What did you think of the 24: Live Another Day Episode 4? Vote in the poll and leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Tonights episode was written by Patrick Harbinson (past credits include 24, Person of Interest, and Homeland) and directed by Adam Kane.
While the readers of our site had near unanimous praise for the two hour premiere, the third episode received a more mixed reaction. Of the 4,935 people who voted in last weeks poll, 65% loved it with 27% saying it was good and 9% saying it was just OK. Let’s see if this episode does any better.
If you missed the episode, you’ll be able to watch it on FOX’s website tomorrow or catch the repeat on TV this Friday at 8:00 PM on FOX.
139 Comments
Comments ClosedClayton
May 19, 2014 at 10:04 pmMy big gripe was that we didn’t get to see more of Heller’s speech as he turned things around from when we last saw him at the end of Hour 3.
Justin
May 21, 2014 at 3:12 amAndrew
May 19, 2014 at 10:09 pmTrevor
May 19, 2014 at 10:13 pmThat was the best episode of LAD yet. Wow. Can’t wait to rewatch this one. Heart was pounding the entire time.
Glen
May 19, 2014 at 10:25 pmGerry Mander
May 19, 2014 at 10:29 pmGerry Mander
May 19, 2014 at 10:38 pm24Nathan
May 19, 2014 at 10:33 pmTrevor
May 19, 2014 at 10:37 pmGod, that episode was just phenomenal.
Wes
May 20, 2014 at 2:39 am24Nathan
May 20, 2014 at 1:53 pm24marathonman
May 19, 2014 at 10:38 pmIt seems that Margo is searching for any drone in the European area to use for the attack. This may account for a coming time jump. It may take hours for a drone over Itally to be flown to London.
DK Fynn
May 19, 2014 at 11:12 pmDK Fynn
May 19, 2014 at 11:10 pm#1: The irony: After he swore that he wouldn’t let Audrey hear the name Jack Bauer, it’s Mark himself who ends up mentioning Jack Bauer in front of Audrey. Ah…what karma.
#2: Possible prediction: Let’s not forget that forged signature authorizing for Jack to be handed over. The saving grace might be that Heller only heard of Jack Bauer in episode 4.
24marathonman
May 19, 2014 at 11:19 pmMary
May 20, 2014 at 12:36 amitsbighead
May 19, 2014 at 11:19 pmBreaking her daughters fingers instead of cutting them off would have done the same thing
24Nathan
May 19, 2014 at 11:26 pmMary
May 19, 2014 at 11:29 pm-A twist that Jack has been hanging out with Margot. They plotted this together only Jack being Jack obviously doesn’t want loss of innocent life. He’s along for this ride because he and Margot (who may or may not be his sister) both have Heller issues. Margot wants to kill him for the death of her husband, obviously, but Jack? He needs Heller to get home. He wants to see his family again and Heller is the one standing in the way of that. I think Jack just helped create a threat for the express purpose of trying to stop it just so he can get to Heller and make demands.
That’s why Margot doesn’t just get her drones online and take Heller out with one right away but gets all dastardly and demanding his surrender. She’ll put a time window on it and that creates an opportunity for Jack– that’s part of the plan. Jack knows how to get to Margot and stop her and he’s the only one who can do so. If President Heller doesn’t want to die himself and he doesn’t want a bazillion people to do so either, there’s only one option: he’s got to do whatever Jack wants. And what Jack wants is to be put into the field in order to stop the threat and, if he is successful, to be allowed to return home… but he’ll only move to do any of this if Heller releases Tony Almeida from prison.
What this effectively does is make it so that everyone who has seemed correct and like they knew Jack in the last few hours is wrong and everyone who seemed to be underestimating or unaware of who Jack is is more on the side of the right. Adrian, Navarro, and Boudreau? They aren’t totally wrong about Jack. Audrey and Chloe? Thinking too much of him. That’s the only way this twists up a bit instead of everyone having the same reactions over and over again.
