Dan and I ended up watching 24S5 at about the same time, but in different countries. Some debate ensured over the value of certain characters. Here it is below, mainly unedited, with some minor predictive text and capitalisation fixes.
It has subsequently occurred to me that too much 24 messes with your head.
WARNING: May only make sense to only makes sense to 24addicts.
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains vital 24 Series 5 information. Do not read below this if you want to avoid reading about some vital plot points
- 27.12.2006 16:27
- dan
- I can't believe they killed Michelle. If Soul Patch Tony dies I'll be very upset.
- me
- So you don't mind about Palmer but you mind about Michelle? What about if Tony's Soul Patch dies?
- 27.12.2006 16:32
- dan
- Soul Patch Tony is the true star of 24. He is like, 25. I knew about Palmer, asshat Matt spoiled it on his site like a big dork.
- me
- That's like revealling secret intel without a code 5 clearance. Bauer would totally kick Matts arse for that. Tony's just a Jack wannabe. No way could Tony survive being deaded. Also Soul Patch Tony = Traitor Tony.
- 27.12.2006 16:40
- dan
- When Jack Bauer dies he needs to be revived right away. Soul Patch Tony can be dead for 24 hours and still wake up. Matt is a betrayer.
- me
- Yeah Matt who has a soul patch betrayed us the same way Tony who has a soul patch betrayed everyone. And for what? Michelle died anyway. Soul patch = looser.
- 27.12.2006 16:54
- dan
- Of all the people who knew Jack was alive, I wish they'd killed Chloe first.
- me
- I'd show Chloe a bit of Sevitz clearance level 5. She's cute when she failing socially.
- 27.12.2006 16:59
- dan
- She is by far and away the most annoying person on the show, next to the fat guy. Michelle is way cuter. At least before she was BBQ.
- me
- Michelle is too hairy. Hackers are cute.
- 28.12.2006 16:19
- dan
- Soul Patch Tony made it!
- me
- Soul Patch Tony can't handle the stress of not being blowed up. Jack still kick his looser arse.
- 28.12.2006 16:22
- dan
- I have a feeling Soul Patch Tony is about to go house on some terrorist ass.
- me
- What episode you up too.
- 28.12.2006 16:24
- dan
- 5-6 pm. Almost up to where you were yesterday.
- me
- So you know the doctor has said Soul Patch Tony can't handle the truth.
- 28.12.2006 16:26
- dan
- Soul Patch Tony would not let Michelle's death go unavenged. Chloe's, on the other hand...
- me
- I don't want to shag Soul Patch Tony ... Chloe on the other hand.
- 29.12.2006 14:41
- dan
- They killed Soul Patch Tony!
- me
- Told you he is no Jack B. I've only watched 2 hours further so don't tell me too much.
- 29.12.2006 14:43
- dan
- I'm not watching anymore. I'm too upset.
- me
- At least Chloe is still alive.
- 29.12.2006 14:44
- dan
- I wish she'd died during the chemical attack.
- me
- You sound like you are trying to hide feelings you are having for her.
- 29.12.2006 14:48
- dan
- Chloe can eat a bag of dicks.
- me
- She can have my dick in a box.
- 30.12.2006 18:14
- dan
- CTU have obviously never heard of the concept of copying important files. I've saved word documents more times than they've saved that recording.
- me
- Don't tell me anything after 2am but I believe we all know that if our lives dependended on CTU we'd all be dead.
- 30.12.2006 18:14
- dan
- I have noticed a falling in general competence since Soul Patch Tony died.
- me
- Come on. Chloe has saved Jack's life more times than I've had sex this year. Soul Patch Tony has done nothing except let bad dude kill him and escape.

1. Dragon
You’re fucking obssessed! I’d bet you’d do Martha Logan given half a chance too.
2. Dragon
And who the hell is Dartainian? (From your current random pic, Pic 10, Set 29, Jul 2001)
3. Adrian
Nah, not obsessed. Just more fun watching the program with a buddy even if you are on a ski slope in a different country at the time.
And I would rather be tortured by Jack Bauer than do Martha Logon.
And Dartainian is me. You know like the musketeer but better at darts.
4. Dragon
I didn’t mean obssessed with the series - just the whole Chloe thing. Never mind.
