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24 observations on 24: The final four
05/19/09
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21. Overall, another good season. The ending was somewhat predictable. The loyalty changes were enough to give one whiplash. I'm glad it stopped where it did or else we'd have to see Tony switch again.
22. My final comment on Tony and the human-wart, Garafalo: There was a point where Almeida was about to turn around. "Oh no! He's going to 'act,'" I thought. Garafalo no doubt thinks that she added balance to a right-wing show. She did in a way, as none of the other character made me nauseous upon scene entrance.
23. I'd need more information to make a philosophical determination, but in his deathbed advice to Renee Walker, Bauer seemed to be saying that subduing emotion to serve a higher social good, in this case a Kantian, "what if everybody in the world wanted to be a kick-butt secret anti-terrorism expert?" is worthwhile even if impossible for him personally.
As far as Gygaxian philosophy, Bauer is definitely Neutral Good.
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24. I liked the cross-cultural praying scene with the Muslim Imam(?). It emphasized his D and D alignment choice (above). Were he Lawful Good, he'd have insisted on a representative of his own religion.
24.1. What the heck was the Mountain Dew commercial about? **update** It was a contest. Some dude named Lauritsen won. It's not on Youtube yet. Keep checking here.
24.2. I do like the Ford Fusion Hybrid. When Obama gives me one, I'll gladly take it.
24.3. The sci-fi connections were fun this year. At first I thought Olivia Taylor, Sprague Grayden, was the pregnant brothel girl in Firefly, but I was wrong. Dr. Carson Beckett (Paul McGillion), of Stargate Atlantis (moment of silence) was in it. It's the second appearance by a Stargate cast member. Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) was a sort of spy-gigolo a couple of seasons back.
24.4. My wife and I decided that Kim Bauer's skin has taken a turn for the worse and that she's a little heavier than before. As I'm Cuban, I welcome her noticeably larger butt. Maybe she can try out for Nuestra Belleza Latina next year.
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