New West Virginian
May 19, 2014 at 11:56 pmHowever I AM surprised that Jack is still so loyal after going through so much and treated that way through the seasons, having to go on the run so many times, being taken to China and I hated how Heller treated him in Season 6. Jack never did anything wrong and shouldn’t be blamed for what happened to Audrey. Its not Jack’s fault that the world is this messed up with this many problems Heller should be glad Jack is there to stop these threats, though this drone threat probably isn’t as big as the multiple nuclear bombs in season 6 or even the dirty bomb in Season 8.
Mary
May 20, 2014 at 12:27 amNew West Virginian
May 20, 2014 at 12:00 amTony, Logan, and Suvarov were all characters that started out good but became bad. Nina and Dana don’t count cause they were bad the whole time just PRETENDING to be good. But Tony was a loyal CTU agent, Logan wasn’t part of the conspiracy yet in Season 4, and Suvarov was close to the US up until Season 8.
Mary
May 20, 2014 at 12:23 amLogan was never “good”. Just because Suvarov helped Jack on Day 6 doesn’t mean he and Logan didn’t have an agenda together then. Tony was never “bad”– it was way more complicated than that.
Mary
May 20, 2014 at 12:33 amBrad
May 20, 2014 at 9:49 amIt’s all very hard to say at this point. In Episode 6 we’re told we’ll find out more about Jack’s activities as a fugitive. In Episode 8, it appears that Jack and Heller get into a helicopter together at a stadium and, according to Mary Lynn, something truly significant goes down in the very next episode.
Mary
May 20, 2014 at 2:40 pmRemembering that Simone has been away from the rest of her family for the last three weeks on this mission and that is apparently when the bulk of it started. Tanner was selected as the scapegoat at least three weeks ago because that’s when someone posted the fake, disgruntled stuff under his name to the military message board. If Jack has been working with Margot recently, then it would make sense that Simone would not recognize him if she’d been with Yates for the last three weeks.
I also think it’s a little convenient that the guy who built the override module worked with Open Cell. I think Jack needed Chloe’s help to stop the threat but, as we’ve seen, he felt he couldn’t just ask her, so he orchestrated a scenario to rescue her to win back her favor, then strong arm the rest of Open Cell into giving their resources to Chloe because since Yates worked with them, they’re all kind of on the fringes of trouble where this is concerned already. Did Jack help Margot set up Yates as the guy who built it, just so that Jack could swoop in and make it look like he’s trying to save the day (which he is, fundamentally, but just solving problems he helped put into motion)… just so he can essentially hold Heller hostage for a list of demands?
24Nathan
May 20, 2014 at 1:13 amGerry Mander
May 20, 2014 at 1:56 amMary
May 20, 2014 at 2:46 pmKilling Jack, the defense contractor angle, and Logan becoming President, plus a mention of 18 months prior? That seems like a lot of coincidences not to assume Graem’s group was the money behind Day 4.
24Nathan
May 21, 2014 at 2:15 pmI think they didn’t want Jack turned over simply because they thought he would break, like they said in the Day 4 finale. I believe everything you mentioned is just coincidental, though definitely not impossible.
Mary
May 20, 2014 at 2:47 pmRick
May 21, 2014 at 9:50 pmNone of this will happen.
Jack didn’t kill 4 innocents to “make demands” to Heller. You’re trying to hard to find the twist.
Only twist I can think of right now is Mark. Mark is probably a bad guy.
DK Fynn
May 19, 2014 at 11:41 pmAt first glance, it would seem like a simple video game, but being that Lt. Tanner must have some training, I guess you can’t just pilot a drone the way you just sit down to play a video game.
itsbighead
May 19, 2014 at 11:42 pmNew West Virginian
May 19, 2014 at 11:58 pmitsbighead
May 20, 2014 at 12:04 ambut doesnt the variety interview with michelle fairley say shes going to be around until at least episode 9?
24Nathan
May 21, 2014 at 2:17 pmMary
May 21, 2014 at 5:42 pm24Nathan
May 23, 2014 at 10:54 pmNew West Virginian
May 20, 2014 at 12:04 amWouldntYouLikeToKnow
May 20, 2014 at 12:34 amMary
May 20, 2014 at 12:34 am24Nathan
May 20, 2014 at 1:15 amDK Fynn
May 20, 2014 at 7:06 amChlojack
May 23, 2014 at 8:14 amJonathan G
May 20, 2014 at 12:49 amI loved the Jack-Heller dynamic, and that whole conversation. Four episodes in, this season has been at its very best when one of Jack or Heller is on screen, but both at the same time, given their remarkably complicated relationship? Gold.
