24: Legacy ( Uk Pace ) No Spoilers
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This starts next wed on fox at 9pm. Actually been looking forward to this which i never thought would happen with jack but im prepared to at least give it a chance. Im still hoping jack will make an appearance at some point even if its just tie up his exit.
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Overall though I thought it was decent and the fact they flat out said there was a mole from the start instead of finding out like 15 episodes in was a nice touch lol
Did they? When?
I was perfectly happy with it and don't really know what all the negativity is about.
In detail....
Was really hoping it wouldn't be another 'islamic-terrorist'-based plot; but there you go. (Although it is only loosely, I guess. For the moment at least.)
Loved the 'throwback' mention of Edgar Stiles. Hoping for more.
Not sure if the B story is going to intersect with the main A story. I am forgetting or was there never a B-plot in the original run? (Though it could be a short one I guess.)
Not too bothered about the supposed 'real-time' element as it isn't over here anyway, thanks to the way UK TV does ad breaks
Only 12 eps too, apparently. Means they might not need to drag it out as much. 24 was always too many episodes
However I have to admit, even though its not a patch on 24 it was quite good and I will continue to watch it.
Just to confirm a point above the time did go from 12.40 to 12.30. Not sure whether this was a mistake or whether it was deliberate.
In terms of the new lead, lets face it he's no Jack, when the bad guys broke in, he was running round like a headless chicken. Jack would taken them down in a jiffy.
Is she coming back? excellant
He's in a russian prison isn't he?
I'm not sure, it might be Russia.
Latest (as far as I can see) word from Jan 2017 is that she isn't. There was some speculation last year that she would be but unless they are keeping it as a surprise that speculation was wrong.
Agree it does seem a little odd without Jack and the old cast but will stick with it, plus, initially at least, it would appear that you don't necessairily have to have seen the original series to follow this one.
I did chuckle at some of the classic 24 twists (you cannot trust anyone you're supposed to be able to trust) and the action sequences were good... but... no Jack
I'll be sticking with it but i just want to know what's happening with Jack because.... no Jack
Yep, he just has that dodgy look about him.
Rebecca can't count. She said only 3 people knew where the rangers had dispersed to, namely the heads of the FBI, CIA and CTU. However, both she (old head) and Keith Mullins (new head) knew, so that's 4, plus there were surely people involved in setting up the new identities.
I suspect the mole is actually Mariana Stiles, Edgar's cousin. The bad guys turned up at the bus depot, so it has to be someone from CTU rather than the other agencies, and even at CTU very few people knew. It's hard to believe it's Rebecca for a number of reasons. New boss Keith hardly had any time between being told by Mariana and getting tasered by Rebecca to do anything. The analyst Andy Shalowitz has been at CTU for a while, so if it was him I think it would all have happened earlier. That leaves Mariana Stiles. We know she's only just started working at CTU, so it would make some sense if she started feeding info to the bad guys immediately so as to minimise her time spent undercover. I don't know what her motive would be, but it might involve the death at CTU of Edgar Stiles. If it's not her, then maybe Andy is deliberately setting her up, eg by making his protections weak deliberately so she could break them.
When they went to the school i thought "aha, the unrelated subplot"
I've got episodes 2 and 3 to watch but if i'm not in to it by then, i might give it a miss.
The ball rolling towards the bleachers was the final straw for me. Also. The characters are really weak and the acting is horrible.
These are all painful things to say as I was such a big fan of all the other series.
There as only been one ep at least for us brits. Not sure how many eps ahead US are. I certainly didn't mind the the first one.