One 24 thread

1) when have they NOT demonized the Middle East?
2) wha bout the Middle Easterner working w/ the Prez to STOP TEH BAD MANGS?
3) that chick (simpering, whiny, aiding & abetting in a "duuuuuuh" style, then ZOMG MONEY grubbing, then turning chickenshit because ZOMG PUNCH) got exactly what she deserved

And if you are feeling the Sofer, then you'll def. want to check out the 2nd hour.

I'm starting to wonder if folks that think this season is FUBAR'd ever actually watched the show before.

RENA 4EVA

2. As much as I like Dr. Bashir, d00d's totally going to turn.

3. Dead Chick seeemed like she was actually a double -- the way she asked Dead Brit what was going on seemed like undercover questions -- and even when she turned out to be opportunistic & evil (she was completely off the radar!), it was a good heel turn, but then midway through it the writers made her stupid too. But all this is because I am smitten with her, and perhaps I am just mad that they killed off eye candy.

Although denying that he is reacting to growing international criticism, Howard Gordon, an executive producer of Fox's 24, has disclosed that the show plans to cut back on torture scenes. "What was once an extraordinary or exceptional moment is starting to feel a little trite. The idea of physical coercion or torture is no longer a novelty or surprise," Gordon told today's (Thursday) Philadelphia Inquirer. "It's not something that we, as writers, want to use as a crutch. We'd like to find other ways for Jack to get information out of suspects," he added. Gordon's comments came after the New Yorker magazine reported that Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan, dean of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and an eminent military lawyer, had flown to California to meet producers of the show. Finnegan reportedly told the producers that promoting illegal behavior on the show was having a damaging effect on U.S. troops in Iraq. Finnegan told the magazine, "The kids see it and say, 'If torture is wrong, what about 24?'" In response, Gordon told the Inquirer,"The thesis that we are affecting our soldiers in Iraq in their treatment of prisoners is being exaggerated, I think. Hopefully, there are a lot of filters between their watching 24 and their work in the field."

AARON PIERCE I HOPE U R LOUNGIN ON A BEACH WITH UR LADY