Still, I’m in the minority here because I didn’t care much for tonight. It felt like a collection of rehashed plot points from beginning to end. As much I loved the tense conversation between Jack and Heller, it screamed Jack and Wayne Palmer Season 6. Even Heller’s ultimate decision is identical. No one will ever listen to Jack when they need to — that’s ultimately what this show has become. It is telegraphed and predictable.
I wish we had seen more of Heller’s speech. We’re expected to believe this complete turnaround? I’m not buying it, and I feel cheated as a viewer because it was one of the cliffhangers from last week. It’s as if they altered the script last second.
His path to Tanner was a little easy, even by Jack’s standards. And I’m not sure why the captain guarding Tanner would be in possession of the all-important flight key that holds all the evidence against him (and now for him, in Jack’s case). That seemed a little too convenient. The marine giving orders to shoot Jack on sight first chance he gets…where have we seen that before? Then, the entire terrorist family saga feels so old and tiresome. We’ve seen it all before, and we all knew this was coming even last week; it felt to me like they were just going through the motions to demonstrate how far Margo is willing to go to succeed in her cause. And it made no sense for Naveed to try to convince Simone to escape with him considering she gave him that giant speech less than an hour earlier. I’d chalk that up to the condensed 12-episode format. Also, the falling out between Chloe and Cross has been telegraphed since the arrival of Jack. We also find out that Jordan likes Kate. That’s cute (the dialogue in that scene was pretty painful too).
This stuff worked back in Seasons 2-5. Not anymore, for me at least. I’m used to re-watching 24 episodes directly after my first viewing, then buying the DVDs when they’re out and watching them all again. And again. This is the first time in a LONG time I decided to forgo the second watch. I’m just not feeling it… :(
Doesn't make sense
May 20, 2014 at 1:09 amJonathan G
May 20, 2014 at 1:29 amDoesn't make sense
May 20, 2014 at 1:40 amRandyboy
May 20, 2014 at 5:09 pm24Nathan
May 20, 2014 at 1:49 amRegarding Parliament, I can see where you’re coming from, but maybe only those two or three people from Hour 3 were being rambunctious and calmed down after something Heller said.
If you’re comparing the shoot to kill orders, are you comparing that to Pillar from Day 8? Off topic, I LOVED that character.
Regarding the “going through the motions” comment, how else do you suggest they do it? It’s pretty standard story telling to support a point you want to make with details. Point: Margot will do whatever it takes. Details: Willingness to hurt her own daughter to ensure her goals are met. It may have done before, but it provides the intended and well delivered shock factor (barbaric chisel method helped with that) and supports the point they wanted to make.
I don’t see how it doesn’t make sense for a man to attempt to convince his wife to abandon wildly violent terrorist threats and escape to peace. They are married…whether or not she gave a speech. Truth be told, we’ve only known Simone for four hours, and Navid for two, so nobody can really judge if it was naive of him to expect her to go with him or not.
I’ve said before that I understand and agree with some criticisms of 24, but when I watch, I enjoy what I see. I don’t see Margot and company and think “this is so boring, seen it before, don’t want to watch this ever again”, or see the orders to kill Jack and think “OH NO DAY 8 ALL OVER AGAIN, AGH”. I just don’t understand how some of you enjoy anything, television or otherwise, when you look at it through such a critical lens. 24 is a TV show…from Day 1 we have known this. It isn’t supposed to be a 100% accurate representation on traveling, terrorist plots, killing, CIA operations, American politics, British politics, or anything else…do you all really think all of the negatives while you watch this show? Honest question.
Again, not saying the show is perfect or that people can’t critique.
Jonathan G
May 20, 2014 at 9:47 amIn regard to the comparison to Wayne Palmer, I was referring to the second episode of Season 6 after Jack escaped from Abu Fayed after learning about Hamri Al-Assad.
