Jack told Chloe to meet him at an oil field just north of Los Angeles, but he is going to have to find a quicker way to get there. That's no problem, because this is jack. He goes back to his job, knocks out some jab named Walt or something, and decides to take the air rescue chopper, and fly to Los Angeles instead. Unfortunately, Jack ran into a little trouble. Derrick, the stoner kid that was bothering about the veracity of his previous jobs, decided to follow Jack, and Jack caught him hiding nearby. Jack is probably still thinking he might sleep with his mom again, so he doesn't put a sleeper hold on him, and instead decides to take the kid with him. Besides, if people have been able to get to people he knows, maybe Diane wasn't safe either. He calls her from the helicopter and tells her to head to Los Angeles, no questions asked, and she can meet Derrick when she gets to Los Angeles.

This whole Palmer death is really beginning to piss President Pussy off a little bit. All of these questions about the death, and what they're going to do, why doesn't somebody care about his needs? He's a person too! Still, he did admire David, and David did help him with the whole nuclear missile aimed at a American city thing, although he eventually cut David off when he figured out that Palmer had the balls to fuck with the Chinese Consulate. Logan is speechifying about President Palmer's death, and he is doing a good job, especially considering his wife has gone a little crazy and is making a scene. The President's assistant, Walt, played by that guy who gets the Presidential assistant role if Jane Kaczmarek doesn't let Bradley Whitford out of the house, seems to be the only person who the first lady, Martha, will listen to. I suspect this is because she doesn't like to talk with her mouth full, if you know what I mean.

Walt tells Martha, and she freaks out, or I guess freaks out more, because she was just getting her makeup done, thought she looked too much like a wedding cake, perhaps preferring her look to be called more of an hors doeuvre than a pastry, dunked her head in the water, and told her assistant to do it again. When Walt told her the news, something clicked in her head and she remembered that Palmer had called her about a security warning. Right in the middle of the press conference, she runs out, and has to be stopped by secret service. Later, she tells her husband that David had called her and told her about something concerning national security. She hasn't been taking her anti-depressants or anti-psychotics, but David was a friend of hers, and she KNOWS that there may be a clue on that phone call; they just need to check the recordings. The President tells Walt to take care of her, and thanks him for helping him out with her. If Logan only knew that Walt was helping his wife scratch an itch as well, maybe he wouldn't be so happy.

Things aren't getting any better at CTU. They would like to figure out who killed President Palmer, and although Logan said he wants whoever did it captured or killed, he also wants to make sure that they focus plenty of resources on security for the conference. To make sure all of this happens, he has sent Audrey Raines from the Department of Defense as a liaison, and told Bill Buchanan to set her up with a station, and all the clearances that she needs. Coming back to CTU is tough on Audrey since she saw her husband die on the operating table (because Jack needed the doctor to help a witness), and then saw Jack die a few hours later. Speaking of those CTU doctors, because they are worried about providing security for Tony, they have brought him to CTU for surgery. The CTU infirmary is as effective saving lives as CTU human resources is at finding moles, so while we think he may be safe, there are really no guarantees. Hell, there may be even a mole working as a nurse.

As Tony is rushed in, Curtis asks if he is going to be responsive. It seems kind of funny to think that a guy who was just in a car bomb would seem responsive, but Tony was able to give answers when he was shot in the neck a couple of years ago, and after his 90 minute surgery, was able to come back and run CTU. Besides, the soul patch is back in full effect, and it gives him more power than Sampson. Anyway, Bill asks Curtis why he needs to question Tony, and Curtis tells him that he found that the last time Tony and Palmer talked; it was on the day that Jack died. Could they be hiding something about Jack's death?

This entire time, Edgar has been worried about Chloe. Poor Edgar. It must be so hard to be a computer genius trapped inside the body, and possessing the social skills of a 35-year-old Ralph Wiggum. Edgar is a good friend though, and he is worried about Chloe. You know, maybe if he saves her, she'll sit at his table at the CTU commissary. Never give up on your dreams folks. While Edgar has been complaining, Spencer has been telling him that Chloe is OK, and after dropping a lot of hints that he just saw her, and Edgar not catching on, he just said they slept together. His heart is broken, but he still thinks Chloe sounded a little strange, when Spencer said she always sounds strange, Edgar sort of shrugs it off, but is still worried.

Posted by J-Unit on January 16, 2006 11:14 AM