The Kinder, Greener, Granola 24

As Dan Riehl puts it succinctly, stick a fork in 24. It's done. When you bring aboard Janeane Garofalo, you're heading into gobsmacking awfulness. How exactly is she going to improve matters over the past season, which itself was lackluster when compared to earlier seasons?

Garofalo will play a government agent who is part of the team investigating the crisis befalling Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) and company in the upcoming season.

Garofalo is the second major cast addition to the action drama, which is going through a major revamping coming off a lackluster sixth season. Cherry Jones was tapped last month to play the new president.

What exactly will Janeane Garofalo do? Is she going to use harsh language to obtain computer codes by torturing terrorists with the sound of her voice? Her personal politics are besides the point. It's her inability to act that is a problem. She's got the potential to be funny at times (and I'm being charitable as she was a decent foil in the movie Truth About Cats and Dogs), so my guess is that she's looking to solidify her dramatic acting chops.

She should stick to the comedy clubs. Better yet, since she's busy acting, we would all be safer going to comedy clubs come Monday nights during the season.