And I know that’s you in the picture! It was simply a poke about the reference. I’m pretty sure you meant D’Artagnan considering the reference to musketeers. Still, it’s only a name and spelling doesn’t matter, eh Andrew?
5. Dragon
And by the way - how predictable was it that… oh wait, spoilers in comments can still be seen!
6. Matt
I vehemently object to all negative references to my soul patch in the above post, and point out that soul patches do, in fact, kick ass. Jack Black has one, Q.E.D.
Might I also add that I was as vague as I could possibly be in my spoiler (so much so that it shouldn’t have spoiled anything, I didn’t mention any names even).
I am glad, however, that despite “minor predictive text and capitalisation fixes”, the Sevitz typos still made it through. My favourite one is “Jack still kick his looser arse”, which implies that Tony’s arse is more loose than Jack’s, which further implies that 24 is in fact some kind of gay porn, and Tony is on poppers.
7. Adrian
Hey Chloe is a babe.
If you put some space before the comment, spoilers wont show up on the side bar (which is what I presume you meant).
And Jack Black doesn’t QED anything. Jack Black would be first against the wall when the revolution starts.
8. Jack
D’Artagnan? I’ve always thought of you more as the Queen of Spain.
9. Matt
Jack Black has a soul patch, and Jack Black kicks ass, therefore soul patches kick ass, Q.E.D.
And err… Revolution? What revolution?
10. Adrian
Jack Black was just in The Holiday.
He doesn’t kick anything any longer. Except maybe shmultz.
11. Simon
Chloe, I quite like however she is not an actress, i think she’s a real person as evidenced by her appearance in Little Miss Sunshine. Although she was called Pageant Assistant Pam in the film, clearly she was undercover in some guise though not in terms of face, voice, intonation or nothing.
Having said that, feel free to disagree, I’m sitting here with the most giant spot I’ve ever had on my face covered in salted toothpaste (apparently it works)….
12. Destructor
In all seriousness, I was extremely upset by the death of Soul Patch Tony- not so much that he died, but that his character, which used to be an essential part of 24, was completely forgotten literally (as in, quite literally) two seconds after he died. I know it’s a fast moving show and they’re used to having friends die at CTU, but Christ, the show spent like two episodes mourning Fat Fuck Edgar who everyone hated, and an entire season mourning David Palmer, and they couldn’t throw even a little reference to Soul Patch Tony into a later ep, say, on one of the dozen occasions Jack was talking to Robocop?
“Oh, by the way, the guy you killed? Soul Patch Tony was his name. He saved my life like six times. You’re gonna fuckin’ die!!!”
I think Soul Patch Tony deserved that much.
13. Dragon
Seeing as Dan has no consideration for spoilers in the side bar, I will feel free to discuss this openly. Perhaps.
I did think SPT was going to recover to be honest - it was only an injection for crying out loud. I’m also pretty sure that Jack did keep going on about it but not wanting to exclude Michelle, only talked about his friends being killed. I was more concerned that we didn’t find out whether Martha Logan’s assistant and her kid were killed by Robocop or not. Also, what the hell happened to David Palmer’s brother?
re: soul patches. Tony’s soul patch, while distracting, was way better than that thing growing on C Thomas Howell’s face.
14. Adrian
Spoilers will disappear from the side bar, next week and there’s only 90 chars so I wouldn’t worry about it.
I agree they should have said what happened to the assistant. She was hot. I hope she comes back in a future episode.
I also was surprised they killed SPT. But then the injection went straight to the heart. The could have hit in the muscle, but I think 24 has a contract clause on body count.
Dan, I think you have something in for the analysts. They save the day all the time. Edgar’s Mom died in the last one, cut him some slack.
Now on the other hand C Thomas Howell could have kicked it way earlier and I would have been happier. What a dick. Jack should have killed him.
Also, what’s with everyone being A-Ok about 10 mins after being tortured. Robocop went from about to die to driving a car, Audrey went from screaming to doing her job. Does no one know how to torture properly any more?
15. Dragon
As I’ve discussed before on TR, Jack goes from being dead to running around like nothing’s happened in Season 2. Seems to happen quite a lot. Daniel Craig’s James Bond could learn a thing or two from Jack - get’s his balls tickled a little and then has to have a lie down for months on end. Wuss!
16. Adrian
Also DC’sJB needs to eat quite often. In fancy venues. There is one box window of Jack taking a bite of something in 6 series but that’s it.
