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January 31, 2007
Has '24' Jumped the Shark?
The sixth season of '24' still draws me every week, but it's doing a worse job drawing me in. Other places have commented on the especially wooden civics debates and the PC tendencies in those stilted conversations. The series feels more forced, although it does start with the great premise of what happens AFTER a suitcase nuke explodes.
The big problem began last season, when the series killed off, in the first minutes of the first episode, '24' stalwart Tony Almeida and his wife, Michelle. Jack Bauer lost his true sidekick and sounding board, even if they did draw guns on each other at various times. Without Tony, Jack is like a one-sided teeter-totter. Jack killed secondary sidekick Curtis this season (he had to, really) so that's a source of support gone.
Perhaps the producers want to keep Jack nicely isolated, but from this viewer's perspective, that makes for lame drama.
Plus, I don't buy Wayne Palmer as President, nor his skanky advisor.
Comments welcome.
Van | 01/31/07 at 07:00 AM | Categories: Sensual pleasures
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My precise words after the five minutes or so I watched this week. I think it completely jumped the shark.
I even found the first four hours less fun and involving than it was in other years.
The idea that every president has the same skanky advisor, cut from the same mold, and that they haven't been able to figure it out is just tiresome. Enough already. How about new models of characters.
And this crap about Jack's family being weird traitors, or whatever they are - I didn't watch enough to find out - that was a deal breaker for me.
Plus, they've managed to make Chloe uninteresting.
Alcibiades | January 31, 2007 10:18 AM
Here's my recent column on the topic:
24: Television for a Post-9/11 World
http://tinyurl.com/2ykjpd
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2007/01/31/cstillwell.DTL
While the column is generally complimentary (and speaks to 24's importance as a TV show that at least tries to grapple with current political realities), I too am finding myself rather disappointed with the new season. They may be trying too hard to appeal to all sides of the coin...
Cinnamon | February 1, 2007 06:29 PM
