Don't tell me anything. I'm a huge spoiler phobe who won't even watch the previews.
This early on in the season, I'm not looking to be impressed. I rarely have strong feelings of like or dislike for new characters by the first four eps (Renee was a surprise, and even with her, I didn't realize how much I liked her until Ep 5). At this stage, I look for potential, things that will develop characters into good white hats, black hats, and grey hats. Like I said upthread, I like my characters with layers, so flat characters like Cole and Hastings and Arlo annoy me.
And hey now. No Larry bashing in my LJ. It's pretty well documented that I sort of loved his character, because as misguided as he was, his reasons for not liking Jack from the get go were understandable. Larry was a total Boy Scout, White Knight, by-the-books guy. Of course he'd clash with Jack; the inclusion of Renee into their conflict only upped the ante.
Hastings, on the other hand, shouldn't be this daft, particularly because he seems to be exactly the type of person who would embrace the Jack Bauer way of doing things, since it produces results. It doesn't hurt him to let Jack and Chloe do their thing; if anything it's totally CYA to let them do it and it removes Chloe from tasks that he clearly thinks she's incapable of doing properly. I'd probably liked it better if he decided to play along with their game and monitored Jack and Chloe without their knowledge, then sweep in to take all the credit when their lead panned out. Then at least I could say that he's a smart weasel instead of just a dumb one. I hope they change his character soon and give him something else to act as other than the major cockblock to Jack's mission.
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This early on in the season, I'm not looking to be impressed. I rarely have strong feelings of like or dislike for new characters by the first four eps (Renee was a surprise, and even with her, I didn't realize how much I liked her until Ep 5). At this stage, I look for potential, things that will develop characters into good white hats, black hats, and grey hats. Like I said upthread, I like my characters with layers, so flat characters like Cole and Hastings and Arlo annoy me.
And hey now. No Larry bashing in my LJ. It's pretty well documented that I sort of loved his character, because as misguided as he was, his reasons for not liking Jack from the get go were understandable. Larry was a total Boy Scout, White Knight, by-the-books guy. Of course he'd clash with Jack; the inclusion of Renee into their conflict only upped the ante.
Hastings, on the other hand, shouldn't be this daft, particularly because he seems to be exactly the type of person who would embrace the Jack Bauer way of doing things, since it produces results. It doesn't hurt him to let Jack and Chloe do their thing; if anything it's totally CYA to let them do it and it removes Chloe from tasks that he clearly thinks she's incapable of doing properly. I'd probably liked it better if he decided to play along with their game and monitored Jack and Chloe without their knowledge, then sweep in to take all the credit when their lead panned out. Then at least I could say that he's a smart weasel instead of just a dumb one. I hope they change his character soon and give him something else to act as other than the major cockblock to Jack's mission.