Hour 9 Recap
The count is 2-0 and there are runners on first and second with no one out. This guy doesn't want to go 3-0 and so I am looking fastball all the way. I got the green light and if its down Broadway, I am taking this deep. In this situation, I don't think the pitcher has the confidence to throw me a breaking ball or change up. His best pitch is the heater and that is what he is coming with. Ok, he's in the stretch and here it comes. I am going yard with this. Oh crap, I am way out in front. He threw me the Change. Can you believe he threw me the fucking change. Grounded to third - double play.
The exchange up above describes what the producers of 24 did to me with Hour Nine. After last week, I was expecting the heat. We had a huge close in Hour 8 and I was expecting some follow through. At the very least, I was expecting a major plot twist and possibly the death or wounding of a main character. So at nine o'clock, I am at my TV looking for the gas and what do I get? I get the change and not just the ordinary change. I get the real nasty stuff. The stuff that looks like its coming at you 95 miles per hour but is really clocking out at 70 mph.
But what a change up it was. Nuclear reactors are melting down, terrorists are bleeding to death, guys are getting shot on helipads and what do the producers do? They go soft! They give us perhaps the most powerful show of emotion in show history. Yes that's right. The conversation between Edgar and his mother is arguably the most touching and emotional scene in show history. I do not say this lightly. Sure, Mason reaching closure with his son was great. And who can forget the anguish that Tony faced while waiting for word of Michelle's safety and then the relief he felt when told that she had escaped infection. Both of these were classic moments, but last night goes right to the top of the list. I was tearing up when the brave Mrs. Stiles was offering Edgar some final words. What a dignified performance by Mom and son alike.
And here is where I have to do a little self-congratulating. I have been pushing this Edgar kid for weeks. For a goof, I bought his stock when it was dirt cheap back in hour four. People were telling me he was only a bit player on the Sopranos and he was never going to become a player on 24. Well, these critics aren't saying much now. Edgar has become HUGE and my stock has nearly tripled in four weeks. This guy has not only moved from C-level to B-level, he has an outside shot at cracking the A team. As I mentioned last week, this has never happened once in show history. Two bump ups in a single season is outrageous. Edgar's got a shot at it and that is why I haven't sold a single share of my stock. If this guy saves a few million lives while his mom is dying, he goes into the Hall of Fame immeidately.
Edgar and Momma Stiles stole the show last night but there are a few other issues I want to bring up. The first concerns Jack and his great skill in the area of exploiting "leverage." Here is the situation. Dina Araz has been taken into custody and Jack immediately recognizes that she is not a candidate for torture. So what does Jack do - he seeks out the leverage. A lesser field agent would have gone after Dina's wound and gotten nothing. Jack takes the time to consider the situation and then he comes up large. Bauer relies on leverage like Kareem used to rely on the sky hook. It is his bread and butter and he uses it better then anyone in cop show history.
Lets now take a closer look at Jack's excellent move last night. This is the way I see it - Jack could have done two things. First, he could have claimed to have captured Beruz and threatened to kill him if Dina didnt talk. This may have scared her into talking, but what if she called the bluff and demanded to see Beruz. Jack would have been left high and dry under this scenario. If he goes all in with nothing and she calls, the show is over. Jack knows this so he goes with option two. This option calls for Jack to claim Beruz will be hunted down by his father unless Dina cooperates. This was a very shwred move given that Dina had just been shot by her husband and was probably a bit peeved in the first place that he wanted to kill her son. Its amazing how in the middle of a national catastrophe, Jack sees every anlge and usually pulls the ace to complete his full house.
The big factual error that I pulled from last night was a referrence to the nuclear reactor at San Gabrial Island. There is a San Gabrial Valley in Southern California, but it is land locked. Hence, no island. The big nukes in Southern California are at San Onofree and are owned by EIX. I will assume that the San Gabrial plant, as envisioned by the producers, is also owned by EIX, and so there is no change to my short call on Edison.
Anyone notice how shabby a job Navi Baraz did when he went searching an apartment early in the show. The guy barely glanced around the apartment before concluding that his wife was not present. It seems a bit odd considering the execution of his master plan depends in part of finding her. Hey Navi - the game is on the line - how bout at least looking under a bed? Staying with the Arabs, it doesn't strike me that anyone in the Baraz family will be signing up to run the New York City Marathon. Did you see Beruz running through that hospital? He looked like Richard Simmons. And I can't believe that a guy who runs like that would have had a girl like the one Beruz was dating up until today. And Berus wasn't the only one who was running like a yearling. His uncle didn't exactly look like Deion Sanders as he raced after Beruz in the hospital. Are the producers of the show trying to tell us something?
Not a whole lot else to discuss this week. There were no particularly gross product placements. Tony was quiet. I am wondering whatever happened to Maya. That storyline seems to have fallen off the map. I think its about time for me to sell her out. Marianne's recovery should be interesting next week. She has some bills to pay. Quite frankly, a few characters need to step up. Rumsfeld has seen his role diminished of late. Audrey has become a bit player and I dare the producers to let her husband resurface at CTU again. Driscoll seems to be teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown. You know where I see some potential. Curtis. I think Marianne's recovery is going to pave the way for him to assume a larger role. So I am selling some Maya this week and buying some Curtis. I am buying a little more Tony on this week's pullback and I am considering taking up my position in Edgar even further. Edgar has run, but I still think there is a lot of upside in the lispy leghound. My shorts continue to be Audrey and Beruz.
