AUTHOR: John TITLE: i'm twenty minutes out ... of touch DATE: 1/19/2010 08:37:00 AM ----- BODY:

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“Up against the dumpster!” That line from the second hour of Day 8 (5:00-6:00 PM) pretty much sums it up. It’s not quite ready to throw away, but 24 has reached its expiration date. As the new (?) intro says: events occur in real time. And real time has, quite apparently, caught up with Jack Bauer. He’s a grandfather. There is the predictable exposition about Jack being an unusual grandfather. (Like we have to be informed of this?) At its inception, 24 perfectly captured the breathless sense of danger and doom that hung in the afterglow of 9/11. We wanted a savior back then. So much that in 2008, we elected one. And then, proceeded to crucify him. Even Katee Sackhoff isn’t enough to salvage the show. Her first entrance is a stunner, but twenty minutes later she’s back to her Starbuck from Battlestar Gallactica, alternately kicking butt and crying into her sleeve. Note to Keifer: Start checking the traffic cams!

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