And now, the end is here
And so I face, the final curtain
That can be said for both the television version of “24”, and also this column that I’ve published through three seasons of Jack.
Let’s start with one last response to my most fanatic email partner; Mr. Gary Benz. Gary jogged my memory about something I had forgotten; the fact that Jack kidnapped Logan in Season 5.
In other words; another retread of a plot device.
How surprising.
On the other hand, as much as I usually agree with Gary’s points, I will disagree with him on one thing that seems to bug him a lot more than me. That being Jack’s journey “off the rails”. Gary’s opinion is that if Jack had been the type of person to totally wig out over a murder, it would have happened after the death of his wife Teri at the end of the first season.
Fair enough…but I contend that no single event in itself caused Jack to go over to the dark side. Instead, it was a culmination of all the terrible things that had happened to him over the years; Teri, his father, his brother, being kidnapped and tortured by the Chinese, Tony Almeda’s actions, Audrey Rains going loony-toons, being forced to execute Ryan Chappelle, and the deaths in the line of duty by so many that he cared for; like Bill Buchanan, Michelle, Edgar, David Palmer, etc. There is only so much angst one person can take before he is ready to go Anton Chigurh on as many people as he can…and I think that line was finally crossed with the death of Renee Walker.
Jack Bauer doesn't need to search the internet, he just stares a computer down until it gives him the information he needs.