so, quick thoughts :: 24: Day 3: 8:00 am - 9:00 am :: i thought Michelle not getting infected by the virus was a cheap way of getting out of that situation. but then they had to do that in order for us to feel for her getting kidnapped (great herring with Kim in the CTU car. i actually told my roommate the one thing Kim was great at was being kidnapped while riding cop cars on the way to a safe place). but did we really need to "feel" for Michelle's (and Tony's) plight for, what ... four episodes now?? i don't think so. seems a bit overdrawn. Saunders now has Tony by the balls and he's using it to his advantage. good thing Michelle's good news came in ten minutes before Saunders' apartment was to be raided, uh? speaking of test results -- blacks are the new asian. i think the writers figured out we'd caught on so they moved on so as not to arise suspicion. good thinking. and agent Baker, consider your ass invincible from now on.
hey, where's Saunders going? the airport? hmm.
and did he have a plan to get Jane out before the virus had any chance to spread in L.A.? why not test the virus out in, like, the next state? he didn't have to use it right next door to where he lived. he probably had her under surveillance so he could get her out at any minute, though. i'll give the writers the benefit of the doubt on that one.
as a whole, this episode felt a bit like the previous one: kind of bland. nothing much happened. hopefully the last four hours have something in store for us. we need the thrill-ride. we know you can deliver. give it to us. we can take it. right now i just want to them to finish the season off in a big swoop so we can move on and they can put more thought into season four. i have faith in the next season because they'll have learned quite a lot from this season (namely because of what looks like desperate efforts, in almost every episode, to steer the show back onto a track (any track) or to cover their asses every fifteen minutes, the writers lost track of where they were going, leaving poor season three confused and helpless (i don't think the season has been a total bust. there were great things in it: Ramon, Claudia, the introduction of Chase (great character/actor), Chappelle, the amazing return (and vengeful killing) of Nina!!, to name a few. but let's just say that this season will be remembered as the weakest one for now. the writers threw in just about every possible scenario and not a lot of it stuck (is Jack still addicted to heroin? doesn't look like it. Tony got neck surgery and walked out an hour after waking up? pe-lease. Chase's baby? no one seems interested in babysitting it anymore. and ... Chloe?). there were a lot of missteps, but i'm positive the summer will ease the writers' and producers' minds and help them bring back the credibility that these characters once had (in spades) and now desperately need for us to care about, and follow, the amazing storylines once again).
now let's move on to the rest of the day (which was beautiful. i hate the summer heat but days like today (hot but not sunny, and kinda windy) just plain rule). warning -- boring, detailed entry ahead. i once again got up right around 8:30 this morning. seems i got the hang of waking up early this weekend. not feeling tired all day. got up. what did i do? ah yeah. i ate yogourt with bananas and a couple of graham crackers for breakfast. a very sensible feast by my standards. looked up my emails, blogs. then i went outside in my pj's and read some more of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. the air was sweet and chilly but the sun was coming out over the clouds. i'm telling you. this is heaven. it felt like it did back when i was a kid, camping in the States all summer-long. lazy, with all the time in the world to enjoy what you will. this afternoon i went rollerblading with the roommate. again, it was really nice out. got the sweat out of my system. then skip to later this afternoon and my main event -- putting two orders online for cd's. i rehashed wishlists, read up some more reviews (again) to make sure, checked the prices at the two places, etc etc. what it all comes down are these - the next additions to my music collection:
Cat Power - You Are Free :: Sufjan Stevens - Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State :: Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway :: Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (expanded edition) :: Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News :: Black Heart Procession - Amore Del Tropico
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