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24: What happened to the last guys who tried to be like Jack

May 28th, 2009 | by | 24, jack bauer, liveblog, tv shows

May
28

Yep, it’s official: Freddie Prinze Jr. will be a Jack wanna-be on Day 8.

He’ll play “Davis Cole, a U.S. Marine who wants to follow in the footsteps” of our man Jack.freddie_prinze_jr_by_david_shankbone

Guess what happened to the last guys who tried to be the next Jack:

• Day 3: Chase Edmunds: Dated Kim Bauer. Secretly had a child from a previous relationship. Nearly got shot in the head by Jack, who was trying to prove himself to the Salazars. Jack cut off his hand to remove a vial of a nasty flesh-eating virus. We last saw him being wheeled into the ER, hoping he could get his hand back. At the start of Day 4, we were told he had taken a job with some private consulting firm and was living with Kim. Status: No hand, no girl, no Jack.

• Days 4-6: Curtis Manning: Poor Curtis. He starts Day 4 as the Chief of Staff of CTU Los Angeles. Day 5, he’s promoted to Director of Field Operations (Field Ops, as we say in the biz). In the first hours of Day 6, he’s shot and killed by Jack, because Jack’s trying to protect a former terrorist gone good who was responsible for the death of some of the members of Curtis’ Special Forces Unit after Desert Storm. In between, he’s knocked out by Jack at least twice and handcuffed at least once. Status: No life.

• Day 6: Mike Doyle: Replaces the just-killed Curtis Morgan as Director of Field Ops. Something happened in Denver, and Milo’s pissed off about it. Hottie Nadia Yassir has to decide between the two of them, for some reason. A bomb blows up in Doyle’s face just before the day ends. Status: No sight.

The good news? The actor best known for being the son of Chico and his own roles in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” “She’s All That” and “Scooby-Doo” probably has the life expectancy of a mayfly.

Photo by David Shankbone, Creative Commons

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The Carnival of Bauer!!! … filler episode edition

May 8th, 2009 | by | 24, blog carnival, carnival of bauer, liveblog

May
08

Honestly, it’s hard to get too excited about an episode that was so obviously filler and in which so little happened.

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I mean, what does it say when Kiefer Sutherland headbutting a fashion designer on the streets of Manhattan in defense (kinda sorta) of Brooke Shields is almost more interesting than the Monday episode (for the definitive story on this, see Point / Counterpoint)? Especially when there are only three hours left in this day and we still have no idea what the frak is going on.

I guess that’s why I never really got around to a separate blog post on it this week and decided to wait for the weekly blog carnival, which I am always happy to host.

Basically, this is what happened this week:

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24: Hour 10

February 24th, 2009 | by | 24, jack bauer, liveblog

Feb
24

As I live-blogged tonight on Blogs4Bauer with my crazy boy friends, I anxiously awaited the “slap scene,” as we called it. We even got one false alarm, then, WHAMMO!

Do I even need to say there are spoilers ahead?

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So, since the episode made us wait for the slap scene, I’ll make you wait for my discussion of it.

First off, there’s been discussion on B4B and on Twitter as to whether this was the best ep so far this season or just the best ep ever.

I think the latter may be hyperbole, but if so, not by much. Seeing as Season 7 is shaping up to be awesome on the level of Seasons 2 & 5 (my two faves), seeing as this is the best ep so far makes it definitely up there in the pantheon of awesomeness.

So let me ask this: Does Marika’s death count in Jack’s killcount, seeing as he’s basically responsible for her death? I vote yes.

I honestly believe that Red Hot would have pulled the trigger on Jack if she’d had to, not that it would have actually killed him. Badder folks have tried to kill Jack and failed, after all.

This is what happened tonight:

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Jack’s back, baby!

January 11th, 2009 | by | 24, jack bauer, liveblog

Jan
11

OK, so the liveblog over at B4B was a bit wacky, shockingly, but I have this to say:

Jack is back.

He’s totally shocked at Tony’s betrayal of the people who have no subpoenaed him and are trying him for crimes against humanity.

Wait, what?

OK. Lemme ponder all this and get back to you tomorrow. I’ll be liveblogging again at B4B tomorrow night for the second two hours of the season premiere.

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