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Uh Oh! I watched the first disc of the first season of "24"

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I don't even think it's all that well done and yet I know I'm going to have to watch the remaining 20 episodes.
My guesses so far as to what's really going on (sorry, I don't remember character names very well)...
I think the father of the other missing girl is in on whatevers happening.
I think the agent Keifer Sutherland had the affair with is the traitor even though it seems like she was cleared (and possibly the other woman, who's helping to decode stuff, is a traitor also).
I think the two male agent's (KS' boss and his former lovers current boyfriend) who seem like they could be in on it are actually stand up guys who will wind up (reluctantly, at first) helping KS when all is said and done
"Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot

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It's a guilty pleasure - padreken 10:09:09 07/31/06 (1)
I couldn't agree more about the character of Kim-Elisha Cuthbert really is a lousy actress and her character is terminally blonde. The bad news is-although characters routinely meet untimely ends on this show, Kim isn't one of them. What happens to her between seasons 2 and 3 completely beggars belief.
We're halfway through season 3, and it really is the weakest by far. I'm told season 4 is a near-complete redemption, we'll see.
Watching a season of 24 is little like boarding one of those coasters from hell at Magic Mountain-they'll be some thrills, along with the expected episodes of nausea. And, like the coaster, you can't get off until the ride ends.
- Excellent analogy. I wish there weren't 24 of them. The 15 or so that HBO shows have has been a good amount for me. nt - sjb 14:58:41 07/31/06 (0)
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  "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
Same here, rented, watched some episodes, gave up. I plan on trying year 2 or 3 sometime ..nt - late 16:13:27 07/29/06 (3)
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- I'd skip season 3 altogether-season 2 was pretty riveting nt - padreken 15:04:17 07/31/06 (0)
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- I'll see it through but I'll do so knowing I'll never get this time back. nt - sjb 08:57:51 07/30/06 (1)
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  "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
  - And what's your secret method for getting time back?... nt - clarkjohnsen 08:07:29 08/01/06 (0)
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Promotes child abuse - DWPC 10:57:00 07/29/06 (2)
After few episodes, you'll be rooting for someone to kill the idiot teen daughter.
- It seems that if many of the characters applied common sense to their situations - sjb 09:00:39 07/30/06 (1)
  many of the problems would be solved quickly or never arise.
  This would be more interesting if they were truly smart and were being outsmarted and had to dig in to get the upper hand in that regard but they make stupid mistake after stupid mistake, after stupid mistake...
  
  "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
  - You're talking about the women mostly -- since time immemorial, in the movies. - clarkjohnsen 08:06:34 08/01/06 (0)
    Apart from the obvious fakes like Laura Craft, only one woman in a movie has ever seemed to me to use her head. Can't recollect the name, but it was *Russian* and she was trapped in a building controlled by certain unpleasant elements of the male gender. Man was she smart! Every move she made, made sense, in the sense of her spontaneously thinking it through. Nor were any airducts involved.
    Can anyone ID it for me? Say, from ten yeasrs ago...
    clark
It will take some distinctly unexpected turns. Nina is a great character, but... - clarkjohnsen 07:10:51 07/29/06 (9)
...Jack's wife and especially the daughter Kim are real losers.
Another fine character, as a person: Tony.
Stick with it.
clark
- I'm sticking with it but I'm finding it disappointing in that - sjb 09:01:42 07/30/06 (8)
  no one seems to be very intelligent.
  
  "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
  - Street smarts don't count? You don't like Chloe? Nina? (I mean, for their brains...) Plus... - clarkjohnsen 10:03:38 07/30/06 (7)
    ...aren't they all government workers?
    clark
    - LOL! (about the government workers) - sjb 11:47:53 07/30/06 (6)
      The thing is I don't see too much street smarts. Jack getting the cop killed, leaving the car so findable in the compound when he found his family and getting the assassin stabbed, and Nina and Tony(?) leaving the first mole alone to kill herself are just 4 examples out of probably a dozen I've noticed so far.
      The whole thing going on with the Senator's family is like a bad soap opera and Nina's just flat. Smart? Okay, if I'm correct that she's a mole she's smat enough to keep that from them but how smart can they be if I figured that out right off the bat?
      
