Chloe O’Brian suffers tragic loss, returns damaged and heartbroken

I was never that enamored with the Chloe character but her role made sense in the context of CTU and Jack. As for Rajskub’s abilities, all I can say is that if one only saw her TV interviews on the late night talk shows where she tries to be the comedienne, one would never guess she acts in an action-drama…..and if one only saw her in ’24’, one would never guess that she’s a comedienne by trade. So I guess that says something about her ability to be different kinds of people. I actually think she’s more credible when she plays it seriously than when she tries to crack a joke.

I agree with Jack’s story in Day 8, however I think it worked (kind of). I understand Renee was important to him, but I don’t buy that he totally flipped over only her death. I imagine it as being a culmination of all that has happened in 24, from Teri’s death (which changed him forever an affects him throughout the series), to Claudia’s death (the smallest love interest, but still important if we consider the emotional damage), to Audrey’s mental state, to his constant back and forth with Kim…if I went through all that Jack has, I probably would’ve snapped much sooner than he did, truthfully. The way he turned out in Day 8 kind of validates Tony’s reasoning for his actions in Day 7 in my opinion as well.

So yes, I guess in the grand scheme of things, we can look at a reused story for a character going dark as a boring rehash, but we can also look at the fact that it obviously is not impossible for someone to break, especially after experiencing severe emotional trauma. Look at Edward Snowden, he turned against the government to expose what they were doing. Jack (among other selfish reasons) turned swiftly against the government for their corrupt version of keeping the peace, and Chloe was beginning to see eye to eye to his reasons (though not his methods), so if, let’s say, the CIA or Russia nabbed Prescott and she hasn’t seen him since, then I would bet heavily that she doesn’t really like the government anymore. Even if it was the Russians that did it, than it is likely the US didn’t try very hard to help her since she was last seen as aiding a very wanted man.

Reused? Yes. Boring and unrealistic? No.

Oh I’m sorry I didn’t read the above comment before putting mine…so I said the same thing….

i like her the way she was about 4 years ago she was kinda cute back then. not so much now.but she always looks mean and crabby. even back then.

Well, I’d say Mary Lynn delivered tonight.