Firstly an apology - So turns out
I need rules. This blog fell on its ass a, shockingly short, 2 episodes in!
My husband doesn’t think I should
bother doing it as I am not as committed to Bauer or the project as I should
be, his friend thinks that I will never really like or get 24 if I have seen
the first series and never felt the urge to continue and I can’t look Mark in
the face at work as I am ashamed by my lack of devotion to this project which
was his idea!
All in all I have come to the
conclusion that I need to stop right now or make sure I am committed enough to
push forward. I am going with the latter.
The rules I have made are:
1 1) Watch 1 episode a week AT LEAST
2) Update the blog once a week
3 3) Write shorter more concise posts
4 4) Don’t go in so negative every
time
Fairly simple, I hope.
As rule 3 states, I am intending
on this blog having shorter posts. However the problem I face is that the show
is so all over the place that it is hard to write it in any sort of order other
than the way it is given. I’m working on it.
So here is blog number 3. I feel
better about this already!
Episode
3 – only took me a month to get here… I am trying, and struggling, to get
enthusiastic about this programme. At the moment there isn’t a character I
love, there is no real story line I am engaged with and I dislike the main
character Jack – controversial but I am being honest. He is bossy, rude,
demanding and not hot! At the moment I have nothing making me root for him
other than the fact I dislike most the other characters too… I am trying to
decide who I like the most out of a bad bunch really.
This
episode starts with a few of pissed off people. Jack is pissed off with Alan
York as he was planning on leaving the shop rather than wait for the girls to
return from their ‘Party’. And Ira is pissed off with Bomber girl’s girlfriend
for keeping the ID card and demanding more money. A lot of anger for 2am!
Quite
near the start of this episode it comes out that the two kidnappers are working
for Ira (Ira is the head of the group I was calling ‘the terrorists’). Kim’s
friend is moaning in pain over the broken arm so the nicer of the kidnappers
injects her with heroin. I am shocked! I dono whether Kim is right in letting
him do that or whether she should have stopped him… I honestly don’t know what
I would do in that situation.
CTU
– Jack is back there and has lied to Nina to get some time with Jamie so she
can check out the key card and make double sure it is Nina that is the dirty
agent. To stop Nina spotting Jamie at her desk he brings up her relationship
with Tony and acts a bit jealous – good plan Jack, she still wants you so make
her think you are still interested! During that interaction Jamie calls up to
the office and confirms that Nina’s card was in fact used – she is dirty! I
KNEW IT!
Kidnap
– Kim has seen an opening for escape so she explains to her drugged friend what
is happening and they get ready to run. These are the worst kidnappers ever!
Seriously they just go off for a little chat leaving the van doors open and the
girls untied – obviously they are going to make a run for it. Ira didn’t pick
the best people for the job.
Now
I know this is scene is set in lower Hollywood but jeez this neighbourhood is
not a good one, the girls are running through back alleys with garbage
everywhere while homeless male prostitutes are working… I am not sure what is
more scary, the place they are in or the fact they have people after them!
Palmer
– So the last episode saw Palmer go missing just when there had been a threat
on his life. We now find him in an underground car park waiting for someone
whilst standing up to some street youths that are breaking car windows.
When
the guy Palmer is waiting on arrives we find out a bit of back story about the
family and why the call that happened in Ep1 was such a bad thing. Basically
Palmer’s daughter, Nicole, was raped a few years back and the guy that did it
killed himself. However the woman that called Palmer has had information saying
that the boy didn’t kill himself but was killed and Palmer’s Son, Keith, is the
one that killed him! That’s quite an interesting plot actually.
CTU
– Jack confronts Nina, she denies it using the line ‘I can’t believe you would
think I did’ and Jack, the sucker, falls for it! I am surprised actually,
typical man. He has slept with her so doesn’t want to believe that she could do
something like this and him not be able to have noticed it.
Jamie
is called into the office and is told to then go through all that she found. One
of the dates that Nina was apparently working on something dodgy was a date
that her and Jack were away together. She is cleared… for now! It does make me
laugh that not only does Jack believe her pretty much straight away but then
lets Jamie show her all this information. Surely there must be a little bit of
doubt left to keep you from uncovering all the information to her!
Kidnap
– The girls find a guy (I can only assume a pimp) on the phone and ask him for
help but he is obviously dodgy and refuses but the homeless boy (from earlier)
hits him over the head and tells the girls to take the phone and run. The boy
then gets beaten by the pimp guy and the girls run – doesn’t look like the
homeless boy will make it! That’s quite sad really but he isn’t a bit character
so doubt I am expected to dwell on him too long.
Terrorists
– the bombers girlfriend is pushing for 2 million for the ID card so they have
a mill each. Bomber, Mandy, agrees but you can tell she isn’t being honest. Ira
finally agrees to the extra money after Mandy talks to him alone and they all
go with the girlfriend to get the card. Once she has handed it over (SPOILER
ALERT) she is shot by the lookie-likey. Mandy looks understandably upset but
not surprised – obviously this was the plan. What a good girlfriend Mandy is.
CTU
– Tony is suspicious again. I say suspicious but I actually mean jealous. So he
makes a call and tells someone they need to come in a relieve jack of his
command! Sounds bad and makes Tony seem like even more of a D**K!
Kidnap
- Using the phone they stole, Kim calls Teri and tells her they were kidnapped
and are hiding from the guys in north Hollywood. Not sure what help Teri will
be as she has been useless so far! As they are running from the kidnappers Kim’s
friend runs into an oncoming car and is hit. The car drives off and the
kidnappers catch up to Kim and take her, leaving the friend in the road.
Just
as the episode ends the friend opens her eyes…she isn’t dead!
Episode
3 down, 21 more to go…
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