SUNDAY24"Relax, he's really good at this." You said it, Chloe. Jack's back, and all is wrong with the world once again — which means my prime time's finally got the jaw-dropping, plot-twisting, rock-'em-sock-'em roller-coaster ride it's been missing since May. (Sorry, Idol. I've missed you, too, but deep down you've always known you're just my midweek diversion until that next hour starts ticking away.) Let's sum up, shall we? Former president Palmer? Dead. (I know!) Michelle Dessler? Dead. Tony Almeida? Critical condition. Chloe O'Brian? Still the coolest cranky-pants techie around. Palmer's brother Wayne? Grieving, willing to help Jack, and hot-hot-hot as ever. (Helloooo, D.B. Woodside!) First Lady Martha Logan? Nuttier than a fruitcake. President Logan? Co
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Question: What are the experts' views on the nonstop season? To my knowledge, 24 is the only show to do this (other than WWE), and I love it. It is much easier to take the extended hiatus of Jack Bauer and crew after an edge-of-your-seat, thrill-a-week bombardment for 24 weeks straight that actually gives closure (mostly) to the season. I wish every show on TV would do this. Show us all the new stuff at once, leave us happy, then do it all again with something else. Is it possible for this to happen at all? Is this a smart route for TV to take, or can this only work for things like 24?
Answer: I put this question here primarily as an excuse to be able to officially go Oh, my god! now that the first hours of 24 have finally been shown. If you watched (and if you're reading this column, I'm assuming you did; and if you didn't, stop reading this immediately), then you can only imagine how difficult it has been to keep quiet about the explosive events of the first 15 or so minutes of the
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Has The Shield’s crooked and combative Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) finally met his match?
This dirty cop, who happens to be the most effective and ferocious detective on the meanest streets of Los Angeles, has literally gotten away with murder (a fellow cop’s, no less) since the very first episode five seasons ago. Like Tony Soprano, he’s an antihero you find yourself rooting for while cringing at his brutal excesses.
But the noose is tightening, courtesy of a crafty, hungry new Internal Affairs nemesis, Lt. Jon Kavanaugh, played with smiling relish by Forest Whitaker.
Cat and mouse — or, rather, vulture and lion — don’t actually meet until the third episode, by which time Kavan
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With Season 5 now less than a month away, Fox's 24 has announced two more hires: Two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Atkinson will fill the role of Homeland Security official Karen Hayes, while Tony winner Stephen Spinella will play her subordinate, Miles. These additions, mind you, are in addition to Connie Britton as Jack's new honey, Sean Astin as a CTUer, Julian Sands as a baddie named Bierko, Jean Smart as President Doofball Logan's wife, and Peter Weller and JoBeth Williams as a federal agent and his wife. These new folks are so gonna steal time from my "Chloedgar" romance, aren't they?
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