Unofficial 24 Page "Best Of" Clips #5 -- Logan's Undoing
Today's clip in the countdown of awesome 24 scenes is that of President Logan's undoing at the hands of the oh-so-crafty folks at CTU.
Before we get to that, though, I wanted to alert those of you who aren't out on YouTube that often to the fact that there are four quick scenes from the upcoming Season Six premiere posted there. They're all 30 seconds to a minute but it's cool to see something new. So here they are:
1) Miles is back! And he's a manager!
2) Apparently, CTU is being run by the youngest agents they could find. Where the hell is Bill?
3) Oh, there's Bill, picking up Jack at the airport (interestingly, no "Bauer" sign in his hands) and looking agahst at how poor Jack looks (and, presumably, smells).
4) I never cared for Karen Hayes, as many of you know. However, this clip gives us a look at the oval office set that we finally get to see in Season Six. 'Bout time.
Okay, now, moving on to the business I promised you -- the clip of Logan being brought down. First, the clip; then, my rambles.
Logan has just shook some sense into that crazy wife of his and they're calmly walking over to the stage where he will more or less eulogize David Palmer, the man whose death he inadvertantly allowed. At least, that's the way it happened once the writing staff decided that around the 15th hour of the day.
I kind of wished Logan had documented a little more of the history that we saw of President Palmer but despite that, Logan again showed us that for all his faults, he was a hell of a public speaker. He delivers his lines well, he's polished and he appears intelligent. It's interesting to me that Itzin played it this way because it's a true testament to good acting -- to show with multiple layers how obsessed this character was with his public image. So obsessed, in fact, that he was willing to risk many deaths to look like the hero and, in his twisted mind, make America a better place.
One of our readers, Pheon, pointed out that the music underneath this scene is David Palmer's "theme" from Season One. While I am having trouble recognizing it as such, I will say that it's unique and I'm not familiar with it so it stands to reason that it's from way back in Season One.
Getting back to the scene, this was the episode sent in for the Emmy evaluations and it was a good choice. I do like Logan saying "A poet once said, 'No man is an island.'" I guess his staff didn't have time to Google that phrase to learn it comes from John Donne. Heh.
What I loved about this scene is hard to list but it includes:
Before we get to that, though, I wanted to alert those of you who aren't out on YouTube that often to the fact that there are four quick scenes from the upcoming Season Six premiere posted there. They're all 30 seconds to a minute but it's cool to see something new. So here they are:
1) Miles is back! And he's a manager!
2) Apparently, CTU is being run by the youngest agents they could find. Where the hell is Bill?
3) Oh, there's Bill, picking up Jack at the airport (interestingly, no "Bauer" sign in his hands) and looking agahst at how poor Jack looks (and, presumably, smells).
4) I never cared for Karen Hayes, as many of you know. However, this clip gives us a look at the oval office set that we finally get to see in Season Six. 'Bout time.
Okay, now, moving on to the business I promised you -- the clip of Logan being brought down. First, the clip; then, my rambles.
Logan has just shook some sense into that crazy wife of his and they're calmly walking over to the stage where he will more or less eulogize David Palmer, the man whose death he inadvertantly allowed. At least, that's the way it happened once the writing staff decided that around the 15th hour of the day.
I kind of wished Logan had documented a little more of the history that we saw of President Palmer but despite that, Logan again showed us that for all his faults, he was a hell of a public speaker. He delivers his lines well, he's polished and he appears intelligent. It's interesting to me that Itzin played it this way because it's a true testament to good acting -- to show with multiple layers how obsessed this character was with his public image. So obsessed, in fact, that he was willing to risk many deaths to look like the hero and, in his twisted mind, make America a better place.
One of our readers, Pheon, pointed out that the music underneath this scene is David Palmer's "theme" from Season One. While I am having trouble recognizing it as such, I will say that it's unique and I'm not familiar with it so it stands to reason that it's from way back in Season One.
Getting back to the scene, this was the episode sent in for the Emmy evaluations and it was a good choice. I do like Logan saying "A poet once said, 'No man is an island.'" I guess his staff didn't have time to Google that phrase to learn it comes from John Donne. Heh.
What I loved about this scene is hard to list but it includes:
- The interspersed speech by Logan with the damning evidence against him, while just minutes earlier we were thinking that he was about to get away with it. I don't know about you, but I definitely thought it was a possibility.
- The pure disgusting nature of Logan speaking about David Palmer, his "friend," despite having responsibility for his death.
- The Federal Marshal getting a call from the Attorney General and springing into action.
- The way the Secret Service continues to respect the office of the President, even calling him "sir" and "Mr. President" and not cuffing him. Obviously, this also has to do with public perception.
- The line, "Not anymore."
- Mike Novick's smug look as he stands behind Martha for rather ample cover.
As was documented on this site, we definitely loved Season Five and this scene towards the very end was a terrific way to send out Logan and served as a nice tribute to the amazing work Greg Itzin did on the show. Reports seem to indicate he'll have a role of sorts this season but it's hard to imagine how he could re-enter the scene. Let's just hope he's not the replacement for Sherry Palmer -- that is, non-trustworthy creep who constantly weasels back into the fray.
posted by J Money at 2:40:00 PM
3 Comments:
Well, I just watched the clip again, and I will say that the part that I recognize as "Palmer's Theme" was during the scene when Martha and Logan enter the stage. But from there, it is mostly new material, J. Having seen it once twice before, my memory on this Hour still isn't as clear like Teri's Death, which I must have seen at twenty-odd times (You can see it on my DVDs . . . boy are they wore out!)
But once again, great choice for Number #5. What an ending to ANY season of 24 . . . Jack Bauer seriously helped take down the most powerful man of the free world. With the advent of President Ford's death, it makes me wonder how people must be thinking about President Gardner (since it was obvious that he became President for the remaining year of Keeler's elected term until Wayne gets elected.)
Seriously, Logan can't avoid impeachment unless he resigns, and history shows that he could also avoid criminal investigation if he's pardoned by the President, which we have no idea if acting President Gardner will do.
And if he does, does that mean that no President - even if proven guilty of terrible things (and Nixon definitely has NOTHING on Logan) - can ever be brought down to justice? It's certainly a possibility to consider.
The first 4 episodes of the new season might or might not appear to be on torrent already.
Would you rather sacrifice a single innocent or have a moltitude endure hardships in order to win a war? We live in a time where feeling good or bad is more important than doing the right or wrong thing. Jack must die for no conscience to be touched by heavy rensponsibilities we are no longer capable of dealing with.
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