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Season 5; for gods sake!!!

posted 8 years ago by sverre-13
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Up until 3pm it was good (not faboulus), only problem was Central sending a guy to take over CTU, that was known to screw up, and fire employees.

Then the seriously stupid crap.

Audrys father is still secretary of defence, she could have had McGill suspended without a problem.
Bauer could have called the president when McGill wanted him brought to CTU, he was workibg at the presidents orders.
No president, what so ever, would have traded the life of a few hundred thousand citizens for a possible war with Russia.
Novick is Guiding (with a capital G) the president, but suddenly, when the president caves in to the terrorists, Novick lets the president do something he doesn't agree with.

And there was more, but I'm not in the mood to write anything more, I'm going to relax with a good movie before I continue watching this season.

It's stupid at a level only the worst series I've seen has been. How could Sutherland accept playing in a show like this? Why didn't he ask that the episodes were rewritten? Was he in desperate need of money? This series had potential, good actors and an interesting concept, but there are so many screw-ups I'm starting to wonder about the producers mental capacity, it's like one or more of the writers desperately tried to flop the series!

[–] Final_Hitokiri 8 years ago

It's stupid at a level only the worst series I've seen has been. How could Sutherland accept playing in a show like this?

 If you are that angry about Season 5, you had best just stop right now.

Season 5 was the height of the show's popularity, and it's all down hill from there.

Enjoy! 

[–] sverre-13 8 years ago

So far (first 9 episodes) season 6 has been very good. Good acting, as allways, and no major screw-ups. I wonder, do the Americans dislike it because it takes a serious point against the decimation (is that the correct word?) of the Constitution of the United States?

[–] Final_Hitokiri 8 years ago

No, I don't think that's the case. I don't really want to spoil anything for you... so I'll just hit the high level parts head on.

After the Season 5 finale, a lot of fans were upset that Season 6 took place right in LA again. The producers and Fox teased that they would finally move the show elsewhere, and this was the perfect opportunity to do a global episode.

Instead of rehashing old characters, Milo... seriously, they could have easily created some new ones.

And that's before the crazy plot twists you'll run into!

That said, Season 6 does have a great finale!

[–] Locke_John 8 years ago

The show won 5 Emmy's for Season 5, including for Best Actor and Outstanding Drama Series, so I think Kiefer's judgement may have been a little better than yours in this case.

[–] sverre-13 8 years ago

I've nothing against the acting, that's very good, for the most part, what I do have a problem with is the insanely stupid things that happends from time to time. Overall, season 5 was good, if it hadn't been for Lynne I would have given it 8/10, now it gets 6/10.

[–] LAtvGuy 8 years ago

Overall, season 5 was good, if it hadn't been for Lynne I would have given it 8/10, now it gets 6/10.

Then you must have been relieved at Lynn's outcome.

[–] ComicsRules 8 years ago

I have to disagree with OP especially since I love day 5 and almost all of it. Yeah Lynn was bad but he was at least tolerable. Day 6 was good as well and I enjoyed the family aspect of Bauer. I don't know I guess I can be entertained more easily then others with out pointing out all the flaws. As long as it wasn't boring then I'm fine with it. All I ask is to be entertained and I don't care dumb plot holes or characters.

[–] corkery1 8 years ago

It seems to me that the fans and critics of 24 seems to pick apart it's flaws more than any other show.

[–] Volley (3441) 2 years ago

Season 5 actually does have some of the most atrocious writing and scenes in the entire show. It’s not the worst season of 24 but it certainly is not among the best.

- Why on earth would David Palmer contact Martha Logan alerting her of a matter of national security when he knows full well White House comm lines are fully monitored and recorded?

- Derek Huxley’s overacting breathing in and out and snot flying all over the place during the Ontario airport hostage situation is absolutely disgusting. Why film it like that, this is for TV.

- Why would 20 canisters of Sentox 6 VX1 Nerve Gas be buried in an underground airtight container at Ontario Airport, yet still manage to leak and kill rats on the other side of the hangar yet show no signs of leaking when the cover is taken off? Bizarre.

- Charles Logan asking Jack to stay on despite knowing full well Jack’s friendship with Palmer and his record for unraveling conspiracies, and eventually this very request does Logan in many episodes later.

- Kim’s treatment of Jack. She would have been absolutely happy to see her father alive after all those years, she worked at CTU, she knows what he does, and would treat him right. They correct this years later in Season 7, but it still hurts her character and Jack unnecessarily.

- Tony’s death at the hands of Christopher Henderson. Henderson did not miss the artery, Tony was not ushered out of CTU by Emerson’s crew, and there’s no way Tony would join the same man who ordered the death of his wife. Yet we are to believe just that in Season 7, sigh…

- We are supposed to believe that Evelyn Martin created an audio recording of Charles Logan having a conversation with Christopher Henderson. Total baloney. She would never have the chance to do anything like that, nor did she have any form of technical expertise to do this. She doesn’t even confide in the First Lady, Martha Logan.

- No one bothers to create a copy of the recording, totally ridiculous.