Yup, I saw it. I have a feeling conservatives will somehow be shown in a bad light. Bush's fault again!
And also nukes will be bad!
I was waiting for something like this. When the "Heritage Foundation" was mentioned I sighed.....Here we go again.....
I noticed that too! Their attempt at being fair and balanced I suppose.
But nothing will be enough to placate the Islamo free speech patrol.
Yes...it will be very interesting to see where they go with the Heritage Foundation reference. Where that came from, I have no idea...
Yeah, I as a little disappointed/concerned by that. But, otoh, it would not be surprising to find that terrorists have 'locals' as collaborators, insiders to go where the terrorists presence might be noticed.
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I posted these comments earlier. I repeat them for the sake of discussion.
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My acquaintance with "24" dates only from this season, but I have caught every episode. I heard about it on the football game that Sunday when they had the double episodes Sunday and Monday nights. WOW!
One thing I liked about the series so far is that they are not politically correct. They apparently don't proceed from the playbook that you can't portray Muslims or blacks or women in a bad light ever. Therefore, the series is one that I can trust. I hate it when the formulae are interspersed into our dramas and turn them into inanities. It then becomes a boring and unrealistic dogmatic screed from the "Party".
With 24, the really fanatical nature of the Turkish couple is manifested even as they turn against their son's girlfreind and then their son, himself.
That they would portray that ambitious black girl in the way that they do at the counterterrorist center is just amazing. A really true to life backstabbing government employee! but the writers were not afraid to have her be mean and vicious even though black. I had held out hope that she might ultimately play a heroic role, but last night it was revealed that she is not only ambitous, she is a terrorist spy.
The writers also nail the Defense secretary's son: a cool-aid drinker who is the prototypical lefty Michael Moore follower. Sure they abound in reality, but when, if ever before did you see such a character in a drama. [Usually, you would gett he Tim Mcveigh type as the only possible terrorist--or the ever popular recast o fthe Aryan Nazis when the typecast the east germans.] It goes to the extent that 'interrogation techniques' like sensory deprivation are used against the kid as he is allowed to demonstrate just how addled his brain and politics actually are --that he wont reveal what he knows about the plot to kidnap his dad and sister--at least who he tipped off about his ocming there. This is a object lesson from the headlines--gonzales hearings about "torture" or not permitted to be used in desperate straits when lives are on the line. only it is nice to see a portrayal from our point of view for a change.
Again, the writers did not follow politically correct handbooks in dealing with the female head of the counter terrorism center. She has spliced motives interferring with good command and she is distracted by her drugged daughter and leaves her post at crucial times. They also reveal that the people at the center really trust jack and not just the rank she has over him. All this honesty creates a context where you can have a real nifty heroic girl like Chloe emerge. If this was a formula piece, Chloe would not make sense.
Ditto, for the son of the Turkish couple, Boosheer. I feel he may break out and cross to the other side--not really sure. That is only possible in the context created by the authentic portrayal of the fanatical parents and their colleagues.
I feel that a lot of courageous and thoughtful writing goes on in this series---that's why I am confident in where it is heading--a place that I cannot possibly predict. For TV, that's saying an awful lot.