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24: season 7, episode 23-24
"6:00am - 8:00am"
May 18, 2009 - 10:05p.m.
We've talked about how 24 is a shark-show; it has to keep moving, or it dies. Here were are at the end of another day, and while we've got a lot of plot to unpack, that constant need ...
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24: season 7, episode 22
"5:00am - 6:00am"
May 11, 2009 - 11:05p.m.
Ahhh, Kim. You've been out of the game a few years now, long enough to settle into a (presumably) stable relationship and have a kid. It's nice to know, when the chips are down, you still have the ...
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24: season 7, episode 21
"4:00am - 5:00am"
May 4, 2009 - 11:05p.m.
Only three hours left, and tonight we're stuck with another place-holder episode. They're easy to spot; if we get an abundancy of character moments from characters we don't care about, if our heroes are always one step ...
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24: season 7, episode 20
"3:00am - 4:00am"
April 27, 2009 - 11:04p.m.
Sometimes we get a 'splodey hour of 24, and sometimes we get a talky one while we wait for future explosions to arrive. Tonight's hour, "3:00am - 4:00am" was of the latter variety. For all the shouting, most ...
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24: season 7, episode 19
"2:00am - 3:00am"
April 20, 2009 - 09:04p.m.
The current season of 24 started at eight in the morning. Jack was giving testimony when we first saw him, so it's safe to assume he was up earlier than that--I'd peg him for an early riser, around ... -
24: season 7, episode 18
"1:00am - 2:00am"
April 13, 2009 - 10:04p.m.
We should've seen this coming. We really should've. And in our defense, there were a few episodes near the beginning where some of us did. Some of us suspected that maybe the game wasn't quite going to ... -
24: season 7, episode 17
"12:00 am - 1:00 am"
April 6, 2009 - 11:04p.m.
After last week's pretty darn terrific hour, "12:00am to 1:00am" is back to standard plot-filler status; apart from Tony's infiltration of the Starkwood compound, we mostly just spent our time setting up pegs, or knocking down ... -
24: season 7, episode 16
"11:00pm - 12:00am"
March 30, 2009 - 10:03p.m.
Did anybody else get faked out by Jack's bloodwork reveal? Because I totally did. I'd already assumed he'd be fine, given that Sutherland is apparently getting prepped for Day 8; unless this series takes an incredibly radical ... -
24: season 7, episode 15
"10:00 pm - 11:00 pm"
March 23, 2009 - 10:03p.m.
You'd think it would be second nature for people by now, especially people on action series that have a history of busting out bad scenes as soon as the last crisis is averted: never, ever relax. President Taylor makes ...
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24: season 7, episode 14
"9:00 pm - 10:00 pm"
March 16, 2009 - 11:03p.m.
Things in "9:00 pm - 10:00 pm" that bugged me:
--Jack runs into a parking garage and hides behind a car that just happens to have a laptop on the front seat. The laptop isn't even hidden from ... -
24: season 7, episode 13
"8:00 pm - 9:00 pm"
March 9, 2009 - 06:03p.m.
No question, a big part of 24's appeal is getting to see Jack Bauer (and the people Jack works with) kicking ass. After all the hours of double-talk and soap opera antics, there's just something necessary about a ... -
24: season 7, episode 11-12
"6:00pm - 8:00pm"
March 2, 2009 - 04:03p.m.
I have no idea how hard it would be to lead a unit of trained soldiers against the White House, infiltrate the building, and take the President hostage. I've always assumed it would be a tricky thing to do ...
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24: season 7, episode 10
"5:00pm - 6:00pm"
February 23, 2009 - 04:02p.m.
I've been ragging on Col. Dubaku pretty hard this season--the sudden discovery of his secret girlfriend, combined with his willingness to put his plans in jeopardy for the sake of maintaining their relationship, seemed, on the whole, dumber than ... -
24: season 7, episode 9
"4:00 pm - 5:00 pm"
February 16, 2009 - 04:02p.m.
So last week, some commenters were joking that Jack was going to hold a coup this season; being the most competent man in the world, it's only fair, right? Joke or no, there's something a little discomfiting about ... -
24: season 7, episode 8
"3:00pm - 4:00pm"
February 9, 2009 - 04:02p.m.
Do you:A.) Agree to meet her demands, and murder her after the whole President-husband-kidnapping thing resolves.B.) Agree with her demands because, screw it, it’s not like it’s that hard to find tail.C.) Wonder why the ... -
24: season 7, episode 7
"2:00 pm - 3:00 pm"
February 2, 2009 - 03:02p.m.
Usually by this point in a season of 24, we have three or four different plots running. There’s the stuff focused on Jack, there’s some kind of intrigue back at CTU, we get the President and his (or ...
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24: season 7, episode 6
"1:00 pm - 2:00 pm"
January 26, 2009 - 04:01p.m.
Well, it looks like I owe Ethan Kanin an apology; despite all evidence to the contrary, he’s not one of the corrupted members of President Taylor’s cabinet. If he was, he wouldn’t have been so pissy on ... -
24: season 7, episode 5
"12:00 pm - 1:00 pm"
January 19, 2009 - 06:01p.m.
If you want to prove a controversial point, your best bet is to provide your audience with three sides: one that supports what you support, one that's firmly against you, and on that's neutral, but leaning towards no ... -
24: season 7, episode 3-4
"10:00 am - 12:00 pm"
January 12, 2009 - 03:01p.m.
Here we are, four hours into Day 7, and there's a whole lot of familiar going on. We've got a conspiracy that goes up to (almost) the highest levels of the federal government, and we've got our ... -
24: season 7, episode 1-2
"8:00 am - 10:00 am"
January 11, 2009 - 02:01p.m.
Back in November, I said some pretty harsh things about 24. While I stand by a number of them (I still think the show's "real time" structure is often more hindrance than help; I still get irked at the ...
