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Monday, March 5, 2007

24 Season 6: hr 12: Powers Boothe

No one can play a complex badass/badguy as well as Powers Boothe - in Tombstone, Deadwood, and now 24.

We saw Vice President Daniels, briefly, before. Now he assumes full command in Washington, as Wayne Palmer is on the operating table, for serious injuries received in last week's bomb blast.

And Boothe delivers Daniels with his customary blend of gravitas, facial ticks, and cool aplomb. I'm almost hoping he doesn't turn out to be an irredeemable bad guy in the end, but chances look slim for that tonight.

Other notables on tonight's show are Kari Matchett, fresh out of the water from ABC's Invasion last year, and Peter MacNicol as Tom Lennox, a brave patriot despite his wimpy style.

And Jack ... Jack, what are you doing, getting yourself entwined in another hostile embassy again?

At least this time, Buchanan's on the case, and out to spring Jack.

Useful links:

2-minute podcast of this review at Levinson news clips

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, I thought Powers Boothe did an excellent job. Have you been on the forum recently? Powers Boothe among other aspects of this last ep got a scathing review from I believe it was a reviewer from TVGuide.

Paul Levinson said...

Hmm... I posted a note about this review on the 24 Forum ... I'll go back there and check around...

Good to see you here, as always, carina...

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