CRAP CRAP CRAP
Day Seven is delayed until next year
What the heck do we do until then?
Oh, and just to rub salt in the wound, today we find out that co-creator Joel Surnow is leaving the show
Surnow was the right-wing wingnut who is largely seen as being most responsible for 24s controversial "ends justify the means" ethos during its early seasons.
One of my favourite examples of this particular sensibility was at the begining of Season 2, where Jack, having executed a police informant in cold blood, asks outraged CTU Director George Mason for a hacksaw so that he can decapitate the corpse in order to formulate an elaborate deception. When Mason protests Jack's drastic measures, the CTU agent rounds on him:
That's the problem with people like you, George. You want results, but you never want to get your hands dirty. I'd start rolling up your sleeves.
I can't help but think that with Surnow's departure, the show will lose a bit of its trademark ruthlessness and cruelty.
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