BEWARE 24 FINALE SPOILERSAnother long running TV show has just come to an end, the final two hours of 24 aired last night. This was of course nowhere near as important to me as the end of Lost but still fairly major after following Jack Bauer for eight years. Unfortunately this wasn't as good as I'd have hoped. For starters it seemed like they'd not done anything special for the last ever episode, it just felt like any other season finale. I expected something much bigger for the end. Jack wasn't actually even in it a lot nor was he the main focus of the story. It was all far too political and not enough action. In the past people have had websites devoted to Bauer's kill counts it had become such a thing but in the last two episodes that count was zero! We have him planning to assassinate the Russian president rather than chasing down terrorists. I know he was grieving for Renee but it all seemed a bit out of character to me. The final problem is the fact they've left certain things open for a film in the future. Which means rather than finally getting to settle down with his daughter we see Jack forced to flee the country on the run from the Russians. So it's not really an end at all.
Everything seems to be ending! I have been hearing a lot about the end of 'Ashes to Ashes', too. Sorry to hear that 24 finished on such an unsatisfactory note. If they are thinking of a film, I suppose the writers got told to leave it open, but it's such a shame when commercial considerations get in the way of good story telling.
ReplyDeleteAt least the film is past the thinking stage and is actually being planned and scripted. It's just I didn't know that until afterwards.
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