24 didn't deserve the Emmy for Best Drama this year. I base my opinion on one scene. In the Episode "6:00-7:00pm", Edgar Stiles dies in what can easily be called the worst dying sequence ever filmed. There's a poisonous gas that has been released, one that supposedly burns you from the inside-out, causing hideous levels of pain. Edgar gets trapped outside the Operations room, only to discover that the remaining CTU staff are inside, sealed off and protected.Edgar Stiles and Chloe O'Brien were close friends, and it was revealed earlier in the day that he was romantically interested in her. Their final exchange should have been palpable. At the very least, they could have had a very Star Trek: Wrath of Khan moment - fingers sliding down the separating glass, breathlessly expressing a final goodbye.
Instead, it went a little something like this:
Edgar: Chlo-e! [Phhhllump!]
The fact that Lost wasn't even nominated, and 24 won the Emmy, even after a horrible piece of acting like this...it's such crap. You wouldn't mind, but the scene was considered a controversial, momentous turning point for the show...I doubt they're even watching television.
For the record: I love watching 24. But it didn't deserve an Emmy. Good lord. Hey at least Edgar's dead!
1 comment:
Totally agree. 24 is fun to watch, but other than Kiefer it deserved zero nominations. And Gregory Itzin deserved some sort of anti-nomination. Actually maybe that's not fair; I mostly just couldn't stand his character. Which brings me to what was wrong with this past season: There was no point to any of it. We never found out what Robocop and Dr. Romano were up to. What was their motivation? That whole season was meaningless.
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