New York Gets Jack’d! 24 Season Premiere Live Diary – Part II
Welcome back! It’s time for Part II of my epic 24 Season 8 premiere live blog. In case you missed Part I from last night (which covered 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm), you can check it out right here.
When we last left off, we had tallied a total body count of nine through the first two hours (nine in the first hour, zero in the second).
Here’s our cast of characters so far: In addition to “I’ve got a plane to catch” Jack Bauer, Chloe O’Brian and President A. Taylor (the A stands for Awesome), we met:
- CTU Agent Fembot (Dana Walsh) who has a secret trailer trash past and is engaged to…
- CTU Agent Freddie Prinze Jr.
- NYC Director Hastings (I don’t have a nickname for him yet) UPDATE: WE HAVE A NICKNAME: CTU Chief Bubba Hunch
- A new presidential chief of staff who may or may not be trustworthy (no nickname yet)
- Arlo the incompetent or idiotic CTU analyst (who may or may not be a mole)
- Level 1 Bad Guy (aka Horace Goodspeed and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) who appears to be leading a conspiracy to assassinate…
- President Omar Hassan of generic Islamic nation (aka Slumdog Millionaire Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Host), in town to sign a landmark peace treaty
- President Slumdog Millionaire has been interviewed by and appears to be having dirty western thoughts about the journalist Meredith Reed (aka Jessica Stein)
- Jessica Stein may or may not be just a decoy in the plot to assassinate President Slumdog Millionaire or actually involved.
So here we go with my live diary/would-be Tale of the Tweets for Part Two of the premiere of Day Eight of 24. Let’s get to the ass-kicking and body count, shall we?
Just your typical snarky Yankees-loving sports fanatic TiVo junkie. 
Amanda's OCD: Observations, Commentary and Diatribes 
Are you running a bit behind? I’m 20 mins in and have already seen 35 minutes of awesome.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
I am starting now. I usually wait 20 minutes to take care of TiVo lag. But may need to them live live.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Geographic accuracy not a strong suit of the show so far this season.
Considering how most of the NY scenes were filmed in Canada, I’m shocked.
Benjamin Kabak
January 18, 2010
Also, we totally have to make this a live 24 chat/gabfest. Catch up, Amanda!
Benjamin Kabak
January 18, 2010
Agreed. I don’t like being so far ahead.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
While it’s always good to see a Wire alum I don’t think any of the 24 writers are going to want to get pulled over by the NYPD anytime soon.
Schwartz
January 18, 2010
Jack could have totally taken the snitch in 1 on 1.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Chloe is like a prophet.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
We don’t have time!
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Oh, man. That hour just ended on all sorts of awesome.
Benjamin Kabak
January 18, 2010
How can a bomb that barely takes out a government sedan be expected to take out an armored limo?
Schwartz
January 18, 2010
Mediocre horror movie death.
Hope I’m not spoiling, but you’re almost caught up.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Oh, that was just timely.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Chloe is just the model of timely interruptions.
I ❤ Chloe.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
I am now completely live.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Hooray! Female Jack Bauer is back!
Schwartz
January 18, 2010
Totally awesome. Renee Walker is bad ass.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Time to see just how big a badass that Renee Walker has become.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Break down? You have to break down, to be built up as a new, uber-bad ass.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
LOL.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Why don’t I trust President Hassan either??
Eukadanz
January 18, 2010
It’s 24. TRUST NOBODY. Except Chloe and Jack.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Great idea to live blog it here, and not on Twitter where all the West Coasties get spoiled…
Hastings? You mean CTU Bubba Blue (that’s who he was in Forrest Gump, as in “shrimp cocktail, shrimp sandwiches, boiled shrimp, fried shrimp…etc.”)
Jonathan
January 18, 2010
Yeah, live Tweeting just spams everybody’s filters and ruins it for the West Coast.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Because Chloe is SO good at small talk.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Why do they put so many don’t-get-it, full-of-themselves people in charge of CTU?
SteveRep44
January 18, 2010
Well, it is a governmental entity, so it’s probably pretty close to reality there.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Renee Walker is just awesome. I would absolutely watch a spinoff show with her. Freddie Prinze? I’m still thinking about it.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Agreed. Agent Walker rocks. Not sold on Freddie Prinze. And when do they kill off Fembot?
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
I swear that Freddie Prinze is sorta acting like one of the Jersey Shore kids ended up being a CTU agent. Given their apparent lax screening efforts, it wouldn’t be a big stretch.
JQ
January 18, 2010
We’ll see just how far she has to go. Lets see if she has to cut someone’s head off.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
So Jack has to get back involved in the action. Wouldn’t the biggest twist being him going with CTU to reign in a rouge Renee?
Schwartz
January 18, 2010
Renee is going rogue/rouge! Just like Palin.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
CTU Bubba did smarten up in a hurry.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Sark just made this season a legit 50% better.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
OH MY GOD. SARK!!!!!!!!!
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Totally!! Not as cute as I remember him though.
misschatter
January 18, 2010
White Trash CTU Starbuck just slows this season down whenver she’s on my screen.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
We have a winnar!
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
Jack had to cut a guy’s head off to get back undercover. Renee got off easy.
Rob in WI
January 18, 2010
And that just happened. :O
SteveRep44
January 18, 2010
One minute you think you’re going to make out with Renee, the next minute your hand is on the ground. All in a day’s work.
JQ
January 18, 2010
Hand on the ground! Hand on the ground! Lookin’ like a corpse with your hand on the ground!
SteveRep44
January 18, 2010
That was a great line James. Thanks for stopping by.
Amanda Rykoff
January 18, 2010
Awesome
misschatter
January 18, 2010
AWESOME. Love write ups like these.
tdhurst
January 19, 2010
Thanks Tyler. Glad you enjoyed it. We had a blast!
Amanda Rykoff
January 19, 2010
You’re hilarious! So glad I found your blog.
Katie in Texas
Katie
January 19, 2010
Thanks for laughing with me. Hope to see you next week!
Amanda Rykoff
January 19, 2010