Jack in a Box: Producers vow to Reinvent Show Next Season
I'm positive that Season Six of '24' will be subjected to Scott's newest feature This is Why You Suck...
As much of a Bauerhead as anybody, I have to admit this season has been a miss, on almost all fronts.
Well the good news is the writers of '24' have noticed.
"It hurts to hear the criticism," said executive producer and writer Howard Gordon. "I don't dispute it's been a challenging season to write for us. But it's reinvigorated our determination to reinvent the show. This year could be seen to be the last iteration of it in its current state."
I certainly have my ideas...
-Never have another Muslim Antagonist: Not for the PC reasons you think. Because the writers over-compensated for the character of Abu Fayed with preachy writing over how all Muslims aren't bad and how intrusive policies with regards to Muslim Americans don't work. I would much rather have been spared all this and had the bad guys be British.
-Pick a fucking President!: This coaching carousel of Presidents is perhaps the most far fetched of plots in a show I willingly suspend disbelief for.
-Decide what to do with the "Cameo Characters": It does no good to bring in The Logans, Aaron, Kim, Audrey, James Heller for one episode and then just have them go away without any character development at all. The audience justifiably ends up feeling more robbed at the end, then they are suprised at the beginning.
(You solve both these problems if James Heller (William Devane) takes the Oval Office next season and keeps it until the end of the series). But my guess is with all these cameo returns that the producers seem to prefer dealing with William Devane in doses.
-Bring back the everyday elements of the show: As much as you hear "You want to see Jack go to the bathroom", scenes of Jack falling asleep and rushing through a first meal at 4pm in the first season, reminded the audience that the season was taking place during the course of one day. Its easy to forget, especially when all the surprises are happening at 5 minutes to the hour.
-Move the show: New York or better yet, Washington, DC would be refreshing new venues for the show. You could still shoot most of the show in California for weather reasons, then move any landmark locations scenes to DC for filming. With all the fans in Congress, I'm sure they could film and do whatever they want.
-Kill Kim: It's time. She's dead weight. In fact her character was already written off when she gave Jack her "I associate you with grief" walk out. If she was dead it would take Jack to another dark place and motivate him to go apeshit in Season 7.
Labels: Jack in a Box
