:: Venting Insanity ::

:: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 ::

end of the season
Some big stuff on Tuesday night shows for season enders.

twenty-four
Jack probably had a heart attack, but he was reunited with Kim. Chapelle dropped the charges against Michele and Tony because he needed them to find Jack. Mike was fired because of his involvement in invoking the 25th Amendment against Palmer. Prescott is still VP, but might end up being President anyway because Palmer was possibly infected by some sort of virus in an assassination attempt. Warner was talking to Marie before she was carted off to jail, but she wouldn't say anything to him. After he left, Marie told Kate that she wasn't 'safe out there'. Kingsley is dead.

It just boggles the mind.

JAG
Harm quit the JAG Corps to go after Mac. He recruited the Gunny to go with him and the two went down to South America (I think) to get her back after her undercover operation with Webb was compromised. They break into the compound, extract Mac and Webb, and head out. Gunny is taking Webb to a hospital because he's dying, but gets caught at a military roadblock. They're searching the car. Meanwhile, Mac and Harm rent a plane from a farmer and go after the stinger missles she and Webb had gone down there for. They destroy the missles, but the plane gets shot up and crashes.

NYPD Blue
There's a captain with a vendetta. He's coming after Lou and Andy in revenge for washing him up. He comes in with a list a grievances about the 15th a mile long. Meanwhile, Andy and Connie are making plans to get married. The situation between Clark and Rita intensifies to the point where she requests a transfer back to Brooklyn. Lou asks her to sleep on it and ask again in the morning if she still wants to. After everyone leaves for the impromptu wedding that is happening at Andy and Connie's place, Connie asks Rita if she's coming, but she says she wouldn't feel comfortable being around Clark because of their breakup last month. Connie understands, gives her a hug, and heads home. The captain comes in then, invites himself into Lou's office to 'talk'. He demands that Lou get Andy back into the office. Lou tries to cover for Andy, saying he'll page him and see if he's available. The captain sits down, rattles off a bunch of trouble he's had as a result of the investigation Andy and Lou brought on him, and then gets up. He starts yelling like crazy, obviously drunk. Lou tells him to get out or he's calling the authorities to drag him out. The captain waves him off, grabs his bag, spins and shoots Lou in the chest. He circles the desk and goes to shoot him in the head when there's another shot. The captain goes down and Rita's holding her gun. They don't know if Lou's going to make it and the wedding has appropriately been postponed.

a night of compelling drama and a few good laughs
Yep. That's what it boils down to. The relationships between certain characters allow for cute little quips to come out, which always give me a good laugh, but, overall, it was a tough time walking away from the TV tonight.