24 - Episode 4:00 AM – 6:00 AM

It sucked even more than the Heroes finale and that suh-ucked.

Stephen,

Was that D+ for the Season Finale or the season (Day 6).

The reason I ask is because it seems that the season finale for 24 (while enduring a bad season) was a lot better then the season finale for Heroes (which had a good season).

You gave the Heroes finale a B and this a D+ and I'm confused on that one.

As I wrote in our Heroes forum, the last ten minutes of Heroes Year 1 was absolutely horribly written...where as the last 10 minutes of 24 Day 6 was very well written.

Jarrod

I'm a little upset by the rating given on this one. The last two hours were pretty good. There were bumps and bruises along the way, and definate D+ episodes, but these last two weren't the ones. Jack's only real dilemna was Audrey. There probably wasn't enough of her in this season to cover the emotional state of Bauer, but I knew the entire time that once it was over, he'd be going for her in some capacity. For those of you who like happy endings, you'll only find bittersweet endings with 24 as everyone gets what they want, usually, but Jack never gets a true taste of happiness, with the exception of 24 season 2's finale. Let's not fool ourselves by thinking we're gonna get what we expect. 24 isn't orthodox. It's a concept that is very difficult to deal with. So, it's really easy to mess things up, but can also deliver if done perfectly.

The last 10 minutes of this episode was well written, but the finale as hard as it tries was still tying up a story that has just been weak and the finale doesn't save the season. The last 10 minutes, yes good, but most of waht came before was weak. You wanna talk about letdowns? What about the final confrontation between Jack and his daddy? Sure the last 10 minutes explained the reason that happened the way it did but I still would have rather seen an epic confrontation between jack and Phillip. Don't even get me started on how poorly Chloe was written all season and especially this episode. She barely had anything to do but get pregnant. The Heroes finally was better than most of us think. The lack of a big battle between Sylar and the heroes was disappointing but the story the finale was finishing up had better legs to stand on. There's no comparison between the two, the characters in Heroes were better in the finale and so was the story. I love 24 and hope they get it right next season....

Unfortunately, the biggest suprise 24 gave us this season is how bad it could suck.

I have to say...I didn't mind the Jack showing emotion part, but I did hate that the entire episode seemed to drag. I was NEVER on the edge of my seat. I think they should have saved the mushroom cloud for the ending...not the beginning. That said, I have yet to give this series anything lower than a C...which this one deserves. they need to really overhall next season. Plus, there are a lot of characters just left without an outcome. More Jack next year and less CTU.

I love this site but I hate the reviews.

Every time I read a review, all they do is rehash the whole episode and give a few brief comments.

I already watched the season finale of 24. I don't need you to narrate the whole story again!!!!

It should be fairly obvious why 24 didn't name the Middle Eastern country but still called Russia and China by name. Russia and China aren't likely to react to being the bad guys on 24, where as using a real middle eastern country could actually incite riots.

every where from jack's short talk with his father to the last ticking seconds of the episode were very well written. But everything before that was an utter nightmare. When I sat down to watch this finale I told my father everything I thought would happen in this episode, and 9 out of 10 things I said (before the episode even began) were correct.

Every season so far has ended in the loud 24 theme song as Jack walks victoriously into the sunset or distance. This is the first season (to my knowledge) to end on a quite note, even the silence of the final ticking seconds made me feel for Jack. It is the first season where his character hasn’t had a laid out plot, or cliffhanger for the next season, showing that after China Jack is truly alone, and lost with no where to go.

All in all the season was the worst yet, leaving all sorts of questions (such as Milo’s brother, president palmer, president palmer's sister, Audrey, The Logan’s, and even the lovable Aaron, who I missed dearly) unanswered. They must do better next season for the show to survive, and if it does we have another season after that and the movie to look forward too.

Oh and wiredmass, reviews are meant to be just that, a rehash of the show or movie being reviewed. So quit whining!

"Every season so far has ended in the loud 24 theme song as Jack walks victoriously into the sunset or distance."

"It is the first season where his character hasn’t had a laid out plot, or cliffhanger for the next season"

That's far from true. Season one ended with a silent clock and Jack finding his wife dead. Hardly a victorious walk into the sunset. Season three ended with Jack crying in a truck. That didn't set up anything for the next season. Even Season Two, the first "cliffhanger" ending didn't really set up anything for Season Three, since the assassination attempt was barely addressed.