24: Live Another Day. Discussion Thread. (Spoilers)

[Trekker4747]

However, I really loved the episode, lots of minor complaints but that's mostly in how the Brits mucked up Jack's operation than anything about the structure of the show.

TPTB mucking up Jack's plans pretty much IS the structure of the show.

And speaking of that, I just finished the episode where they chase down the (decoy) bomb on the runway. What a great action sequence (and filmed great too), and the season is only a little over half over, I can't wait to see what happens next.

I just finished watching through S2 the otherday may start S3 tonight or more likely tomorrow as I go through my re-watch. The next episode of 24 S2 you're coming up on is one of the better ones of the season.

And I can't wait till I get to season 3 so I can get a proper introduction to Chloe, who is a really interesting character so far in 'Live Another day.'

It really is fascinating how much her character has changed from Season 3. Man, be interesting to see how you go into it already knowing/liking Chloe. Because I think most hated her when she first came on but her Aspergery Snarkiness quickly grows on you.

 

[wtriker1701]

Going back to seasons 1 & 2 reaffirms, why I love this show - even with its faulty seasons 6-8.

 

[SAndrews10]

My purely speculative guess is there will be an attack or some incident and Jack is injured and will wake up xyz hours later or whatever the time jump is.

 

[Aragorn]

Going back to seasons 1 & 2 reaffirms, why I love this show - even with its faulty seasons 6-8.

I'd say season 4 was where things started to go to south (although season 3 had all the stupid Palmer subplots). The first however many episodes with Heller were tightly written, but once we got to Marwan's first "grand scheme" it turned into a Rube Goldberg terrorist plot.

 

[Trekker4747]

Going back to seasons 1 & 2 reaffirms, why I love this show - even with its faulty seasons 6-8.

I'd say season 4 was where things started to go to south (although season 3 had all the stupid Palmer subplots). The first however many episodes with Heller were tightly written, but once we got to Marwan's first "grand scheme" it turned into a Rube Goldberg terrorist plot.

Season 4 certainly began the Rube Goldberg terrorist plots, or at least the terrorist plots that lead to terrorist plots that were plans for THE terrorist plot.

But, still, some fun to be had Season 4 onward. I think 6 and 8 were really the more painful and, "Really?!" seasons.

 

[cultcross]

I did love the Brit PM deciding to jump into the middle of an American op, about which he knows nothing, without telling the Americans anything, because his pretty assistant/mistress bats her eyes at him.

Eh, to be fair it is *his* country, Any actions being taken by the American personnel on the behalf of the President was simply a courtesy being extended by the PM. But he's under no real obligation to let these Americans muck about in his country doing whatever. Still, it's odd he made the move without knowing too much on the plan of those carrying out the operation.

Well the chain of disbelief starts even earlier than that, really, with the CIA casually undertaking armed operations on British soil.

This week's 'MI5 SWAT team' got actual laughs in the room while I was watching. Bless 24 and their imagination I was almost expecting them to have 'MI5' on their backs. Had anyone noticed that the setting in Britain has made no difference whatsoever to the plot other than the accents? MI5 is an intelligence agency, they sit behind desks with maps and reports and stuff. They have to use the police Special Branch for anything 'hands on' specifically because they don't have 'field work' capability. But in 24 land, they are just CTU with crumpets.

Still, I did enjoy it this week in the usual way I enjoy whatever ridiculous stuff 24 does. Jack's scenes with the arms dealer were great and I liked the bits where the Russian embassy thing started to unravel.

 

[Admiral Bear]

This week's 'MI5 SWAT team' got actual laughs in the room while I was watching. Bless 24 and their imagination I was almost expecting them to have 'MI5' on their backs. Had anyone noticed that the setting in Britain has made no difference whatsoever to the plot other than the accents? MI5 is an intelligence agency, they sit behind desks with maps and reports and stuff. They have to use the police Special Branch for anything 'hands on' specifically because they don't have 'field work' capability. But in 24 land, they are just CTU with crumpets.

That whole scene was laughably bad, woefully researched, and terribly written. Bunch of guys dressed like they've just walked off a WW2 PS3 game shouting "MI5" in the most ridiculously posh British period drama accent you could come up with. After all these years, do the dozy arsed Americans really still think the majority of British people talk like that?

The Yanks must really love the British class system.

