24: Live Another Day (a.k.a. 24, Season 9) - Episode 8 (6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) SPOILERS!

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Made a slight change to the format of the link archives. Also, last week, I appear to have mis-stated the episode number in the subject of the thread. I think I’ve got it straight this time. As I’m not watching the show, I am at the mercy of TVGuide online to tell me the hours for the episode, so I hope that’s right, also.

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This season is really great. On what other show would the US president be blown up by a drone in the middle of Wembley Stadium?
But how on earth did he not get a silent countdown? Frickin’ EDGAR got one back in season whatever-season-Edgar-was-on.

I noticed that and figured that must be a clue that some shenanigans were used and he didn’t really get blown up.

That’s what we assumed as well. No silent clock means Chloe managed to spoof the drone’s camera somehow because Chloe can do anything!

http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/24-Postmortem-Live-Another-Day-Bosses-on-the-5557410.php The executive producers swear up and down that he’s honestly for real totally completely dead and that they’re not gonna Tony Almeida an excuse.

Although, of course, what do you expect them to say… so take it with a grain of salt (or, since this is London, a spoonful of sugar)

SHE lS TRYING AS HARD AS SHE CAN, OK!?!?

Jack gives you his word.

And that word is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQEhFUpmTN4

That’s great. And it has the cougar trap scene in it, too!

Oh my god I can’t believe they did it! @_@ What a show!

They’ve heavily foreshadowed the drone pilot taking over (possibly killing Margot), so we have 4 more hours of Jack and his Angels chasing drones, though I’m curious as to how the whole CIA turncoat factors into the overall plot.

POTUS is a dangerous job in the 24-verse.

David Palmer - assassinated by sniper (beginning season 5, after his term)
John Keeler - Air Force 1 shot down and Keeler critically injured, never returned, presumed dead
Charles Logan - resigned after pleading guilty to obstructing justice, attempted suicide (after his term), main antagonist for 3 seasons, presumably alive but brain-dead
Hal Gardner* - took over for Logan after Logan’s arrest, presumably lost re-election
Wayne Palmer - suspected cerebral hemmorage, coma, dies between seasons
Noah Daniels - took over for W. Palmer, pardoned Logan, presumably lost re-election
Allison Taylor - son commits suicide, sends daughter to prison and is divorced by husband, resigns in disgrace
James Heller - first sitting President to be killed on-screen (supposedly Fox would not allow that previously, which is why Keeler wasn’t outright killed), assassinated by drone strike

Even if someone handed me the presidency in the 24-verse, I would decline. It isn’t worth it.

*I’m guessing that the writer who named him is a Green Lantern fan (Hal Jordan / Guy Gardner)

Whoa! Didn’t Heller resign first, after arranging for his VP to take over? :confused: So technically, he was no longer a sitting president, just a private citizen.

I guess that makes it okay to have him blown up by terrorists… :frowning:

Yup. 'leastways that’s what they lead you to believe.

That interpretation works for me. Maybe the Fox ban is still active. Either way, the Wembley groundskeepers will be quite busy tomorrow morning. Hope they stockpiled the sod.

A hospital is blown to smithereens and the the sitting President of the United States is blown up by a rocket.

Only in the 24-verse does this constitute thwarting terrorists.

Don’t forget the other random buildings and vehicles blown up on the streets of London. That explosion in Wembley seemed awfully big to me. Did they have explosives buried under the pitch?

I thought that when Jack Bauer and the president were helicoptering into Wembley, he should have looked over to the helicopter James Bond and the Queen flew in to kick off the 2012 Olympics :wink: James Bond and The Queen London 2012 Performance - YouTube

C’mon, CTU once failed to stop terrorist detonating a nuke on US soil. That’s not counting the numerous planes destroyed, trains derailed, and such.

It could have been worse…if CTU had fails, “millions will die”. Though I must point out that there is no CTU thus far this season.

CTU spontaneouly burst into existence whenever you combine Jack, Chloe and a decent internet connection. And yeah, the show’s mantra for the many disasters is has long been “it could have been worse.” We’ll see them saying that about a zombie-infested dystopia eventually.

So, let’s get it on record: Who here’s on Team Not-Really-Dead? I am.