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DRAMA ACTION TENSION MORE DRAMA ACTION ACTION ACTION.

That pretty much sums up the 2 hours right there. :D

The most important thing about this is that Janeane Garofalo had Chloe locked up!!! And the second most important thing, when I looked up Janeane Garofalo on IMDB, I discovered she was Colette from Ratatouille! I had absolutely no idea.

Okay, 24 is generally out in lala-land, but last night had me sporfling more than a few times at the outrageousness of some things. Please don't ever change, show!

So. The bad guys drilled underneath the...Potomac? Atlantic? And wound up in the White House? You know, The West Wing's White House kicks 24's White House's butt. I seem to remember something about sensors in the ground to detect any tunneling. Or was that the History Channel and factual? Hmm. In any case, there should be sensors! I would have sensors. And a moat with crocodiles, but that's another matter.

Also, it seems like there's CCTV everywhere. And...no one noticed a group of men in combat fatigues roaming around the White House for 15 minutes? :D

Oh! And the covert warehouse had no guards posted at entry points? It was handy for Renee, who got to saunter right in, but I would have had guards! And crocodiles.

My predictions for next week: Aaron will live, because Aaron is way too awesome to die. The President will die, sadly enough, leaving Jack to deal with the dickish Vice President. And the story will shift to Jon Voight and his mysterious shipment. I really don't know what a war-torn dictator could possibly provide a person who looks like has unlimited wealth and power, who probably could have dealt with any number of people who would be less volatile and involve less potential exposure. Crocodiles?

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I think 24,like Merlin, is not a reflection of our world, it exists in its own reality, so regular Earth logic does not apply. do not attempt to make sense of it using it or your head might explode*

* Also applicable to Terminator:The Sarah Connor Chronicles and whatever other show you find necessary

This. Is. True. :D

The West Wing's White House kicks 24's White House's butt. I seem to remember something about sensors in the ground to detect any tunneling. Or was that the History Channel and factual?

Both, I think?

I know WW had it, from S1 - Mr. Willis of Ohio I think - with the poker game and the trivia and the security lockdowns? The sensors in the ground detected it when people came over the fence. Frat boys kept tripping the sensors during pledge week. /end WW geekery.

I looked up Janeane Garofalo on IMDB, I discovered she was Colette from Ratatouille! I had absolutely no idea.

OMG. ...That's a little mind blowing! It doesn't sound like her at all. Cool! /end general geekery.

I know WW had it, from S1 - Mr. Willis of Ohio I think - with the poker game and the trivia and the security lockdowns? The sensors in the ground detected it when people came over the fence. Frat boys kept tripping the sensors during pledge week. /end WW geekery.

Oh right! TWW would have totally discovered the drilling! :D

OMG. ...That's a little mind blowing! It doesn't sound like her at all. Cool! /end general geekery.

*nods* I would have never guessed her as the voice behind it.

I think you may have nailed it. Crocodiles, indeed.

If Aaron dies, I may be done with this show.

Okay, actually, I'm not, but I'll be really, really, really, REALLY mad at it. Anyone but Jack, Chloe and Aaron can die. I wouldn't be happy about Bill dying, but I could deal. Jack, Chloe and Aaron are sacred. Damnit.

Unlike Renee Walker ... who can die ASAP. It's not the character, really, I actually love the character, just CAN NOT stand the actress. It's irrational, but I want to spork my eye out whenever she's onscreen even as I'm loving the character.

Totally sacred! I'll be very very miffed if Aaron dies. I'm with you about Bill - not happy, but I could move on.

I've had actor/actress hate like that before. Renee or the actress doesn't bug me, but there was someone on 24 a few years ago that I couldn't stand. Kate. KATE. GAH. I swear the actress had one expression during her whole run.

Ah, I didn't like Kate, but I didn't irrationally hate her. I DID like the Mexican chick who Jack was SUPPOSED to bring back with him to the US (as his love interest), but the actress got a really big break (that did not, of course, wind up panning out) and asked the 24 producers if they'd let her go. They did and killed her character off instead. Sigh. She was the only one aside from Teri (and now Chloe) that I EVER wanted to see Jack with romantically. It's like they hire people who have anti-chemistry with Kiefer Sutherland as love interests for the most part and then shove them down our throats. Yes, Audrey, I'm looking at you. (In her case, it was the character I hated sooooooooo much; I actually quite like Kim Raver ... although, I didn't realize that until I saw her in other things.)

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Wow, I kinda remember her. So many changing characters on this show!

Kim herself never really bugged me, just the storylines they came up with just so she'd have a role. You knew it was pretty bad when there was a Kim vs. mountain lion plot going on. :D

No, I was talking about Kim Raver, the actress who played Audrey. As for Kim, Jack's daughter, I agree exactly with your sentiment here ...

Kim herself never really bugged me, just the storylines they came up with just so she'd have a role.

Ohhhh. Gotcha. I'm really bad with actors' names.

If memory serves, 24 has never actually killed off a president before - they all go into comas and then are quietly written out of the show. Though having said that, I suspect both the Palmer brothers are deceased so obviously something must have happened somewhere!

And hey, dickish Vice Presidents are what 24 is all about. :)

Even I thought the 'storming the White House' bit was silly, and I'm not even American. ;) Particularly considering that earlier in that episode there's that guard who tries to radio for help when Renee tells him about the plot, and then gets cut off part-way through... and this doesn't raise any alarm bells for anyone?

Still, silly as 24 is, I really wouldn't have it any other way. It's friggin HILARIOUS now. :)

Well, the first Palmer was killed by poison (or was it a bullet?) And wasn't there another who was killed when Air Force Once exploded? But then there always comes the jerk of a Vice President. :D

That whole White House thing really did raise it to new levels of silly, didn't it? :D

David Palmer was poisoned but survived it, that was at the very end of season 1 I think? And then he got shot at the beginning of season... er... 5? The one where everyone who knew about Jack's covered-up death got killed, basically. So I suppose that makes at least one dead president. I don't even remember what happened to Wayne, I remember he was in a pretty crappy condition after an explosion but I don't think they actually explicitly killed him.

As for the Air Force One explosion, I'm certain that whoever was president at the time actually survived that one as they made lots of references to him being in a coma afterwards! Again, I don't think he was officially killed off - the Veep just took over and next season there was a new president anyway (I think).

Oh, 24 is confusing. I struggle even to remember the main plotlines of all the seasons now!