So, where did we leave off from last week? Oh, that's right. Potential nuclear holocaust! The terrorists had succeeded in using the nuclear override to get control of 104 plants. For those of you keeping score at home, that would be good for 10 or 12 million deaths and around 300,000 square miles of the United States that would become uninhabitable for at least five years. Now that's what I call a sticky situation.

Luckily for the citizens of the US, CTU is on the job. When Audrey Heller was in captivity she was very conveniently able to recognize one of the terrorist accomplices, meaning he had worked in the government. When Jack and the marines came bustin' down the door, Audrey was conveniently saved to identify this accomplice, who himself had conveniently made it out of the terrorist hideout right before the shitstorm came down on them. Audrey is ready to go through archival footage of the fundraiser where she had met the guy, but since it was all on archive, Jack would have to go to a security facility (in Burbank no less) and bring back the digitized tape. When Audrey learns how bad the situation is with the power plants, she decides to go with Jack to save as much time as possible.

This seems like a great idea to everybody except for Paul, Audrey's husband. It took him only a little while longer than James Heller to figure out that Jack and Audrey were an item. There's nothing like being in a hostage situation to get the people around you to see more clearly. Paul puts up a small fuss about letting Audrey go with Jack, but seriously what is he going to do? It's a national security issue. Realizing his own futility, he reminds Jack "She's my wife, don't forget it." This guy is really starting to suck, which makes me think he is either a mole or will die a horrible death, or both. Any of those scenarios would be great for me.

While some may consider that little scenario at CTU a bit of a lover's quarrel, there are starting to be some really domestic problems in the Arnaz household. Dina is still coming to grips with the idea that her son was out being killed and that her husband doesn't seem to care anything about it. You can imagine how she must have felt when Behrooz called her and she knew he was alive. And although she must have been swelling with pride when she learned that Behrooz was actually able to kill somebody, that did not last long as she learned that her husband was the one who had ordered her son to be killed, and not the leader of the cell.

Dina tried to make a plan to save Behrooz, but her husband overheard the last part of the conversation and was determined to stop it. We have steadily learned what Navi Araz was capable of as we progressed through the day. At first he was just a cold blooded terrorists. Then you learn that he doesn't mind ordering the murder of innocent bystanders (Debbie). Finally, you learn that he would have no trouble killing his own family. He then warns his wife that he will kill her if she speaks up about the issue again.

All of this infighting with the terrorists happens to be very advantageous. Our favorite gastro bypass candidate/computer hacker, Edgar, thinks he is on to something that will help them take control of the nuclear power plants. He spouts about some nonsense involving kernels and precompile headers. Couldn't the writers find some itern or PA to help educate them about some of these things? Edgar isn't exactly inspiring confidence as he outlines his plan, and you are always kind of half-expecting Chloe to pop out of nowhere and come in to save the dal. Alas, there was no Chloe, but the powers that be did have enough confidence in Edgar to let him carry out his plan. In just a short time, edgar is able to prevent 87 of the power plants from falling under the control of the override.

Back in the crazy Araz household, Navi has convinced his wife that turning in Behrooz is the best thing to do, even if it means that he is going to die. In fact, he decides that they should save anybody else the trouble of killing Behrooz and just do it themselves. Dina had already planned on meeting Behrooz at a train station. All she would have to do is pick him up, drop him off at a pre-determined place on the map, and lead her son into an ambush that will cost him his life. Wow, no pressure there.

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Posted by J-Unit on February 1, 2005 1:47 AM