With game sevens in basketball and hockey taking center stage, the triple crown continuing in intriguing fashion baseball buzzing along--it's time for what's really important--another thrilling season of 24 wraps up Monday evening. My hope? I'd be happy if it isn't horrible. I've been into this show since day (or hour) one...and am amazed at how it has been able to reinvent itself--season four washed away a crappy season three (although Jack did chop off Chase's arm)...and the current season has been an upgrade over the CTU-90210 that took over in 2007. With season eight slated to take place in New York...I have just a few compliments as well as wishes...
Forget Jack Bauer...Aaron Pierce is the man. Glenn Morshower is the only other actor outside of Kiefer Sutherland to appear in every season of 24...and thank goodness he's much better behaved. Quietly courageous and a lot less dramatic while getting the job done--I'm hoping agent Pierce has one hell of a pension in store for him. This season he's had to deal with the President's daughter--more on her later.
Presidential Upgrade...Cherry Jones has done a solid job as President Allison Taylor-- a lot more believable than Wayne Palmer (?) in season six. She's showed quite a bit of grit as her family and her nation has crumbled around her.
First Family=worst family...I've seen Sherry Palmer and her Machiavellian moves... I've dealt with the massively incompetent Wayne Palmer as Chief of Staff and been caught up in Martha Logan's madness... but what's the deal with Olivia Taylor? Did we need the president's daughter (who had to resign for campaign shenanigans) to scheme her way into being an advisor before getting the Chief of Staff to resign? Was it fun to see her sleep with and blackmail a reporter? Keep in mind she took care of business with Aaron Pierce waiting in the hallway. Now she arranged a hit before calling it off in her head and now is covering her tracks. Good luck with Aaron Pierce aware of your little games, sister.
Bad Tony, Good Tony, Bad Tony, huh? It was a major shock that Tony Alameida was alive...and working for the bad guys. Until Jack turned him to the good side...before Tony went back. Everyone knows characters are allowed two turns at most! It would be cool if his new cohort was Michelle Dessler after massive plastic surgery though.
The never-ending villains... quick, who was the initial bad guy? That's the problem with 24-- each time Jack and company apprehend or kill the mastermind behind the latest plot... we're notified that "oh...there's somebody even more powerful who can do even more damage!" until he's caught and we repeat the process. It feels like a clown car--and a rather large clown car at that.
As always, I hope the season finale doesn't suck--here's to another year of shouting, shooting and obvious plot holes---OPEN THE GATE!
Two unlikely events happened at Pimlico this past weekend...the banning of alcohol and a filly winning the Preakness---both events hadn't occurred since the roaring 20's. Rachel Alexandra got a great jump although Mine that Bird almost caught her at the end--making one wonder what if Calvin Borel had stayed on his Kentucky Derby mount...and does Rachel Alexandra have what it takes to win a longer Belmont Stakes (although she'll have 3 weeks instead of 2 to rest up)? If he rides to victory at Belmont, how does Borel go down in history?--technically he won the Triple Crown, but still...
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