I know from one of my British Facebook friends that "24" apparently started tonight for them. Tomorrow Episode #5 airs in USA. Since 24% of Booker Rising's readers are foreign, heads up on a spoiler alert if you haven't seen any of Season 8 yet:
As regular readers know, "24" is my favorite television show. I had good hopes for this season, but so far I'm not impressed at all. I know that the first two episodes typically go slow (the fantastic Season 5 exempted), as they set up the doomsday scenario and introduce us to new characters. But by the fourth episode, I'm typically excited to find out what will happen next in Jack Bauer's bad day. I'm not excited so far this season. It's very ho-hum.
OK, what's up with the Arab-and/or-Russian-terrorists-with-nuke plot? This has been done three times already (Seasons 2, 4, and 6). This time they've added the attempted assassination of the president of the fictional Islamic Republic of Kamistan. And what's up with the Indian-looking folks posing as Middle Easterners? Uh, they are not the same.
Is it me, or is Kiefer Sutherland looking ragged this season? I'm not talking about the normal aging process, but something's different (perhaps the troubles re: fights & drunk driving that he had last year?)
Perhaps the most annoying thing about this season is the robotic Dana Walsh, whose real name is apparently Jenny Scott and who has a dark past. What, CTU doesn't do a thorough background check on its employees? After all that has happened to CTU over the years?! LMAO. That's just jumping the shark for me, even by "24" standards. And there needs to be a tie-in quick regarding this ex-boyfriend who pops up, because right now it is detracting from the plotline. And hopefully, we're not going down the CTU mole route yet again....
By the way, I had to laugh as the brotha CTU director told Chloe that perhaps she couldn't reach Jack because he had a bad cell phone connection. LMAO one thing that Jack never has is a bad cell connection. He can be 50 feet underground, in the middle of the African bush, or in a subway, and he gets good coverage. Speaking of which, since when could one zip across New York City in five minutes (I know, I know, this is perpetual suspension of belief issue for "24").
Apparently, there are talks underway for Season 9. However, if this season doesn't pick up quickly, they may have to halt those talks...
"24": Season 8 Mini-Rant
