I'm sure I'm not the only one who's still reeling from the 24 love scene last week featuring Acting President Noah Daniels, and who's praying we don't see a romantic replay in hour 20.
In the meantime, Powers Boothe, who plays Daniels, defended the power-mad pol to TV Guide, saying that he doesn't think Daniels is "misguided." "You had a nuke go off in [California]," Boothe said, "and people are sitting around wringing their hands. He feels like he has to do something."
On a personal note, Boothe said he's a C-SPAN watcher, was raised Democrat but is now an Independent and thinks 24 appeals to people on all political stripes. Given that he says he's "politically informed" and watches Senate hearings, I can't help but wonder whether, despite his comments to the contrary, if he's channeling a real-life politician, particularly when Daniels is pawing an aide in the Oval Office. (*Insert your own political joke here.*)
[Via 24headquarters.com.]
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4-30-2007 @ 3:36PM
Jonathan Myers said...
Haven't we seen enough romantic sub-plots in the "24" Oval Office? Let's see - there was Palmer (David, not Lil' Bro') and his romantic involvement . We had Martha Logan and Aaron Pierce (and BTW - what happened to THAT subplot? Martha kills a disgraced ex-president - how many times has it been mentioned in the Oval Office???). "24" is getting soft. All we need now is for Ricky Schroeder's father (of course played by Joel Higgins) to fall for a hot intern (played by Erin Gray).
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4-30-2007 @ 3:58PM
C C said...
Nope, he's not misguided. Either I'm crazy, or Noah Daniels will be proven NOT to be as sinister as he appears. I don't think the writers would name a villain after two major biblical heroes (Noah and Daniel).
I know that the 24 writers like to repeat names, but I'm getting a very strange feeling about them using "Daniels" as this character's last name.
It may be nothing, but the name "Danny", a diminutive of "Daniel" or "Daniels", came up before in the series. Remember Michelle's emotionally unstable brother? Who showed up in season two? It could be just a coinkydink. But I'm really wondering if the writers could be up to something.
Also, Mike Doyle shares the same intials as Michelle-MD.
Is this another coincidence? Maybe.
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4-30-2007 @ 4:13PM
Randy said...
CC, you're either a genius or you're crazy!
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4-30-2007 @ 4:19PM
C C said...
I'm probably just crazy. I have this nasty habit of looking for connections of any kind-even if they don't exist.
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4-30-2007 @ 5:51PM
ac said...
CC this is 24 not LOST. They are coincidences.
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4-30-2007 @ 6:16PM
C C said...
The Daniels thing is probably a coincidence. Mike Doyle? I'm not so sure. My initial impression was that Mike Doyle was related to Jack-an allusion to Mike Bauer on Guiding Light (the soap of my youth). Now I think I was mistaken about that. If Doyle is connected to anyone, it's probably Michelle. They have the same initials, MD, and the name Michelle is the feminization of Michael.
Still, I think it's interesting that the writers made two allusions to Michelle, even if Daniels and Doyle turn out to have no connection to her.
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4-30-2007 @ 6:43PM
tcc3 said...
OMG Mike Doyle is Michelle! Her death was jut a cover up for an embarrasing sex change op!
Only Milo knows the truth. Thats why theres friction, hes afraid of his love for her/him.
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4-30-2007 @ 6:56PM
C C said...
Ha ha.
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4-30-2007 @ 8:44PM
Frankly said...
Sigh...can't get a decent conversation going!
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5-01-2007 @ 2:40PM
Andy said...
What if they're doing a "Dallas" storyline with Jack? By that I mean, what if this entire season is taking place in Jack's mind in some hell-hole in China?
Why did they have to bring back Audrey? I know it's simply because Kim Raver's series was canceled early in this TV season and she was available, but to my way of thinking Kim would have been a much better choice.
I guess I just need an Elisha Cuthbert fix.
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5-01-2007 @ 2:54PM
C C said...
Well, the end of this season isn't going to be Bobby Ewing in the shower, but you're not far off. This season IS an illusion. A total con. It will turn out to be the opposite of Jack in a hell-hole in China-he wasn't in Chinese custody for very long at all.
Contrary to the "spoilers" that have been leaked, I think we're going to see Kim Bauer in the last couple of episodes. With our luck, she'll be "kidnapped" again.
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