In an e-mail exchange earlier today, I was talking with my associate Don about 24 and Lost (some spoilers for both shows may follow)
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Category: 24
beep…boop…beep.
What, you didn’t think it’d end there?
The one little thing that bugs me about 24: There is no 12:00 p.m. There is also no 12:00 a.m. There’s either 12 midnight or 12 noon. At least twice a season, Jack Bauer bugs me.
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Jack’s Back Home
So there’s good news about this season of 24:
I usually tune in a few minutes early. This season, I don’t have to watch the last few minutes of American Idol.
Of course, there’s a corollary to this: I’m stuck watching the last few minutes of Skating with Joey from Full House Celebrities (an exaggerated term).
Lighten up Rudy
Another two hours of 24, thank you Fox!
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24 thoughts
Jack‘s back!
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Jack-Jack Attack!
Tonight, one of the few TV shows I make it a point to watch, Alias, has it’s fifth season premier. And while for now, I find Lost to be a more compelling show, Alias still has some great characters, especially Jack Bristow, played by Victor Garber.
I’ve been thinking about this, and this Jack has a lot in common with another similarly named character, 24’s Jack Bauer. The crack research staff at the King Tom Institute for Television Awareness have been combing through old shows and have put the following chart togetether. As Warner Wolf would say, “let’s go to the videotape!”
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