It shows how terrible pretty much everything else is on TV when 24, despite having been a pale shadow of itself for years, is still the best show on the box. And this new series is really limp.

 

[Trekker4747]

Right now, terrorists are plotting to use armed US drones to bomb London, England. Which is in Europe. Which isn't in America, so everyone here sorta talks funny calls things different names, like the trunk of a car "the boot" and the like. My embedded code in the terrorists' Kickstarter account totally worked which means I can now track down the Terrorist Mum's hot-daughter. Who seems to be doing remarkably well considering she watched her husband die an hour ago and had a finger chopped off her had three hours ago. But, judging from her gloved hand movements last hour her hand must have regenerated that finger.

Also? The British government is fucking my shit up, going to need to take care of that later on today. I'm roguish international criminal/world saver and today is the second last televised day of my life.

The following takes place between 6:00 PM and 7:00 PM.

Events occur in Bauer Time.

Kiefer Kill Kounter
Near as I can tell it stands at around three, all unnamed terrorists in the raided compound. Not counting the leader who took himself out. We *thought* Jack killed people in the second episode this season but we see them alive, if severely injured, in the following episode.

So, right now, I'm putting the KKK at 3.

 

[Mr Light]

It's nice to see the KKK finally getting some bigger numbers.

Wait...

 

[tomalak301]

It's nice to see the KKK finally getting some bigger numbers.

Wait...

I know what you meant but in this politically correct world, that sounded so racist.

 

[wtriker1701]

It's nice to see the KKK finally getting some bigger numbers.

Wait...

I know what you meant but in this politically correct world, that sounded so racist.

Should it be called Kiefer Fatalities Counter - KFC?
The would sound just like product placement...

 

[Mr. Adventure]

^ It's finger-picking good

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Jack vs Drone, awesome.


ETA: "It's empty!"

 

[Evil Twin]

Man, that was one of the most DAMMIT-y episodes of 24 ever. I was just laughing my ass off throughout it.

 

[Trekker4747]

A "We're running out of time!" Everyone take a drink!

But take that drink back if you correctly guessed the guy talking to the CIA director was Chloe's beau/Open Cell leader.

So it was Simone's pinky that got chopped off? Could have sworn it was her left finger, being a symbolic gesture given her husband was the one at risk.

The "chase scene" was very nicely done, but I didn't think for a moment that switching cars in the tunnel would work.

Nice that Agent Yvonne, who was given a major cut during her torture scene last week (hour) seems perfectly okay. And, wow, Dark-Ass kid for wanting Simone dead. I mean, I get "why" she'd want that given what happened but at the same time the girl seemed a bit young to really think such dark things. I was actually waiting for both her and Simone to end up the car and for the kid to kill her. Luckily I was wrong.

Knew the CIA Techie guy survived when his body didn't surface.

And, wow, Chloe managed to get out of the flat, out of the area the cops were in and into the cafe pretty quickly.

I was *almost* expecting Margot and Heller to be working together at the end as part of some multi-layered plan, glad to see I was wrong and it's just Heller trying to martyr himself.

 

[Evil Twin]

Oh, and that face recognition thing in next week's preview cracked me up 'cause it immediately brought to mind this from For Your Eyes Only.

Face recognition software... of the FUTURE!

Nice that Agent Yvonne, who was given a major cut during her torture scene last week (hour) seems perfectly okay.

Her body has already developed Jack's regenerative capabilities due to close proximity to him. Those cuts on her face probably won't even be there next week.

 

[Mr Light]

Last night's episode was really riveting! A car chase against a drone! Awesome!

The only thing I expected that didn't happen was that Kate would come into conflict with Jack because he'd start torturing Simone while she thinks that she could be reasoned with based on what the little girl told her.

 

[Beagleman]

Best episode of the season so far, the chase was great and I'm someone who geats tired oft chase sequences really fast...

 

[Aragorn]

Man, that was one of the most DAMMIT-y episodes of 24 ever. I was just laughing my ass off throughout it.

Do you have to take a drink when other people on the show say "damnit"?

 

[Trekker4747]

Man, that was one of the most DAMMIT-y episodes of 24 ever. I was just laughing my ass off throughout it.

Do you have to take a drink when other people on the show say "damnit"?

Alcohol poisoning is a bad thing, so I'm going to go with just when Jack says it.