24 Season 7 Recap: A Rewatch of 24′s 7th Season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5xesA9P6yc Watch the Show on YouTube Listen to the Podcast: LIVE at 2 pm ET / 11 am PT on Tuesday, April 22nd, Rob Cesternino and Josh Wigler look back at 24 Season 7. In this episode Rob and Josh Discuss: * Why does Josh loves Season 7 of 24? * There was no 24 in 2008, thanks to the writer’s strike. How did the writer’s strike hurt or benefit Season 7? * To make up for the yearlong absence of 24, Fox offers up 24: REDEMPTION, a two-hour TV movie set in Africa. What’s the quick take on REDEMPTION? How does it set up Season 7? * Does 24: REDEMPTION tell us anything about 24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY? * Moving onto Season 7, what’s the setup for the season? * Goodbye Los Angeles, hello Washington. What does the new D.C. location do for 24? Does it work? * Goodbye CTU, hello FBI. Does 24 benefit from losing CTU? How is the FBI portrayed? What does Josh like about these characters? * Goodbye Wayne Palmer, hello Allison Taylor. 24 introduces a new, female president into the mix. What’s she like? Is she a strong character? * Goodbye Tony Almeida, hello Evil Tony Almeida. The big controversy of Season 7: 24 turns Tony into a villain. Does it work? Do we buy his “resurrection,” and do we buy the character as a villain? * Hello Renee Walker. 24 introduces its best female lead yet. Why is Renee so awesome? * Hello Larry Moss, and goodbye Larry Moss. The head of the FBI is one of Josh’s favorite characters this season, and one of his all-time favorites. Why? And how does he die? * Goodbye Bill Buchanan. Pour one out for the longest-running head of CTU. Why does Josh like Bill’s death so much? * Hello Jon Voight. The Oscar-winning actor is the big bad of Season 7, and it’s great. Enough said? * Some of the characters really don’t work, including Billy Walsh from “Entourage” as the FBI Mole, and Janeane Garofalo as the new Chloe O’Brien. * Kim Bauer update. Has 24 finally figured out how to make Kim work? * Goodbye Jack Bauer. He spends slightly less than half the day infected with a lethal pathogen, and given a terminal diagnosis. It’s an interesting idea that yields some good moments but doesn’t totally work. What’s good and bad about this? * What’s Bauer’s most badass move of the day? * MVP? LVP? * Where is Season 7 in Josh’s power-rankings? * How does this season Setup for Season 8?   Subscribe to Post Show Recaps [saf]