Season 7 Episode 5 (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM)

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Permalink Reply by spiderpig on January 20, 2009 at 7:14am

OMG, how about that last scene with Jack and Renee! "If you trust me, I will get you through this alive." Love that shot of the panicked look on her face when Tony and Jack were shoveling dirt on her. Hope she can hold her breath a long time. But at least she'll understand that Jack is on her side or at least not completely evil.

Things I did NOT like:

1. Renee tortures that guy and 30 minutes later the attorney general is at the FBI with a motion filed or whatever? The AG doesn't have anything better ot do in the middle of a terrorist attack?

2. What's up with that affair that analyst guy is having with the blonde girl. I'm guessing she's gonna be the mole and use the affair to her advantage? Meh.

3. I'm not liking the way the secret service and First Man storyline is going. What's the point of introducing that storyline if Samantha and the First Man are going to die already? If Samantha shows up next week and overpowers the SS guy and saves the First Man I'm gonna be so mad. No way that skinny girl can take a man TRAINED IN PROTECTION. Boo!

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Permalink Reply by Tecmo SB Guy on January 30, 2009 at 7:57am

I loved the ending to this episode.

The silent clock is always chilling.

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Permalink Reply by moviemeh on January 20, 2009 at 7:17am

Killing the first gentleman seems like a extraordinarily dumb idea, even though he plans on framing the son's girlfriend. Because even so, it still looks suspicious as hell. Especially if she dies too.

I don't expect the son's girlfriend to go down easily for some reason. Instinct, or parallels to previous seasons.

I predict Renee will take about two minutes (after a dramatic near asphyxiation) to escape.

(Incidentally, Kiefer Sutherland himself had a chance to play someone who was buried alive in The Vanishing, a movie I recommended earlier.)

Renee should now figured out Jack is working undercover (because after all she's still alive), and will once again try to convince her boyfriend, I mean her boss, to trust Jack.

Her boss will get jealous of Jack. Renee is a perfect match for Jack, isn't she? She shouldn't have any issues with Jack being a death magnet.

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Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on January 20, 2009 at 1:46pm

Yea, something is suspicious about the arc with the President's son and the framing. I don't think it will fly, but it's all in the writing...

I added "The Vanishing" to my Queue. Why are the reviewers suggesting to see the original over this one?

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Permalink Reply by moviemeh on January 20, 2009 at 3:00pm

I think the main reason is they think the ending caters too much to American expectations. I haven't seen the original.

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Permalink Reply by moviemeh on January 20, 2009 at 9:08am

Good points, spiderpig.

Regarding 3. I couldn't figure out if he was Secret Service or just a "trusted aide."

If he was merely a "trusted aide," he is clearly no match for Samantha's mad kickboxing skills.

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Permalink Reply by spiderpig on January 20, 2009 at 10:23am

he is clearly no match for Samantha's mad kickboxing skills

LOL! No I'm pretty sure he's a secret service agent whose whole job is to disarm and/or kill people who get near the First Man. I guess she could still kick him in the nads if she put her mind to it, though. I'm not sure they teach you how to protect that area in secret service training school. :)

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Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on January 20, 2009 at 3:15pm

Where did the kickboxing take place, did I miss something?

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Permalink Reply by moviemeh on January 20, 2009 at 4:02pm

no, I am just adding my own plotline they can use if they need it :)

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Permalink Reply by wowwee123 on January 20, 2009 at 5:10pm

I thought I needed to see the episode again, you had me going there.

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Permalink Reply by moviemeh on January 20, 2009 at 10:13am

I think Janis is going to have to do something more interesting than stall the lawyers soon to justify her existence.

I noticed we have the scene where the blonde (mole - I agree with you, spiderpig), then the scene where the affair guy is told by Janis that she has an "instinct" that Renee's boss has feelings for Renee. So the implication is clearly put out there that Janis will figure out what is going on between Affairguy and Blondemole as well.

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