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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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Congratulations to Sandrine Holt. Who’s that, you ask? Why, she’s the doe-eyed young actress who plays Evelyn on 24. Just when we thought her small character had been all but forgotten, the mercurial writers dragged her right back into the spotlight for her biggest episode yet. Unfortunately, if there’s anything we know about bit characters on this show, it’s that they rarely survive their moment in the limelight, especially if they happen to know any valuable information. Well, Evelyn knew QUITE a bit of information, and she just so happened to get stuck with the ever so fun task of duping an international terrorist and his fourteen armed guards and snipers. That’s a lot to handle, especially if your day-to-day activities center around doing the First Lady’s makeup. But on the upside, at least she’ll have a great story to tell someday… if she survives.But before we get to Evelyn, we need to take care of some loose ends. Some loose, fiery ends. At the end of last week’s episode, Jack and Bierko were forced into a molten embrace as a fireball exploded all around them. Would they survive the blast? Of course. This is 24, not real life. A little fire’s nothing to Jack. It’s like flicking his ear or tussling his hair. Unfortunately, Jack’s friends don’t know him as well as we do, and so they were all very, very concerned — especially Audrey who was look might refreshed for someone who’s just emerged from a little evening torture session.
Anyway, as everyone waited with baited breath for Jack to reappear, we at least heard some good news: all the gas had been incinerated. Yay! But Edgar’s still dead. Boo! But Kim’s gone. Yay!
With this wonderful news, Karen excused herself to brief the White House of the news. “Miles…” she said, summoning her main gay. The two headed upstairs while out on the field, Curtis saw a bird… no, a plane! No, Jack Bauer! Yes, through the smoke and haze, Jack emerged triumphantly with Bierko flung over his shoulder. He survived! Who would have thought? And not an ounce of smoke inhalation! Well done!
“Jack’s OK!” Curtis yelled out to the team. He then ran up to Jack and asked, “You OK?” Uh, Curtis. You just said he was OK. Maybe next time you should relax with the grandiose announcements. Luckily, Jack really was OK, so Curtis didn’t have to recall his previous statement, but in the bad news department, Bierko was kind of strugglin’ for life. You know what this means: he’ll get a few key words out of his mouth until he painfully expires in the CTU infirmary. Speaking of which, that’s exactly where Bierko’s unconscious body was headed, and just like that Curtis quietly dispatched for the rest of the episode, a growing trend that I do not approve of, by the way.
Anyway, Jack then called Bill and told him that there was something big going on. Henderson was working for someone — someone he didn’t want to give up. But who?? “Bill, I’m scared,” Jack said, showing some rare and disturbingly out of place vulnerability. He then added, “When I get back to CTU, promise me one thing: hold me. Hold me and tell me everything will be okay.”
All right, he didn’t actually say that, but what the hell was Jack so scared about? Did he not just go running through an exploding gas substation? Isn’t this the same man that once parachuted out of plane with a nuclear bomb in the overhead compartment? And didn’t this guy just brave exposure to the centox gas just two or three hours ago? Please, Jack. We know you’re not scared. You’re physically incapable.
Nevertheless, we were still left to wonder who this next nefarious baddie would be. Well, we then cut to Vice President Hal, looking menacing as always. Of course. The VP is behind it all. Kind of feels derivative of season two, but I’ll go along with it. Nevertheless, Hal was on the phone with Karen, and even though CTU was in the middle of an investigation, and even though Karen thought that maybe then wasn’t the best time to absorb the department, the vice prez still insisted that Homeland Security take over.
“I guess we should get started,” Miles said in his best effeminately smarmy voice. He then added, “For this takeover, I have some wonderful ideas of what we can do with the decor. I’m thinking salmon trim on all the doors, and there are these lovely drapes at Pottery Barn that are on sale now. Why don’t we check them out. And then get lattés!”
Well, even though the VP wanted the takeover right then, Karen knew that Bill Buchanan wouldn’t take this lying down. She and Miles had to get some sort of dirt on him. They needed someone to go on record to say that Bill led CTU poorly that day and should be taken out of office. I instantly assumed this would be where wee Shari Rothenberg would shine, as she’s already proven herself to be quite the office whistle-blower when it comes to sexual harassment. But no, Miles had someone else in mind: Audrey Raines!
