If you haven't seen 24 Day 5: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM yet, be warned: here are spoilers.
We start off with the now obligatory graphic violence warning. As I mentioned last year, I think the producers just plain forget that frame is in there.
We find out we're 18 months down the time line. This show really likes to jump in leaps and bounds. Day 4 took place 18 months after Day 3, which took place three years after Day 2, which took place 18 months after Day 1. So by now, Jack is about 98 years old.
We get a glimpse of oil wells in Mojave, California. Is this a subtle hint at the oil politics that drives so much of international relations? We have a Russkie flying in to see President RunLoganRun.
Ah, we find Jack goes by the name Frank Flynn. What's he doing, is he a wildcatter? I'm going to have to come up with some Thunder Bay or Hellfighters material.
David Palmer is working on his memoirs with his crazy brother, Wayne. Nice to see both of them again. Wayne was in the third season. It was Wayne's girlfriend who shot crazy Sherry, so Wayne does have the world's eternal gratitude for that.
Holy Guacamole! Kurt Russell shot David Palmer! Nothing like starting the season out with a bang. And no clearer way saying Palmer is gone from the show for good. (The shooting comes at the 04:30 mark).
We see Mike still works for RunLoganRun. Why? Doesn't Mike have any marketable skills? Why does he stay around this wet noodle?
Logan mentions his summit with Suvarov and Yalta in the same breath. Does he really want to make that comparison? Yalta was where the West pretty much threw Eastern Europe to the Soviet wolves. Is that the kind of legacy Logan is after?
Ah, we see Logan's wife continues the tradition of the wives of presidents on 24 being lib-dribbling insane in one way or the other. Martha is a real honey.
Edgar and Curtis are still around. I guess no one ever found out about Marianne coercing Edgar into giving her a high-security code, and no one found about Curtis and Driscoll trying to doctor evidence to cover their heinies last season.
Article comments
1 - Victor Lana
I thought that bad guy Jack capped looked more like Gary Busey. Just my take on it. This season premiere kicked butt. Too bad there aren't enough real "Jacks" out there stopping the bad dudes.
2 - Mary K. Williams
omg I thought it was Kurt Russell too! Or Gary Busey.
I'm doign my write up now, I can't get it done quick enough!
3 - tim top
this is funny commentary, ill have to bookmark the blog. Do you do these updates in realtime as you are watching the show?
4 - Jeff
I take notes in real time, and then do the write up pretty much following what I've got written down. I'll give some thought to whether things make sense, and try to put a snarky or amusing twist on things if possible.
5 - Paul
I'm pretty sure the guy who shot Palmer was in an episode of Criminal Minds a few weeks ago. He played the figment of someone's psychotic imagination. I think he looks a bit like Eric Roberts.
6 - Jo
I liked your reviews from season 4, but for this particular review, it seems as though you're clutching at straws, in terms of trying to find something to criticise...
7 - Roadie
Regarding Chloes password JJ72 - It's an irish rockband trio from Dublin. :-)