Monday, May 22, 2006

Cliffhangers 2

Not again! I started watching 24 about halfway through this season purely for the social interaction. Everyone I know gathers at someone's house each Monday evening to watch this show. So I started going. I'm not terribly thrilled with 24. It's full of technical impossibilities and a general ignorance with the way things really work. But then again, so is most all of TV. And 24 really hooks you in. Each episode ends in a total cliffhanger. If you're not familiar with 24, it's a "real time" show. Each one hour episode represents one hour in a day. Each season represents one 24 hour day. Each season stands alone - there's no connection between them (or so I've been told). And they're very careful to end each episode at the worst possible place to force you to watch next week's. But tonight was the 2 hour season finale, so all our unanswered questions were, well, answered. And there was a pretty good resolution. But then, with 2 minutes left in the show, they start a new plot line! All the nerve! You can't have major events go down with 2 minutes left in the season, then expect us to be happy until January when you pick it up again. Uncool!

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