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Cross referencing goodness!
Between bouts of follicle related depression, I do enjoy an odd show of 24. Having not watched it from the beginning, I am playing catch-up, watching the previous seasons on DVD.
I like Jack Bauer. I like his no nonsense style, and his commitment when it comes to his job, especially as his personal life goes to shit. He strikes me as the kind of guy who, when asked on his death bed if he had any regrets, would, without a moment’s hesitation reply “I wish I capped more fucking terrorists”. A man after my own heart.
Even more impressive than Jack, however, are his employers CTU, who can “cross reference” pretty much anything with everything else! Should one of Jackie B’s leads go as cold as the last terrorist he transitioned into a permanent state of “dead”, all he needs to do is get on the ‘ol satellite blower (satellite phones are all the rage apparently) to CTU, and cross reference the dead scummers name / age / height / underwear / BMI etc. with, let’s say, the local pizza shops in the area, and bingo bango, we have ourselves another lead. Before you can say “How the fuc…” Jack is poppin’ caps and making the world right…again.
