Thoughts:
-- Wait, how is it that Jack's sleeper hold has put down 200-pound men for an hour or more, but Chloe wakes up after two minutes? Whatever. It's the last episode. I'll let it slide.
-- Normally, I'm not one to question Jack's plans, but I have to think there were at least a dozen better ways out of that situation than having Chloe shoot him.
-- Why the hell would you put your ear that close to Jack's mouth? Given the carnage in the past few episodes, a partially bitten-off ear isn't all that impressive, but it was still a nice moment. Especially since Jason screams like a girl.
-- Damn it. Why did President Taylor have to have a moment of conscience? She's so much more interesting as a bad guy. I was looking forward to Jack sending both her and Logan away to prison. Or the afterlife.
-- It's the final episode, and President Logan has a higher body count than Jack does. That's not right. Oh, hey, now Logan has two kills, if you count him killing himself.
-- Whoops, I take that back. Logan couldn't even do that right. Which is good, because suicide was way too easy for him after all he's done. But leaving him alive and brain damaged? That's awesome. Now I'm really sorry there won't be another season so we can see him as a vegetable.
-- "If I had listened to you, none of this would have happened." If ever there was a underlying theme to this series, that would be it.
-- And...it's over.
I would have preferred an ending that was a little more definitive, like...I dunno. All the terrorists in the world throwing down their guns, nuclear weapons, EMP devices, nerve gas canisters, etc., upon finally realizing that fighting Jack was futile. Or in the very least, a reunion with Kim and his granddaughter.
But I guess having Jack walking the earth, Kung-Fu style, sets up the 24 movie, which is supposedly going to be set in Europe. I only hope it's rated R. Because America needs...nay, America deserves...to see Jack Bauer dispatching terrorists as violently as possible, and able to say "fuck" while doing it.
Because really, that's what America is all about: Killing terrorists and cursing. USA! USA! USA!
Jack's confirmed kills: 0 (38 for the season)
Jack's Words of Wisdom: "You should have let them kill me. Because I'm not going to quit until this is over."
Overall grade: B+
5 comments:
In passing I saw part of a David Frost interview with Richard Nixon. President Logan's mannerism look quite a bit like Nixon's, without the parody.
Haven't seen these episodes yet, watched Chuck.
Of course that chickenshit douchebag couldn't even kill himself right.
"But I guess having Jack walking the earth, Kung-Fu style, sets up the 24 movie, which is supposedly going to be set in Europe. I only hope it's rated R. Because America needs...nay, America deserves...to see Jack Bauer dispatching terrorists as violently as possible, and able to say "fuck" while doing it."
Ha! YES!
I did little claps about a half dozen times over the course of the two hours. Good times! Hard to compare the two finales except to say I felt much more satisfied after watching these two hours than I did yesterday watching Lost wrap up.
I just wanted to say thank you for all your 24 recaps through the years. They were always the first recaps I read after every episode.
Looking forward to the movie...hope it's better than this ending, which, like you, was just not as definitive as I would have liked. Still, through all the seasons, this was just an awesome show.
By the way, what is Jack's final OVERALL confirmed kills?
According to the 24 Wiki, 266 kills. Which, frankly, is a lot less than I thought there'd be.
And if this is the Ivan I'm thinking of...dude, start blogging again, huh?
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