There was no way Audrey would sign anything against Bill. That was obvious. But hey, it couldn’t hurt to try. Meanwhile, back at the Presidential retreat, Aaron pulled up in his SUV — a lovely vehicle which featured dual side airbags, heated seats, and plenty of trunk space to store golf clubs, groceries, or the former President’s brother, if need be. Yes, Wayne was all stuffed and scrunched in the trunk, and even though he looked like he’d just been run over by an errant snowplow, he revealed that he was doing just fine, thank you very much. Once he dusted off his lapel a bit, he then told Aaron that David Palmer had been receiving information from within the White House. Evelyn Martin — Martha Logan’s assistant — was his source. And it was because of the info Evelyn gave him that Palmer was killed. Dunh dunh DUNH!
At that very moment, we then found a jittery Evelyn preparing to pack up for the day. Martha noticed how nervous her assistant seemed to be, and when she asked if anything was wrong, Evelyn merely replied that she was just tired.
“It’s been a long day,” Martha then replied. “I’m surprised any of us got through it.” Yeah, try explaining that to Walt Cummings. Oh that’s right. You can’t. BECAUSE HE’S DEAD.
Meanwhile, Agent Aaron Pierce entered the building with Wayne, who was looking quite clean and refreshed all of a sudden — he and Audrey must have the same beauty kit. The two guys soon ran into Evelyn and pressed her for information. After some general Wayne grunting and seething, she finally admitted that she had proof about who’s behind everything today. Unfortunately… “they” kidnapped her little girl. If she didn’t turn the proof over to the bad guys soon, they’d kill her little girl. Uh oh spaghetti-o. The way I see it, she should let them kill her daughter, and then she can just adopt Behrooz, wherever he may be. That way she has a child, and he has a mother. Nifty, eh?
Anyway, Evelyn was reticent to spill the beans about anything to Agent Pierce or Wayne Palmer because she just wanted her child back. One problem with that. I’ll let Aaron explain: “You know too much. They’ll kill you both.” Great. Way to be a buzzkill, AARON.
“Please. I’m very scared of black men.”
So here’s the deal. Evelyn said she’d turn over the evidence to them if they helped her get her daughter back. Not a bad deal. Kind of tricky though. Luckily, they’d have the assistance of CTU, right? Not so much. At that very moment, an army of stuffy Homeland Security drones entered CTU to take over the facility. This meant that all our old buddies were fired (assuming they hadn’t already died from nerve gas) and sent home packing.
“These men and women are from homeland security,” Karen Hayes announced to the floor, adding, “I’ve just authorized a unit-wide backslash protocol.” Oh. OKAY. Whatever that means. You know, there’s no real need to take over CTU. Someone just needs to train the field officers how to implement a proper hard perimeter. Step one: DON’T LET ANYONE THROUGH.
As the fresh faces began to take over the work stations, Miles told Audrey that he wanted to see her in the Situation Room.
“Why?” asked Audrey. Duh. There’s a situation. They don’t call it a Situation Room for nothin’.
Meanwhile, back at the retreat, Wayne called up Jack on his cell phone and informed him of the Evelyn situation. The two guys devised a quick plan on the fly: they’d both meet up in about twenty minutes from now with Evelyn. Got it. With that, Evelyn and Wayne split up, hoping to avoid detection as they both left the compound.
Back at CTU, Audrey was unsurprisingly resistant to signing Miles’ document, but that sneaky man had quite the trick up his sleeve. Because Audrey had been part of the day’s decision-making processes, Miles was going to pin all the CTU mistakes on her as well, therefore implicating the DOD and her father. Oh, so smarmy. Can’t wait ’till he gets offed with some nerve gas. Luckily, Audrey is a woman of principle. “I’m proud of what we did here today. The people of CTU are heroes, especially Bill Buchanan!” she said. And no, an American flag did not unfurl behind her.
