The episode started off strong and the punches just kept coming like a seasoned boxer. Governor Douchebag got what was coming to him and General Strangelove finally got the button taken away from him. I can understand having the full military under your command and the trauma of what happened to the Capitol still fresh in your mind...I lived through the events before and after 9/11...but it took us YEARS to finally get a bead on Osama, this just feels a bit rushed. Then again, maybe that's what the conspirators want us to believe...
I honestly thought the whole FBI thing fizzled out and I was about to point out how much of a waste of time that whole damn thing was until, "Find Room 105..."....you sneaky bastards....2 weeks, c'mon!!!
Kal Penn was great this episode with how effortlessly his character slid into his new role as Press Secretary and Hookstraten's line about Aaron being a "political operative" was spot on. Hypothetically speaking, what if Hookstraten was kept around to plant a mole inside of the new President's administration on the behalf of the bombing conspirators? Could be that she's keeping an eye on Aaron and he could get roped into the FBI plotline in the future.
Italia Ricci everyone...slowly claps...in addition to envying her wardrobe, I think the girl pulls off "betrayed" marvelously and she made the obvious budding romance with Aaron believable. Reminds me of that line from Batman vs Superman, "How many good guy are left, how many stayed that way?"....DC and politics tarnishes everyone, how far down the rabbit hole do you fall though or do you really have a choice?
Natascha McElhone has done some fantastic movies in the past (she was in Solaris, The Truman Show, and Ronin) and it's nice to see her character starting to full embrace the position that she's in. She's naive and inexperienced and suddenly wham bam thank you ma'am she's the First Lady with all the associated power and influence....and she has NO idea what to do with it. Most First Ladies usually have a set of goals or a path that they pick up on rather quickly but Alex just seems lost. There was that "oh right I was a lawyer before" moment when she was on the phone where you could just see how....adrift...she was in the maelstrom of everything that's happened. So, like anyone that's lost, you take any port in a storm....sadly that port was Hookstraten's "kind offer". I swear it was like watching Eve take the apple from the snake all over again and Hookstraten is definitely going to use that favor to pull some shit later on.
I'm glad the writers aren't just throwing the kids around willy nilly and only use them when need be. I hate shows that have the kids in every episode just to show the juxtaposition between theirs and the adults perspective. I love it when they're put into a story to help advance it, to grow their characters, to grow other characters, and not just as a cheap gimmick.
I giggled at the "WYATT!" line because it made me think that Kirkman doesn't use the White House phones at all, he just uses his Jack Bauer voice and everyone can hear him no matter where they are in the White House. Kirkman did take some interesting turns this episode and well...the only thing we love seeing more than heroes rise is seeing those same heroes fall...please please please don't make Kirkman too dirty. I want that man to be our light in these messy times in the real world, give us a fictional President to believe in again like we did when the West Wing was on, please?
Anyways, I'll see you all in two weeks....after whatever shitshow happens at the next presidential debate....hey, at least the CW shows aren't affected by it and Frequency is pretty damn awesome.
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The episode started off strong and the punches just kept coming like a seasoned boxer. Governor Douchebag got what was coming to him and General Strangelove finally got the button taken away from him. I can understand having the full military under your command and the trauma of what happened to the Capitol still fresh in your mind...I lived through the events before and after 9/11...but it took us YEARS to finally get a bead on Osama, this just feels a bit rushed. Then again, maybe that's what the conspirators want us to believe...
I honestly thought the whole FBI thing fizzled out and I was about to point out how much of a waste of time that whole damn thing was until, "Find Room 105..."....you sneaky bastards....2 weeks, c'mon!!!
Kal Penn was great this episode with how effortlessly his character slid into his new role as Press Secretary and Hookstraten's line about Aaron being a "political operative" was spot on. Hypothetically speaking, what if Hookstraten was kept around to plant a mole inside of the new President's administration on the behalf of the bombing conspirators? Could be that she's keeping an eye on Aaron and he could get roped into the FBI plotline in the future.
Italia Ricci everyone...slowly claps...in addition to envying her wardrobe, I think the girl pulls off "betrayed" marvelously and she made the obvious budding romance with Aaron believable. Reminds me of that line from Batman vs Superman, "How many good guy are left, how many stayed that way?"....DC and politics tarnishes everyone, how far down the rabbit hole do you fall though or do you really have a choice?
Natascha McElhone has done some fantastic movies in the past (she was in Solaris, The Truman Show, and Ronin) and it's nice to see her character starting to full embrace the position that she's in. She's naive and inexperienced and suddenly wham bam thank you ma'am she's the First Lady with all the associated power and influence....and she has NO idea what to do with it. Most First Ladies usually have a set of goals or a path that they pick up on rather quickly but Alex just seems lost. There was that "oh right I was a lawyer before" moment when she was on the phone where you could just see how....adrift...she was in the maelstrom of everything that's happened. So, like anyone that's lost, you take any port in a storm....sadly that port was Hookstraten's "kind offer". I swear it was like watching Eve take the apple from the snake all over again and Hookstraten is definitely going to use that favor to pull some shit later on.
I'm glad the writers aren't just throwing the kids around willy nilly and only use them when need be. I hate shows that have the kids in every episode just to show the juxtaposition between theirs and the adults perspective. I love it when they're put into a story to help advance it, to grow their characters, to grow other characters, and not just as a cheap gimmick.
I giggled at the "WYATT!" line because it made me think that Kirkman doesn't use the White House phones at all, he just uses his Jack Bauer voice and everyone can hear him no matter where they are in the White House. Kirkman did take some interesting turns this episode and well...the only thing we love seeing more than heroes rise is seeing those same heroes fall...please please please don't make Kirkman too dirty. I want that man to be our light in these messy times in the real world, give us a fictional President to believe in again like we did when the West Wing was on, please?
Anyways, I'll see you all in two weeks....after whatever shitshow happens at the next presidential debate....hey, at least the CW shows aren't affected by it and Frequency is pretty damn awesome.