Jack as the fugitive...can't wait until next season when he returns in true 'black-ops' fashion.
Thanks b-side for a great season of recaps.

I don't know how to answer all of your last questions, but what I do know is: Yea for a KIM-FREE SEASON! Oh, and that Mandy punch...fan-freakin-tastic!!!!!!

B-Side, it's not "Winds of Change" that is playing, it's the theme to "The Incredible Hulk." My sister and I agree that seeing Jack walking off into the distance, carrying his bag...we just felt a Bill Bixby flashback. Pretty soon that damn tabloid reporter will be hunting for Jack all over the country...

TheMatt,

Im with you on that. I actually sent Bside the music to use in the post, but in his infinate wisdom, he chose not to.

MYL

TV Guide promised they'd be killing off one of the main characters, so when Jack was "dead," I was cursing at my TV, sure they'd killed off Jack. Glad they didn't. Curtis and Tony are great characters, but they don't have half the cajones Jack does to carry on as the main badass of the series.
And so now Tony's officially back working for CTU? What was that? He had his own locker and everything at the end. They forgive treason pretty quickly down at CTU.

I hope Jack doesn't come back to work for the gov. he should form his own A-team. It would be more plausable than most of the shit that went down this season.

I think Jack should go to Mexico for retirement and let Chloe take over. He deserves a rest after these days he keeps having!

What? No pictures of Tony shirtless here? Not fair!

Sadly, my Incredible Hulk knowledge is very low, and so I had no idea what that music was that madeyoulaugh sent me.

But feel free to hum it as well.

The Plots have thickened....

24 Season 1

Victor Drazen plans to kill a presidential candidate.
Simple, yet riveting.

24 season 4

A train is overturned & suitcase is stolen.

Terrorists kidnapped the secretary of state, in order to hold an online tribunal which was merely a front so they could kill him anyways.

Turns out the kidnapping was a distraction from their real plot, use information obtained from the suitcase inthe plane crash to take control of and cause nuclear meltdowns in every nuclear power plant in the nation.

Which was really a diversion to the real plan to steal a stealth fighter which could be used to get close to airforce one and assassinate the president in a mid air explosion.

Which was really a method by which to obtain "the football" which carries the codes to the nations nukes.

Which was happening simultaniously to a warhead's relatively lightly guarded transport being easily broken and stolen. Uh Oh...dirty bomb??

Nope, they strapped it to a missile and plan on blowing up....Los Angeles.

I'm sure Ill be put on some gov't watch list for this, but if terrorists take such time to create such a complex plan, I feel kinda badly when they fail. I like people being rewarded for creativity, not dropped off buildings.

oh well...

MYL

Was anyone else wondering why they'd have Michelle administer the epinephrine to revive Jack when CTU has a crack medical trauma team right there on site? Well, if we've learned anything during the past 24 hours I guess we all know why.

Also during Palmer's emotional farewell to Jack I was expecting something like "you know Jack, if you ever need home or auto insurance please give me a call."

Great recap, and great season. I didn't see the ending coming ... so Jack's just gonna walk the earth, like Kane in Kung Fu? It's gonna be real ugly, though, if someone doesn't open up a can of whupass on President Pussy next year...

Fanboy Nation always blows its collective head gasket whenever word gets out that Mandy is returning to 24. I don't get it. I think Mia Kershner is laughably, lamentably terrible in attempting to pull off the "tuff chick" routine. Chloe would wipe the floor with Mandy and then guilt-trip her about it.

the matt, I thought the same thing last night about the Bill Bixby thing.

24 was good but it strayed too much into the Alias territory. I expected Jennifer Garner to show up and kick agent Dale Spaulding's ass before he killed Jack. But alas...no such luck. And what happened with the sacrafice. Each season's end has a sacrafice. Someone, or at least the city of Pasadena, should have bit the dust.

It was very discomforting for me to notice that President Pussy seems to be fashioned a hell of a lot after George Bush. Instead of Dick Cheaney, Pres. Pussy had Palmer.

I thought the ending shots were more reminiscent of Star Wars - I expected to hear a woman calling, "Luke! I'm about to shut the power down!" Maybe next year Edgar and Chloe will leave CTU to become Jack's droids.

By now, Jack is chillin' with Andy and Red in Mexico.

America's Next Top Fan: Not Pasadena! At least pick some place worthy of being decimated, like Encino or Canoga Park. Especially since the SAn Fernando Valley is a five minute drive from downtown L.A. in 24 geography.

Remember that David Palmer only served one term as President, so he could always run again.

On another note, they said perimeter today on One Life To Live and I burst out laughing. I wonder how long it will be before I can move past 24 and not hear perimeter without laughing. Oh well.