– Jack in a huge predicament; seems virtually impossible for him to get out
– Terrorist attacks imminent; Jack now essentially the only one with the inside information on potential attack
– Phone call between Jack and current US president who has a history with Jack
– We as viewers know Jack is right; Jack tries to convince the president
– The president wants to believe him; his Chief of Staff advises him otherwise
– The president ultimately decides to go against Jack
– Jack is forced to fend for himself
Everything about these turn of events is classic 24. I have no problem with that. My problem is that it all feels like it’s on repeat. I loved the first two episodes of Season 6 — they are two of my favorite. Back then, that story line was fresh. Now? Not so much. I realize it’s easier said than done, but can’t they think of something new?
As for the Parliament scene, you might be right — we’ll probably never know — but that still makes last week’s ending feel like a cheap trick for the sake of a cliffhanger.
I don’t want them to “go through the motions.” This is 24, and I’ve always known 24 to be anything BUT “standard storytelling.” I wish I could watch it through a less critical lens, but I can’t. Amazing seasons like 2, 3 and 5 raised my standards for the show to an unrealistically high level. It’ll probably never revert back to that level again, and I just need to deal with that.
24Nathan
May 20, 2014 at 2:00 pmI see the phone call comparison now, but I guess I just don’t see why it’s a big deal. I mean, if Margot’s goons raided the CIA, then I would probably have to throw up, but something like a phone call? Nowhere near as severe in my eyes. And the precedent is/was there for the presidents not to believe Jack in both situations. In both of their eyes, Jack was/is not in a mental state to accurately assess the situation. The comparison is correct, but I just don’t see why it’s a big deal I guess.
The Parliament scene was kinda awkward, as we didn’t see what he said, but at the same time, the people that yelled at him last episode didn’t seem like their moods improved much, with the same scowls they had prior. Maybe they were just calmed down a bit after their impulsive outbursts.
I understand your thoughts about the best seasons as well, although I’ve always been on a nonstop thrill ride for all of 24 since Day 1. It is by far my favorite show and probably always will be, it always has me on the edge of my seat. I guess whenever I watch, I’m on always on that “high” rather than looking for mistakes or something.
Mary
May 20, 2014 at 3:06 pmStructurally, I feel like 24 is a giant circle– if you aren’t laughing at things like Margot putting on a pot of Dina tea, then you aren’t getting the joke. If you’ve seen all the seasons, you can tell that the second half of 24 (Days 5 through 8) are basically the first half of the series in a mirror. Everything happens either exactly the same way it did before or it happens backwards– just like a reflection.
On Day 1, Jack prevents the assassination of future President David Palmer while being framed by a group as his would-be assassin but “on the other side of the mirror” in Day 5, what happens? Former President David Palmer is assassinated and Jack is framed for his murder. This is just one of literally a thousand examples of this, over and over, throughout the series, and it’s purposeful. It illustrates the differences between the characters and is what makes the themes sing. The idea of “sister seasons”, if you’ve ever seen someone talk about that with regards to 24? It’s really the other season backwards. Day 5 is Day 1 in a mirror; Day 6 is Day 2; Day 7 is Day 3; Day 8 is Day 4. So, the question is then… what is Day 9?
My fellow 24-loving fan and I think we’ve figured it out. It’s everything. It’s the entire series in a mirror. In James Bond, they kind of did this with Die Another Day– they referenced all the other Bond movies in it to make one movie (only it wasn’t a very good movie, as opposed to LAD, which is humming along rather nicely, IMO.) At the moment, we’re theorizing that LAD is split up into about three arcs of four episodes or so each and that each segment of four episodes is a pair of 24 seasons mashed up and flipped around, as if in a mirror. 9.01-9.03 is Day 4 meets Day 5; 9.04-9.06 will then follow to be Day 3 meets Day 6; 9.07-9.09 is Day 2 meets Day 7; and the final three hours of LAD (and the end of Jack’s story as a protagonist) are Day 1 meets Day 8… the beginning and the end of the series itself is the end of Day 9.