17. cian
My favourite Bauer move is ‘pressing the wound’. It’s sounds like some playground euphemism but me and flatmate would shout ‘PRESS THE WOUND, PRESS THE WOUND’ whenever he was kicking ass or doing some grimy torture; especially when he shot Robocop’s wife in the leg.
What a legend - I reckon he’s harder than Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell.
18. The B
I have to defend Jack Black. Yes he was in The Holiday, but does he ever look that impressed? And does he ever snog Kate Winslet? NO he doesn’t, he just blags a free holiday. I agree it’s a bad movie but damn it, Jack Black was VERY shaggable. And had a scene with Dustin Hoffman!
19. Dragon
Sam Fisher was voiced by the guy who could make people’s heads explode just by thinking about it so to be fair, it’s going to be a tough call.
20. Gordon
Chloe? REALLY?
Bring back Nina!!
And you love us soul path brothers alone Sevitz. We’ll hunt you down, and get all Bauer on your lily white ass!
21. Adrian
Gordon, You’re Scottish. If anyones arse is lily white, it’s yours.
And I like Chloes social ineptitude. It’s sexy.
22. cian
First 4 hours of day Day 6 leaked over the weekend. I think the mole is in CTU. Chloe is checking the bittorrent firewall logs and transferring it to my screen, and Jack is leading a groundunit against my house.
It’s absolute quality and CTU’s hiring policy is following Dr House’s example of employing a bit of eye candy to keep the office looking good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Yassir
23. Destructor
Jack Bauer James Bond Jack Black
Anyone see a pattern here?
I agree they should have said what happened to the assistant.
Uhm, what?!? Dude, she’s dead. Henderson shot two paramedics just for being in the same room with her. She’s dead, dead as dillinger, dead as the dodo, dead as a dead squirrel on a road after ten dead days of getting run over- dead. No way is she alive. Is any of this getting through to you? Henderson waggling his eyebrows at the screen whilst saying: “She gave up his location.” was the big clue for me. Just goes to show, kids: If your mom is bleeding out on the floor, never dial 911.
24. zed
i think chloe’s great - her attitude to others makes me laugh. i was sad to see michelle go and then SPT - he should have stayed on longer, and how many bloody lives does JB have ? jack’s da man - but what a crap ending …. shipped off to shanghai of all places.
i’m in season 6 - jack’s going to have something to eat, have a slash and then marry me.
25. Adrian
Zoe, YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND. You can’t marry Jack.
Plus bad things happen to Jack’s girlfriends/wives.
26. zed
adrain, he doesn’t count. now jack, well.
but seriously - have ever seen him have a pee ?
27. Destructor
Well, Jack’s only onscreen about a third of the time, there’s plenty of time for peeing and eating when we’re uh, following Chloe’s uber-boring office politics B-story- just because the camera doesn’t go splitscreen whenever he goes to the john doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened.
I think next year they will pop into Soul Patch Tony’s grave for a few seconds, just to see how he’s doing. It will just be a black screen with the counter going.
28. zed
i’d like one of chloe’s zapper thingies. the scene where she kept zapping the guy in the motel each time he came around had me in stitches. it would be really useful to use on my kids.
soul patch tony is dead. we’ll never hear from him again.
29. Destructor
soul patch tony is dead. we’ll never hear from him again.
Oh yeah? I told you Tony was God.
30. zed
if that makes tony god, what on earth is jack ?
31. Destructor
A guy who can’t die because he has signed on for three more seasons?
32. zed
there are three more seasons ? tell me it’s true. season 6 started in the states last night … there are going to be two more ?
life is good.
33. cian
Jack Bauer - Kill Count
34. cian
Random Jack Bauer Fact: Top One Hundred Facts
“When Christopher Henderson tried to shoot Jack, his gun was, in fact, loaded. The bullets were just too scared to come out.”
35. Destructor
Bwhahaha! That site is brilliant! I love it! Watch his killcount go up season by season. And then he kills someone with a Palm Treo! Only Jack Bauer, eh? I love that they have little videos of each kill. In revenge for the death of Soul Patch Tony, I am now going to watch Bauer kill Henderson over and over.
36. Destructor
What. The. Fuck.
37. Adrian
Sound like 24 is close to jumping the shark, or doing a Dallas.