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'24' should just be '4' this time

Jack Bauer shoots Curtis and a suitcase nuke goes off, and there's actually a mushroom cloud over Valencia, California. The oranges are gonna be huge this season!

I'm sorry. A nuke that actually goes off? Come on. I think the writers of '24' are getting a little desperate, no?

The flak-tac squad should have gotten to the address where the guy was activating the Soviet-designed suitcase nuke and just deactivated him. That would have been enough for me. I would have been happy with that. It was a very exciting season-opening four hours, and that's all I need this years . . . . four hours of hot pursuit of terrorists topped off by foiling the attempt to nuke LA.

I can't take another 20 hours of this. The show should just be called '4' this year.

One other thing -- David Palmer's brother is president, and he's completely unconvincing in the role. Meanwhile, David Palmer is doing Allstate commercials. Who's producing this show?

Posted by Dan Rodricks at 7:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

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Yes, it was much better in SUM OF ALL FEARS when Baltimore was nuked.

Posted by: Jay | January 16, 2007 9:50 AM

I thought the premier shows were some of the best network material that I have ever seen.It kept me on the edge of my seat for all four hours. The question now is, What's next?

Posted by: Michael Carter | January 16, 2007 1:04 PM

I think 24 is great, the nuke may have been a bit extreme, but just like any other television drama, things get exaggerated and souped up... that's the fun of it, most of this crap will never happed.

I watch 24 for the simple fact alone Jack must be a feline ...he has to have at least 9 lives!

Posted by: Liz | January 22, 2007 1:06 PM

I LOVE 24 and have the first season on DVD, how was the 2nd season like?

Posted by: Michael | January 24, 2007 11:33 PM

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