Manic Monday: A Night of Interruptions
At about 9:30 tonight, my phone rang. Now, anyone who knows me knows not to call during “24,” so when I saw it was my mother, I figured something was wrong. So I answered the phone—which I never do Mondays between the hour of 9 and 10 p.m.
After realizing that she didn’t call to tell me something bad, I said to her in the nicest way possible, “You do realize what time it is, don’t you?” which was followed by about two minutes of her profusely apologizing (She didn’t realize what time it was.).
Only my mother would feel the need to apologize for calling her daughter. And I love her for that, by the way…
But the biggest interruption was yet to come…
Warning: The remainder of this post contains details about tonight’s episodes of “24” and “Heroes.”
I don’t know if it was because we got Jack and Logan at the very beginning or the absence of Rena Sofer’s name in the credits, but for me, this episode of “24” was solid from beginning to end.
I was a little concerned about Powers Boothe as the Vice President but he quickly erased all doubts for me with this episode. That southern gruffness is exactly what the show needed. And the wonderful Kari Matchett (“Invasion”) as his chief of staff is a great addition to the cast. Watching the horrified faces of everyone at CTU as Vice President Daniels announced his suspension of some civil liberties showed us that this storyline is about to get interesting. Maybe they should have bombed President Palmer sooner…
But the real heart of this episode was Jack and Logan. Their dynamic is nothing short of spectacular. I didn’t realize just how much Gregory Itzin was missed until tonight. I love how it was Logan that reminded Jack about the perils of taking on a foreign consulate—like he actually cared or something.
And though I hate to see any harm come to Jack, I have to say that this newest stall tactic of Jack being unable to relay information to CTU is a good one. But it’s a good thing he’s the star of the show, because if he wasn’t, he’d be screwed since as we already know, raiding foreign consulates never ends well—especially now with Ricky Schroeder leading the charge.
But maybe the most exciting part of the episode was the previews which showed us that next week we will get the moment we’ve all been waiting for—the return of Aaron Pierce!
Oh yeah. Martha Logan will be there too…
Now, about that big interruption I mentioned earlier…
I don’t have a problem with cliffhangers per se, but I think maybe “Heroes” may be taking it a little too far…
I really liked that they didn’t completely erase Claire from HRG’s memory and that he still wanted to find her. But I’d say he’s pretty much a dead man and you know I’m not happy about that. I saw the “she’s not his wife” twist coming, but I didn’t see Eric Roberts being right there to witness it. I told you that guy was trouble…
How cool was the reveal that Nathan and Peter’s mother is not nearly as clueless as we thought? I also liked Ando’s reappearance and Linderman revealing to Nathan that in two years he would be in the White House (although that doesn’t explain why he wanted him dead. Was that Plan B?).
And I could just hear the fans rejoice as Sylar cut Peter’s bangs. I’m guessing Sylar cutting into his brain causes the scar future Hiro referred to.
But the biggest surprise came during the previews. I knew that the show was going into reruns, but April 23rd? Are you even serious? Granted, that’s good news for me since it makes my Mondays MUCH less manic and “24” should enjoy a nice ratings boost, but come on!
Talk about an interruption…
