[US] 24, Day 8, Hour 5 [8 p.m. - 9 p.m.] [** SPOILERS WITHIN **]

Dilynnio

This was just aired in the US last night!

This Hastings guy in CTU is starting to do my head in!

Definitely the best start to 24 ever!

MoyVilla9

Well the Jenny storyline is still pissing me off. Although I must say it was the best episode this season by far, I'm loving the new Renne!

tok9

Good start to the season... But ya the jenny story is pretty annoying..

Zimovane

HATE the Jennty storyline but this ep was fantastic. Renee rocks! Could easily pass for Kate from Lost's sister.

whosedaddy?

no poll

loved it. Renee is brilliant. she has this psycho look - soo sexy..

Zeouterlimits

Thought it was a mediocre episode, the only scenes I really enjoyed were Renee's plea & seeing a dark, vengeance-side in Hassan.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Strong episode... Last few seasons have been a bit mediocre, so hopefully this season will continue to be this strong throughout...

Minstrel27

Whoever wrote the Jenny storyline needs to hung out on a line by the scrotum. What on earth were they thinking.

Other than that this was a solid episode.

J-blk

There's always a crap side-story (or two) like Jenny's each year though that goes nowhere really... Hopefully they won't spend too much time on it, but if this episode was any indication, they are going to waste our time with it.

Can't say I care much about the Russian brothers and the radiation poisoning but at least that does tie into the main plot to some degree...

Psycho Renee is excellent, much better than "normal" Renee but what the hell is up with Jack objecting to her methods? He is her "mentor" after all...

Overall though, easily the weakest episode of the first 5 hours...

Sherifu

The scenes with Renee were top notch. The final scenes were brilliant, I didn't want to hear the clock fading in.

4/5

krankykitty

Definitely this was a win thanks to the New Renee!

Have a timeline question though... when is this day supposed to be taking place? If Renee was in with the Russians 6 years ago, wouldn't she have been disturbed when we saw her in Day 7? Or are they making out that she was grand until Day 7 and meeting Jack, and Larry dying and all that

whosedaddy?

krankykitty wrote: »

Definitely this was a win thanks to the New Renee!

Have a timeline question though... when is this day supposed to be taking place? If Renee was in with the Russians 6 years ago, wouldn't she have been disturbed when we saw her in Day 7? Or are they making out that she was grand until Day 7 and meeting Jack, and Larry dying and all that

I believe it is "unknown" as to when Day 8 is taking place.
I'm sure we'll be able to work it out as the day progresses.

J-blk

whosedaddy? wrote: »

I believe it is "unknown" as to when Day 8 is taking place.
I'm sure we'll be able to work it out as the day progresses.

How old is Jack's granddaughter supposed to be? She was an infant in Day 7... and I'm guessing now she's 3-4?

Minstrel27

J-blk wrote: »

How old is Jack's granddaughter supposed to be? She was an infant in Day 7... and I'm guessing now she's 3-4?

I would have thought she looked more like a 2 - 3 year old.

Queen-Mise

Renee was fantastic in that episode. Really brilliant - i would be giving it a good 9/10 - great 24 episode.

Class - great start to this year.

J-blk

Minstrel27 wrote: »

I would have thought she looked more like a 2 - 3 year old.

I'm not good with ages, so yeah, you could be right - it does show though that at most, Day 8 is taking place around 3 years from Day 7, so Renee had already had those experiences with the Russians when she is first introduced in Day 7...

Still, it doesn't bother me at all that she didn't seem messed up then, it was only a day in her life after all and meeting Jack would have taken its' toll too...

fontanalis

Can someone answer a question relating to the first episode? The informant told Jack that he helped sneak the assassin into the country. Wasn't the assassin the policeman? How could someone who was sneaked into the country become a cop?

J-blk

fontanalis wrote: »

The informant told Jack that he helped sneak the assassin into the country. Wasn't the assassin the policeman? How could someone who was sneaked into the country become a cop?

How could someone who changed their name/entire identity and was apparently an accessory to murder end up in a high level position in CTU (Hello? Background checks?)? :rolleyes:

Just another of those "small" things that the writers choose to ignore I guess...

JacksDad

Why does his (Hastings') character have to walk like the hunchback all the time - annoying!
Not a prominant commanding presence by any manner of means - apart from giving Chloe a hard time all the time!
Is it just me or does he come accross as a weak director?

(Just comparing to the likes of Chappele, Buhcannon and even Mason days of old)

don ramo

someone please put a bullet in jenny, what a sad storyline, starbuck has already overtaken kim by a mile in stupid story line, and shes only been in 5 eps:mad:, that stupid side story is actually making me second guess watchin any more:mad:,

brother helping hes irradiated brother is a good side story and i cant wait to see how it pans out,

renee is a bad-ass, oh yeah even the tear, its hard to tell if she actually wanted to be shot, i actually dont think she minded either way, also one day with jack is more than a lifetime in a russian mob,

someone shoot jenny/dana/starbuck, please think of the children:mad:

unreggd

Ah leave Jenny/Dana alone

Just be thankful its not Kim + a cougar!!

noodler

Was that excellent gutair music in this episode or the next? What was it?

MadPatrick

unreggd wrote: »

Ah leave Jenny/Dana alone

Just be thankful its not Kim + a cougar!!

But it is actually possible to see a cougar, not very likely, and a little bit stupid, but genius in comparison to the Jenny thing. Besides, they stole that storyline straight from Mad Men, only in the 50s it was possible, especially if you don't work in a government intelligence agency. Maybe they should go back to stealing storylines from their own show again