24: Return of the Jedi?
Last night’s 24 was downright laughable at times — from the introduction of Ricky Schroder, looking like Mark Hamill circa Return of the Jedi, to the four minute helicopter ride Charles Logan took to see his fucking psychotic ex wife, to the 30 second storming of the Russian consulate. Even the Logan storyline felt a little stale at some points. Though hearing Logan ask Aaron if he could speak to Martha was a treat, and it’s always nice to hear Martha’s craxy person theme music.
This season, which started strongly with such potential, is about to become a complete write-off. The only redeeming factor and by far the most interesting storyline is the Vice President and Tom Lennox, now that President Lame Palmer is out of the way. Peter MacNicol has become this season’s standout. His transformation from fowl righteous git to smarmy blackmailer to mislead patriot has been a real treat to watch. Powers Boothe is tremendous as well. I would certainly like to see him stick around. Their scenes together last night were akin to Anakin joining the Dark Side, if Anakin wasn’t played by a Backstreet Boy. Boothe just towered over the minute MacNicol. It was a memorable scene for sure.
But do you know what the worst thing is? It’s not that the performances or even the story are weak, it’s just that the stories are complete rehashes. We’ve seen this before, in some cases six times. You know what would fix this problem? Blow CTU up. KABOOM! Blow it the hell away. I’m more interested in all the other storylines. I could care less about Morris’ drinking problem or whatever friction Milo has with Ricky Schroder over when they both worked in Denver. Who cares!? I don’t. And next week’s previews allude to another mole in CTU’s midsts. I mean coooooooooooommmme on!
Ricky, forget combing the dessert, comb your hair. Seriously, nice do.
March 14th, 2007 at 10:41 am