I have lots to do today and not that much to say about last night’s rather lackluster “24,” but here are three thoughts:
Milo Boy, is the show lacking something without the old-school CTU staff. Killing Edgar, Michelle, Tony and more or less everyone else we cared about (except for Chloe and Bill Buchanan) was quite possibly “24’s” biggest-ever mistake -- and one that is now only becoming truly apparent. I must admit that the deaths of Michelle and Edgar had big dramatic impacts when they occurred (not so much Tony’s death, which was fumbled and didn’t give the character a proper sendoff), but this season, there’s a dearth of characters at CTU (and at the White House) to get invested in.
I like Carlo Rota as Morris O’Brian, and his alcoholism crisis on Monday was fine, but overall, the CTU scenes this year just lack a spark. We barely saw Bill last night, Karen Hayes is nowhere to be found, Milo is still a cipher at this point and I’ve not yet found one interesting thing about Nadia Yassir. Remember the days of Ryan Chappelle, George Mason, Nina Myers? We’re not seeing characters like that this year on the show, and it's a problem.
* What is this great legacy that Papa Bauer keeps talking about – the one he’s willing to preserve at any cost? The company that he ran? I wish we’d known more about his business and his shadowy power, maybe then we’d understand why he’d kill just about everyone he’s related to in order to keep that “legacy” intact. James Cromwell is a fine actor but I just don't understand Papa Bauer's motivations much.
* The only reason I’m going to tune in next week is to see ex-President Logan again. A bearded Logan (the great Gregory Itzin) popping up at the end of Monday’s episode was an excellent sight, and gave me a little hope that this season can be salvaged. We’ll see. If the Logans and Aaron Pierce (who's also returning soon) can’t turn things around, nothing can.
I agree that the character slaying got out of hand as they felt far too anxious to carry on the "we killed Terri" legacy. I think the White House weasels are doing a god job carrying on the conflicted paper pushers role. Most of the mourned characters from the past went through their own period of more annoying than anything. I'm more than willing to give 24 time to improve.i also don't think i could handle another president being killed off.They went to that well too many times . GTOP.S. I heard that the DVD's of this serie does very well in those country's, that doesn't like the usa.I guess it's great seeing them blown up and stuff in this country.
