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Review/Commentary
1) Michele
2) Kate
3) Kim
Frankly, I’m surprised at myself a little bit, but I must be in that phase where I actually like somewhat older, mature women (not suggesting Sarah Wynter is “old”) instead of dippy, busty, blonde teens. [Ed’s Note – If there are any busty blonde teens, dippy or otherwise, please email Webmaster@NotTheRock.com immediately and provide phone number and pictures…an apology will be forthcoming.] Anyway, I’m not sure why I’m beginning this week’s review this way. I just am. I sort of sit down with a cup of coffee and just begin writing (as though you care what the process is). Today, for example, I am still recovering from being out with friends at a bar until waaaaay past my bedtime last night (and I have a late bedtime). Incidentially, isn’t it interesting when you find yourself commenting on how loud the music was in the bar and complaining that you were up too late? It’s just one of the steps to getting older, I guess. Sort of nature’s way of giving you a noogie. So, anyway, if this review is less coherent than usual (insert own punchline here), or especially punchy, now you know why. As I glance back over the babble that is already on the screen, I can’t help but think, “well, this is off to a precocious start…” However, my head and eyes hurt too much to bother scrolling back and deleting. Come to think of it, can we have the lights turned down in here? Do we really need these fluorescent, tanning lights that all offices seem to have? We could perform open heart surgery on my desk, for pete’s sake… okay, say it with me now: “Ahh, but I digress….”
Hmmm, where to begin? I suppose we can begin where the episode began. Jack has captured Omar but doesn’t have a translator handy. Now, forgive me for being the Monday morning quarterback here, but when you’re dealing with middle eastern terrorists, wouldn’t it be sorta wise to have SOMEone on site who can speak the language? I mean, I know for a fact that if you are in college these days and want to work for your government in, say, the CIA, for example, they tell you to learn Arabic and your chances increase greatly. A Counter Terrorist Unit would surely have people with this sort of knowledge. Hell, get Nina’s ass out of mothballs and have her tag along. Although I guess she’s too dangerous. She’s probably this mystical seventh commado who wacked all the other ones – and then killed them. (*rim shot* -- Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week!)
Anyhow, I guess I can accept that they’re a little short on agents today, what with a couple dozen being killed so far. So anyway, Jack decides he’ll just have Kate act as a translator. Well, okay, except she knew approximately ONE word back at the torture house where Ali had her held. So how does she know enough now to translate? I know that’s picking it apart a little too much, but it wasn’t that long ago that she wasn’t confident enough to even guess at their words – now she’s acting as a full-on translator, knowing words like “bomb,” and “where is the bomb?” Okay, I’ll shut up about it.
Random Comment #1 (can you already tell these might never have been more aptly named than they are for today’s review?) – Did you notice there was no opening “Right now, terrorists…blah blah blah… I’m federal agent Jack Bauer…”? I wonder why? Were they worried people would start suspecting Michele? Are they reading my reviews? (*guffaw*) I don’t know, I just noticed it so I thought I’d comment.
Sticking with the early activities at the airport, let’s be honest here. Would Kate chase her murderous sister all by herself? There’s twenty agents standing around. She couldn’t ask one of them to go with her or point out her sister to them! Sheesh, come on Kate, don’t make judgement calls like this. If you end up with Jack, he’ll have his hands even more full just trying to keep you and Kim from walking off cliffs and into dangerous traffic.
Speaking of her following Marie, is it just me or did that CTU tag look and work just like a backstage pass? No one passes through here – ooh, wait, you’re with Ringo? Go right ahead! That just seemed a little odd.
So she confronts Marie, being the supersleuth that she is, and Marie is about ready to kill her. I can’t help but think of these anti-America protestors we have in this country when I hear Marie talk in her brainwashed way. To me, there’s a direct link from the jesus-freaks to the America-hating, disrespectful protestors, to the disillusioned militants who want to blow up America. This is obviously a sensitive subject and these reviews are about my opinions on 24, not on the world. My musings on life are on another portion of the site.
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