The exchange up above describes what the producers of 24 did to me with Hour Nine. After last week, I was expecting the heat. We had a huge close in Hour 8 and I was expecting some follow through. At the very least, I was expecting a major plot twist and possibly the death or wounding of a main character. So at nine o'clock, I am at my TV looking for the gas and what do I get? I get the change and not just the ordinary change. I get the real nasty stuff. The stuff that looks like its coming at you 95 miles per hour but is really clocking out at 70 mph.
But what a change up it was. Nuclear reactors are melting down, terrorists are bleeding to death, guys are getting shot on helipads and what do the producers do? They go soft! They give us perhaps the most powerful show of emotion in show history. Yes that's right. The conversation between Edgar and his mother is arguably the most touching and emotional scene in show history. I do not say this lightly. Sure, Mason reaching closure with his son was great. And who can forget the anguish that Tony faced while waiting for word of Michelle's safety and then the relief he felt when told that she had escaped infection. Both of these were classic moments, but last night goes right to the top of the list. I was tearing up when the brave Mrs. Stiles was offering Edgar some final words. What a dignified performance by Mom and son alike.
And here is where I have to do a little self-congratulating. I have been pushing this Edgar kid for weeks. For a goof, I bought his stock when it was dirt cheap back in hour four. People were telling me he was only a bit player on the Sopranos and he was never going to become a player on 24. Well, these critics aren't saying much now. Edgar has become HUGE and my stock has nearly tripled in four weeks. This guy has not only moved from C-level to B-level, he has an outside shot at cracking the A team. As I mentioned last week, this has never happened once in show history. Two bump ups in a single season is outrageous. Edgar's got a shot at it and that is why I haven't sold a single share of my stock. If this guy saves a few million lives while his mom is dying, he goes into the Hall of Fame immeidately.
Edgar and Momma Stiles stole the show last night but there are a few other issues I want to bring up. The first concerns Jack and his great skill in the area of exploiting "leverage." Here is the situation. Dina Araz has been taken into custody and Jack immediately recognizes that she is not a candidate for torture. So what does Jack do - he seeks out the leverage. A lesser field agent would have gone after Dina's wound and gotten nothing. Jack takes the time to consider the situation and then he comes up large. Bauer relies on leverage like Kareem used to rely on the sky hook. It is his bread and butter and he uses it better then anyone in cop show history.
Lets now take a closer look at Jack's excellent move last night. This is the way I see it - Jack could have done two things. First, he could have claimed to have captured Beruz and threatened to kill him if Dina didnt talk. This may have scared her into talking, but what if she called the bluff and demanded to see Beruz. Jack would have been left high and dry under this scenario. If he goes all in with nothing and she calls, the show is over. Jack knows this so he goes with option two. This option calls for Jack to claim Beruz will be hunted down by his father unless Dina cooperates. This was a very shwred move given that Dina had just been shot by her husband and was probably a bit peeved in the first place that he wanted to kill her son. Its amazing how in the middle of a national catastrophe, Jack sees every anlge and usually pulls the ace to complete his full house.
The big factual error that I pulled from last night was a referrence to the nuclear reactor at San Gabrial Island. There is a San Gabrial Valley in Southern California, but it is land locked. Hence, no island. The big nukes in Southern California are at San Onofree and are owned by EIX. I will assume that the San Gabrial plant, as envisioned by the producers, is also owned by EIX, and so there is no change to my short call on Edison.
Anyone notice how shabby a job Navi Baraz did when he went searching an apartment early in the show. The guy barely glanced around the apartment before concluding that his wife was not present. It seems a bit odd considering the execution of his master plan depends in part of finding her. Hey Navi - the game is on the line - how bout at least looking under a bed? Staying with the Arabs, it doesn't strike me that anyone in the Baraz family will be signing up to run the New York City Marathon. Did you see Beruz running through that hospital? He looked like Richard Simmons. And I can't believe that a guy who runs like that would have had a girl like the one Beruz was dating up until today. And Berus wasn't the only one who was running like a yearling. His uncle didn't exactly look like Deion Sanders as he raced after Beruz in the hospital. Are the producers of the show trying to tell us something?
Not a whole lot else to discuss this week. There were no particularly gross product placements. Tony was quiet. I am wondering whatever happened to Maya. That storyline seems to have fallen off the map. I think its about time for me to sell her out. Marianne's recovery should be interesting next week. She has some bills to pay. Quite frankly, a few characters need to step up. Rumsfeld has seen his role diminished of late. Audrey has become a bit player and I dare the producers to let her husband resurface at CTU again. Driscoll seems to be teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown. You know where I see some potential. Curtis. I think Marianne's recovery is going to pave the way for him to assume a larger role. So I am selling some Maya this week and buying some Curtis. I am buying a little more Tony on this week's pullback and I am considering taking up my position in Edgar even further. Edgar has run, but I still think there is a lot of upside in the lispy leghound. My shorts continue to be Audrey and Beruz.
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