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Starting in January, I decided it was finally time to get caught up on 24. Way back when it started, I was very excited about it, too excited in fact. After I found the first four episodes wanting and then missed the fifth episode, I gave up on it. It soon became apparent that this was when it started to get good.
I just finished season four on DVD. What can I say? It contains this exchange:
Tony: This morning, Jack and Audry were planning a future together, and now he's responsible for her husband's death and he may have to torture her brother.
Michelle: And yet every move he's made has been the right one.
So, yes, I did have to pause the DVD so that I could laugh at this, but I also have come to like this show a lot precisely for its, um, Überspitzenkeit. Well, this isn't the only thing, or really even my favorite part of the show--the more subtle inner workings involving the president are consistently much more interesting, I think, than Jack Bauer running around. However, the show is great at eliciting laughter at just how absurdly awesome it can be.
In January, not only did I start watching season one on DVD, I set my DVR to record season five so that I could catch up to it. Now, I have it all of it ready to watch. Can I do it all in one sitting? Is there any other way? Why do they even bother airing it one episode at a time. They did start by airing the first four hours on back-to-back nights, and then aired two two-hour episodes later in the season, but really, shouldn't they just take two weeks out of the May sweeps and air nothing but 24. Do they still call it "non-stop Fox"?
I just finished season four on DVD. What can I say? It contains this exchange:
Tony: This morning, Jack and Audry were planning a future together, and now he's responsible for her husband's death and he may have to torture her brother.
Michelle: And yet every move he's made has been the right one.
So, yes, I did have to pause the DVD so that I could laugh at this, but I also have come to like this show a lot precisely for its, um, Überspitzenkeit. Well, this isn't the only thing, or really even my favorite part of the show--the more subtle inner workings involving the president are consistently much more interesting, I think, than Jack Bauer running around. However, the show is great at eliciting laughter at just how absurdly awesome it can be.
In January, not only did I start watching season one on DVD, I set my DVR to record season five so that I could catch up to it. Now, I have it all of it ready to watch. Can I do it all in one sitting? Is there any other way? Why do they even bother airing it one episode at a time. They did start by airing the first four hours on back-to-back nights, and then aired two two-hour episodes later in the season, but really, shouldn't they just take two weeks out of the May sweeps and air nothing but 24. Do they still call it "non-stop Fox"?
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