Everything's going from bad to worse on 24
24 is really getting dark.
First, Allison Taylor- the best president the series has featured since David Palmer- has been seduced to the dark side by her snake-in-the-grass predecessor, Charles Logan, and is covering up the Russian involvement in the murder of President Hassan (despite the warnings of Secretary of State Kanin that she's committing an impeachable offense) in order to keep the Russians at the bargaining table and get the Middle East peace treaty signed. Noble though her reasons may be, she has likely squandered her presidency on a peace built on such a fragile foundation that it would probably be doomed in the real world (once again, the willing suspension of disbelief its fans so readily- and justifiably- accord 24 is making a wholly implausible chain of events somehow plausible in the context of the show.
President Taylor's betrayal of President Hassan's widow and successor is itself a tragedy. As a result, Jack Bauer has gone rogue- again.But last night he crossed a line it will be hard to cross back from. He's committed outright murder as a matter of practical necessity before. But when he shot Dana Walsh last night (not that she didn't richly deserve it), he did it in cold blood and for no better reason than vengence for Renee Walker's murder.
I heard that the final weeks of this series would be dark, but they seem headed into the realm of the downright tragic and utterly depressing. I hope Jack can somehow find his way to the side of the angels again- and that President Taylor can, too, before both her administration and her place in history are utterly ruined.
First, Allison Taylor- the best president the series has featured since David Palmer- has been seduced to the dark side by her snake-in-the-grass predecessor, Charles Logan, and is covering up the Russian involvement in the murder of President Hassan (despite the warnings of Secretary of State Kanin that she's committing an impeachable offense) in order to keep the Russians at the bargaining table and get the Middle East peace treaty signed. Noble though her reasons may be, she has likely squandered her presidency on a peace built on such a fragile foundation that it would probably be doomed in the real world (once again, the willing suspension of disbelief its fans so readily- and justifiably- accord 24 is making a wholly implausible chain of events somehow plausible in the context of the show.
President Taylor's betrayal of President Hassan's widow and successor is itself a tragedy. As a result, Jack Bauer has gone rogue- again.But last night he crossed a line it will be hard to cross back from. He's committed outright murder as a matter of practical necessity before. But when he shot Dana Walsh last night (not that she didn't richly deserve it), he did it in cold blood and for no better reason than vengence for Renee Walker's murder.
I heard that the final weeks of this series would be dark, but they seem headed into the realm of the downright tragic and utterly depressing. I hope Jack can somehow find his way to the side of the angels again- and that President Taylor can, too, before both her administration and her place in history are utterly ruined.
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