Comments on: 24 Series Finale: Some thoughts. http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2010/05/27/24-series-finale-some-thoughts/ "Agitate, agitate, agitate!" -Frederick Douglass Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:44:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: TOShttp://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/2010/05/27/24-series-finale-some-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-24532 TOS Thu, 27 May 2010 22:50:21 +0000 http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com/?p=3209#comment-24532 I actually don't mind so much that the series ended with more of a season finale than a series finale -- I appreciate the illusion that the stories are continuing (with Jack), even if we don't see them.But I did have serious problems with President Taylor's insane and incomprehensible behavior. The constant repetition of the importance of "peace" wasn't adequate motivation, because everyone knows that a treaty is paper, not a magic trigger that makes something real. Completely tossing aside her morals and integrity for the sake of a piece of paper (no matter what it signified) just wasn't believable. And when she threatened to bomb Dalia's country if she didn't sign the "peace" agreement -- um, wtf? I actually don’t mind so much that the series ended with more of a season finale than a series finale — I appreciate the illusion that the stories are continuing (with Jack), even if we don’t see them.

But I did have serious problems with President Taylor’s insane and incomprehensible behavior. The constant repetition of the importance of “peace” wasn’t adequate motivation, because everyone knows that a treaty is paper, not a magic trigger that makes something real. Completely tossing aside her morals and integrity for the sake of a piece of paper (no matter what it signified) just wasn’t believable. And when she threatened to bomb Dalia’s country if she didn’t sign the “peace” agreement — um, wtf?

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