It has been a while since I have seen a TV show that has involved me yelling at the inanimate object as if the characters inside could hear my voice and suddenly start acting to what I was saying.
Season 8 of 24 began yesterday (Sunday) in a blockbuster ‘2-hour with limited commercials’ block. The only reason I watched yesterday and perhaps will watch the rest of this season is because of one thing and one thing only.
Anil Kapoor. Represent!
Yes indeed, I do find it hard not to watch Hollywood movies or TV shows that have a Bollywood actor in them. It is like a patriotic need, I think. Even my Father called me up while Human Target (good show by the way, recommend) was on at 8pm last night to ask me if I was tuned in to watch Anil Kapoor on 24. Neither of us really cares about who or what Jack Bauer takes on this season, but we did need to make time to watch an Indian actor on an American show representing a Middle Eastern President… … Ok, this is my problem with a lot of things… Indians hardly ever get to represent Indians in this show or movies; they are generally portrayed as Middle Easterners… Why?
But anyways, back to 24. This part does contain Spoilers about what happened on the season premier so if you haven’t watched it yet.
Season 8 begins with Jack having retired from CTU because saving the world time and time again can become tiresome and repetitive after a while. He has now taken to more simple things like sleeping and hanging out with his grand-daughter. This was the first shocker for me… I thought his entire family was dead (his wife being dead since season 1 and I thought his daughter had been killed in a later season). The idyllic time in his life comes to a screeching halt when a shot up man tells him that there is a plot of assassinate the President!... of a Middle Eastern country.
Jack tires his hardest to hoist the problem (informant) off to CTU which just ends up being a big blowout and Jack ends up at CTU providing the information to the new management there. By the way Chloe is still at CTU… I think she may be the only cast member to survive all 8 seasons. And when did she get so pretty!?
Things get a little out of control and a suspect is captured. Ok, at this point of time I knew that it could one of two people who were behind this assassination nonsense and when they made this deflect I really did think it was the lady-reporter. So she gets arrested and brought in, at which point Chloe chimes in, “Isn’t this a little too easy?” Apparently there were incriminating files on the lady-reporter’s laptop and an encrypted file, which after Chloe said it becomes apparent that it was too easy that they found her out so easily. “Oh well,” says the Management, “Sometimes these things are meant to be easy, so shut your trap Chloe.”
So Chloe as a last recourse goes to Jack, who begrudgingly takes it to Mr. Management. Now this part is a little more of a personal opinion than anything. But if I was Mr. Management and Jack Bauer came up to me and told me that they may have missed a very important lead that could be followed up on… You know… THE Jack Bauer, whose reputation should be legendary in the intelligence community! The man is more powerful than Superman, and has probably saved the world more times than James Bond; I would inclined to listen to him and at least assign him one person who can help him follow the lead (Chloe perhaps), not dismissively wave him away!!
So the lady-reporter is brought in for questioning and hooked up to sophisticated equipment so they can tell if she lying or not. This next section contains a paraphrasing of the dialogue that happened. NAB is No Alarm Bells, as in she is not lying. AB is Alarm Bells as in she is lying.
First they established a baseline to make sure they can catch if she is lying or not then the questioning begins.
Management: Who is the assassin?
Lady-Reporter: I don’t have anything to do with this assassination plot you keep talking about…
NAB.
M: When did you first meet the President?
L-R: 6 months ago?
M: Did you come into contact with any extremist organization there?
L-R: No.
NAB.
M: What was the purpose of your visit?
L-R: To do an article on him. We met in the lobby of the hotel. I interviewed him.
M: So, no sex?
L-R: Yes, no sex.
AB.
M: Are you sure you are telling the truth? You are lying aren’t you?
L-R: ……
(A point here, Anil Kapoor and Hot-Blonde-Lady-Reporter did an encounter which she is trying not to leak lest it demolish his reputation as a President)
M: So what about the assassination plot?
L-R: I know nothing about this assassination plot.
NAB.
M: Sex?
L-R: No sex.
AB.
M: What about this assassination plot?
L-R: I have nothing to do with this assassination plot!
NAB.
M: Lady, what did you do with President six months ago?!
Ok… at this point I was yelling the TV. Why was this information even relevant? What does it matter what she did with the President 6 months ago when she went to interview him? Wasn’t the impending doom of assassination still lurking in the background? It was readily apparent that she may not actually be involved in this plot… But let’s try to grill her for information that has nothing to do with this.
Oh and there was chick in CTU that has a double life… It seems she changed her name so she could get away from an abusive boyfriend/husband. I’d love to see how they explain why she is working at CTU. Oh yeah , and more stuff happened, and Jack killed people.
Unfortunately though I am invested in the show now so I have to watch it to its conclusion.
There is another 2-hour-limited-commercial blockbuster block tonight starting at 8pm on FOX.
Oh and it was the Brother, with his fancy hair and ludicrous soul patch. How could not be him.
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