24 on DVD / Pictures on DVD title screen

So I am watching season 3 of 24 which I bought on DVD.

** Mild spoiler incoming -- do not read if you want to be surprised in Season 3, and didn't buy the DVDs... **
I'm moving on to the 9th episode, which means I'm moving from disc 2 to disc 3. When I put in disc 3, the title screen on the menu has a picture of Sarah Clarke. Therefore I know Nina Myers is going to be in one of the episodes on the disc.

I am watching an episode where Jack and the Salazars are going to buy the virus from the Ukranians, and the broker tells Jack that there's another buyer, and they have to bid on the virus. I do some deductive reasoning and figure out that Nina Myers must be the other buyer. A truck drives up, and who should step out of the truck? It's Nina Myers! Am I surprised? No! But I should be!

I'm sorry that I saw the disc with her picture on it, because I would have preferred to be surprised when I saw her come on the screen.

24 Season 2

I just finished Season 2 of 24 (and am partway through Season 3 on the same day, heh...)

I must say that watching a series on DVD at your own schedule is far more fulfilling than watching it on TV. I'd like to recommend Deep Discount DVD. These are not affiliate links, I make no money for these - I just respect their service and pricing enough to recommend them.
Season 1 $34.21
Season 2 $43.59
Season 3 $43.59
Season 4 $44.77
No shipping on any of them.

Note: If anyone finds a way to earn affiliate credit for DDD, please let me know. They rock!

Now that I'm done with that free plug for DDD and 24, back to my review of this show...

Season 2, much like Season 1, had many surprises in it. It's to be expected. You start to really like a character, and they are taken from the show.

** Mild spoilers incoming **

For instance, I had really liked Mike, the President's advisor, throughout Season 1, but somehow I suspected that he was going to turn out to be dirty somehow. What he did in Season 2 wasn't the worst conceivable thing - in a way, he was just trying to do the right thing. But he is now out of the show.
And Michelle Forbes' character, Lynne Kresge, I was hoping to see her character in Season 3, but I guess not.
I still can't get over Terri at the end of Season 1.

And the twist with putting the character played by Penny Johnson (Sisko's girlfriend in DS9) in the entire first season, and then only the half of the second season, and then only the half of the third season... That is interesting. For some reason, her character is the character I love to hate.

I find it funny that Michelle Forbes and Penny Johnson (who played Lieutenant Ro Laren and Captain Kasidy Yates in Star Trek) play opposite each other through the last half of Season 2 of 24. Their characters never met in Star Trek (at least in the TV show, they met in the books...)

Still like the show, will definitely see it through Season 4 and see when 5 comes out on DVD.

I'm still waiting for November when the final season of MASH comes out on DVD!

24 (the TV show)

So I've been hooked on 24 lately. I blame Howie and Justin.

Season 1 was pretty hot, but the last 45 seconds of the last episode really blew me away. Not as much as it did Terri Bauer, but it still rocked me. I couldn't fathom how season 2 was going to be!

I'm halfway through season 2 now, and like it lots. I hope Netflix gets here soon, the last half of it are on their way. I already bought Seasons 3 and 4 (mainly so I don't have to try to time Netflix correctly for my addiction to this show).

A lot of this show is filmed right down the street from here - at Lassen and Owensmouth. Before my company moved from Chatsworth to Simi Valley, I drove past the office every day.

I might have a 24 marathon this weekend.