If you look at the series as purposefully echoing itself, you might find some more meaning in what you are saying are just repeats at this point.
Brad
May 20, 2014 at 3:41 pmMary
May 20, 2014 at 6:49 pmHmm
May 21, 2014 at 1:53 amHmm
May 21, 2014 at 1:54 amMary
May 21, 2014 at 5:44 pm24Nathan
May 21, 2014 at 2:27 pmI’d be interested in how you view the seasons are mirrors of themselves in detail, other than just common similarities.
Mary
May 21, 2014 at 6:18 pmI can get really in detail about this stuff (I wrote a paper lol) but here are a few examples of what I mean:
Day 1: Jack takes Lauren the Waitress hostage. She’s a civilian w/red hair and a snarky, meta attitude whom he holds at gunpoint and to whom he talks about how he has to do this b/c of his family in trouble and a threat to a Presidential candidate whose death could destroy the country. Lauren is empathetic but eventually gives him up to the police.
Day 8: Jack takes Chloe hostage at gunpoint. She works for the government, has reddish hair and a snarky, meta attitude. She tries to convince him not to kill a former U.S. President and/or a sitting Russian one, the action of which will *put* his family in peril. Unlike Lauren, Chloe covers for Jack.
Day 1: Jack finds Teri Bauer’s body at CTU: LA after she was murdered by someone who once worked at CTU to whom Jack was close. He finds her body after running down a hall and clutches her corpse close. He was *literally* a minute too late.
Day 5: Jack finds Tony Almeida dying– just about a minute before he dies– after being murdered by someone who once worked at CTU to whom Jack was close. He clutches Tony to him and sobs into his hair.
Day 2: George Mason, a snarky (and reluctant) older-brother figure to Jack, dies saving the people of Los Angeles in an act of redemption for being a bit of a coward. He takes down a nuclear bomb over the Mojave Desert.
Day 6: Graem Bauer, Jack’s snarky and reluctant little brother, dies after killing all of Valencia in a nuclear bomb detonation because he was a weak and obnoxious little troll. :)
Day 1: Tony Almeida is pretty much the only person at CTU who *wasn’t* a mole. He was sleeping with Nina, though, and she was his boss.
Day 5: Spenser Wolff also hates ties and sleeps with his lady boss, only he’s a) a mole and b) so not as cool as Tony Almeida.
Day 3: Dr. Sunny Macer and stopping a virus that kills people but doesn’t make them go crazy first.
Day 7: Dr. Sunny Macer and stopping a virus that kills people after it makes them go a little insane.
Day 1: Kim is the daughter; her mom is Teri.
Day 7/8: Teri is the daughter; her mom is Kim.
Day 4: President Logan is having issues so his Chief of Staff (happily) calls in Former President David Palmer to assist. Palmer winds up going around Logan in the end to save Jack.
Day 8: President Taylor is having issues so his Chief of Staff (reluctantly) calls in Former President… Charles Logan! to assist. This does not go nearly as awkwardly well as it did on Day 4 but Taylor still ends up going around Logan in the end to save Jack.
Day 1: Jack and Tony thought the most suspicious thing about Nina was that she was the office bicycle. They were epically wrong about this. She was really an information broker who sold government secrets. In another plot, mercenary Mandy likes short skirts, high boots, and trying to escape from her epic loneliness. She wants to collect her payday and run off with her girlfriend. It doesn’t happen.
Day 5: Theo Stoller is a government agent who was building a case against information broker Colette Stenger while sleeping with her. Colette likes short skirts, high boots, and trying to escape from her epic loneliness. She wants to collect her payday and run off with Theo. It doesn’t happen.
Day 1: Jack has to save his blonde teenage daughter who has daddy issues but looooves him from a hostage situation, along with her redheaded mom.
Day 5: Jack has to save his blond teenage substitute-son who has daddy issues but eventually loooooves him from a hostage situation, so that he can reunite with his redheaded mom.
24Nathan
May 21, 2014 at 6:56 pmClayton
May 20, 2014 at 2:30 amI miss the freshness that episodes 1 and 2 brought. Maybe it was the nostalgic feeling of seeing the show back, I don’t know. But it just felt very different… now we’re getting into some familiar territory.
