Ay Carumba!

The bodycount on 24 is climbing and if anybody asked if they could get any darker than last week's devastating nerve gas attack on home base they got a resounding YES tonight. Last week Edgar bought it but this week we got grim death: Samwise died heroically but horrifically, and Tony died in a devastated Jack's arms (and he never let's go like that). Hell I even felt for the Red Shirt who died heroically as a bystander. Oh the Hitchcock! The grim, grim death! The artistically hightened sense of tension! This show is almost too much, too visceral an experience, and good God I think they're only halfway through the season.

I'm also going to give a shout out to the Buffy/Angel alums whose names I recognize in 24's credits the last few seasons. 24 is definately the better for having them onboard as it has clearly been in a higher gear the last few years. Mahalo.