Half of me wishes that I were done with the show. The other half wants to see it through because as much as I HATE this development, I'd rather know that this was part of the plan along to make him evil (and judge the show on that) than if they had just pulled this out of nowhere.
They have a plan. I don't know if I'll like it, but the English major in me can at least be satisfied if they commit to it and manage to sell me on this development. They need to recreate a new pathos for the show, because they just ripped out one of the few anchors we have by turning Tony evil. Watching 24 is like being tethered by string and being left to twist in the wind. It doesn't have to be much, but you have to be able to count on certain things, and up until this season, Tony's goodness has always been one of 3 things you could hang onto.
What this episode has confirmed for me is that all season long, they'e been prepping us for this development by making Renee so awesome.
In many ways, she has been functioning as the emotional anchor that Tony usually occupies. I don't think it's an accident that I totally fell in love with her character, and I heart her the way I used to heart Tony. If they knew they were going to take Tony away from us as an ally, they had to give us something to hang onto to, and that's Renee.
Which...if they're recreating that pathos around Renee instead of Tony, I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's switching out one great character for another, when really, we could have had both. And it gets further complicated when you toss in the potential shipperness.
So...I don't know. I'm willing to see it through to the end, but how much I watch beyond that into S8 will be determined by how well they sell this development.
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They have a plan. I don't know if I'll like it, but the English major in me can at least be satisfied if they commit to it and manage to sell me on this development. They need to recreate a new pathos for the show, because they just ripped out one of the few anchors we have by turning Tony evil. Watching 24 is like being tethered by string and being left to twist in the wind. It doesn't have to be much, but you have to be able to count on certain things, and up until this season, Tony's goodness has always been one of 3 things you could hang onto.
What this episode has confirmed for me is that all season long, they'e been prepping us for this development by making Renee so awesome.
In many ways, she has been functioning as the emotional anchor that Tony usually occupies. I don't think it's an accident that I totally fell in love with her character, and I heart her the way I used to heart Tony. If they knew they were going to take Tony away from us as an ally, they had to give us something to hang onto to, and that's Renee.
Which...if they're recreating that pathos around Renee instead of Tony, I'm not sure how I feel about it. It's switching out one great character for another, when really, we could have had both. And it gets further complicated when you toss in the potential shipperness.
So...I don't know. I'm willing to see it through to the end, but how much I watch beyond that into S8 will be determined by how well they sell this development.