A little later, Jack called Audrey and told her about the whole Wayne/Evelyn situation. The two deduced that Vice President Gardner was behind everything (they used some basic logic and circumstantial evidence), and then Jack said that he needed Chloe’s help with the whole Operation: Get Evelyn’s Baby Back (Ribs). Sorry, I couldn’t help but indulge my pun impulses. Of course, there was a huge problem with this plan: Chloe had been relieved of her post, thanks to Homeland Security. Aud and Jack needed her back on the team. But how? Time for a little secret scheming!
Well, Audrey walked back into Karen Hayes’ office and announced that she would sign the statement after all… on one condition. Chloe O’Brien must be kept on and assigned to her. Miles gave Karen the “I don’t trust this bitch. And look at her highlights!” eyes, but after a little hemming and hawing, Karen reluctantly said yes and approved the deal.
Later, we caught up with Henderson who was sitting in some industrial complex with Evelyn’s daughter, an eight year old girl of questionable acting talent. The baddie then called up Evie and asked her where she was. “I’m at my car. No one’s around,” she said. I half expected about three men to jump her at that moment, but shockingly, she really was alone.
Wayne, on the other hand, was still in the retreat with Aaron when he bumped into that snaky Hal Gardener. The veep looked shocked to see Wayne still alive, and when he asked what he was doing at the retreat, Aaron covered and said that Wayne had given him a memento from David Palmer. Likely excuse. For whatever reason, Hal actually bought this load of crap and walked away. Close one, fellas.
Back at CTU, Miles happily sassed Bill, telling him he was no longer in power. This led to confused stares of betrayal as Bill and Chloe could not believe that Audrey had signed those papers. Oh, if they only knew! Meanwhile, Wayne and Evelyn were now in the same SUV, driving to their rendez-vous with Jack. The two shared some words about David, with Evelyn crying, “I have your brother’s blood on my hands, and for that, I’ll never forgive myself!” And some writer has a cliché’s blood on his hands, and for that, he should never forgive himself either.
As for Henderson, he found out that Wayne Palmer had been hangin’ around the Presidential retreat and that immediately made him suspicious. “He was there for a reason,” Henderson said. “And it wasn’t to drop off his resume.” Actually, funny story. He was dropping off his resume. There’s this really great internship program that they just started and, well, okay, I’m lying.
Elsewhere, Jack called Audrey again to get an update on the satellite maps he needed. Aud tried to help him, but she was distracted by Bill who gave her an unhappy (but not totally accusatory — he knows something’s up!) glance. Chloe, on the other hand, was totally pissed at Audrey, but once she learned that she was needed to help Jack, she dropped her ‘tude. The two women headed off to the back server room, a.k.a. the place where people NEVER walk in when there’s a bad guy but always snoop around when good people are trying to do good things.
“You bitch.”
As the two women got to work opening up sockets and the like, we then found Evelyn and Wayne standing in a dark, deserted barn. This was an ambush waiting to happen if I ever saw one. I was really hoping Wayne would go somewhere and hide. As a 24 character, he was really working on borrowed time. His death could come at any second. Suddenly, the two heard a car pull up, but then… silence. Wayne’s spidey sense went off like crazy, and so he grabbed Evelyn and the two hid. And by “hid,” I mean, took a few steps to the left and stood behind a partial barrier. Not quite the height of “covert.”
Luckily, all this fear was over nothing. It was only Jack wandering in to meet up with his new pals. Once everyone’s heart rates came back down to normal, Jack called up Chloe to get schematics on Evelyn’s rendez-vous with Henderson. The bad news: there were men everywhere. Ten, specifically. The good news: uh, Jack just saved a bunch of money on his car insurance?
Well, Jack needed backup, and Wayne was just the man… at least, according to Wayne. “I was a Marine, Jack,” he said.
“I know that, WAYNE, and you never saw combat,” Jack retorted. Oooh! Marine DIS!
Still, Wayne managed to convince Jack to bring him along — you know, to sate his bloodlust and avenge a certain fratricide. Chances of Wayne dying by the end of the episode: 89%.
Back at the White House West, Hal popped into Logan’s office to say whattup and mention that oh by the way, Wayne Palmer dropped by the estate and didn’t pay his respects. When Logan just brushed it off by essentially saying, “Whatever,” Hal pressed on, saying how surprised he was that Wayne didn’t want to meet with him. Such a manipulator, that Hal. Always causing drama.
