The third season of the one good show left on Fox-“24”- is history and I must say, the second half was much better than the first, reversing the way last year went. That is, I didn’t care about anything the Salazar Brothers said or did, or all the “fake viruses,” but by the time Steven Saunders showed up the show was back in business, baby.
So let’s look at the cast as it stands now: Jack is shaken, but alive. Tony? Heading to death row. President Palmer? Leaving office. Chase? Lost his hand, and he’s retiring anyway. Sherry? Dead. Chapelle? Dead. Nina? Dead. And thanks to a carefully planned leak the morning of the finale, we know that Reiko Aylesworth (Michelle), James Badge Dale (Chase) and Carlos Bernard (Tony) will not be returning to the show as regulars for Season 4. And in news certain to gladden the hearts of the show’s writers, who almost certainly hate the character, Elisha Cuthbert (Kim)’s role will be cut back next year as the actress pursues her burgeoning film career.
All this means one of two things: either the next season will involve Jack going to another, non-CTU location (NYC? DC? Maybe a globe-trotting type thing?), or it’ll be a prequel. Either would be interesting; even more interesting is that the show will return in January, and run on 24 consecutive weeks. That works for me.
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 26, 2004 10:51 PM