Chicalorado

Just a quick post before tonight’s new 24 (which they are advertising as having the most shocking moment in the history of the show, which I don’t buy). I stumbled onto this link from Bill Simmons’ blog on ESPN.com a few weeks back and I was instantly enamored with it. It’s a kill counter for Jack Bauer, featuring who Jack killed, how he killed them, and the video of him doing it. If you are a fan of 24, you can definitely kill a lot of time here, no pun intended.

I’ve already done some preliminary research, such as figuring out Season 4 was Jack’s deadliest (with 44 kills being attributed to Jack), and hour 6 in Season 4 was Jack’s dealiest hour (12 kills). So far I have Nina Myers in Season 3 (much to the rejoice of 24 fans everywhere) and Victor Drazen in Season 1 as my favorites, probably more because of the impact rather than the style in which it was done. Which takedowns do you prefer?

Check out the Bauer Count.

It’s been a few days since the four hour, two night season premier, so this won’t be too long. Couple of thoughts so far (warning, don’t read if you haven’t watched):

Since when is Chloe all responsible and stuff?
How did Milo get promoted so fast? And he needs to chill out.
I get this feeling Maurice is either going to mess everything up something serious, or pull out a crazy move and save the day. Not sure which one yet.
I was kind of excited to see “Kumar” in the first episodes and even though he was a terrorist and I wanted him to die, I wanted him to stick around a little longer.
The Chinese must’ve messed Jack up cause I’ve never seen him so tentative.
How did Wayne Palmer get elected already? In real life, we’ve had only one President since 24 went on the air. On 24, we’ve had 4 now.
That was an awesome maneuver when Jack bit that guy and “draculaed” him.
Damn Curtis for putting Jack into that situation. Damn him.
That was fantastic TV at the end of the fourth episode when Jack was laying in the grass after shooting Curtis and then saw the mushroom cloud rise up. He is going to be so pissed. The days of the pussyfied Jack Bauer are gone. Jack the bad ass is coming back.
Right now I’m placing the over/under on the total number of suitcase nukes the terrorists will set off at 3. They had 4 and have set one off (but you already knew that).
It was hard to watch and listen to Jack Bauer claiming he couldn’t do it anymore. Like I said, the Chinese must’ve messed him up something fierce.
I wonder if Kim is going to be in this season at all?

I guess that’s all for now. I will continue to look forward to every Monday night well into May (or is it June?). I’m excited to get the old Jack back and see some ass kicking.

“The city of Los Angeles honored Jack Bauer for the countless times he saved the city by naming a street after him. However, every single person who walked across the street ending up falling dead. It seems no one crosses Jack Bauer and lives.”