Day 6, 11 AM - 12 PM (Episode 6)
- Ok, so it's spelled "Graem", not "Graham". I guess they figured they'd name one kid something really boring, like "Jack", and the other one something lame and spelled funky. And, surprise, surprise - the normal-named one turned out to be the greatest hero this country has ever known, and the weird-named one is Lex Luthor squared. Parents, let this be a lesson to you: Name your kid something normal or they'll go bad.
- I'm not sure why Jack is taking Graem at his word about anything he says after Jack stopped suffocating him. I suppose Jack's ultra-sophisticated interrogation skills allow him to know when his subject is telling the truth and when he's not.
- Wow. Now THAT's one of the most blatant political statements this show has ever made. Milo finds the restrictions on Nadia absurd because "She's lived in this country since she was two years old. She's a registered Republican, for crying out loud." Yes, and we all know that a Republican would never do anything to hurt this country. Of course, since they pretty much stated that the President is a Democrat, maybe his Administration is just trying to block out Republicans. Yeah, that's the ticket. Damn Democrats!
- What office does Tom Lennox hold? Anyone? Bueller?
- If Karen Hayes resigns, she's one of the biggest idiots in the world. The evidence against her sounds really circumstantial, and clearly she's needed right now. I'm sure she could at least afford to wait a couple of days - what's Tom going to be able to do to her right now? The President, if he has any sense, sure as hell isn't going to care about this today.
- Hey, she did resign! Well, she's probably qualified to be the National Security Advisor then. Clearly, she can't evaluate threats very well.
- They really do make up technology as they go along. So, you can call someone's special cell phone and press "* *" after you dial, and it'll upload the contents of the SIMM card to that person's special phone. The terrorists, however, were somehow able to encode the contents of their SIMM card, but NOT disable the special uploading feature. This makes no sense - you'd encode the contents of the card if you're worried about someone getting a hold of the data without the ability to use the phone itself, which is pretty unlikely, albeit, the situation we happen to find ourselves in at this very moment.
- Why in the hell did they let Sandra Palmer monitor the whole Walid situation? Why did they let her run into the detention center after the gate was opened? I know she's the President's sister and all, but maybe that means they should be a little more careful with her.
- Yeah, yeah, it would have been cooler if Donald Sutherland was Jack's dad, but James Cromwell isn't bad. And, if you follow that logic, then Charlie Sheen would have had to be the President's son on The West Wing. And we wouldn't want that.
- Hey, it took a whole 45 minutes for Jack trusting Graem to backfire. Remember, Daddy Bauer, it's all your fault for naming your son "Graem".
- I'm not sure why Jack is taking Graem at his word about anything he says after Jack stopped suffocating him. I suppose Jack's ultra-sophisticated interrogation skills allow him to know when his subject is telling the truth and when he's not.
- Wow. Now THAT's one of the most blatant political statements this show has ever made. Milo finds the restrictions on Nadia absurd because "She's lived in this country since she was two years old. She's a registered Republican, for crying out loud." Yes, and we all know that a Republican would never do anything to hurt this country. Of course, since they pretty much stated that the President is a Democrat, maybe his Administration is just trying to block out Republicans. Yeah, that's the ticket. Damn Democrats!
- What office does Tom Lennox hold? Anyone? Bueller?
- If Karen Hayes resigns, she's one of the biggest idiots in the world. The evidence against her sounds really circumstantial, and clearly she's needed right now. I'm sure she could at least afford to wait a couple of days - what's Tom going to be able to do to her right now? The President, if he has any sense, sure as hell isn't going to care about this today.
- Hey, she did resign! Well, she's probably qualified to be the National Security Advisor then. Clearly, she can't evaluate threats very well.
- They really do make up technology as they go along. So, you can call someone's special cell phone and press "* *" after you dial, and it'll upload the contents of the SIMM card to that person's special phone. The terrorists, however, were somehow able to encode the contents of their SIMM card, but NOT disable the special uploading feature. This makes no sense - you'd encode the contents of the card if you're worried about someone getting a hold of the data without the ability to use the phone itself, which is pretty unlikely, albeit, the situation we happen to find ourselves in at this very moment.
- Why in the hell did they let Sandra Palmer monitor the whole Walid situation? Why did they let her run into the detention center after the gate was opened? I know she's the President's sister and all, but maybe that means they should be a little more careful with her.
- Yeah, yeah, it would have been cooler if Donald Sutherland was Jack's dad, but James Cromwell isn't bad. And, if you follow that logic, then Charlie Sheen would have had to be the President's son on The West Wing. And we wouldn't want that.
- Hey, it took a whole 45 minutes for Jack trusting Graem to backfire. Remember, Daddy Bauer, it's all your fault for naming your son "Graem".
posted by Dave at 12:33:00 AM
3 Comments:
Wow. Now THAT's one of the most blatant political statements this show has ever made. Milo finds the restrictions on Nadia absurd because "She's lived in this country since she was two years old. She's a registered Republican, for crying out loud." Yes, and we all know that a Republican would never do anything to hurt this country. Of course, since they pretty much stated that the President is a Democrat, maybe his Administration is just trying to block out Republicans. Yeah, that's the ticket. Damn Democrats!
I think Milo saying that was more meant as a dig and inside joke to the real current political climate and falls outside the 24 one....
I was literally screaming at the TV during the cell phone lifting scene in Latch-key Detention camp.
Whooops, sorry for the late post 24-heads, smut-Li was busy bustin' heads and kickin' in teeth last week and didn't have time to post. That and Smut-li super angry at the nonsense of NOT CONFISCATING THE DAMN CELL PHONE ONCE WALID GOT IT. Argh!
I'm going to start to cry foul at the soap-opera drama tactics now. The writers have a boner for everything being super-duper dramatic. The bad guys are getting predictably unpredictable. The good guys are always one step behind or mislead. The plot is starting to write itself and that is never good. I smell something funky, and it just might be that 'stale-24' aroma that is ripenin' up.
Totally no way that Hayes resignes. No way. No way she doesn't expose Lennox blackmailing her. Why is it that the good guys find ways to interfere with each other, and the bad guys can basically recruit from the want-ads "Terrorist. Need person to arm nukes. Will pay $$$$"
I didn't complain about them not confiscating the cell phone because at least they provided an explanation for why they didn't (Walid was too valuable having infiltrated the group), even though it was a pretty stupid explanation.
I don't really think that Lennox is a "good guy", because I bet we'll find out that he's working for the Veep who's working for Daddy Bauer.
But you're right - CTU and the White House are basically inept. Season 1 + 2 were Jack being brilliant in tracking down the terrorists. Lately, it's simply grasping to the one strand they've conveniently left to track the terrorists. Think about how often there's only ONE way of getting to the terrorists. It happens over and over. It's ridiculous.
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