24 Day 5

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

So there’s a short prequel to the new season of 24, on the 24 Season 4 DVD set.

The basic premise is that 12 months after faking his own death, Jack Bauer is on the run, and living in Chicago. Jack sets up a meeting with Chloe, who I guess i’m glad to see return. Jack pulls up in a Toyota Avalon, wearing a hoodie, and Chloe pulls up in a Toyota Echo. She meets Jack, Jack removes hood, and we see he is sporting rock star style long hair. She informs him that she was tracked through The Internets opening up Jack’s autopsy report, which led whoever was doing the tracking to conclude that Jack wasn’t really dead after all. Chloe tells Jack to get the hell outta Dodge, and then leaves.

Jack gets back into his Toyota Avalon, and sees some dude (or chick) drive up in a motorcycle, prompting Jack to sense something not right, and cautiously puts his car in reverse. Motorcycle driver is wearing a dark helmet so we can’t see who it is.  A minute later, an older generation BMW 5 series, races out of a corner. Jack steps on the gas and takes off in reverse, in an attempt to escape.

This leads to a high speed persuit on the streets of Chicago, with Jack eventually leading the BMW into an industrial courtyard. He rounds a corner at high speed, BMW 5 Series can’t handle the corner (right), and it runs sideways into a parked forklift, with one of the forks piercing the drivers side window. Presumably, the driver is dead.

Jack stops and observes his handiwork, puts his hoodie back on, and drives away. Motorcycle driver pulls up and watches Jack drive away.

Anyway, nothing too mind-blowingly interesting revealed in this prequel. Jack thought he was safe, but not anymore.

That aside, why the hell is Jack Bauer driving a Toyota Avalon?! A badass like himself would never drive a car like that. Of course, Toyota probably paid millions of dollars to sponsor the prequel and for product placement. I would’ve put him in a 350Z, or maybe a Land Cruiser.

Looking forward to the premiere in January.