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I was a bit disappointed by the finale really. Yes, the acting was fantastic and I could see what they were trying to do with all the emotional scenes, but for me it just didn't work. I was surprised to see you guys felt sympathy for Tony, I just thought, "blimey, he's gone very mental!" and fully expect to see him shackled up like hanibal lector next season staring menacingly at Jack. I really wanted him to be working for something bigger than personal revenge and feel there isn't anywhere else they can go with him now apart from the deranged ex agent.

So Renee might or might not torture someone, not very suspenseful seeing as she has handcuffed Janice and is making a choice her heart can live with, Jack may as well have told her to pull his fingernails out with pliers! On a positive note, she totally rocked clinging on to the car and shooting up the bad guys. Love her!

Yay, Olivia got her comeuppance, that was pretty cool, hats off there, I waited all season for that!

But what is going on with Jack Bauer? I think he will return next season angry and possibly suffering from some personality changes from the prion disease. Maybe there is hope for Jack and Tony to team up in some crazy revenge pact but I doubt it. It might be possible that dim Kim (who admittedly did quite well in the last few episodes but still managed to get herself kidnapped, will she never learn?) dies from giving Jack the treatment. Unfortunately I don't think we can get rid of her that easily.

I could see what the producers were trying to do with the visit from the Imam, it almost worked but, hang on. What have the producers been eating? 4 cheese pizza with mozzarella dippers on the side, with cheese sauce? It just seemed like a cheap and ineffective nod towards the muslim community, like oh yeah, that'll cheer up anyone they have upset.

Finally, I know the next season follows soon after this one, but I have to wait over six months. What's wrong with tying up a few things people? Have the guts to finish a season and trust we will watch the next one without a load of gimmicky cliff hangers. And next season, don't disable your main character with a prion disease ages before the end.

I am sad to say, that although the season started with a bang, it failed to live up to its earlier episodes. I have much lower hopes for the next season, although I will still be watching.

Nooooo! Bill, oh no! I feel sooo stupid. It was obvious after the fact (ahhh, hindsight) that the whole scene when Jack was being held in the White House and asked Bill to do a teeny bit of torture and he refused that it was his "moment of weakness" before he died, but I liked Bill so much I didn't realise it. I just thought it was a "moment of character". I must say, and I know you Tony fans are going to hate me for it, that this was worse than when Tony died, because to me Tony (whilst awesome) didn't play a major role in that season and was killed as an (albeit tragic) exercise, whereas Bill was the main man, and they have bumped him off!

I like Jack Addict's view on the VP, I hadn't thought of that. Also, I really thought Jack was going to have a little cry looking at Bill's body, but he just couldn't. I think he has had a little cry in every season so far, so I guess we have to wait a little longer for this seasons weep. I think I know when it might be, but am not totally confident about spoiler rules and would hate to ruin anyone's surprise.

Finally, I have been a big supporter of the new president even since Redemption, I really liked her and thought she had conviction and courage, but come on lady, what does Jack have to do for you NOT to arrest him? You're really beginning to annoy me the last few episodes. Yes, a terrorist has the offer of immunity and Jack is under arrest, no that is not right, yes, you are the President, FIX IT! But oh no, you let him think up a plan to end the seige you are in, AND THEN ARREST HIM?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. What a fantastic season. I want more!

OK, I totally understand where you Tony fans are coming from, I miss him too, but come on, Tony has gone dark. Surely that is classic 24? I agree that the hand signal was hilarious, and has now been expanded in my household into other really obvious hand signals which include "You, pour me a drink".

However, I really enjoyed this episode, Renee was fabulous in the house with the wife and child, Jack and Co were running around the White House uttering immortal lines such as "with all due respect Madame President, ask around", Jack had some fisticuffs with a bad guy. I also absolutely loved Larry Moss when he heard Jack had killed someone because he didn't have a choice. It was so reminiscent of Mason, and I am really warming to him. Also, the ending was fantastic, it really shocked me.

I am a bit worried about Tony though, I am worried that his loyalty is still in question. He hasn't been working with Bill and Chloe for very long, and I think he may possibly return in a compromising situation. I think the writers could be prepping for some sort of story line where he worked with them because their immediate aims were the same, but in the long run he always meant to use them and lose them, he has gone very quiet and the writers couldn't wait to reveal that he wasn't really bad at the beginning of the season, possibly to lull us into a false sense of security?

