As I feared, they weren't able to salvage what was left of the season after solving the main storyline two thirds of the way through. What a moronic decision that was. They probably wanted to make this the best season ever, so rich and entertaining. They probably figured, if we have two "situations" happening in one season instead of one, people will like it twice as much, won't they?
Wrong.
They grossly overplayed their hand, and the show suffered terribly from it. This was a show that would get my adrenaline going, so much so that I opted not to watch it just before bedtime. But the last few episodes all but put me to sleep right there on the couch. And the season finale was a snoozefest.
*** SPOILER ALERT!! ***
Naturally, Jack knows exactly what his father's plans are. Naturally, no one else even remotely imagines the guy will try to screw them over. Or listens to Jack when he tells them not to trust his father. Except for none other than the national security adviser. She believes him, because, listen to this, he's been right more than anyone else all day, and so jeopardizes her career and whatever shred was left of her husband's to help Jack.
Buchanan is then able to single handedly and very easily free Jack from 2 CTU agents (and my faith in the ability of CTU agents to protect us from the bad guys is undermined forever). Maybe Buchanan should have his own show.
These two jolly fellas are then able to collect a bunch of weapons (enough to take out a small town) and, without breaking a sweat, steal a helicopter. No biggie. Who's looking anyway?
Then Jack proceeds, by himself again, to wipe out the entire group of bad guys on the off shore platform. Too bad his cute nephew beat him to gun down his father, but hey, who's keeping count, right? Maybe he's the heir apparent...
I mean, I'm talking about a helicopter approaching and landing, and the bad guys, quite a few of them I might add, do hear it approach but don't have enough time to position themselves to shoot it down? Or at least try?!?
Pllleeeeease!
Nadia is another one who can't make up her mind. Should she follow her orders or do what she thinks is right? Thankfully, Buchanan is there to clear things up for her. Or Mike, who might have lost one or both eyes, therefore ruling him out for a 24 spin off of his own (or to take over for Jack just in case someone is eventually able to take him down). Whatever happened to the guy(s) from division who came in after CTU had been infiltrated and were supposed to check everyone's every move? Quite conveniently, they were gone too.
And why, oh why, did they have to kill off Milo? Why do the cute guys always have to die on this show? It's like the primary directive or something: If you're an attractive male, you will die sooner or later. Preferably sooner.In the end Jack's father is, supposedly, killed in the platform's explosion (it would have stung him more if he had been arrested and imprisoned; who knows, it might have even raised the series final grade a little), Cheng is arrested (and threatens Buchanan that his ninja friends will come for him), and Chloe is pregnant. This last, the writers' latest attempt at injecting something more personal into a shoot-em-up type of show, just so it doesn't look too cold I guess.
Whatever.
Open war between Russia and the US is avoided (duh!!) just in time for the show's end (more yawns here). By the way, how is President Palmer?
To the dismay of the cute nephew, Jack then goes dark once again to go get his belle, Audrey, but when he finally sees her, at the risk of being caught and arrested, he changes his mind because it's better this way for her. Huh? Then why did you bother in the first place?!
Heller, her father, apparently trusts Jack will do just that, that is leave her alone, because when he has a chance, he doesn't even call his security team to restrain the intruder. Oh well, one of the benefits of foresight I suppose. I wonder if that had any weight during his interview for the post of Secretary of Defense.
The show ends with Jack looking at the ocean (luckily his father's platform was very close to Heller's residence; imagine if he had lived in Seattle...), thinking about what to do next, I venture. Who knows. Who cares.
He even looks down the precipice, as if thinking of jumping, all the while not raising my interest one iota. Maybe if he had jumped? I guess we'll never know.
Because I certainly won't be back for another season of this overblown, ridiculous, preachy, condescending, patronizing, unrealistic load of crap.
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