Well, I think Jack has a big future as a bouncer at Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo. I also think that next season the Chinese will abduct Jack from his fraidy hole in Mexico, then it will be up to Tony and Curtis to rescue Jack and all of his knowledge of CTU and secret government info. Give Kiefer a break!

The big death scene of Marwhan sucked, very anti-climactic.

I swear this season was written by George Lucas, terrible from the start, but I'll still watch next season. Unless Kiefer decides to pull a Dave Chappelle.

B-Side: THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU...for the sunrise screen caps. They are now in full rotation as my wallpaper.

"Is there any way she slipped the perimeter?" asked Michelle. Jack's response: "No, the perimeter is air tight." WHAT?! Since when?!

If you had told me earlier that Jack was going to die this season, I would have laughed in your face. Guess I was wrong. Let's start a game, what do you think Jack's new codename should be next year? Michael McKickAss!!

Next year, they bring him out of his hiding for an undercover, covert operation. Must remain incognito the whole day working only with Michelle, Tony, and Chloe. Next year must also feature a full 24 episodes of Mandy. I haven't seen season one yet, but she kicks butt!

Thanks again B-side!

When I heard Jack say, "No, the perimeter is air tight", I was convinced that it was a shout out to the the tvgasm crew.

Great post as usual. The directions they can go next season are endless, can't wait. But agree with some of the above loyal commenters, President Pussy (I love that name!) has to get raked over the coals somehow and embarrased for the being the spineless weasel that he is.

Call me crazy, but I love it when they tighten the perimeter and expand the parameter ... all within the same 10 minutes!!!

Where did the blood come from when Jack pretended to die? I assume he wasn't shot or the bullet would still be in him right?

B-side, that was fantastic. But I'm confused: Are you insinuating that having hundreds of highly intelligent and well-coordinated Islamic terrorists team-up with Stealth Air Force pilots, Chinese government officials, and hot chicks in black leather pants -- to blow-up a train, melt-down 106 nuclear reactors, kidnap the Sec. of Defense, steal the Nuclear Football by shooting down AirForce 1, and launch an ICBM from US soil (all in one day) -- without someone letting the cat out of the bag -- isn't realistic? It's a great tribute to the show's writers that in spite of the ridiculous unreality of it all, we stay completely hooked. I can't wait till next season (and hope it has more Mandy)!

Holy crap, were you in our living room when we watched the finale? You were having the same exact reactions we were, although yours were ever so much funnier. Great recap! Curtis ROCKS! Jack, of course, always rocks. And don't forget that Tony was a pretty big badass when he saved Jack and Audrey earlier in the day so that makes up for his paltry showing with Mandy.

Nothwithstanding some of the belief suspension moments, 24 proved yet again to be riveting TV. It says something about a show when people invest 24 weeks (ALMOST 1/2 A YEAR!)in a show. This is especially so when there was so much crap TV (ala THE APPRENTICE). At least 24 provided something for intelligent people to watch.

P.S. Loved, loved, loved the Man of La Mancha reference. Keep the great recaps coming B-Side!

btw, this was a terrific read.

I am amused and amazed at the reception here given to Mandy's punch in the face. When Curtis did that, it felt so, well, satisfying. I couldn't explain it. On some level, I felt guilty that a woman got punched straight-on in the face, but she was a cold-blooded assassin who totally deserved it. And that leg swinging on top of the counter, what was up with that? An assassin with some flair?

btw, did anyone stick around to watch the FOX promo about "24" coming back in January? The voiceover said something like, "IF YOU THINK THAT'S THE END OF 24, THEN YOU DON'T KNOW JACK." (I think they showed the final scene again of Jack walking off into the sun.) Well, I don't really have a point to make, except it was a bad pun that made me groan.

Well, it looks like Jack is headed to Mexico, where I predict he will soon get to work busily setting-up the Mexican UCT (Unita de Contra Terrorismo). Of course, he's totally fluent in Spanish, and has a stomach that is immune to Montezuma's revenge. Anyone with me here?

B-side,
"you played...a...role..." in my enjoyment of this season. Thanks for the great recaps (but I don't know how you left out President Pussy's quote since it was so freaking great).
PS--I used to work for Allstate until very recently. I LOVE Dennis Haysbert, but really, they paid him millions and millions of dollars (us employees even got a special video from him) and paid the other workers NOTHING! Well, as long as he stays on 24 I guess I will forgive him. Rant over!

I have to agree with the commenter who said that Chloe would wipe the floor with Mandy. Next season, if the Chinese go after Jack, I suspect they'd have a hard time battling back Chloe.

But then, Chloe is God.

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