Chain, chain, chain...

Well, tonight, we had a fairly good paced episode of 24. Set between 10 pm and 11 pm, there were some pretty good twists, paced throughout the show. Just minutes in, there was a nuclear launch, 5 minutes to impact ... 4 minutes ... uh oh, then we got a little presidential hand-shaking going on ...

...Ambassador tells Palmer of General Mohmar Habib ... 2 minutes... Palmer threatens the Ambassador ... abort.... abort ... wait, a bluff? An unarmed missile?

Of course, little did Fayed know that early on in the episode, Jack would utter the fateful line: "Trust me, I haven't *begun* to enjoy myself." (Little did Fayed know that those words would end up having much deeper meaning in the final minutes of tonight's episode.)

The next twist, a nice one, was the Fayed ambush. But minutes later, alert, alert: we got a "damn it" from the sanitation truck.

And when Fayed finally stopped to meet up with his posse, check out how Jack pulled out the guard *very* nicely .. grab the ankles, twist the next, geez! Then, Jack sees it: the suitcase. But, why take out one guy ...against how many?? Was his back-up that close behind him?

Then, the music, we can tell by the music, we're talking about ultimate fight music ...the wrench -- was that a wrench? Then the music slows down ... a bite, a head butt, chain chain chain, well done! Whoa, the chain! One of THE most absolute deaths, bar none, throughout the entire season. The brutality and finality of it all. From the fight itself, combined with the music, there was definitely an air of finality and conclusion ... Geez, I wonder what the boys at www.bauercount.com will say about that (weird web site; but whatever gets you through the night, I guess...)

But are the bombs on the table? Doyle: the bombs are secure. Ok. we're fine. But are we? Those who know 24 best, know that we're not done yet. There's something more ... we've got a few more weeks left, right?

Now, how many of you out there thought to themselves, "Audrey!"


...yes, Audrey!

Easter greetings...

On Sunday's I seem to post some videos that have ended up being more musical in nature. But given the day and time of year, I figured I should find some stuff that's somewhat easter-related (or bunny-related.) So, I've started off with a couple of bunnies who just won't give up ... followed by Chris Bliss who may just be my kind of man, one with a sense of humour, superior hand-eye coordination and great taste in music (I just gotta figure out how we can book/pay him for our next Christmas Party...)



and..............(hey, it wouldn't be Sunday morning without Bugs)



Now, for the finale ... ..what better way to close off this post, eh?

The haze of it all...

Ok, tonight’s 24, set between 9 pm and 10 pm, had one of the great understatements yet:

Wayne Palmer (to the Doctor): “Can you give me a shot of adrenaline?” Uh, ya, DOH! And, while you’re at it, can you give the tv depiction of my White House a shot of adrenaline too? However, Lennox has definitely been a breath of fresh air … some big kuhuna’s on that guy!

But, enough with the traitors at CTU ... get it together guys ... how many mmmmmoles does it take to finally bring it down? And poor Chloe -- did she even have a line tonight?

Overall, a much tempered tone to the episode … (think back to season 1 when almost every episode, there were at least 3 or 4 OMGs? .. ok, the Gredenko arm thing was a little nasty ... and talk about 'salt in the wound', collapsing at the ocean's edge) ... but even the ending was kinda hazy ... Palmer after reasserting his presidency, launches a nuclear strike he *seemed* to not want to do ...it all seemed so ... hazy ....

Sunday tunes ...

With the proliferation of CD's, downloads, iPods, iTunes, yadda, yadda, yadda, does anyone else out there miss the physical size of an album and all that great art work? Check this out, and see if you remember these in the ultimate Battle of the Album Covers..



Now, how about a another flashback back to 1946 with the "Sugar Chile" himself ...

Ya, right ....

It's never that simple ...

...ya one of 24's most understated lines, as Buchanan told Jack: "...it's never that simple..."

Case in point? Karen, putting the weight of the world, and the life of her brother, on Palmer's sister. And, Little Ricky looked like he was being a bad little boy tonight. But, lo and behold, it was Johnson (another Canadian addition to the cast, by the way) who was in major game mode, making Milo think that Doyle was being a d**k … And, Jack putting it all on Brady, 24's resident Rainman, to maintain his position. Poor Brady. But, Jack pulled him through. Way to go Jack! Even, the dart made it into Gredenko. Va bene!

As of 9:42 tonight, there were 2 "Dammits" (well, Milo had one, does that count?)

Like last week, it seems the best of the episode was the last 15 minutes ... even though we knew that just 10 minutes in, the end of the episode would likely be the Vice President's retaliatory launch ... but wait(!) ... President Palmer comes through to call it off .. ...Palmer looks pretty good, and seems to be making quite a lot of sense after a couple of hours in a coma, dontcha think? But wait (again!!) -- again in shades of previous seasons, now we have to wait for the Attorney General to make his (her?) appearance next week because the Veep is convinced that Palmer is looney and still feeling the affects of the coma ...

...stay tuned ...

Oh, ya, by the way, there *were* 2 Dammit's tonight -- the first was Milo's(!) (Does that count?) ...and the second belonging to Jack ... Cheers!

Giuliana ……. here we go …

Ok, I just about freaked when I found it. To find out that we’re not alone in thinking that David Caruso's one-liners are some of the coolest on television today (ok, I’m being sarcastic.) There are people out there who think the same thing, almost 20,000(!) in a little more than 2 months …

So … Giuliana …. get out your shades … grasp them gently, but firmly, in both hands … let’s begin:



... now, which is your favorite?