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Originally posted by ironchef82
Uneventful?? Are you sure we watched the same episode? I'd defend my point but it requires way too long of a spoiler tag.
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Yep. Nothing happened! It was a huge let down.
I'd love to hear arguments stating otherwise.
Spoiler:
Saunders got shot just as he was about to identify the holder of the virus (there goes that "chance" thing I was talking about earlier 
.. at least it happened in the bad guys' favor this time).
So... the guy takes off, goes into a school, and gets caught. Ok... what's so special about that? If the guy was smart, he would've went to a more crowded area and released the virus. I was hoping he'd release it in the school, but no, another cliche moment where the enemy dicks around enough so that the good guys just so happen to apprehend him. Pure BS.
Another "by chance" thing happened: just as he was about to shoot Chase he got shot by Jack. How many more times is that scenario gonna happen? Those piss me off. Those are SO unrealistic.
The virus was the main plot of the story, and it was wrapped up in the 2nd episode. It was completely uneventful in the sense that nothing special happened. There weren't any surprises at all whatsoever.
The thing with the president just about ended without a word, thus making that entire sub-plot useless filler. He chooses not to run. Mkay... so what about the shit that was on his hand at the end of Season 2? Not a word there. Crappy ending to a very pointless sub-plot. They should've saved Sherry's murder till the last episode.
Tony gets prison. Not really a shocker considering what he did. He was already in custody in the 2nd to last episode.
...and that's pretty much it.
No surprises, twists, or turns at all whatsoever (this is one of the show's trademarks, so to completely leave it out is assinine). All the big surprises happened at the beginning of the season. In season 1, you don't learn Nina is the mole until the 2nd to last episode leaving the last episode as a "holy shit, I gotta watch this." Nothing like that happened this time.
Considering everything was wrapped up in the 2nd to last episode (of season 3), it left me with an honest to god feeling of "...okay, so why should I watch the finale?", but then I thought, "Well, this is 24. Something BIG is gonna happen." ... and nothing did.
Season 1 ended with his wife getting shot and Season 2 ended with the President getting attacked... cliffhangers for the next season.
None of that this time around. WTF? It's like it suddenly went from this very intelligent and highly entertaining show to just another cliche police drama. If they pull this crap again in Season 4, I'm done. This is the ONLY regular TV drama I watch, and the reason being it's not like the other shows... but with what they just did, I'm starting to believe they're gonna mess things up even more in the future.
Again with Saunders... the man was under torture for 2 years and he's suddenly gonna turn because they threaten his daughter? They really expect people to be that gullible and believe that?