Haha, okay see, I didn't know that was part of Kiefer's body. Heeehee. But good that it's definitely there. Whew! (Shallow note, how come when Jack drops trou/takes off his shirt, Renee isn't there? I really wonder what her reaction would be to the scars. I blame leigh57 for writing all this awesome fic.
2. I imagine that once the news breaks, Allison's gonna lay into her so much, cuz we do see her make the order to move against Starkwood. Momma's gonna be pissed, and I can't wait to see what Cherry Jones and Sprague Grayden do with it. I love these actors like whoa.
4. I always figured that Larry knows, or think he knows, how to operate around Tony. He thinks he's got Tony's number- a guy who's pissed off at the world and lashing out and wants to be saved. Because of that, he can move confidently around Tony in the interrogation room, because he thinks he knows how to push Tony's buttons. Look at how he appealed to Tony's better nature by showing him those awful pictures.
It's Jack that he can't figure out, can't read, and therefore he remains distrustful. He's a wild card, who helps them, but doesn't; who seems to be good but does questionable things. Jack is equal parts likely to endanger his own life to save a civilian as he is to taser his boss. So yeah, major tension there.
As for not hunting Tony...well, he does have a lot on his plate right now. The manhunt for Tony will start AFTER they stop Dubaku, after they catch all the moles, after the siege on the White House, after they stop Starkwood. Jack's tied to that, so he's chasing him, but as far as he knows, this is the first he's heard of Tony being back in the mix. Plus, for all he knows, Tony has been undercover all 3 years. In any case, he's just not a priority the way Jack is.
5. Mmm, I would say that you can't trust your family if your last name is Bauer. But for everyone else, family still runs deep. Look at Dinah and Behrooz. Michelle and Danny. Jane and Stephen Saunders. Olivia and Allison. Even to a certain degree Kate and Marie Warner. There's something about blood relations that makes it much harder to abandon them when they do stupid or horrible things, something that makes one more willing to forgive and accept them if they show any semblence of remorse. It's harder to walk away and believe there's no good left in them, and I think we'll even see that this season with Jack and Kim.
In created family, those bonds are still there but doubts still linger because society places such a high premium on blood relations. We are more willing to believe that friends are more likely to drift than lovers, that lovers and spouses are more likely to betray each other than a parent would his or her own child. Even though in Jack's case, those rules don't apply.
That's what makes Jack unique. His family bonds are so fucked up, but his created family bonds with his inner circle (with Chloe, Tony, Bill, and from the looks of it now, Renee) are just as strong, if not stronger than some of their bonds with their own families (see: Tony and Jack keeping Michelle out of the loop in S3). Still that doesn't stop one from wondering from time to time, so I would be interested to see if Stokes picks up on that and starts to push Tony's buttons.
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Date: 2009-03-25 03:52 pm (UTC)2. I imagine that once the news breaks, Allison's gonna lay into her so much, cuz we do see her make the order to move against Starkwood. Momma's gonna be pissed, and I can't wait to see what Cherry Jones and Sprague Grayden do with it. I love these actors like whoa.
4. I always figured that Larry knows, or think he knows, how to operate around Tony. He thinks he's got Tony's number- a guy who's pissed off at the world and lashing out and wants to be saved. Because of that, he can move confidently around Tony in the interrogation room, because he thinks he knows how to push Tony's buttons. Look at how he appealed to Tony's better nature by showing him those awful pictures.
It's Jack that he can't figure out, can't read, and therefore he remains distrustful. He's a wild card, who helps them, but doesn't; who seems to be good but does questionable things. Jack is equal parts likely to endanger his own life to save a civilian as he is to taser his boss. So yeah, major tension there.
As for not hunting Tony...well, he does have a lot on his plate right now. The manhunt for Tony will start AFTER they stop Dubaku, after they catch all the moles, after the siege on the White House, after they stop Starkwood. Jack's tied to that, so he's chasing him, but as far as he knows, this is the first he's heard of Tony being back in the mix. Plus, for all he knows, Tony has been undercover all 3 years. In any case, he's just not a priority the way Jack is.
5. Mmm, I would say that you can't trust your family if your last name is Bauer. But for everyone else, family still runs deep. Look at Dinah and Behrooz. Michelle and Danny. Jane and Stephen Saunders. Olivia and Allison. Even to a certain degree Kate and Marie Warner. There's something about blood relations that makes it much harder to abandon them when they do stupid or horrible things, something that makes one more willing to forgive and accept them if they show any semblence of remorse. It's harder to walk away and believe there's no good left in them, and I think we'll even see that this season with Jack and Kim.
In created family, those bonds are still there but doubts still linger because society places such a high premium on blood relations. We are more willing to believe that friends are more likely to drift than lovers, that lovers and spouses are more likely to betray each other than a parent would his or her own child. Even though in Jack's case, those rules don't apply.
That's what makes Jack unique. His family bonds are so fucked up, but his created family bonds with his inner circle (with Chloe, Tony, Bill, and from the looks of it now, Renee) are just as strong, if not stronger than some of their bonds with their own families (see: Tony and Jack keeping Michelle out of the loop in S3). Still that doesn't stop one from wondering from time to time, so I would be interested to see if Stokes picks up on that and starts to push Tony's buttons.