“Excuse me while I mysteriously lurk in the shadows.”
Anyway, time to buckle your seatbelts because the unlikely troika of Jack, Wayne, and Evelyn were approaching Henderson’s hideout. Of course, we knew how this would play out. Evelyn would probably die, and then we’d spend the next five episodes hunting down the evidence that she had. Classic 24 scenario. Anyway, at the outskirts of the Henderson meet, Jack and Wayne got out of the car and infiltrated the hideout. This meant the obligatory quick and amusing deaths of several anonymous henchmen. First, Jack shot a guy through the back twice. Of course, he was at point blank range, which meant we got to see the bullets go flying out of the poor sap’s chest. Haha, taste the Bauer justice!
Gotcha, jerk!
Wayne then enjoyed his first murder as he gunned down a thug as well. The two guys then snooped around, hurrying to whatever strategic locations they had planned, occasionally checking Jack’s extra powerful PDA to find guard locations. It was all very videogame stealth mission.
Eventually, Jack made his way up a tower where he killed a bearded sniper. For this death, Jack eschewed his silencer for the more squish-tastic knife in the throat technique. We appreciated the switch-up. After all, when it comes to 24, we expect nothing less than blood-curdling subtlety. Unfortunately, just at that moment, Henderson paged the sniper on his walkie talkie. Uh oh. That would be a problem, considering the guy was, you know, dead. Thinking quickly, Jack tampered with the device to create disturbance and then told Henderson that everything was just fine. Hmm… will Robocop really be fooled by that? I don’t think so.
Anyway, Jack quickly manned the dead guy’s sniper rifle, and then we found Evelyn stepping out of her SUV in the middle of a wide-open area. Henderson had her open all her doors and trunk, and once he was satisfied that she was alone, he emerged from the depths of the structure with the little girl by his side. He and Evelyn then negotiated back and forth about swapping the girl for the evidence and whatnot. This was all made incredibly exciting by the nagging sense that either she or Wayne was about to bite it in about three seconds.
Well, Henderson handed over the girl, and once she was safely in her mother’s arms, Evelyn ducked down, and bang! The fun began! Jack and Wayne opened fire, Henderson ducked for cover, and full on chaos descended on the scene. Eventually, all the bad guys were killed off, but dammit if Henderson didn’t hop in Evelyn’s SUV and drive off! Jack tried to stop him by shooting at the car, but it was to no avail. Meanwhile, I was sitting on my couch screaming, “SHOOT OUT THE TIRES!! SHOOT OUT THE TIRES!” But Jack seemed to content to get the taillights, as if Henderson were suddenly to slam on the breaks and say, “My taillight is out! That’s an infraction. I better find a more suitable vehicle!”
Alas, Henderson got away, but in the meantime, there was Evelyn to deal with. And guess what? She’d been hit! Okay, before you die, tell us who’s behind this all. Tell us!
We then cut to Henderson as he spoke on the phone with his boss, a man with a deep, gravely voice. For a brief second, I thought this was Bill Buchanan’s doing, but then I couldn’t overlook that undeniable gullet — the same one that has flapped through so many international crises already that day. Yes, the man behind the entire plan was… President Pussy! Charles Logan!
Dunh dunh DUNH!! Okay, I’m all for a good 24 twist, but this seems a tad ridiculous. President Logan’s behind all this? How? My best guess was that he was in on Walt Cumming’s plans and had to distance himself when they came to light, but still… This was kind of a stretch.
What do you think?
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Chloe can talk to Wayne over the comm-unit, yet #1 Badass Jack needs his PDA of Deathdealing for his updates?
Is it that hard with the sat coverage to say Wayne there’s one around that pipe, oh yeah Jack there’s 3 on the walkway above you.
I agree with your closing comments. I find it hard to reconcile president pussy’s behavior from the first half of the season to now.
Yeah, I’m not feeling the stretch with President Pussy being in on or running things. This better be good.
Also, I must be pretty slow on the uptake but couldn’t Audrey have thought of some other reason to keep Chloe around other than signing that agreement against Bill? Be interesting to see how she gets out of that one.