      "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
      - Waal... ya gotta realize... - clarkjohnsen 07:37:49 07/31/06 (5)
        
        In Reply to: LOL! (about the government workers) posted by sjb on July 30, 2006 at 11:47:53:
        
        ...this was the writers' first time out in the new format and as it was not known whether the program would succeed, the first 24 was plotted out only halfway. After its astonishing success came the annual renewals, along with tighter lines.
        That said, everyone agrees on the following:
        1) The daughter Kim should be made to die in a most gruesome fashion, and soon.
        2) The third year was rather weak.
        3) The fourth year was the best so far -- Imagine! They *dare* to use Islamic terrorists! How... politically incorrect! The nerve! The protests! The Unreality!... Those people don't do that sort of thing...
        And a couple of very moving memories: In the #4 two Arab brothers who run a sporting goods store find themselves taken over by the terrorists. And in #5 a very young, very frightened submariner (previously unknown to us, just a sailer at his station) receives instructions from Jack over the cellphone -- on how to approach a man from behind, grab him and slit his throat. Stunning moments, both.
        clark
        
        Can one jump - say in a year from now - from season 1 to season 4 and not be totally lost? - sjb 15:00:30 07/31/06 (4)
        
        In Reply to: Waal... ya gotta realize... posted by clarkjohnsen on July 31, 2006 at 07:37:49:
        
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        "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
        
        Can't say. As in a long novel, the characters are well developed, and so... - clarkjohnsen 08:01:33 08/01/06 (3)
        
        In Reply to: Can one jump - say in a year from now - from season 1 to season 4 and not be totally lost? posted by sjb on July 31, 2006 at 15:00:30:
        
        ...when something momentous happens to any of them, you understand the significance -- but only if you've not been skipping chapters. Plus you would miss such delights as the machinations of the President's wife Sherry, the fierce ongoing loyalties of two men in the Presidential staff, and Chloe's coming out of her shell. (Mary Ryskind is a breakout actress.)
        If however you're only in it for the thrill, be my guest.
        clark
        PS You still work at F. Cut?
        
        Well, either way it'll be a long time before I consider taking the plunge again. And yes, I do. nt - sjb 18:12:17 08/01/06 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Can't say. As in a long novel, the characters are well developed, and so... posted by clarkjohnsen on August 1, 2006 at 08:01:33:
        
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        "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
        
        Watching 24 is akin to reading a novel along with your friends. - clarkjohnsen 07:58:29 08/02/06 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Well, either way it'll be a long time before I consider taking the plunge again. And yes, I do. nt posted by sjb on August 1, 2006 at 18:12:17:
        
        (Which, by the way, is lots of fun.) You can discuss it as it progresses. Watching it the way you do, places you in a vacuum.
        I asked about work because I put something in the mail for you there over a week ago...
        clark
        
        Re: Watching 24 is akin to reading a novel along with your friends. - sjb 09:33:26 08/02/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Watching 24 is akin to reading a novel along with your friends. posted by clarkjohnsen on August 2, 2006 at 07:58:29:
        
        Ahhh. I haven't been there in about a week. One nice perk at this job is that I have the benefits of being a full time employee but only have to be at work when I'm on a project. I'll stop in today.
        
        "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
somehow they get you with all the hyped situations - PhilJ 06:41:06 07/29/06 (1)
I enjoyed the first season and tried to watch the second when, suddenly, it all was so stupid it was unwatchable. I confess to watching Alias as well and prefer it - but then the main character is played by Jennifer Garner..
- Re: somehow they get you with all the hyped situations - sjb 09:05:56 07/30/06 (0)
  I'm getting to the "it all was so stupid it was unwatchable" phase about 1/2 through season 1.
  I guess the daughter is supposed to be this shows hottie but (besides being way too young to seriously look at her that way) the character is so vapid (and the actress so inept) that even that aspect winds up disappointing.
  
  "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
"I watched the first disc of the first season of "24" " Why? Don't you have anything better to watch? - Victor Khomenko 17:32:16 07/28/06 (3)
Agrggh... don't say... I watched the Dumb and Dumber.
- Nope. "Happy Gilmore" - sjb 21:30:20 07/28/06 (2)
  Actually, the last few films I've watched at home were mostly because of this forum...
  "The Big Sleep"
  "Since Otar Left"
  "The Return"
  "Sylvia"
  I felt like it was time for some mindless fun and now I'm going to have sit through 20+ hours of this crap! Dammit!!! The worst part is I have "Rashomon" sitting here unwatched and still went for "24"
  
  "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot
  - Re: Nope. "Happy Gilmore" - Victor Khomenko 06:05:03 07/29/06 (1)
    I know exactly what you mean... we just finished watching a rather trashy Russian cop mini-series... you feel dumb wathing it, yet come back for the next episode. The big question always being "Will the hero finally get to screw the female lead?" He did not. Fortunately it is over now...
    - This doesn't even have that going for it. - sjb 09:06:02 07/30/06 (0)
      There's no sexual tension in the show at all, between anyone. Nope, I'm just hooked into a stupid plot-line that requires an enormous suspension of disbelief for one to take the ride. This'll be over soon enough as well but I'm starting to think that Dumb and Dumber might have been time better spent.
      
      "Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance. " T.S. Eliot

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