Finally, I just really want to say that I am loving this season, there was only one episode that left me feeling a bit disappointed and that is because there wasn't enough Jack in it (being a Jack fan!)
I have constantly been made anxious, left guessing and absolutely shocked along with a fair amount of wry humour (lets hear it for all Jacks one-liners, they're very prevalent this season!)
That is why I watch 24, and this is in my opinion a definite return to form. They needed to pull it out of the bag after season 6 and I think they have. Great stuff!

By the way, can someone let me know when we can post o the next episode on this site? I'd hate to accidentally spoil stuff for people

Oh, interesting idea for the Jack and Tony relationship, I like that! The FBI lady I was talking about was the one with dark hair and glasses who seems to have the same job as Chloe but for the FBI. I think her name is Janis.

I don't know, in the preview Jack is doing the whole throw the table during an interogation and hold suspect up against the wall because you really mean business (like Tony hasn't seen Jack do that 100 times, Nina, Audrey etc) and he says "...I will kill you and you will stay dead this time!" which is a pretty cool line but surely he won't, it's Tony! I still think he will turn out to be good or undercover or something. On a serious note, I hope that awful mac Jack is wearing gets blown to bits pretty quickly, eeuw, it's nasty. Finally, shall we place bets on how many times Kim gets herself kidnapped and or wanders into a place that's just about to be robbed or blown up. I'm going to guess 3 for the whole season. Aaaargh, the suspense is killing me, roll on tomorrow

Wow, how far north have you gone? last time I was there I heard the t'internet had breached the north south divide! Hope everyone is having a good holiday, sorry to hear about the problems on the site, I am looking forward to being much more active when the new season starts, so hope everything is OK by then. When are we going to have a 24 christmas special? The possibilities are endless!:)

Yeah, I absolutely love this one, I also like the one which I think is right at the end of season 4 episode 9 when Navi has Behrooz, and Dina spouts off about how she won't help Jack unless she gets her son back, and Jack's on the phone and he just says "did you get that?"

I also like it in Season 3 when Chase is attempting to be all big and macho and tries to rescue Jack, fails then gets taken hostage (taking tips from his girlfriend maybe?) and starts talking to him and Jack goes "shut up Chase, just shut up". But maybe that's just because Chase wasn't one of my favourite characters.

Oh, there's so many!

Oh, OK, yeah, the FBI people were a bit stiff, but I thought the woman who took Jack seemed pretty good. I'm hoping that Tony will not really be bad, and Jack will soon find this out and work with Tony, cheesy as it sounds .

Tony can't be bad, I bet those cheeky writers are just pulling our leg as usual.

Oh, you guys seem to think differently from me, which is interesting. After months of eager anticipation, I bought the UK DVD as soon as it came out and watched 24 Redemption. I thought it was OK, and I can see that the producers were trying to set up season 7, but after waiting a year and a half for some new 24 all I can think is that the producers got over excited about having a big budget, and spent more time worrying about helicopter shots and huge inauguration scenes than about the actual story.

Also, why oh why did they stick to the real time format? That really threw me, they had an opportunity to move away from that and they didn't take it. I really thought it lacked the tension and suspense of the show at its best, and I don't remember hearing a single classic Jack line, although there was a good one liner in there somewhere! Also I thought almost all the actors were fantastic as we have come to expect on this show, but I was, dare I say it, a little bit disappointed with Kiefer Sutherland's performance, which is saying something as I'm such a big fan and always watch his movies at the cinema, even if they get rubbish reviews because he's in it and I know he'll be great. Maybe he didn't feel the need to be so intense because it was only a couple of hours, and lets face it, he's had worse days. Basically, if I had gone to the cinema to see this, I would wait for the next one to come out on DVD.

However, saying all that, I also managed to watch the first 15 minutes of season 7, and it looked very promising. It was almost the best thing on the whole DVD! Therefore, I guess this DVD (which didn't even have an inlay card, cheapskates) will allow my 24 DVD collection to stay complete, but will rarely be watched again. I still believe season 7 could be the comeback they are promising, and will wait with baited breath, but as everyone knows, this is their last chance so they had better get it right, or I am going to have to move Prison Break to the top of my favourite tv shows list.

OK, I've just watched it again and I feel a bit bad for saying Kiefer Sutherland's performance wasn't as good as I'd hoped, it was pretty fantastic as always, I just think maybe he didn't have the right lines or something, I don't know. But, on a lighter note, what has happened to Jack Bauer's nasty hand scars from the Chinese? I want the number of his plastic surgeon, they appear to have totally disappeared