The thing I don't get, if Tony is all bad, is why did he tell Jack about the White House attack and the canisters after that? That's just making his life complicated. Or did Jack find out about the cannisters his own self? I forget now. But Tony definitely told him about the White House. Why not just lay low and let it all happen if he really is bad? It'a little too Dr. Evil's School of Complicated Villanry for me.
The Brothers McMuslim. Heh. My mind made the next leap to The Brothers Karamuslim. And then I found this quotation, which ties in nicely to the theme of the season:
"Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end... but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature ... And to found that edifice on its unavenged tears: would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me, and tell me the truth!" - Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
I think Jack's conversation with the Imam did carry the theme through into the last episode, but I agree it's not as strong as *sniff* Larry. And yes, Renee's "do what you have to do" could have been a much stronger bookend than it was, but Jack's warning to her spoke volumes.
I wanted more of an answer from Tony, too. I think the writers think they've explained him with his conversations at the beginning, but it doesn't really explain his actions to Jack during the day. That was the moment for the conversation, though, so I don't think we'll be getting anything else. I could be wrong.
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Date: 2009-05-13 08:01 pm (UTC)The Brothers McMuslim. Heh. My mind made the next leap to The Brothers Karamuslim. And then I found this quotation, which ties in nicely to the theme of the season:
"Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end... but that it was essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature ... And to found that edifice on its unavenged tears: would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me, and tell me the truth!"
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
I think Jack's conversation with the Imam did carry the theme through into the last episode, but I agree it's not as strong as *sniff* Larry. And yes, Renee's "do what you have to do" could have been a much stronger bookend than it was, but Jack's warning to her spoke volumes.
I wanted more of an answer from Tony, too. I think the writers think they've explained him with his conversations at the beginning, but it doesn't really explain his actions to Jack during the day. That was the moment for the conversation, though, so I don't think we'll be getting anything else. I could be wrong.