Tran
May 20, 2014 at 1:11 amMary
May 20, 2014 at 3:26 pmShannon Ryan
May 20, 2014 at 2:27 amTomW
May 20, 2014 at 4:08 amMary
May 20, 2014 at 3:29 pmAnon
May 22, 2014 at 5:26 amitsbighead
May 20, 2014 at 9:40 amAcer4666
May 20, 2014 at 11:10 amI was really growing tired of the al-Harazi scenes, but the chisel bit was so good I forgave what came before.
The idea that Margot is hiding out in a mansion in England is pretty far-fetched. I presume that one of the writers has watched Zero Dark Thirty (I’m waiting for the end scene of that film to be lifted completely in a later episode) but in England? Nahhh
STALYN
May 20, 2014 at 12:33 pmCissy Healy
May 20, 2014 at 3:54 pmRandyboy
May 20, 2014 at 4:55 pmMary
May 20, 2014 at 6:48 pmPat
May 20, 2014 at 5:57 pmRick
May 21, 2014 at 9:44 pmThe Nina flip almost ruined season 1 for me because it simply didn’t make sense…it was a twist for a twist sake.
the Dana one made me want to throw up, as well.
if they pull that stunt again! OMG I’ll be angry.
I’m the biggest 24 fan I know…but I’m telling you RIGHT NOW Kate is not “bad” and is not working with the Chinese. No freaking way.
MAYBE I could see Mark.
24Nathan
May 22, 2014 at 11:18 amPat
May 23, 2014 at 10:11 amBut more than likely someone else set her husband up
Mike5689
May 20, 2014 at 6:43 pmRobin24
May 22, 2014 at 4:32 ambleepboop24
May 20, 2014 at 7:29 pmTo be honest though, I’m probably going to avoid reading people’s comments now. For the past few years it seems like all people do is focus on the negatives and talk about how things aren’t always totally fresh. I’m not saying people aren’t entitled to their opinion they absolutely are, it’s just kinda depressing to read to be frank lol.
I have fun watching this show and try to take every episode as it is without comparing it to previous seasons. And so to read people pointing out “flaws” that I hadn’t even noticed (or even consider flaws sometimes) just really brings me down a bit. I know it shouldn’t it just seems strange to have a fan forum where it seems like most people just talk about what they DIDN’T like :P
Mary
May 20, 2014 at 7:58 pme_action
May 21, 2014 at 9:13 amI have waited four years for a movie, prequel or some sort of revival of 24. Having enjoyed the show for nine years I have literally been in tenterhooks since the revival was announced.
I know there are time issues, the plot devices being reused in not so subtle ways.
But you know what, I love the suspense, drama and action that only 24 can bring.
I think the producers and writers are brave to bring back a show that has been off TV for four years. There’s a lot pressure, and I think they have delivered thus far.
Ren
May 20, 2014 at 9:42 pmAudrey´s face while listining of the name Jack Bauer
Conversation between Jack & Heller
Jack´s statement about the department of State declare him terrorist
That he never had the chance to say his part of the history and the most important that he way deserved.
And once again ahead of the entire intelligence agencies, FBI & CIA, about the drones.
One of the best episode ever!!! Jack Bauer rules
Justin
May 21, 2014 at 3:20 ammoses
May 21, 2014 at 5:07 amfish40
May 21, 2014 at 6:05 amIf anyone knows what soundtrack plays when Chloe and Belcheck talk each other, just tell me please.
Marlon
May 21, 2014 at 6:35 amI’m not sure on the guy that plays Erik Ritter….I don’t think he can act….from what I’ve seen so far.
predictor32
May 21, 2014 at 9:17 amLike others have posted here, Margot does remind me of Dina Araz (who was amazing in season 4) though I would say that she’s more of a combination of Dina and her husband. And her son-in-law has a Behrooz feel to him…
Hopefully ’24’ continues on this faster pace and keeps the intensity level high throughout.
