MONDO EXTRAS

24
The question of how far Jack Bauer is willing to go to protect innocent civilians remains an open one, because he just keeps crossing new lines. But his low point of this season came just before 7:00 AM, when he had to put a round in his boss's skull. Ryan Chappelle had been an annoying bureaucratic obstacle since the first season, but he became less of a liability in the wee hours of Day Three. Sure enough, that's when terrorist Stephen Saunders decided that Chappelle needed to be taken out of play. Weighing Chappelle's life against those of untold millions left the former a little on the light side -- even, at the end, by his own estimation. Kiefer Sutherland showed the emotional cracks in Bauer's professionalism, and Paul Schulze nailed Chappelle's exit scene. If you'll pardon the expression, this moment blew us away. We lost our heads. It's number one with a bullet. Recognizing it is a no-brainer. I'll stop now. -- M. Giant

7th Heaven
The eighth season of 7th Heaven was absolutely packed with monumental events for the Camdens and Co., so it's hard to pick just one highlight. How about when Simon ran over and killed that kid -- oh, except that wasn't actually shown. Well, perhaps when the rest of the Camdens found out, and those riveting scenes in which they dealt with their grief and guilt. Wait -- we didn't see any of that either. Okay, how about Simon's tearful goodbye to his family when he went to college? The especially moving episode when the Camdens went to Grandpa Charles's funeral? When Matt and Sarah decided to separate and possibly end their marriage, or their subsequent reconciliation? How about when Mary told her parents she had gotten married without telling them and was pregnant? Or when she gave birth to the first Camden grandchild? Oh, that's right -- we didn't see any of those moments; we just heard about them after the fact in badly-delivered monologues.

So I guess I'll just have to go with one of the very special and poignant moments we did see, which was Asslee's boyfriend's friend complaining about getting fixed up with a girl who wet her pants in first grade. -- Sara M

Alias
In what has been called the worst season of Alias EVER, we had to endure an unwanted wife, a cuckolded Vaughn, an apparently spineless Sark, a confusing Sloane, terrifying middle-aged sex, no Spy Mommy, little to no Francinator, little to no Will, FAR too little Spy Daddy, and a Sydney who cried far too much and accomplished far too little. What did we get in return for our pain? If you answered, "A complete and coherent answer to just what in the hell happened during Syd's missing two years," then you don't win the set of Ginsu knives and you have to directly to hell. Do not pass Go.

This season practically BEGGED for some sort of memorable moment, but all we can really come up with is several semi-memorable moments, such as the appearance of Justin Theroux as Syd's former lover, the reappearance of Will and his subsequent "boinking" of one Sydney Bristow, the reanimation of Sloane at the hands of one Jack Bristow, and, of course, the very, very, very, VERY welcome death of Lauren "I'm Not Evil, My Eyes Are Just Drawn This Way With Every Kohl Pencil Within A Ten-Mile Radius" Reed.

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24
The question of how far Jack Bauer is willing to go to protect innocent civilians remains an open one, because he just keeps crossing new lines. But his low point of this season came just before 7:00 AM, when he had to put a round in his boss's skull. Ryan Chappelle had been an annoying bureaucratic obstacle since the first season, but he became less of a liability in the wee hours of Day Three. Sure enough, that's when terrorist Stephen Saunders decided that Chappelle needed to be taken out of play. Weighing Chappelle's life against those of untold millions left the former a little on the light side -- even, at the end, by his own estimation. Kiefer Sutherland showed the emotional cracks in Bauer's professionalism, and Paul Schulze nailed Chappelle's exit scene. If you'll pardon the expression, this moment blew us away. We lost our heads. It's number one with a bullet. Recognizing it is a no-brainer. I'll stop now. -- M. Giant

7th Heaven
The eighth season of 7th Heaven was absolutely packed with monumental events for the Camdens and Co., so it's hard to pick just one highlight. How about when Simon ran over and killed that kid -- oh, except that wasn't actually shown. Well, perhaps when the rest of the Camdens found out, and those riveting scenes in which they dealt with their grief and guilt. Wait -- we didn't see any of that either. Okay, how about Simon's tearful goodbye to his family when he went to college? The especially moving episode when the Camdens went to Grandpa Charles's funeral? When Matt and Sarah decided to separate and possibly end their marriage, or their subsequent reconciliation? How about when Mary told her parents she had gotten married without telling them and was pregnant? Or when she gave birth to the first Camden grandchild? Oh, that's right -- we didn't see any of those moments; we just heard about them after the fact in badly-delivered monologues.

So I guess I'll just have to go with one of the very special and poignant moments we did see, which was Asslee's boyfriend's friend complaining about getting fixed up with a girl who wet her pants in first grade. -- Sara M

Alias
In what has been called the worst season of Alias EVER, we had to endure an unwanted wife, a cuckolded Vaughn, an apparently spineless Sark, a confusing Sloane, terrifying middle-aged sex, no Spy Mommy, little to no Francinator, little to no Will, FAR too little Spy Daddy, and a Sydney who cried far too much and accomplished far too little. What did we get in return for our pain? If you answered, "A complete and coherent answer to just what in the hell happened during Syd's missing two years," then you don't win the set of Ginsu knives and you have to directly to hell. Do not pass Go.

This season practically BEGGED for some sort of memorable moment, but all we can really come up with is several semi-memorable moments, such as the appearance of Justin Theroux as Syd's former lover, the reappearance of Will and his subsequent "boinking" of one Sydney Bristow, the reanimation of Sloane at the hands of one Jack Bristow, and, of course, the very, very, very, VERY welcome death of Lauren "I'm Not Evil, My Eyes Are Just Drawn This Way With Every Kohl Pencil Within A Ten-Mile Radius" Reed.

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