saw someone who looked an awful lot like that guy from "She's All That" (you know, the one with the famous father. Frederick King Jr. or something), the chick from BSG, Bubba from Forrest Gump and the guy who was told to "Suck it" in the Shield.

That's four actors/actresses with unique, easily recognizable looks all in one episode? Seems like a lot.

Oh well. I'll still tune in. 24 may be past its prime but I'm already invested, may as well finish it out.

And, hey, maybe we'll actually find out if Logan survived or not this season. Here's hoping.

 

The new CTU looks more like a Prada store than a government spy lab. Wasn't the old place in a subterranean cave?

 

Also, the villain-for-now is Horace from Lost. Although most of you undoubtedly know him as Loony Bin Jim from Punisher: War Zone.

 

Wait, that's a chick? My wife and I were cracking up tonight when the guy called and kept threatening to spill the beans on her secret past. It's got to be a Crying Game scenario.

 

Here's my bet. She did something bad, he took the fall and went to jail for it. She'll meet with him, bosses will become suspicious, she'll be thought of as a mole, valuable time will be wasted on this sub plot.

Other predictions include Chloe being accused of being a traitor at least twice because she ends up helping Jack instead of her bosses, Agent Hotpants gets shot at least once, Tony shows up midway through the season and the ghost of Bill Buchanan comes back to tell Frederick King Jr. that he is running out of time.

 

The scary thing is I bet you're 100% right other than Bill coming back from the dead.

I'll still stick with my original theory that hot blonde is a bad chick. Her body language whenever bad news was revealed seemed telling...she always seemed to pause a beat, as if to say "shit" in her mind.

BTW, I'm keeping track of kills this year. Eight in the first two hours--2 for Jack and 6 for the others.

 

Is hot blond code for "chick from BSG"? Just want to make sure we're on the same page.

Also, here's another couple of predictions.

First, Hassad will end up dead by the end of the day. If his brother doesn't get him, the 30 or so attempts on his life will lead to him being protected by Jack by the end of the day and, just before it's all clear, he'll get shot and die right after saving someone's life or doing something heroic.

Next, at least once this season Frederick and BSG chick will have a falling out and he'll be responsible for interrogating her when she's looked at as a mole.

Third, President Taylor's new chief of staff will either turn or her, turn on that old dude from last season that's helping her or do something compromising in the name of her cause.

Fourth, Taylor's daughter somehow becomes important to the plot.

Fifth, Chloe's husband is brought in at least once to help at CTU and, at some point this year, will be killed.

That's all for now. I figure if I hit at least 80% of these predictions, then this show should be canceled for its predictability alone.

 

BTW, it's worth noting that Jack's Ax kill tonight (His first of the season IIRC) is #200 for the length of the series. Well, at least if you add up the numbers on bauerkillcount.com

 

Be really cool if they brought back the ghosts of Freddy Prinze SR and Scatman Crothers. Kind of a 6 degrees of separation thing.