Chlojack
May 21, 2014 at 10:46 amThis was also a great episode for Audrey. She hadn’t done much so far, but she was great in this one.
Chlojack
May 21, 2014 at 10:47 amClayton
May 21, 2014 at 3:45 pm24 Spoilers
May 21, 2014 at 9:30 pmWith the death of Morris and Adrian being Chloe’s new boyfriend that seems unlikely to me. I’m curious as to what hints you seem to have been picking up in these first four episodes.
Mary
May 23, 2014 at 3:24 pmSeba
May 21, 2014 at 4:06 pm“Our actor wall keeps getting larger. Lots of Local actors have joined the 24 family.”
Few hours later: https://twitter.com/joncassar/status/469080400594489344
“A few faces were taken off the wall not to give anything away.”
Carlos Bernard, maybe??
Me
May 21, 2014 at 5:32 pm24Nathan
May 21, 2014 at 6:59 pmUnless Adam Kaufman, Chase Edmunds, Nadia Yassir, Mike Doyle, or Janis Gold pulls a Milo and returns to be killed.
Mary
May 23, 2014 at 3:23 pmClayton
May 21, 2014 at 5:16 pmMary
May 21, 2014 at 6:23 pmClayton
May 21, 2014 at 11:38 pmBrad
May 22, 2014 at 5:43 amClayton
May 22, 2014 at 2:22 pmBrad
May 23, 2014 at 10:02 amUnlike Logan, it seemed clear to me that Taylor was going to reveal her complicity to the public. In doing so, I imagine that would utterly destroy any faith whatsoever that the American people would have had in her entire administration. It would have been unprecedented. I can’t help wondering if there would have been an equally unprecedented response and that an entirely new administration would have been consequently elected.
Mary
May 23, 2014 at 3:22 pmI think the only thing that makes sense is that Allison Taylor booted out VP Hayworth after Day 7 because he was grossly incompetent and sleazy and she brought in Heller in his place. We just didn’t have mention of the VP at all on Day 8, kind of like in a way that we didn’t have mention of Tony on Day 8, because to say what they were up to kind of spoils stuff for the future. But Heller as the President 3 years old can only have happened, as you’ve said, if he succeeded Allison Taylor as President.
David
May 21, 2014 at 5:58 pmCan’t wait for next week!
RonnieTheC
May 21, 2014 at 6:47 pm24Nathan
May 21, 2014 at 7:00 pmSeba
May 22, 2014 at 10:31 am24Nathan
May 22, 2014 at 11:27 amSeba
May 22, 2014 at 2:05 pmMary
May 23, 2014 at 3:15 pmMatt
May 21, 2014 at 7:23 pmMary
May 23, 2014 at 3:14 pmRick
May 21, 2014 at 9:39 pmUhm, excuse me President Heller…
Remember when Jack Bauer saved you and Audrey from execution against Director Driscoll’s direct commands when the President already ordered a military strike against the terrorists who were broadcasting your execution which would have killed you and your daughter instantly????
I love this side story. I loved it in Day 6 when Jack goes to take Audrey and Heller calls him out.
I would have been like, “listen brah…I saved your life, I saved her like (countless times), I gave you a chance to expose Logan and you fucked that up, too and almost killed me in the meantime…so STFU?”
and then, when speaking to him directly last episode…he still wants to doubt him?! Good fucking Christ. I LOVE IT!
24! Glad it’s back!
Mary
May 23, 2014 at 3:13 pmBrad
May 23, 2014 at 3:36 pmJack
May 22, 2014 at 2:48 pmFanta
May 23, 2014 at 12:46 pmBut if you saw the promo – spoiler – the flight key might become pretty insignificant as proof anyway, since the drones already are hijacked…
RonnieTheC
May 22, 2014 at 5:26 pmAlso keep in mind that season 9 is the last go around for 24. (a friend of mine, a TV screen writer, told me that Howard Gordon said that this is absolutely the end, as did Kerifer on a recent talk show). Because of this, the writers have the opportunity to wrap a nice ribbon aroundthe series and bring things to a proper close that will satisfy the fans. This is another reason that there is no way that Jack is killed off. My only regert is that there is noway that they can bring back Edgar Styles’ mother, who is one of my all time favorite characters!
