Shotguns, Shots, and Some other items (24 Spoiler Goodness)

Apparently, I'm too lazy to post on a regular basis, so I guess I'm going to do one of those crazy catch all type posts. This probably isn't the best timing for me to write one of these, given that it was a 2 hour 24 event tonight. However, it was amazing tonight, so we'll do that first.

Jack Bauer Official Terrorist Kill Count: 3 with 1 very cool assist.

It's actually been a while since Jack actually killed a terrorist, and this hasn't been one of the stronger seasons for shootouts and the like. After last weeks episode, which was one of those build-it-up-with-not-a-lot-happening-efforts, this weeks total throwdown of devious subplots was a welcome return to form.

Let's do the less interesting stuff first: I don't know exactly what creepy Chad Lowe and creepier Peter MacNichol are cooking up against Wayne Palmer, but if they go down the "impeach the President based on trumped up thoughts of fraility of mind", then I am going to be a tad upset. It's not really the way that I want to see things go down. Especially since we've seen this once before, WITH HIS BROTHER. Once is enough, kids, that's all I'm saying.

As for Jack's father? Okay, the fact that he was ultimately behind it all, not that surprising. The fact that he would use his own grandson as leverage against his daughter in law in order to simply cover his own backside? Awful. Yet, as they say in 24, no one is safe.

Of everyone, I feel for Morris in this one. He's not trained to withstand torture, etc. And we're not talking run of the mill electric shocking, or cutting off fingers. They f'ing drilled him with what looked like about a half inch drill bit. Into his shoulder blade. I cringed pretty hard at that, to say the least.

Now, the good stuff. Jack, running point, with a MF'ing SHOTGUN. We only get maybe two of these a season. The operations that aren't "non-lethal force" rather "mf-ing shoot and kill everybody in the joint" Let's just say we watched it 2x at Drews, and I watched that part again when I got home. It was just sweet b/c there's no artistry or finese with a shotgun, it's point, shoot, and shred some bad guy's chest all over the wall.

So, if anyone thinks the show has jumped the shark? Doubtful. I don't even feel like I covered all the pertinent points with this post. And tonight was only Episode 9 for this season. So, rest assured, some sh*t has yet to go down.

And, b/c it's later than I realized, it's also the only thing I'm going to write about tonight....