It's been a great ride. The final 2 hours of 24 will air Monday 5/24. I am going to miss Jack and Chloe on Monday nights.
I was so dissappointed with the first 2/3 of this season that I almost quit watching. And when they announced the end of the series I thought that 24 would be going out with a whimper. But the last few episodes have been some of the best of the series, with the 5/10 and 5/17 episodes being two of the best ever. We got to see Jack's Vader-esque full body armour, Charles Logan screaming like an hysterical woman, the aftermath and carnage in the Russian embassy office, along with "Death by Fireplace Poker", some of the most shocking and gruesome torture scenes of the series, and the priceless, befuddled looks on the faces of Logan's weasels in CTU as Jack continued to be one step ahead of them. The episodes have been well-acted, over the top, funny, gruesome, and shocking all at once. In particular, the production value of the 5/24 episode was as good as any big budget Hollywood thriller. This is what made the fans of 24 some of the most loyal viewers. Once you got sucked into the 24 vortex there was no way out.
I don't see a good ending for Jack in the final 2 hours. He has gone Rambo and killed too many people to not at least go to prison. I don't see the ends justifying the means at this point, because Jack has gone beyond exposing the coverup of the Russians' involvment in the death of President Hassan to a full-fledged rage over the death of Rene. A 24 movie is starting production, but we don't know at this point if it will be a sequel or prequel to the series, so we don't know if Jack will survive.
Will Jack die from his stab wounds or be killed, will he go to prison, or walk away as a hero? Will he kill the Russian president, or will Chloe or Cole stop him at .001 seconds away from pulling the trigger? Will the evidence of the coverup surface? Will President Taylor be forced to resign? What will happen to Logan and Chloe? These are all questions that I hope are answered next Monday night.
IMO, Gregory Itzen should win an emmy for his performance as Charles Logan. Classic line of the episode, as he sees Darth Bauer approaching, in a high pitched, almost scream, "It's....JACK BAUER!"
I was so dissappointed with the first 2/3 of this season that I almost quit watching. And when they announced the end of the series I thought that 24 would be going out with a whimper. But the last few episodes have been some of the best of the series, with the 5/10 and 5/17 episodes being two of the best ever. We got to see Jack's Vader-esque full body armour, Charles Logan screaming like an hysterical woman, the aftermath and carnage in the Russian embassy office, along with "Death by Fireplace Poker", some of the most shocking and gruesome torture scenes of the series, and the priceless, befuddled looks on the faces of Logan's weasels in CTU as Jack continued to be one step ahead of them. The episodes have been well-acted, over the top, funny, gruesome, and shocking all at once. In particular, the production value of the 5/24 episode was as good as any big budget Hollywood thriller. This is what made the fans of 24 some of the most loyal viewers. Once you got sucked into the 24 vortex there was no way out.
I don't see a good ending for Jack in the final 2 hours. He has gone Rambo and killed too many people to not at least go to prison. I don't see the ends justifying the means at this point, because Jack has gone beyond exposing the coverup of the Russians' involvment in the death of President Hassan to a full-fledged rage over the death of Rene. A 24 movie is starting production, but we don't know at this point if it will be a sequel or prequel to the series, so we don't know if Jack will survive.
Will Jack die from his stab wounds or be killed, will he go to prison, or walk away as a hero? Will he kill the Russian president, or will Chloe or Cole stop him at .001 seconds away from pulling the trigger? Will the evidence of the coverup surface? Will President Taylor be forced to resign? What will happen to Logan and Chloe? These are all questions that I hope are answered next Monday night.
IMO, Gregory Itzen should win an emmy for his performance as Charles Logan. Classic line of the episode, as he sees Darth Bauer approaching, in a high pitched, almost scream, "It's....JACK BAUER!"
