by motherscratcher » Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:49 pm
I'm going to attempt (most likely unsuccessfully) to articulate the ridiculousness of the Dana story line and why it keeps bugging me more and more. I like to work in lists.
1. It's neither here nor there but...what an absolute waste of Stephen Root's talent.
2. Just how old is Dana supposed to be? In the few years since she was boosting cars with KevinBob in Bumfuck Mississippi she managed to become a computer expert, get recruited by Stupidistan radicals, apply for and secure a job at CTU despite a checkered past, advance all the way to Head Of Computer Stuff at CTU, meet and ensnare Freddie P in her nefarious web, date/sex him up long enough to be engaged. How could the writers explain this impossible chain of events.
3. Why does 24 have to have ANOTHER freakin' mole? Is it really necessary EVERY SEASON?
4. Now that we know that she's the mole, why in the hell did she give a crap about KevinBob's arrival in the first place? If she's helping terrorists secure nuclear rods, and then changing the plan to blow them up in the city today, why did she care about that hilljack? She couldn't possibly have thought that she was going to help the terrorists in their plan, never be found out, and live happily ever after as wife of FPJ and a gainful employee of CTU. Her plan must have involved escape of some sort.
So, if she planned (as she must have) to leave the country after the terrorist plot, why did she care about what Kevinbob had to say? I mean, realistically, how soon could some hilljack get anyone important's attention in order to blow the whistle on her hillbilly, chrystal meth smoking past? Certainly longer than 1 day, right? So who cares what he does? But she instead decides to help them break into a govmnt facility? Because there's less risk in that? All while she's trying to keep everyone in the dark, explain to FPJ, AND help the terrorists with their plot?
Remember, the original plan just a few hours ago was to smuggle the rods out of country. They had to change things on the fly. Since she's up to speed with the new plot she must have been in touch with the terrorists the entire time. She's a hell of a multitasker.
5. Along the same stupid line, why did she care about Milton? Really, how much trouble could a parole officer make in the span of the next few hours that she needs to finish the plot and make her getaway? Hell, it would have made more sense for her to give Milton what he needed. An address, description of the van, tell him that she met him that night at the club...whatever. How fast could he really chase down those leads and find the van/bodies/whatever? He would have been out investigating for the next week.
No, it made much more sense to play stupid and ensure that Milton would stay around annoying people and asking questions. Then kill him and stuff him in the vent. That's a lot less risky.
6. Finally, wouldn't it have been a lot more interesting this season to not have a mole? Just because it's surprising and nobody saw it coming doesn't make it a good plot line or interesting. It just makes it ridiculous and illogical, and that makes the show worse. They started down this stupid path (Dana's past) and for some reason felt the need to stick with it. OK then, if you must, isn't it MUCH more interesting to have Dana just play a CTU employee who's life is spiraling out of control as she tries to keep this together.
Dana The Mole is a much worse/boring/uninteresting storyline than Dana The Hilljack Who's In Over Her Head And Just Killed Milton And Is Running Out Of Options storyline. Not that it was any good to begin with. But they just made it much worse.
I got this one rule. I never go out with girls who say "bitchin'".
