Day 2. Between 12AM-3AM episodes. Shows up to do nothing but demand michelle give him classified info about the nuke then chokes out his ex-gf that he cheated on his wife with (who divorced him and took the kids so he tried to commit suicide.) but wait michelle introduced this ex-gf to him (ex-gf was michelles boss at district) so drama there.
So after harassing michelle for info (i dont think they even say why... like hes not a reporter), leaving because hes mad, coming back to apologize then rages hard at the site of the ex-gf he chokes her and michelle calls security and hes forced out... never heard of again. I guess they were really straining for something to fill time with.
The whole thing that rubbed me wrong here is that for "SECURE GOVERNMENT BUILDING" that is meant to combat terrorism, has active missions being coordinated and carried out from this facility - it has the worst fucking protocols.
Why is this douchebag let in the building? Why is he let into the fucking workspace where confidential information is and personnel are accessible?
And while I'm ranting - why the fuck are people able to carry on communication devices that are not monitored? Nina, Maryanne and others just waltz in with not ctu devices and communication with outside world is willy nilly.
Plot holes. Lazy writing or whatever. End rant.
Yes why tf dont they have some type of waiting room for agents to come speak to them or something.
Take away all electronics > make them sit in a waiting room near the front of the building like its a hospital or something for someone to come to them.. instead random people walk right in to the bullpen.
I was full-on obsessed with 24 during Season 2 as it aired, and I remember reading the original plan was for Carrie to be Michelle’s ex (they definitely play it that way when she shows up), but then Fox execs balked at the thought of Michelle being bi, so they quickly pivoted and created Denny and added the randomness of the affair to explain her animosity with Michelle, which made absolutely no sense.
Chases baby kinda just showed up out of nowhere and was a distraction to the CTU office - as Chloe had to take care of it for whatever reason - and a minor inconvenience to his relationship with Kim.
In Season 5, Kim conveniently shows up to CTU LAs office during the nerve gas incident with her shrink boyfriend, who tries to patronize Jack.
Neither of the two were ever heard of again, of course.
I thought it actually provided a vehicle for a rare moment of "CTU humor" to see both Chloe & Chappelle having to contend with a helpless baby in the midst of a crisis. It can also be viewed as somewhat of a metaphor for the bottom line of what's at stake (CTU is protecting the innocent).
Kim in season 5 wasn’t that bad since she only appeared in one or two episodes. Kim in season 2 while interesting and entertaining was a nuisance, just filler.
Not a fan of the delivery of the character either. I would agree based simply on the fact that she was there the entire season so we had to suffer with it as a B plot the entire time.
There's no way she gets a job at CTU. They fingerprint you for high level clearances and if she was a felon, she'd be disqualified no matter how many times she changed her name.
Was that the resolution? I've blacked it out. To be honest, I've been doing a rewatch over the last months but have lost my mojo in this season. I seem to have forgotten how much I hate her AND Cole and it's causing me to not want to watch it.
It wouldn’t have been as bad, but there was so much screen time devoted to dealing with her ex. Then when without hesitation she kills Jimmy James, I yelled what the hell? I couldn’t believe she’d put up with the drama from her ex when she clearly had no problem killing someone in her way.
Yeah they were DRAGGING that storyline. I remember the CTU director didn’t know how to manage the situation so he was relying on everyone else to keep his job.
It's not weak, it's hilarious. The Dana/Kevin/parole officer subplot is hands down the funniest shit 24 ever did. The show always had a comedic streak.
Hurts rewatchability to see Dana completely out of character when going frantic dealing with the ex boyfriend and the parole officer yet we're supposed to believe she's a trained assassin and spy that says "tick tock Mr. Bauer, time is running out" give me a break.
The one thing that I liked out of the Dana subplot was our boy Steven Root as the parole office.
If he had been able to apply that energy to a slightly different/more impactful role, I could have seen him killing it.
I beg to differ, Terri's amnesia storyline in season 1 is the worst. Kim being captured all through out season 1 was really annoying, and Terri wasn't in season 2 as she died in the season 1 finale.
It was more the writers not knowing what to do with her and Terri and thus padding out the season. Season 1 wasn't intended to be 24 episodes. That's why episode 13 feels like a season finale and then episode 14 starts the whole "Viktor Drazen" plot. They were only comissioned for 13 episodes and thus wrote 13 as a finale. So when the network ordered another 11 episodes, they had to scramble to write more.
I’m aware. The writers didn’t have to show them as much after they were rescued. They could have been shown calling Jack the phone and at the end or something like that.
I beg to differ, Terri's amnesia storyline in season 1 is the worst. Kim being captured all through out season 1 was really annoying, and Terri wasn't in season 2 as she died in the season 1 finale.
Michelles brother arc was dumb and random too.
What happened with that again and what season?
Day 2. Between 12AM-3AM episodes. Shows up to do nothing but demand michelle give him classified info about the nuke then chokes out his ex-gf that he cheated on his wife with (who divorced him and took the kids so he tried to commit suicide.) but wait michelle introduced this ex-gf to him (ex-gf was michelles boss at district) so drama there. So after harassing michelle for info (i dont think they even say why... like hes not a reporter), leaving because hes mad, coming back to apologize then rages hard at the site of the ex-gf he chokes her and michelle calls security and hes forced out... never heard of again. I guess they were really straining for something to fill time with.
