The penultimate episode of 24: Live Another Day delivered yet another hour of high stakes drama. Here's Brad Wilson's review of the action.
Why? Why is there only
one episode left? What a fun ride this has been. I wonder if, like
each episode this season, my articles also get better? I’d like to
think they do.
Can we all just
appreciate the Voldemort-type effect Jack Bauer has on Cheng? He gets
one look at him, and he’s like: uhhh, we need to get the f*ck outta
here! Ha. I know Chloe is a main character, but I’m still trying to
figure out why Cheng didn’t kill her and decides to take her with
them. Maybe because he thinks he can use her? I don’t know. Just
seems like a plot hole. She’s a smart one though, as if we didn’t
already know that. Chloe manages to get a recording of Cheng’s last
words before they left, helping Jack to figure out who he was. Then
she has that awesome scene where she bludgeoned all those Chinese
bastards in the face and got out of a moving truck!
Side note: did anyone
else roll their eyes during the shootout when there just happened to
be propane tanks behind the Russian shooters?
Clearly the Chinese are
not a people to be trifled with. Even though the leaders of the
United States and England are telling the Chinese President it was an
act carried out by Cheng, he’s not buying it. Can you blame him? He
*has* to retaliate. This episode it was just surveillance systems
taken out, but you can bet more is on the way.
Side note #2: Do you
think television shows and movies in China and Russia depict
Americans as terrorists and crazy people? Just wondering. Moving on!
Ha, the scene with Jack
and Mark. Boy, was that a long time coming. And at least Jack has the
decency to speak in private and not rat him out (though he probably
did that so Mark wouldn’t be arrested, because then Jack can’t
use him). Mark keeps saying he was turning Jack in for his country,
but we all know it was just a dick measuring contest between him and
Jack because of Audrey. And of course, he is/was going to lose. I
mean… he’s up against Jack Bauer. Speaking of Audrey, it’s good to finally
see her contributing to solving the crisis rather than just being
an emotional woman. She has a contact with the Chinese and a plan she
thinks could buy them time, and she acts on it. Good for her. I’m
pretty sure this entire season she really hasn’t done anything
other than be a pretty face. Of course, at the end of the episode it
was all for naught, but still, good effort.
Mark does prove he’s
good for something by helping Jack, but he still is gonna go to jail.
That big Russian guy with the hilariously stereotypical Russian
mustache is now dead, and in a pretty stupid way too. Like that a
giant piece of glass is gonna get stuck in his neck, yet Mark remains
unharmed. C’mon 24, seems a little cliche doesn’t it?
Guys, next week is
gonna be off the chain! I can’t wait. Check back later this week,
we’ll take a look back at the top 10 moments of this amazing
season!
Watch the trailer for the season finale.
Brad
Wilson lives in Southwest Florida where he writes every day at his job
as a television news producer at WINK News. Follow him on Twitter @bradwilson86 and check out his other articles at geekretaliation.net. You can also follow Geek Retaliation on Facebook at facebook.com/geekretaliation
