WWTBAM Bored

I don't know if anyone has been watching 24 but this season has been a big improvement over the last season that actually aired, and now that the big villains (Tony "Candyman" Todd and Jon Voight) have shown up, it's kicking into high gear. The decision to move the series to Washington DC rather than Los Angeles made this week's major plot twist possible, and it's one of the best crises they've pulled off in the show's history.

Other pluses:

Giving Chloe a counterpart in Janeane Garofalo.

Giving Jack a tough as nails female partner (of sorts).

Fot those unaware,

Spoiler

terrorists led by the dictator of a fictitious African country with information provided by slimy industrialist Jon Voight have captured the White House and are holding Jack, the President and about fifty other people hostage. Although being the typical dumb terrorists, they won't do the single smartest thing they should, namely putting a bullet in Jack's head first and negotiating later.

After watching last night's 24, I watched the recording of the jumbled mess that Heroes has become and there's no comparison. Someone needs to put Heroes out of its misery sooner rather than later.

Will be curious to see how they stretch the show out for the remaining 12 or so hours after they resolve the White House invasion.

Spoiler

The promos suggest that will likely finish soon. I suppose they have to finish up by tracking down bad boy Voight and company.

I Tivo'd Heroes but it has fallen from "must see" to "see when I get around to it". And so far I haven't gotten around to it.

tanstaafl2 wrote:Will be curious to see how they stretch the show out for the remaining 12 or so hours after they resolve the White House invasion.

Spoiler

The promos suggest that will likely finish soon. I suppose they have to finish up by tracking down bad boy Voight and company.

I Tivo'd Heroes but it has fallen from "must see" to "see when I get around to it". And so far I haven't gotten around to it.

Spoiler

During last night's show, Voight talked with General Juma about a shipment that was arriving at 9:30, which Juma threatened to stop unless Voight helped him. There must be something exceptionlly important about the shipment (nuclear material, biological/chemical weapons?) that Voight wants to get his hands on and whose recovery will likely take the rest of the season.