Yeah, I totally saw the Miles thing coming, it was just the details that needed to be filled in. Something happening with the recording was pretty obvious too. After all, there are three more hours left! I was a little bugged by some things that happened in the last episode. Why was Chloe all by herself in there working on the recording, and why did they not listen to it at least once beforehand so the Homeland Security lady could hear it. Also, why did they have to transfer Bierko? Except did any of you catch that little moment between Bierko and the Homeland Security lady? If there is a link, that could explain the transfer. I'm anxious to see how it all wraps up.

I don't want to spoil it for you, but oh hell, Jack cuts the president's head off, live, on national TV. You guys gotta stop seeing things between certain men and women though.

One hour left..I wonder how many main characters get fried in the SHOOCKKING season finale?

I watched the first four hours of Day 3 on AE this morning..

It's kind of weird, seeing all these characters who you *know* are dead. Since Day 5 is the only season I've watched. Tony and Michelle, David Palmer. This guy named Chase who is obviously going to be dead by the end of the season, because he's not alive in Day 5...

Day 5 is a lot better than Day 3 so far...

*Warning many spoilers in this post*



Was Day 3 the one with the poison gas in the hotel? Chase never died I don't think, he just moved away or retired or something.

24 finale tonight was excellent I thought. Overall this has been a great season, one of the best yet. It makes me curious though...will they start at the same point next season? I dont see how they could just skip over Jack's escaping from the Chinese. I also think that Audrey should seriously be contemplating suicide at this point. "I just need to talk to Kim, I'll be right back." Hahahah, yeah right: when Jack said that you knew that things were not going to end well. The biggest hole though at the end of this season was that band of shadowy rich white men who seemed to live in some sterile room alone with their scotch and power suits. Wasn't Jack's goal to get the president to tell him who those people were?

Season 3 starts off with the virus and the Mexican drug dealer in jail.

Wait..you mean...in 24, people sometimes leave the cast, alive?

Yeah, I loved how they finally managed to nail Logan. The last five minutes kind of rubbed me the wrong way though. It seemed kind of like 'One twist too much', and sort of a cheesy way to get ratings for the Day 6 premiere. But then again I guess they couldn't have let Bauer come back without the Chinese taking notice.

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Originally posted by Bobthespirit:
But then again I guess they couldn't have let Bauer come back without the Chinese taking notice.

If there is one thing we have learned, it is that the writers of 24 can do whatever they damn well please. You might not have watched all the other 24 seasons (like some of us have ), but 24 usually ends its seasons with a twist or a bang. Third season was pretty boring, especially the Mexican drug stuff. However, it did have the most out-of-nowhere, ending twist of any season, so I wouldn't want to spoil it for you in case you were planning on watching the whole thing.

Season 3 was okay, but the first big twist of the season was incredibly lame and made no sense. The Palmer storyline was also incredibly dull. And, it had the worst ending of any other season.

Season 5 was a pretty good season, although I initially had my doubts after the Logan twist. I did like the cliffhanger with Jack being kidnapped by the chinese though. Hopefully the writers continue with that storyline for day 6, and don't brush it off like they did with the Season 2 Palmer cliffhanger.

The best part of season 3 is when Chase and Jack are in the school and the briefcase has to be removed.

As for the finale, I completely forgot about the Chinese! Actually, I thought that if they were going to bring them back, it would have been earlier in the show, but I liked the ending. I don't think they can brush off this storyline. I think Jack being kidnapped and apparantly bound for China is too big to be dealt with in a couple episodes.
I'm kind of glad that Jack balked at killing President Logan, it shows that maybe he does have some warm blood in his veins. I agree Pax, you knew that when Jack had to go inside the warehouse to take the call that something was about to go down. I really thought that Audrey was going to get killed though, and the Chinese thing caught me off guard. I also was a little disappointed about not finding out more about the rich men behind the curtain. Did they tip off the Chinese? I wonder if there will be any carry over with them. All in all, I thought Day 5 was a pretty good one.

There was one loose-endish thing that kind of bothered me.

We can probably assume from the fact that she didn't appear after Christopher Henderson confronted her that Evelyn was killed.

But...we don't know that absolutely for sure. There's room for interpretation, because although Henderson was a cold blooded killer, he was also a pragmatist killer. And he might not have thought he had anything to gain from killing Evelyn and her daughter after finding out where Jack was going.

That's true, I'd forgotten about Evelyn. Eric, didn't season 3 end with Palmer getting that "hand job," or was it season 2? I thought it was season 3, but I may be wrong. Season 3 I just remember spent way too long in Mexico. After that I think the writers learned the lesson that they can't have too many episodes in a row in one place.

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Eric, didn't season 3 end with Palmer getting that "hand job," or was it season 2?

That was season 2..and they barely mentioned that in Season 3, which was lame. Why have a cliffhanger ending, only to not follow up on it the next season?

Season 3 just ended with Jack in his truck crying. I think the producers weren't sure if it was going to be picked up for a 4th season so they tried to wrap it up nicely instead of putting some kind of cliffhanger at the end.

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Originally posted by Bobthespirit:
There was one loose-endish thing that kind of bothered me.

We can probably assume from the fact that she didn't appear after Christopher Henderson confronted her that Evelyn was killed.

But...we don't know that absolutely for sure. There's room for interpretation, because although Henderson was a cold blooded killer, he was also a pragmatist killer. And he might not have thought he had anything to gain from killing Evelyn and her daughter after finding out where Jack was going.

Something like that happened last season too with another quasi-important character. After they did that exchange on the bridge with Behrooz, he just disappeared from the story. I don't think they showed him getting killed did they?

As soon as Bauer was told of a phone call, I knew the Chinese would be involved because of how last season ended and this season began. I mean there was a reason that Bauer had gone into hiding and he even hinted that he wouldn't be able to be out in the open after the crisis was over, he'd never been able to have a normal romantic relationship. The biggest problem, and perhaps the only one, was the notion that the President of the United States would have been so easily kidnapped on a helicopter as it's pretty fair to say that his helicopter would never have been alone like in 24. There is always a pursuit helicopter in case of problems and there wouldn't have been any 10 minutes for Bauer to have had with President Logan as in the series.

I heard there was going to be a 24 movie.

What are they going to call it? '2'?

lol. I read something about this too, and the producers said that they would break from the real-time format for a movie. I think this would suck, because then you're left with a pretty typical action thriller. I think it would be much cooler to keep it in the real-time format a la High Noon, and make Jack Bauer have to solve a crisis in a mere 2 hours. That would be badass. And yes, they should call it 2.

But the problem with that is Jack solves like 10 or 12 crises every season. Would it be fun to watch him solve 1 crisis? They would have to dial up the intensity A LOT to make it interesting, and I'm not sure that is even possible.

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Originally posted by Elle:
There was an article in my tv guide about Sean Astin's mom--who is Patty Duke--what kind of crazy tv trivia is that?

I find it odder that his dad is John Astin, better known as television's Gomez Adams. Even stranger is that Gomez Adams was married to Patty Duke.

Yeah I also already knew that. I'm really into trivia. I recently picked up season five on dvd and was amazed at all the special features and extras. It has 23 deleted or extra scenes for people to enjoy. I can't wait for this season to start. I'm happy to hear that Rick Schroeder has joined the cast for season six. I think the 24 season premiere is January 15th????