24

ok, i have refrained from posting about jack bauer for a while now. but i think that he has finally earned a spot on my blog.

for anyone that did not watch this week's episode, stop reading here.

let me begin by saying that jack bauer is my hero. not only does he break every rule in the book for the "good of the country" (guantanamo bay anyone?), but he can get everyone else to do it too. see, jack was wanted by the chinese government but still had the skills to disappear when he needed to. remember when they faked his death by stopping his heart and reviving him with an adrenaline shot? that was nuts. but chloe and audrey, they don't have good skills like that. yet they still do whatever jack wants. not to mention that they are in a room full of people who can arrest them and do those crazy interrogation things to them any time they want while jack is out there running rogue with a gun. i love it. they are like pawns in jack's game.

that being said, i have begun to notice a few things that cross over the boundary of unrealistic. i know that 24 is largely unrealistic, but come on now:

1. since when does it take 5 minutes to travel ANYWHERE in Los Angeles? nice.
   
2. jack, wayne palmer and the bank dude wait until the shootout between the police and the hitmen starts to try to leave the bank, right? then the military comes down in the hummers and mows down the hitmen with their mounted machine guns. but they still manage to get away with a cop car through the crossfire. nice.
   
3. what in the world was jack thinking playing the recording of logan and henderson to the bank dude? they do EVERYTHING covert, but then they decide to play him a recording of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES implicitly involved in an assasination of a former president? nice.
4. jack, wayne and bank dude have to walk 1/4 mile to the bank because the military has the roads on lock down. but henderson and audrey are driving around for the whole show and they completely ignore that fact.
5. logan is behind this whole thing? nice.
   

the bottom line is that although my heart still beats an extra 20 beats per minute during this show, the writers need to be extra careful not to Jump The Shark.