Stall tactics on 24 drive me nuts

I agree the Kim subplot in season 2 is one of the colossal jokes of all time. I am convinced the writing team put her out as eye candy to attract young male viewers, and had a contest to see how far away from the main plot they could go without completely insulting the viewing audience (they failed). My wife and I enjoyed this ingenuity on their part and waited anxiously for every Kim segment so that we could laugh our butts off.

"What we should all be asking is how did Lynn get back into CTU without it?"

And Aaron gets the gold star! I swear, sometimes the flawed writing really gets to me on 24.

You're asking the wrong question about the Key Card. What we should all be asking is how did Lynn get back into CTU without it? Wouldn't he have to scan it to come back in after he got the crap kicked out of him? Also, I'm glad his sister is dead, she could've ended up being really annoying.

I oringially thought the same, that the terrorists planned on using the junkie bf ahead of time. However, somebody reminded me that they never intended to release the gas in the US. That kinda throws a wrench into that logic.

24 is still a great show, but I think this might be one of those cases where we have to just turn our heads and pretend there's not a plot hole there.

"You've got it completely backwards. The terrorists found THEM first. They obviously tagged the boyfriend and he convinced the junkie sister that it was just a simple robbery."

That seems like a stretch to me, even for 24...I doubt the terrorists would hinge their plans on a couple of junkie f-ups coming through. The terrorists found Lynn, found out he has a junkie sister, found out she has a boyfriend, and they just knew that Lynn would come running as soon as his sister called him for money? Why wouldn't the b/f have let the sister in on the plan? She already knew they were going to rob Lynn and beat him up.

"Off topic...strictly to maintain the credibility of the show, they better explain how Lynn's sister's boyfriend was able to find someone who wanted a CTU security card. It may not effect the plot much if at all, but it's a gaping hole."

You've got it completely backwards. The terrorists found THEM first. They obviously tagged the boyfriend and he convinced the junkie sister that it was just a simple robbery.

While I agree 24 has stall tactics, I found thins amusing:

"Over the summer, my husband and I rented season one of 24...

Do people in the real world actually have the same conversation over and over again within one hour? I don't think so."

That's because you're the woman. Had your husband written this, there would be no question. :)

I kid with love. Ladies, y'all be repeatin' stuff that dudes already got the first time and don't realize it. Love you Donna if you read this. :)

I think if it was all about Jack then people would be complaining about that. 24 is not a thinking show, it's a ram-bam show like Die Hard. You just sit back and watch and enjoy it.
The Lost Flashbacks are not stall tactics! They are extremely crucial to the stories that are happening on the island. Although they do have other stall tactics with unimportant plots going on (i.e. Sawyer and Hurley hunting a stupid tree frog all episode).
Lets face it, even though some people may not like 24 it still is one of the best shows on TV, and still stays in the top ten rated shows for the week. But, if you don't like 24 I'm sure they'd love you to watch CSI or some forensic show on CBS because those shows NEVER use stall tactics...hahahaha!

The cool kids all watch '24'? Wow. I'm part of the cool kids!

If you don't like it, '24' is hard to watch, but that's true of any show. You couldn't pay me enough money to watch Desperate Housewives, but I hear that a lot of people like it.

As for the whole cougar thing... it was hardly five minutes of the show. It amuses me that it's still making the rounds.

I have no problem with the subplots but the plot-recap-conversations are excrutiating. I don't believe they're necessary because the vast majority of 24 viewers are watching every week. It's not the sort of show you watch once in a while.

"Jack, are you heading to the abandoned warehouse on Main Street to confront the Russian terrorists because they are going to release nerve gas because blah blah blah?" Gimme a break.

Off topic...strictly to maintain the credibility of the show, they better explain how Lynn's sister's boyfriend was able to find someone who wanted a CTU security card. It may not effect the plot much if at all, but it's a gaping hole.