Jack shoots Curtis

FOR GOD'S sake, I started watching the DVD of Season Six of 24 last night after Thanksgiving Dinner. We got to episode four when things went all to hell. The last time I wasn't able to finish watching a season was Season Three when Jack shot Ryan in the head as demanded by a terrorist. While I wasn't going to cut him any slack for executing his own guy, a case could be made that he was saving lives: the terrorist was certain to kill a lot of people if he Jack didn't kill Ryan.
    This time no such case could be made. Jack shot good-guy Curtis because was about to kill a terrorist, who according to the script had killed thousands of innocents over a 20 year career. They even provided us with a graphic description of they guy's handiwork--the beheading of two special forces soldiers under Curtis' command. So Curtis' has a reasonable grudge and is going to act on it. But the president (David Palmer's younger brother, Wayne) has cut a deal with the terrorist honcho.
    So when Curtis threatens the terrorist, Jacks murders Curtis, with a ridiculously well-aimed shot to the throat. The entire incident didn't advance the plot a bit. Just an idiotic bit of TV pornography tossed in by the show's producers for shock value. The problem is that Jack is a the two-time murderer.
    It's fine when Jack boosts the bad-guy body count, but his killing of his own guys is offensive.
    Another problem with Season Six is politics. For the first five seasons, the writers pretty much ignored the subject. Not this time. Sure to be a main character, is a shrieking ACLU harpie. She is President Wayne Palmer's sister. Who knew he had a sister? Did I miss her? The Palmer family has been around since the jump. Where did this one come from?
    I will finish watching the show this time because it was an early Xmas present, but just as last year's season was easily the best, this one promises to be the worst.