It's Battered Women Night on '24'! Well, it's technically Battered Women AND Men, but the Bazhaev beatdown was a more literal interpretation of the phrase. Also? This episode flew by like traffic when you're running five minutes late for an important meeting. Color me bored. So here's what you need to know: Dana brought LeoLite the intel he needs to do his heist or whatever. I actually have no idea what the heist was about because whenever Dana comes on my screen, that's my cue for a snack/bathroom/laundry break. But I do know that Dana continues to be pissy and her officemates are starting to get suspicious. I have trouble feeling sympathetic for her character when she's being so damned useless, which is unfortunate because I love Katee Sackoff. Hassan continued his rapid descent into military dictatorship-ness. Oh! And apparently one of his aides is sleeping with his daughter. That's gonna be an awkward performance review.
Rather than be raped by Vlad, Renee chose to have "consensual" sex with him (yeah, don't wanna touch that one with a ten foot pole) and dropped her bug in the sink so Jack wouldn't have to bear witness to that atrocity. Yeah. It was horrible. I had to watch the whole scene through my fingers. Major squick, but Annie Wersching sold it yet again. I'm starting to think of that the awesomeness of Renee's storyline is mostly due to the fact that there's almost nothing going on to compete for tension in the show at the moment. I mean, there was Jack Bauer revisiting Kiefer Sutherland's role in Phone Booth and Cole saving his ass when Vlad's men tried to kill him, but that's more or less a part of the Renee storyline.I found it hilarious that Jack was barely trying to sustain his German cover. "American accent? Um, yeah. It rubs off. WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE CAN'T TORTURE PEOPLE ANYMORE??" And I will admit, when Cole first popped out from behind the sniper rifle, I went, "... Tony?? Wait, but you-- oh. Damn. It's just Freddie." Because, c'mon. That would've been awesome. I don't see how it conceivably would have worked, but a girl can still hope. Cole is proving to be a suitable second option. Not flashy, but reliable.
The Bazhaev story is still generally unrelated to the main arc, but for whatever reason, I'm willing to be more patient with it than the Dana subplot. Perhaps it has something to do with David Anders' undeniable charm and sparkley blue eyes. Or perhaps it has more to do with the fact that Russians with nuclear material is statistically more likely to converge with the main storyline than the Great Redneck Heist does. Either way, Josef's attempts to save his brother made me feel bad for him -- yes, he may be the son of a blood-thirsty, callous criminal mastermind, but he just wanted to get his bro back to the countryside estate and get him better! And then Daddy's men had to storm in and kill the doctors before Josef could secure the treatment medication. And then Daddy shot Oleg in the chest after he beat Josef up. Josef is having a really bad day.
All in all, I feel like we're in the midst of the Mid-Season Blahs and it's only episode six. Not a good sign, but I'm hoping Dana's storyline will get resolved quickly and then maybe Red Square will blow some shit up and we'll be back in business. Fingers crossed!
seriously, the author likes Supernatural? I personally like that the show (24) isn't trying to make every episode insanely action-packed. It seems slower, but more organic, letting the actors really flesh out their characters (primarily Renee). However, I do with Ms. Thorne that the Dana storyling is…simply stupid.
Can't Dana find a better way to get the money? You'd think she would have a better way to get money than getting the two guys to physically steal the money. The Renee story is making good progress, but I'm still waiting for something to happen with the other stories. It's 24 so patience is needed.Review of the episode on my blog:http://th3tvobsessed.blogspot.com/2010/02/revie…..
I also enjoy Real Housewives of Orange County, Mad Men, and Family Guy. I simply expect different things from different shows. I watch 24 to see Jack Bauer blow shit up and go after the bad guys. After that, my interest wanes. There's a fine line between letting things develop organically and stalling. At this point, I feel like the show is leaning towards the latter as opposed to the former. Obviously it's not going to stay like that, but Annie Wersching can only get me so far right now.