i liked how they came back with jack still fighting his problem.
i really give kim props for going to her father with her relationship with chase. that was a cool moment and now jack is a dad for one of the first times in a while. humanized him more than any bomb threat ever will. good. we need more of that, less of jack throwing himself into the fire and coming out unscathed.
and as i've mentioned somewhere else - they really could kill off jack now. i really think chase would be a great replacement if the time ever comes. before you couldn't see jack dying; they didn't have anyone else to push the show with (tony excluded - we still know close to nothing about him and he makes a great ctu director. it would be cool to see him go in the field with jack for a couple of hair-raising episodes but not now - i'm too giddy about chase for now.
oh, and something i forgot to mention when the season started - they got my favorite film waitress -- lucinda jenney :) she's the waitress talking to harvey keitel in the parking in thelma & louise. i noticed her even back then.
i like how her family's problems are not one-dimensional (the "drug dealin' son"); i feel the same with hector's girlfriend. but hector could still use a few more humanizing touches 'cause as of right now i'm only pulling for the girlfriend.
hey, and how much more of an asshole bad guy could you make salazaar out to be, uh? i don't like that performance much. not human enough. they could still be assholes without having the "bad guy" label hanging over their heads every time we see them.
all in all, i really liked this episode. the crackhouse sequence was intense (i really thought the possibility of killing off jack was there) and they seem to be getting the hang of these now. it had a nice flow to it. there's this settling down feeling about it that i don't think was there in the previous two seasons. we were pretty much just shocked and awed with bomb threats and police sirens. this one they're slowly working towards something and it feels great.
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