Damn Waggie!!!...I set my VCR to tape the two shows I was gonna be out of town for. The one you refer to I missed 'cause my cable went out. I sort of lucked out when I missed a connection in SF and spent the second Tuesday nite in a hotel room instead of on a plane. I almost didn't watch it thinking I had not seen the previous week's episode and would have them both on tape when I got home (I had neither). Lucked out and watched it. Tonight...final episode!!! Who lives? Who dies? What happens? My guess.... Most importantly:Something has to happen with Kim so we get one good look at her body (badly missing this season). Chloe has to die somehow just for being so incredibly annoying. And besides, everyone on the show is so good looking except for her. She has to go. No token meeskeits. (yiddish for ugly woman..not sure of the spelling, but a great word). The rest? Only hours away. Can't wait!!! Peace, RS
i'm going to watch the finale again now...i taped it. i think the finale had a lot of good closure with some of the characters. because of terri's death at the end of season 1 and palmer's handshake at the end of season 2, i was expecting some type of shock at the very end of season 3. however, the more i think about it, i think jack's emotional scene is fine and i understand why it's there. if a real person went through the things jack has, they would not be like, "i'm happy, everything's fine." jack killing chappelle, chopping off chase's hand, chase stepping down, his drug problem, etc. jack is a badass that gets the job done and doesn't like to show his troubled feelings. so at the end we see him alone in his car, dealing with things in his own way by himself. then he gets interrupted by a call and keeps doing his job. 24 is my favorite show ever. some season 4 info: http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,14174,00.html http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-05-24-24-finale_x.htm http://www.24inside.com (one of the 24 writers is a guest)
TONIGHT!!! Showtime!! tonight and tomorrow....four hours! more than a typical month during the past three seasons. popcorn ready? check! vcr on in case I nod off? check! am I easily pleased? check! Peace, RS
Damn RS, I'm glad you posted that, I didn't know hours 3 and 4 were on tonight. Only problem is, I'm not sure I can stand that much tension for two straight nights.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050113/tv_nm/media_muslims_dc Fox TV Accused of Stereotyping American Muslims Thu Jan 13, 5:20 PM ET Entertainment - Reuters TV NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Fox television network said on Thursday it will provide its stations with TV spots that portray Muslims in a favorable way after it received complaints for featuring followers of Islam as terrorists on its hit television show "24." On Monday, Fox premiered the fourth season of "24." The drama featured an upper-middle class Muslim family operating as a sleeper terrorist cell. The Muslim mother poisons her son's non-Muslim girlfriend because it was feared the girl could jeopardize the terrorists' plan. A Fox spokesman said it would provide public service announcements sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations to its affiliate stations. Local television executives can decide if and when to use the spots. The move was in response to the Islamic council's complaints about the show. "What we are hoping to do is to try and mitigate the damages of the stereotypes because it can bring real-life consequences on American Muslims and their lives here," said Rabiah Ahmed, spokeswoman for the Islamic group. Citing a public opinion survey conducted by Cornell University last year, Ahmed said television influences viewers' perceptions of Muslims. "There aren't any positive or even neutral portrayals of Muslims on TV; whenever Muslims or Arabs are portrayed it is always in a stereotypical way," she said. "When average Americans don't have any personal interaction with Muslims, whether it be at work or at school, they base their perception of Islam and Muslims from what they see on TV," she added. "We did bring that to Fox's attention."