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Jack Bauer is a character no more

There are a couple of interesting things about the current season of 24:

  1. It’s good. No, really it is. After the last season which even the writers’ were hating as they wrote, they’ve had a sit down, thought about what was wrong and fixed it. We’ve even had the “there’s a second shooter” moment which has neatly divided the season into two parts to avoid plot fatigue. The launch of the second part was on Monday – and wasn’t it exciting?
  2. Jack Bauer is starting to become a real person.

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Monday’s cloning Keira news

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Review: Heroes 3×15 – Trust and Blood

Not a proper review as such, more like a question and a brief look-over: anyone actually want episode by episode reviews of Heroes, given it’s finally getting good again?

Given I don’t normally do e-by-e reviews of US shows, only the occasional Brit show (there’s only so much time in the week and let’s not commit to anything we can’t sustain), I thought there was an atypical lack of symmetry there that might need fixing. Besides, it’s about the only US show I’d want to review e-by-e, apart from 24, but my 24 reviews would just be me giggling insanely because each episode has more well executed action scenes in it than any other US show has per season (with the honourable exceptions of The Unit and Battlestar Galactica, of course).

Of course, if Heroes goes pants again, I might regret the offer, but I thought I’d put it out there – over to you.

As for this week’s episode, for a mini-review, join me after the jump.

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Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news

Doctor Who

  • Trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth

Film

Theatre

  • Michael Bogdanov’s theatre company to fold after staging Thorn Birds musical
  • Les Dennis to star in Priestley comedy

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Friday’s “not very impressive Torchwood trailer” news

Doctor Who

  • Trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth

Film

Theatre

  • Michael Bogdanov’s theatre company to fold after staging Thorn Birds musical
  • Les Dennis to star in Priestley comedy

British TV

US TV