24! AAAA!
OH. GOD.
OK. First I shall deal with the main part of the episode. Which was very, very tense, as ever! I loved the stuff at the hospital - especially Curtis racing out with the sentox canister seconds before it detonated! That was nicely done - particularly as I wasn't quite sure whether he would make it, and part of me wondered if the damned thing would go off in the middle of that crowd.
CTU back under control is good, too - I really do like Bill Buchanan, now, though if I was him (or Audrey, bad vibes there, too!) I'd be updating my will right about now. Glad that Lynn is behaving himself whilst in custody. So far.
President Logan deserves to have his wife mad at him, even if she is annoying. In many ways, I hope Suvarov finds out the truth about what happened, though I do wonder how he might react. Lovely to see more of Aaron - and what is this?! Holding hands with Martha?! Are you not married, Agent Pierce? (I know she is, but I doubt it will last much longer...)
Jack got some lovely scenes this week - the stuff with Miriam Henderson was intense, and the bit when Christopher got back? Dude. Nearly died. Though I knew Jack would shoot Miriam, not Christopher, because that's the only obvious chance he had to break the guy in the field. Otherwise - as will now happen, due to Christopher being an uncaring bastard - he'll need a room. And. Yes. Predicting Jack Bauer's interrogation tactics is perhaps something I should be less vociferous about. Even if I am getting very good at it...
And! Jenny McGill and Boyfriend getting killed, execution-style, by Not-Really-British Dude's minion? Unexpectedly graphic! And! They have the CTU keycard! CTU is going to be hit! SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE! WE ARE ALMOST HALF-WAY THROUGH! SOMEONE WILL DIE!
So. I think that covers everything. Everything except the one thing I have been waiting for for WEEKS.
Tony woke up.
Considering that this was the start of the ep, I was on tenterhooks from the beginning. And when the medic told Bill not to let Tony know Michelle was dead? God. I wanted to slap the bastard. I felt so sorry for Bill, having to say that, because he clearly didn't want to, and I don't really hold it against him. But the real kicker, the scene that I am never, ever going to forget, was when Tony snuck out of the ward. Not really surprised by that. The man never stays put whenever he gets injured, and considering that this is his second near-death injury, he ought to be more careful. But. Off he went (with me commenting immediately that he was back in The Grey T-Shirt, *g, drool, etc*) straight to a computer - to look up Michelle. And though they tried to stop him, it was obvious he was going to find out.
That was the most extraordinary moment. When her record came up marked 'deceased,' I felt my poor, poor muse BREAK right in the centre of my head. I think the bottom dropped out of my own stomach, too. It was gobsmackingly intense - this, of course, is the first time one of my primary muses has lost someone 'live,' as it were. The others all moved in *after* their own losses had been processed, and they always existed at a point beyond that loss. But this? God. I really don't think I was breathing. I have never wanted to leap through the screen and hug someone so badly in my life.
Next week's ep is going to hurt like hell. It'll be beautiful, oh yes, but so painful. One has many beloved pairings... but none so true as Tony/Michelle. Oh no.
Not crying again. Not. Not.
See? This show is why I will never truly lose faith in the power of television.
OK. First I shall deal with the main part of the episode. Which was very, very tense, as ever! I loved the stuff at the hospital - especially Curtis racing out with the sentox canister seconds before it detonated! That was nicely done - particularly as I wasn't quite sure whether he would make it, and part of me wondered if the damned thing would go off in the middle of that crowd.
CTU back under control is good, too - I really do like Bill Buchanan, now, though if I was him (or Audrey, bad vibes there, too!) I'd be updating my will right about now. Glad that Lynn is behaving himself whilst in custody. So far.
President Logan deserves to have his wife mad at him, even if she is annoying. In many ways, I hope Suvarov finds out the truth about what happened, though I do wonder how he might react. Lovely to see more of Aaron - and what is this?! Holding hands with Martha?! Are you not married, Agent Pierce? (I know she is, but I doubt it will last much longer...)
Jack got some lovely scenes this week - the stuff with Miriam Henderson was intense, and the bit when Christopher got back? Dude. Nearly died. Though I knew Jack would shoot Miriam, not Christopher, because that's the only obvious chance he had to break the guy in the field. Otherwise - as will now happen, due to Christopher being an uncaring bastard - he'll need a room. And. Yes. Predicting Jack Bauer's interrogation tactics is perhaps something I should be less vociferous about. Even if I am getting very good at it...
And! Jenny McGill and Boyfriend getting killed, execution-style, by Not-Really-British Dude's minion? Unexpectedly graphic! And! They have the CTU keycard! CTU is going to be hit! SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE! WE ARE ALMOST HALF-WAY THROUGH! SOMEONE WILL DIE!
So. I think that covers everything. Everything except the one thing I have been waiting for for WEEKS.
Tony woke up.
Considering that this was the start of the ep, I was on tenterhooks from the beginning. And when the medic told Bill not to let Tony know Michelle was dead? God. I wanted to slap the bastard. I felt so sorry for Bill, having to say that, because he clearly didn't want to, and I don't really hold it against him. But the real kicker, the scene that I am never, ever going to forget, was when Tony snuck out of the ward. Not really surprised by that. The man never stays put whenever he gets injured, and considering that this is his second near-death injury, he ought to be more careful. But. Off he went (with me commenting immediately that he was back in The Grey T-Shirt, *g, drool, etc*) straight to a computer - to look up Michelle. And though they tried to stop him, it was obvious he was going to find out.
That was the most extraordinary moment. When her record came up marked 'deceased,' I felt my poor, poor muse BREAK right in the centre of my head. I think the bottom dropped out of my own stomach, too. It was gobsmackingly intense - this, of course, is the first time one of my primary muses has lost someone 'live,' as it were. The others all moved in *after* their own losses had been processed, and they always existed at a point beyond that loss. But this? God. I really don't think I was breathing. I have never wanted to leap through the screen and hug someone so badly in my life.
Next week's ep is going to hurt like hell. It'll be beautiful, oh yes, but so painful. One has many beloved pairings... but none so true as Tony/Michelle. Oh no.
Not crying again. Not. Not.
See? This show is why I will never truly lose faith in the power of television.