It’s almost like a drinking game: Every time Jack exhibits mad cow-type symptoms, you have to go “moooooooo.”
What’s that you say? Jack doesn’t have mad cow disease? Oh, whatever. Close enough. He has some sort of weird unknown, unnamed disease brought on by some sort of biological agent created for the strongman of a pretend African nation. So if we want to pretend it’s mad cow, leave us be.
The best part of Monday’s episode:
Death by decanter. When Jon Voight killed Chris Cooper with a decanter, that almost topped Jack using a forklift to kill someone the week before. Day 7 has totally turned on the creativity when it comes to killing this season, and I, for one, am quite grateful. Shooting someone in the knee is so Day 2.
The worst part:
Olivia Taylor doing a reverse blackmail of the slimy reporter. In and of itself, it wasn’t bad. In fact, it was good that she managed to blackmail him back, when he forced her to sleep with him to keep a story secret, when he had no intention of holding back the story. But the whole idea of him using sex as a weapon and then her recording it was just so … icky.
So at this point, we still have no idea who the mole is, Jack’s had a seizure from mad cow, Jonas Hodges has officially become the best villain since Nina Meyers and Tony’s as badass as ever (how many bad guys did he take out?)…
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Rickey is also totally enjoying the googly eyes that Jack flashes whenever he experiences symptoms.
Most hilarious from this past ep was how they made a distinct point of telegraphing that Kim will most definitely be coming back. It’s like the writers were saying “OK, WE’RE GIVING YOU A HEADS UP NOW SO DON’T SAY WE DIDN’T WARN YOU.”
Hee. I like what Rickey said about the return of Spawn – don’t say we didn’t warn you, indeed! As much as I hate Kim, I do like how Elisha and Kiefer work together, so I guess it won’t be all bad…
I really enjoyed Tony being out kickin’ ass, while Jack was back at the office (even if he was shootin’ up and convulsing all over the place). I want Tony and Jack to both save the day, together.
I felt so bad for Aaron, standing outside that hotel room, most likely clued in to at least some of what was going on in there… poor Aaron!
“Shooting someone in the knee is so Day 2″. That was really funny.
Proof that I’m desensitized? After he turned and opened the decanter, I said to my husband, “ooh, I want that decanter!” He’s a great villain, although there’s this one pouty face that he makes and all I can see is Angelina.
I can’t stand Olivia, I liked her much better on Jericho, but that’s a whole other wound. I do love having Aaron around again though.
Last point, I love the Mad Cow game, I don’t have enough mad cow in my life since Boston Legal ended.
Do you think I watch too much TV?
@Rickey – Totally! I almost wasn’t going to be around for liveblogging on Monday, but knowing that Kim’s coming back, I’m making alternate arrangements so I can be there.
@Erika – 1) True, they do work well together, and it’s not totally her fault the writers have always written her as a moron; 2) Absolutely, and I’d wager we’ll get that; 3) I know, poor Aaron! He deserves so much better.
@Christine – I thought the same thing about the decanter. Very attractive. Adam from The Jack Sack, though, called it the SECOND Hodges put his hand on the decanter that it was going to be used as a weapon. Agreed about Olivia, too. I want to like her because she’s our dear Heather; proof that Sprague Grayden is a good actress, I’d suppose, no? And I don’t think you watch any more TV than me, so I’ll say no.
The important point is that it is a prion disease, of which mad cow and it’s sheep and human equivilents are pretty much the only ones. Prions are seriously weird things (the only infectious agents that do not involve DNA or RNA, just protiens)….so yeah. Mad cow. No need to pretend.
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