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The Longest Day of My Life

By Steven Lloyd Wilson | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (19)

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Who knew when Kiefer Sutherland sold his soul for a rejuvenated career back in 2001 that it would end up being worth eight seasons? “24” is coming back on January 17th (you know, unless you’ve got Time Warner Cable) and Fox has released a promo trailer for the upcoming season.


Why do the show runners insist on bringing Kim back? She makes Kelly Bundy look like a rocket scientist. Hell, she makes Buck Bundy look positively Einsteinian. Perhaps they’re just assuming we’ll long for the familiar idiocy of Kim once we meet Freddie Prinze Jr’s character.

Of course they also landed Katee Sackoff for the entire season, which is deeply confusing. It seems inconceivable that the same show runners who cast Prinze would also go for Sackoff. The size of the pool of people who appreciate both Scooby Doo 2 and “Battlestar Galactica” is a positive integer less than one. Are they just randomly pulling names out of IMDB to cast the eighth season at this point?

Eh, “24” is “24” though, and part of what makes Jack Bauer the biggest badass since Chuck Norris started sagging in all the right places is the fact that he is surrounded by inexplicable combinations of morons and geniuses.









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Comments

Jack Bauer makes me happy in the pants.

Posted by: Whorish Mouth at January 5, 2010 9:13 AM

At this site's recommendation, I've been watching Spooks (currently in season 3), and I must say that (1) it's fantastic and (2) it makes 24 look like an absolute joke.

Posted by: Mick J at January 5, 2010 9:42 AM

During the second season I remember shouting at my TV "If he calls her sweetheart one more time, I'm done!” a second later Jack called Kim sweetheart and I stormed out. But my husband wouldn't stop watching, Kim was written out, and I got sucked in again. Then, during season three I started seething at my TV every time Jack yelled "listen to me" while on the phone with someone, and that was it.

Is it really that difficult to write realistic dialogue?

But shiiit, now they've got Katee Sackoff? I might endure all the sweethearts and listen to mes just for her. Sigh.

Posted by: Scully at January 5, 2010 9:43 AM

What I've heard is that Freddie Prinze, Jr. is going to be a field agent while Katee Sackhoff is going to be a computer analyst of some sort, like Chloe. And while I think Starbuck was quite possibly the most unpleasant character in television history, that was despite Sackhoff's obvious talent. And she is clearly a far more badass physical presence than Prinze. It boggles the mind.

Posted by: Todd at January 5, 2010 10:04 AM

me wanty Jack to come back...

in my pants.

Posted by: dammitjanet at January 5, 2010 10:08 AM

Is it too much to ask for Pajiba to commission resident Bauer-disciple Mike R. for episode recaps this season? Because "24" is a show that must be torn apart to really get into all the nutty goodness. Words cannot express how happy I am that "24" and "LOST" are finally returning. And I am holding out hope that "Caprica" is worth while. Bring on the spring TV season!

Posted by: TylerDFC at January 5, 2010 10:16 AM

24 is my first love, and Sons of Anarchy is my new love. 24 is the ex with benefits that I will use to tide me over until my newest boyfriend SOA and I get back together in September. We're currently on a break.

Mmmm...Jack and Jax. *bunk

Posted by: Whorish Mouth at January 5, 2010 10:48 AM

Or, to bleed over into another thread...

Jack and Captain Jack

*super bunk

Posted by: dammitjanet at January 5, 2010 11:02 AM

Tony Almeida had better make an improbable, ambiguous, and sneering return.

Otherwise, seems like 24 is becoming the resting place for washed-up celebrities who want to try something new...Ricky Schroder, Freddie Prinze Jr, etc. I keep expecting Troy McClure to join the cast ("you may remember me from such roles as "CTU mole #1" and "the President's advisor"!)

Posted by: Jacktrade at January 5, 2010 11:50 AM

Kim has to stick around because she's Jack's only emotional lifeline, and from what I gather, he's going to start off all Jackhappy over being a grandpa. Speaking of Captain Jack, Happy Jack had better not be put up to offering his grandchild as a sacrifice or submitted for kiddie torture or kidnapped. Don't fail me writers!

As for Freddie, there always has to be a throwaway new CTU agent or two, so I'm not terribly concerned with him. I'm hoping Katee brings the crazy - she'd be the most obvious mole.

Posted by: Cindy at January 5, 2010 12:38 PM

But... I liked both Scooby Doo 2 and Battlestar. So you know, it's not mathematically impossible...

Posted by: spideychris at January 5, 2010 3:33 PM

This show needs Ted McGinley as a water-skiing villain.

Posted by: oskar at January 5, 2010 3:35 PM

MikeJ, the mister and I also fell in love with Spooks and I remember at some point one of us commenting that it made "24" look like shit... so yay, we're not the only ones.

Posted by: Stella at January 5, 2010 4:34 PM

Ted McGinley as a water-skiing villain

that's awesome.

Posted by: Johnnyboy at January 5, 2010 9:14 PM

Stella: I've watched 22 episodes of Spooks (about 2.5 seasons worth), and there's been more drama/tension/heartbreak than any season of 24. It's just refreshing to see a show with almost no gunplay or "LISTEN TO MEEEEE TELL ME WHERE THE BOMB IS!!!!!" Also, knowing that Jack will never die ever takes away a lot of tension.

Posted by: Mick J at January 5, 2010 11:01 PM

LOVE KIM.
She's so amusingly, awesomely stupid. I mean... she nearly got murdered twice! In the same day! By the same guy!
And she got trapped in that cougar trap while that cougar just kind of menaced her a little.
AND AND despite the fact she's a high school drop-out, she's somehow a CTU agent.
Awesome. Love it. Most of the time I loathe skin-show casting (Kim IS hot even if she's mammothly stupid), but I love it on 24. It's just... I laugh every time. How can I hate that?

Posted by: Saint Saturn Sunshine at January 6, 2010 2:42 AM

Inconceivable!

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Posted by: krza at January 6, 2010 2:45 AM

jacktrade, when you called upon Troy McClure, I fell over laughing. That was ossom.

Posted by: Jelinas at January 6, 2010 3:53 AM

TylerDFC, you flatter me so. Should such a feat of awesome occur (highly unlikely, but it would be pretty damn awesome), I shall give you what the kids call a "shout-out".

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at January 7, 2010 2:26 PM