1. S3 is weird because it can be broken up into 3 threads: breaking Salazar out, the Mexico thread, and the FANTASTIC hotel arc (which in my opinion saves the season). The reason why I bring up the parallels is because S3's prison break eps mainly serve as a setup for Mexico, much like S7's CIP device with Tony serves as setup for the manhunt for Dubaku. Now, whether Jon Voight's character turns out to be like Saunders I have no idea, but already S7 is looking to be far more cohesive than S3 because the connections between the baddies is clearly stronger and more coherent to the audience. It's much more in line with Ira Gaines and the Drazens in S1 than the Salazars and Saunders in S3.
2. I think Rachel was the one who said that the Taylors are the emotional trauma of the show this season, and it's kinda hilarious how we're suddenly getting a First Daughter, now that the First Son and fiancee are dead and Henry is in surgery. The First family is rotating through like a merry-go-round in "obligatory loved one in danger role" of the season. Given the trend (S1!Teri&Kim, S2!Kim, S3!Michelle, S4!Audrey&Tony), this is definitely a change, although understandable since Jack has lost so much already.
4. 24 always works best when they take old storylines and situations and put the current cast in them. That's why Renee and Larry work. Renee is S1!Jack. Larry is S1!Tony. It's why Tony and Michelle are so successful as characters. S3!Tony was S1!Jack. S4!Michelle was S3!Tony. Same situation, different results because each character is different; but it has more resonance precisely BECAUSE we've seen it before.
The reason why this season is gelling so much is because S7!FBI is S1-S6!CTU. It essentially casts everyone who used to be CTU in the role of S4-S6!Jack. That's why these references to the past are working so well across the board.
5. Considering Jack shot Renee for the sake of the mission? Dude, Ryan Chappelle must have been going through her head over and over and over as she lay down there in ground. She's read his file. She knows about Ryan, and I'm just waiting for her to break and call him out on it at some point.
6. I agree wholeheartedly with the show/tell thing. I want Renee to come up with a non-torture, pure synthesis of Jack's out of the box thinking and Larry's by-the-book thinking. You know, something just inside the rules.
What I really hope is that Renee's reactions kind of bring out more of that side that Jack has closed off and give him back something, more than she she starts heading down Jack's dark path. I really really cannot wait until next week. Renee represents all that Jack was and what I think he really wants to have back. He wants to care again, but so many years have eaten him up. It's so much more effective to have her slap him and ask if he feels that than to have Larry criticize him and tell he's lost everything. Renee pushes and prods- and for that reason, she CAN'T DIE.
They say that the way to break a person who has already lost everything is to give it back to him broken. If Renee dies as she's trying to straddle the two worlds Jack describes in Hour 2, it would be like proof that it's just not possible. If she survives this day without completely losing it, then it's almost as if just by that, she's giving him hope that he could go back and try to be like that again. But if she dies, so too does that line of thought that maybe he could do things differently.
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Date: 2009-02-17 04:31 pm (UTC)2. I think Rachel was the one who said that the Taylors are the emotional trauma of the show this season, and it's kinda hilarious how we're suddenly getting a First Daughter, now that the First Son and fiancee are dead and Henry is in surgery. The First family is rotating through like a merry-go-round in "obligatory loved one in danger role" of the season. Given the trend (S1!Teri&Kim, S2!Kim, S3!Michelle, S4!Audrey&Tony), this is definitely a change, although understandable since Jack has lost so much already.
4. 24 always works best when they take old storylines and situations and put the current cast in them. That's why Renee and Larry work. Renee is S1!Jack. Larry is S1!Tony. It's why Tony and Michelle are so successful as characters. S3!Tony was S1!Jack. S4!Michelle was S3!Tony. Same situation, different results because each character is different; but it has more resonance precisely BECAUSE we've seen it before.
The reason why this season is gelling so much is because S7!FBI is S1-S6!CTU. It essentially casts everyone who used to be CTU in the role of S4-S6!Jack. That's why these references to the past are working so well across the board.
5. Considering Jack shot Renee for the sake of the mission? Dude, Ryan Chappelle must have been going through her head over and over and over as she lay down there in ground. She's read his file. She knows about Ryan, and I'm just waiting for her to break and call him out on it at some point.
6. I agree wholeheartedly with the show/tell thing. I want Renee to come up with a non-torture, pure synthesis of Jack's out of the box thinking and Larry's by-the-book thinking. You know, something just inside the rules.
What I really hope is that Renee's reactions kind of bring out more of that side that Jack has closed off and give him back something, more than she she starts heading down Jack's dark path.
I really really cannot wait until next week. Renee represents all that Jack was and what I think he really wants to have back. He wants to care again, but so many years have eaten him up. It's so much more effective to have her slap him and ask if he feels that than to have Larry criticize him and tell he's lost everything. Renee pushes and prods- and for that reason, she CAN'T DIE.
They say that the way to break a person who has already lost everything is to give it back to him broken. If Renee dies as she's trying to straddle the two worlds Jack describes in Hour 2, it would be like proof that it's just not possible. If she survives this day without completely losing it, then it's almost as if just by that, she's giving him hope that he could go back and try to be like that again. But if she dies, so too does that line of thought that maybe he could do things differently.