Mary
May 23, 2014 at 3:09 pmThe only way that makes sense is if someone else cut a deal in exchange for a shortened sentence for Chloe. The only logical person who could have done that is Tony. Tony sees it as keeping Prescott from growing up without a mother and kind of karmic retribution for Michelle and his son, so he winds up the one who takes the hit for Jack and Chloe for all the stuff they did on a day that Tony wasn’t even in. Jack didn’t know this until recently and now he’s dealing with the guilt that Tony just spent four and a half years in prison after the rest of the epic hell that has been the life of Tony Almeida. Whatever Jack’s been up to in the last four years crosses paths with Margot’s plan and Jack realizes that if he jumps in and does a few things to control the situation, he can come out holding all the cards and use it to his advantage to get Tony out, stop Margot and save lives, and maybe find a way to get home to Kim and his grandkids, if he’s lucky.
As for how this fits in, timewise? Maybe we had to give *someone* to the Russians in order to avoid an incident after Novakovich’s murder and since Jack was AWOL and Tony cut a deal to keep Chloe from that fate, Tony’s been in a Russian prison since Day 8. He’s got the whole Jack-in-China beard thing going on, since their lives are pretty much identical at this point, and Jack’s request forces Heller to make some kind of deal with the Russians to get him back in order to get Jack’s help in stopping Margot. Geographically, this puts Tony closer to the action– just a few hours of a plane ride away– and it’s more interesting than, like, oh the U.S. happened but he just so happened to be on a boat an episode’s trip away from London! or some other kind of b.s…
Brad
May 23, 2014 at 3:35 pmOzgur
May 23, 2014 at 8:20 pmBrad
May 23, 2014 at 8:25 pmOzgur
May 23, 2014 at 8:40 pmI am really getting tired of this Tony fanbase who seems to think they are so self-entitled to wreck the credibility of this show over and over for just one man by forcing some really weird connections into the story just to bring their favorite character. This season already has a logical set of characters who should be in this season, we don’t need some contrived exposition just for Tony during the final climax of the season.
The guy ended up as a terrorist who did not shy away from organising a bio attack on a metro station because he could not handle a loss. Just let the guy go please. There is so much denial in this fanbase it is really scary.
24Nathan
May 26, 2014 at 8:14 pmBut what I don’t understand is everybody who simply tries to write off his motives and actions as because of “that simple loss”. The man sacrificed his career and integrity in Day 3 and sent himself to prison for Michelle, who in turn left him for drinking after he was pardoned. He got her back after almost dying in Day 4, and then when they left government work altogether, Michelle dies carrying his unborn son. I’m positive not many of us have experienced this, but I sure wouldn’t blame him for wanting to find the man responsible for wrecking his life yet again. Do I think he went too far? Of course…but he wasn’t completely in the right mind, thus being willing to commit an act of terrorism on the US.
But it is never just simply “not being able to handle a loss”…I’m sure many of us would do crazy things if we had Tony’s life.
Brad
May 26, 2014 at 8:38 pme_action
May 23, 2014 at 7:25 amEven if his got-to move when anything gets tough is suicide,
maybe third time lucky this season?
Chlojack
May 23, 2014 at 8:00 am@DavidRo30881736
24 filming in Isleworth 27th May, in Watford on 1st June
@DavidRo30881736
24 filming at Longcross Studio in Surrey on Monday 26th May
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@Pip55 Yeah same situ but with “TAC team” extras, only know that the longcross day is 15:30-03:30, dno times for others sorry :(
Mary
May 23, 2014 at 2:58 pmBrad
May 23, 2014 at 3:31 pmChlojack
May 23, 2014 at 3:49 pmRonnieTheC
May 23, 2014 at 3:46 pmTomW
May 24, 2014 at 8:07 amI’d love to see a slightly brain damaged Charles Logan though ;)
Brad
May 24, 2014 at 12:06 pmTomW
May 26, 2014 at 1:16 pmmoses
May 24, 2014 at 1:44 pmOlivia
May 25, 2014 at 11:51 am