User blog comment:Thief12/Thief12 and Season 8/@comment-261565-20100413112655

I'm guessing that wasn't the end of your sentence about Itzin, Blue Rook. haha :D

I'm unsure about removing Brian Hastings. I mean, it seems like it is the sort of thing that should make us feel sad because he's a good guy and what happened isn't really his fault, but because we never really go to know him that well I don't think it is as sad as they intended. But it will be interesting to see Chloe as director. I can see that being something that will become permanent for the end of the season.

I don't mind the Russian thing because it shows that the writers are acknowledging previous seasons (i.e. that Logan did a lot with the Russians) so it could be interesting. It will be strange to see what they actually do with that storyline.

I definitely did not expect Renee to die. That was a total shock. I can imagine that's what it was like if you saw Season 1 for the first time and didn't know Teri was going to die (which unfortunately was not the case for me). It does show the writers to be very ballsy to still do stuff like that, but I was still very sad when she died. I really liked Renee and I too thought she might be in the movie. They should definitely not have Jack having another relationship ever in 24 now. I mean, there was the total happiness in Season 1. The attempted happiness with Audrey. The complete connection with Renee. And now he's been beaten down so much, it would see a bit cliche to have him getting together with someone else.

I think that's the first time since Season 5 when a character has died and I've been really upset about it. Well, there was Buchanan in Season 7 but even that wasn't as sad because he was doing something heroic. Renee died for nothing, just like Palmer and Michelle. I think this will only spur Jack on to go mental for the rest of the season.