Looking back on previous seasons, when it *really* worked (especially Season 1), the "oh my God's" were typically when characters were either killed off or put in absolute dire circumstances ... what made those moments all the more compelling, was because the viewer was given reason to be invested in a particular character or storyline ... where you would inevitably think to yourself what you would do in a similar situation.
Think of Jack's wife. Think of his daughter partying with a few friends in the furniture store and then seeing her best friend being left in the middle of the road and realizing then she was being held against her will ....Even think back just a couple of years ago when they knocked Edgar off ... or when Miguel got infected with the virus ... Sometimes it does come down to casting, and the presence that someone has (Miguel) ... sometimes you find out more about a character's back story that helps fill in some gaps of that character (Edgar) ... either way, the writing was much stronger in years' past ...
I absolutely hate to say it, but if the writers are as fearless as they have been in years past, then maybe the one who has to go this year is Chloe (as i write this it's about T-minus 3 minutes to the beginning of the final 2 hours...)
Between 4 am and 5 am. The split screens, at the very beginning, of Doyle and Josh really had me thinking that Doyle must have hooked up with Marilyn .... Ya, I know the Chinatown-like spoilers out there saying that Jack's father is Josh's father...
Ok, just as I was watching the beach drop-off scene and thinking that the bad guys would just as easily shoot Doyle on the beach and then take the boy, the 'component' blows up in his face. But, why wouldn't Jack just shooot the boat?
4:59 cliffhanger? Chloe dying? No. Pregnant? Probably... As hour 2 begins, opening credits tells us that we may be seeing William Devane and Kim Raver again?
This has proved to be problematic with 24 ... Way back in Season 1, producers et. al. took great pains to keep from the public who was going to play that season's bad guy. In fact, the first time we actually saw him, it was literally in the final seconds of a particular episode; problem was, the opening credits 54 minutes earlier told us that Dennis Hopper was in the episode.
Which leads to another reason why Season 1 was as good as it was -- not just any bad guy, but a bad guy who made it personal, who had a grudge, and portrayed by someone who you knew had 'psychotic credibility.'
With just over half an hour left, I think it's time Josh got some balls. Then, sho 'nuff, he takes his chance. First with a wrench, then ......with a gun. Not once, but twice. (Somehow, I think Jack's Dad may make a return in the future ... )
In a lot of ways the final 2 hours *were* about a boy, not just Josh, but Jack. In the final minutes of Jack confronting Heller (Devane), Keifer tried to save the season with an exchange that hinted at his frustration ... the loss of everything over the previous 'seasons' .. the loss of his wife ... the loss of a father to which he felt nothing ... the loss of Audrey ... standing at the proverbial ledge...
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