The finale of 24? Hmm. Well, it's been a disappointing season in general. They've now killed off or booted every original character except Jack, who has become a caricature of himself. Where is Season One Jack: Jack the Protector of Women and Children? Where is Season Three Jack: Jack the Guy Who's Tired of All This Stuff Screwing Up His Personal Life But Who Steps Up Anyway Because No One Else Can? Alas...Season Five Jack has become Cold-Blooded Vigilante RoboJack With a Chip on One Shoulder and a Man-Bag Slung Over the Other, Stabbing People in the Neck With a Ball-Point Pen.
As for the Chinese getting him at the end there, yeah. I was kinda waiting for that shoe to drop all season (though I did think for a moment that someone was going to kidnap Audrey, which would have been preferable). And this does not bode well, because it just means that next season will start right away with all the torture and gratuitous violence we've come to expect from writers who have put the same character through every conceivable Interesting Dangerous Plot Point for five years now. Ho-hum.
Amy maintains that she's now done with the whole show, and in a moment of disappointment, I stood in solidarity with her. But they're probably already giving odds in Vegas that come next January, when we haven't seen our Keifer in several months and all of this season's offenses are but misty, water-colored memories...some clever editor will assemble a percussive preview sequence full of intrigue and teased returns of once-loved characters, that will have our sad little hineys right back on the couch Monday nights at 9.
I thought the only thing that could suck me back in for real would be the return of Chase (no such luck yet), but this'll do.
Any wagers regarding the timing of his near-certain demise?
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