alejob said:
Psst, its 24, like in 24 hours. There is no time for story telling.
Ok, now I know what you mean attack of the week(aka the hour).
My boss looks like Novick.
I love the progression of this post. Fantastic. :lol
Yeah...my comment was both in regards to each individual hour, as well as a general, generic comment of "(Blank) of the Week". I just feel that this season became just a huge ass string on terrorist attacks instead of an intriguing threat to national security. Early on in the season it seemed like it worked.
The Train Derailment and the Briefcase
The Kidnapping of Secretary Heller
The Huge Internet Traffic
The Nuclear Plant Meltdowns
See, this? This is a nice little string of intriguing attacks. In fact, this could have been an entire season's worth. It's a logical progression where everything is leading up to one big attack.
And then, it seems like they're not done! No, they have to shoot down Air Force One by stealing a Stealth Fighter and then using the Nuclear Football they recover to figure out the launch codes and location of a nuclear warhead, which they then steal and program to send towards Los Angeles.
That's two seasons of storylines that, really, could be entirely unrelated. I mean, you could have started with the plot to steal a Stealth Fighter and then led logically into the rest of the season...it was seriously two seasons worth of storylines packed into one.
Taken as separate entities, they're fairly good sets of storylines. Crammed into the same season, it took the show from intrigue to contrivance. Entertaining contrivance, but contrivance nonetheless.