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As the CTU Turns - TVgasm

by J-Unit

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24_1-23-06By any standard, the first four hours of 24 were some of the best hours of television ever. After shaking off the rust, Jack had returned to become a one-man Rainbow Six team, calmly killing terrorists, and saving the son of his love interest. With such a great start, we were all prepared for another twenty hours of television, dipped in adrenaline, and hanging at the edge of our seats. Then came last night. I'm not necessarily saying that it was a bad episode, but most of the drama and the tension had to do with relationships instead of lots of gunfire. The episode had us examining our feelings and not the body count. I guess they were trying to show that 24 is more than just a bunch of snapped necks, sockets, and hard perimeters. That's OK, and I'll get in touch with my emotions, just bring back the violence.

Every week, they give us the graphic violence warning. It used to be saved for episodes with particularly bloody scenes, but now it is at the beginning of every episode. Now when the warning comes on, I say to myself "due to some graphic content, this episode is going to kick ass".

Despite rescuing all of the hostages AND killing all of the terrorists last week, CTU's job was not done. Jack saw a guy with a yellow tie get a key card from one of the terrorists, and that guy with the yellow tie was not among the hostages rescued. He wanted to follow up on this, but Curtis told him that he was still wanted, and Buchanan was asking for him at CTU. But listen, Curtis knows how to get shit done, and look good doing it, so let him find Mr. Yellow Tie, and give Jack some time off. He can enjoy a nice little ride along the 10, at perhaps 10 miles an hour, back to CTU. By the way, this would be a great time to mention the Jacktracker, a helpful tool from the astute mind of our friend BoHan at Gridskipper. Jacktracker will "map Jack Bauer’s progress through 24 hours of travel, terrorism, and mayhem, generally committed in and around Los Angeles. But this is not the LA we know — time, space, and various laws of physical geography may be warped and broken with impunity, as we shall soon see." Seriously folks, check it out, then you will understand why so many of us laugh whenever people from CTU drive.

We all know that the terrorists were busy removing canisters with nerve gas inside of them. I know that they tested the air any contaminants, but if it was your job to move these canisters onto the truck, would you do this without wearing any gloves or a mask to cover your face. The canisters may be sealed, but you don't know where they came from. How do you know that they weren't packaged in the same place that is sending anthrax to Tom Brokaw and human re-animation viruses to Canada for Mila Jovavich? We wash our hands before we handle chicken, so I guess I just don't understand why these guys play fast and loose with nerve gas.


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