This is from a local columnist who spends most of his time commenting on Chicago and Illinois politics. Occassionaly he strays into other subjects (he's a White Sox fanatic for instance). Today he writes about 24.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0604130121apr13,1,3799857.column?coll=chi-news-col

Millions of Americans were thrilled with the news that actor Kiefer Sutherland has signed on to play ace terrorist hunter Jack Bauer for another three years or so on the hit TV show "24."

Did I say millions? I meant trillions.

So Bauer will be around to say "I promise you" and "you're just going to have to trust me" and "you've seen my dossier; you have no idea the lengths I'm willing to go to get that information" and the rest of us can relax.

Jack's free to jam live electric cords into the chests of men who were either married to, or dated, his girlfriend, but only in the name of national security. So we're all thrilled, except for one fellow.

...and the article goes on.

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• Future plots?,J I M B O, 05:49 AM, 05-09-06
• Cynical thought,Jims02, 10:35 AM, 05-09-06
  • RE: Cynical thought,Emily RugBurn, 10:08 AM, 05-12-06
• RE: Column in the paper today,BlueLies, 00:50 AM, 05-14-06

sometimes i wonder how many seasons they can keep going with the whole jack/ctu setup.

i'd like to see him break away from ctu and have some james bondish license-to-kill season.

think they'd ever be able to come up with a convincing way for him to go bad? sheesh, can you imagine jack as a bad guy?

I was thinking last night that wouldn't it be a crazy twist if they killed Jack off at the end of this season? Especially since they pretty much told us in advance that he's safe? The motto of 24 seems to stress that no one is really safe, so it makes me wonder... In past years, they had deliberately not re-signed Sutherland's contract, just to keep everyone in the dark.

The cynic in me is starting to wonder if FOX is setting everyone up. Probably won't happen though.

Thanks for posting the article, sittem.

I thought the same thing, Jims02. That perhaps maybe Jack would be killed at the end of this season, and the next few seasons would be prequals of what happened when he and David Palmer served together as part of a military operation that killed a Kosovo terrorist (I think that's what happened, anyway...)

Probably just wishful thinking on my part since I miss Dennis Haysbert so darn much!

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LAST EDITED ON 05-14-06 AT 00:50 AM (EST)

Three years?

I was wondering the same thing, where are they going to go with this story and not risk being too repetitive...

so...

I think it probably means Bauer will get a big promotion after they kill off Mr. Prez and this weird group the President is tied to.

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