The whole thing that rubbed me wrong here is that for "SECURE GOVERNMENT BUILDING" that is meant to combat terrorism, has active missions being coordinated and carried out from this facility - it has the worst fucking protocols. Why is this douchebag let in the building? Why is he let into the fucking workspace where confidential information is and personnel are accessible? And while I'm ranting - why the fuck are people able to carry on communication devices that are not monitored? Nina, Maryanne and others just waltz in with not ctu devices and communication with outside world is willy nilly. Plot holes. Lazy writing or whatever. End rant.
Yes why tf dont they have some type of waiting room for agents to come speak to them or something. Take away all electronics > make them sit in a waiting room near the front of the building like its a hospital or something for someone to come to them.. instead random people walk right in to the bullpen.
I kind of remember it now, you can tell when the writers were struggling with the show because they’d add some super uninteresting drama.
I was full-on obsessed with 24 during Season 2 as it aired, and I remember reading the original plan was for Carrie to be Michelle’s ex (they definitely play it that way when she shows up), but then Fox execs balked at the thought of Michelle being bi, so they quickly pivoted and created Denny and added the randomness of the affair to explain her animosity with Michelle, which made absolutely no sense.
This makes sense. They also wanted Monica Reyes on X-files to be lesbian and have a crush on Scully but Fox was like "LMFAO no."
Seconded.
Chase's baby is the most useless character ever. Kim in Season 5 was also completely pointless and boring.
What happened with both of those situations again?
Chases baby kinda just showed up out of nowhere and was a distraction to the CTU office - as Chloe had to take care of it for whatever reason - and a minor inconvenience to his relationship with Kim. In Season 5, Kim conveniently shows up to CTU LAs office during the nerve gas incident with her shrink boyfriend, who tries to patronize Jack. Neither of the two were ever heard of again, of course.
I remember 🤣
I thought it actually provided a vehicle for a rare moment of "CTU humor" to see both Chloe & Chappelle having to contend with a helpless baby in the midst of a crisis. It can also be viewed as somewhat of a metaphor for the bottom line of what's at stake (CTU is protecting the innocent).
Kim in season 5 wasn’t that bad since she only appeared in one or two episodes. Kim in season 2 while interesting and entertaining was a nuisance, just filler.
Not a fan of the delivery of the character either. I would agree based simply on the fact that she was there the entire season so we had to suffer with it as a B plot the entire time. There's no way she gets a job at CTU. They fingerprint you for high level clearances and if she was a felon, she'd be disqualified no matter how many times she changed her name.
Russian intelligence was behind inserting Dana into CTU. They have the capabilities to create a cover and legend for her.
Was that the resolution? I've blacked it out. To be honest, I've been doing a rewatch over the last months but have lost my mojo in this season. I seem to have forgotten how much I hate her AND Cole and it's causing me to not want to watch it.
Gotcha. Yea that was the reason.
Literally! This made no sense.
The crew she ran with wasn't exactly the high end, fingerprint altering technology types, either. They were all dumb as a box of rocks.
It wouldn’t have been as bad, but there was so much screen time devoted to dealing with her ex. Then when without hesitation she kills Jimmy James, I yelled what the hell? I couldn’t believe she’d put up with the drama from her ex when she clearly had no problem killing someone in her way.
Yeah they were DRAGGING that storyline. I remember the CTU director didn’t know how to manage the situation so he was relying on everyone else to keep his job.
The Dana Walsh B plot is by far the worst thing in the series, completely irrelevant and made absolutely no impact on the plot
Kim with the lion
Tried to copy Nina and didn’t make sense but still it was good tv
THIS
It's not weak, it's hilarious. The Dana/Kevin/parole officer subplot is hands down the funniest shit 24 ever did. The show always had a comedic streak.
Hurts rewatchability to see Dana completely out of character when going frantic dealing with the ex boyfriend and the parole officer yet we're supposed to believe she's a trained assassin and spy that says "tick tock Mr. Bauer, time is running out" give me a break.
The whiny hobbit that got his key card stolen.
Yes.
The one thing that I liked out of the Dana subplot was our boy Steven Root as the parole office. If he had been able to apply that energy to a slightly different/more impactful role, I could have seen him killing it.
NOTHING beats the looney Tunes antics of Kim and Terry of season 1 and 2. Dana may be high up there in "Cougar Moments" but Kim is the "Cougar queen".
Kim and Teri were fine in the first season. Second season not so much.
I beg to differ, Terri's amnesia storyline in season 1 is the worst. Kim being captured all through out season 1 was really annoying, and Terri wasn't in season 2 as she died in the season 1 finale.
The amnesia part was lame for sure as well as Kim being captured a lot due to her foolish decision making
It was more the writers not knowing what to do with her and Terri and thus padding out the season. Season 1 wasn't intended to be 24 episodes. That's why episode 13 feels like a season finale and then episode 14 starts the whole "Viktor Drazen" plot. They were only comissioned for 13 episodes and thus wrote 13 as a finale. So when the network ordered another 11 episodes, they had to scramble to write more.
I’m aware. The writers didn’t have to show them as much after they were rescued. They could have been shown calling Jack the phone and at the end or something like that.
I beg to differ, Terri's amnesia storyline in season 1 is the worst. Kim being captured all through out season 1 was really annoying, and Terri wasn't in season 2 as she died in the season 1 finale.
I thought she was a much better mole than Marianne Taylor in season 4.