Finally caught up on this, the series really progressed very, very nicely and stayed pretty intense though I find myself more intrigued by the "political" stuff than the conspiracy stuff. The sad part, for me, is how "realistic" all of the political stuff is in this, it's just depressing. Like the Republican Congressman's game of "chicken" with the gun-control bill and then over trying to control the SCOTUS leading to them going with a "handicapped" SCOTUS like *we* had under Obama for the better part of a year.
(Yes the Constitution doesn't say how many SCOTUS members there needs to be but without an uneven number it's possible for cases to end in a tie, for nothing to change, which hurts us in the long-run.) It was interesting when the Republican Congressman spoke of The Constitution "requiring" the 9 members and I was like, "Uhhh.... no." You'd think this guy would know better being, you know, in government. )
But, gods, the political BS in this show is almost too damn realistic to the point of being depressing. I even said that very thing to my buddy I watch this with, "It's depressing how realistic this is." Shit, that's even allowing for the idea that even under these extreme circumstances Republicans in Congress would let an Independent president choose 8/9ths of a Supreme Court on his own, I honestly believe they'd rather leave the SCOTUS crippled and only allow him to select a couple, preferring the SCOTUS be rebuilt over the course of the next several administrations.
But so much in the government operating here is just too realistic, the "mud slinging" over wanting to discredit someone by misrepresenting events, Congresspersons not wanting to take a position on an issue they agree with because it may harm their future chances of re-election, it's just so.... sad.
The conspiracy stuff is sort of interesting still, but it does seem like they're just trying to find things to do with it, the only thing making it watchable and entertaining is Maggie Q's character who is this series' version of Jack Bauer (though it takes her weeks or months to solve a case and not a single day.
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But the show is keeping me watching and entertained and I hope the conspiracy stuff is wrapped up and set aside and future seasons focus more on the political stuff which the show is doing well and, really, given today's political climate it has a lot of material and West Wing-like daises to stand on to make a point.
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Oh, and when I saw the post above about the Ford remote-start thing I was expecting it to happen in the show in some "natural" way like they used it to create a diversion or something so they could escape. (Start the car, the sentries run towards it, the heroes run in the other direction.)
Nope. It was just showing her starting the car with her phone. Which was kind of dumb, obvious and felt out of place. Just like, "Uhhhh... Okay? She started the car. And...?"
And, I dunno, maybe I'm just not impressed by these things as much as some people may be, but remote-starting of cars is hardly a new or innovative thing even if it's maybe more common and available on cheaper models, but it's hardly a shocking thing to spend a couple seconds in a TV show on. Of course all of this was followed by the Ford logo appearing on the Infotainment screen and beauty shots of the car's insignia and marques as it drove off.
