jack bauer hour of power

so tonight is a 2 hour event. i came in for the last 10 minutes of the first hour. i asked zach what was going on, he replied he wasnt sure because they just turned it on. adam said, 'i think jack is diffusing a bomb. its probably nuclear.' very true. why would jack spend his time on anything else? now, i missed the whole episode so i cant really rip on it...yet i just walked in on the climax of jack diffusing the bomb, but something about knowing that keifer renewed his contract through 2050 or something like that, just makes it not as intense, knowing jack cant really die.

alright, lets do hour 2:

• i like how there is really only about 20 important lines of each episode and they replay those at the beginning of the next episode. i really dont feel like i have missed anything. actually, im sure i havnt.
• isnt there a threatened or actual impeachment or assassination of the president in every season? though i think there might be something 'motivating' fox, beyond just suspensful plot lines, to kill off this president. imagine if they assissinated this president. both palmer brothers, black presidents, killed. next season there will be a woman president that will be kidnapped. go through emotional struggles and unable to continue and will step down from office. 24 - brought to you by the rudy guiliani campaign fund.
  
• danielle (adam's finacee) just brought him over 'something really cute' wrapped up. its the most exciting part of the episode so far. it was a framed, decorative collage of pictures of them, with hearts and other cute things.
  
• a russian bad guy? the evil soviets. i hope they start another cold war, and then jack can singlehandedly end it (in a day) and be the new rocky for gen x.
• jack is so noble. killing and then forcing his superiors to punish him. i bet jack is put on probation or something. he wont be allowed to go out into the field. dire circumstances will arise. bill buchanan will struggle to know what to do. he will finally tell jack to please go save the day. jack will agree and in the last minute all will be saved.
  
• we are all so bored. they have to be building up to something crazy at the end of this.
  
• adam: in reference to the sister-in-law following her husband (jack's brother) to the house and spying on him because she thought he was having an affair but she overheard russian males so she left. 'maybe he was cheating on her...with the russian men.' good point. anything in 24 is possible.
  
• its so obvious that the grandfather is going to kidnap the grandson and hold him for ransom.
  
• the grandfather just alluded to kidnapping the boy and adam and zach just congratulated me on my prediction. i really want to take credit, but if you arent picking up on these things after watching the other 4 seasons, then you probably also enjoy shows like 'everybody loves raymond.' that or you probably have a third grade education. or you have been watching all of the seasons in a foreign language.
  
• is jack going to explode inside the house? last 5 minutes. something big HAS to happen.
  
• zach - 'i love how jack doesnt need tactical gear.' zach forgot that jack sees bullets coming at him in slow motion and has steel plated skin.
  
• looks like the house exploded but jack was the only one to make it out alive. good thing he was the one next to the large front window.

overall, probably a D+. no real unintentional comedy. things seem pretty slow. perhaps im just with the wrong crowd and we all arent into it enough. but there were no 'classic 24' moments. nothing that made you say 'wow.' no terrible writing or acting. no overly dramatic moments. no ridiculous torture or killing. pretty typical stuff and its not really hooking me. nonetheless, i somehow cant walk away and im sure ill finish out all of the season's episodes.