Can I be part of the large group of people who don’t believe that President Pussy could pull this off? If we’ve learned anything in the nearly two seasons that we’ve known Logan, it’s that he’s incompetent and can’t make an important decision in a finite amount of time. That’s just something you can’t fake. Besides, unless he was pretending to not know about Wayne Palmer’s visit, how the hell did he inform Henderson about Wayne’s visit so that Henderson could send his Rainbow 6 rejects after him? Hal gave the authorization to let Wayne through the blockade and Logan never ran into Palmer like shifty Hal did. It seems like Henderson planned everything and President Pussy just supplied him with info.
One more thing, the use of the world “protocol” is totally out of hand. 24 is throwing around “protocol” like Hollow Man throws around “quantum.”
This can only be true if:
a) President Pussy is no Pussy at all, he is a master of disguise. That would explain why he was such an idiot by following Walt Cummins stupid idea to keep the terror going, he was already part of it.
b) He found out about Henderson a few hourse before that EP. Unlikely, becasue Henderson told Jack high-up people were involved.
Although it would explain why he gave the route info of the russian prez.
I agree that the last twist was ridiculous. When did President Pussy turn into President Asshole? Come on!
‘DRINE HOLT!!!
I personally think he acted like an idiot to make him look like the least-likely suspect, and has been planning all this patriot stuff for quite some time. Worked on us viewers
“I agree that the last twist was ridiculous. When did President Pussy turn into President Asshole? Come on!”
Maybe he can be an amalgamation of the two. We could call him President Taint!
Anyway, I’m a little wary of this storyline as well, but let’s face it…we’ll all still tune in next week. I’m choosing to have faith in the writers, although I totally acknowledge that this twist is a little bizarre. Logan was a douchebag as a human being, but he was an awesome character. I mean, if you saw Gregory Itzin at a bar, where he would no doubt be sipping on gin and juice, laid back, with his mind on his money and his money on his mind, you’d shake his hand and thank him for being so great on the show. Now, we are expected to accept a whole new dimension to him – that of a straight-up villain. I’m curious to see where this goes. I’m going to be optimistic.
Jack saying he was scared was an uncomfortable moment, but it was effective in that it made you realize that something big was up. Remember, there are 8 episodes left and the main threat has been neutralized. Something has to go down, and its got to be hyped. Chasing Robocop through L.A. will be good TV, but there has to be something big at the end of this.
I am enjoying the continued screen time of Aaron Pierce. Of course, now that Evil Prez knows that Wayne visited him, he may start “selecting” Aaron’s assignments. I hope not. Aaron deserves to be around on this show forever. He’s kicked a lot of ass and doled out a lot of “Yes, Mr. President”s to just fade away. On a related note, why was VP so shocked to see Wayne alive if he wasn’t behind any of this? He knew that he was coming through the checkpoint.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve got major Audrey love this season. She was insufferable last year, but she’s really grown a backbone. I love how she pretty much told Miles to Heterosexuality to shove it (on a side note, that guy plays a great creep). However, she made a decision that had to be tough personally in throwing Bill to the wolves in order to keep a foot in the door at CTU and subsequently fix all of this mess. I don’t like what she did to Bill, but I respect and understand it. Bill will be alright, though…he’ll land on his feet, much like a cat. Except Bill isn’t covered with fur. And he doesn’t hiss at dogs. And he nailed Michelle.
I hope that Bill doesn’t take a few episodes off, as I find his character refreshing – imagine, a CTU leader with good judgment, humility, and who supports Jack. It would be funny, though, if he returned in the last episode all drunk and got up in Karen’s face and shook his wang at her.
All this, and Wayne held his own as a badass. Great episode.
President Taint? Ahahahaha. I like it.
It definitely makes sense Logan is behind it- he played the idiot card and we all bought it, and he was almost able to get the Russian killed without looking like a bad guy. I’m just wondering what the big picture is, and how they can possibly bring down the prez.
Nice Behrooz name drop, B-side. Behrooz is safe and sound- on one of the bonus scenes in the DVD for last season, they showed him being rescued. I would love to hear Evelyn do the Shohreh Agdashloo cry “Behrooooooz”
Did anyone else think Wayne Palmer made a pretty nice Tony/Curtis replacement?
DAG! once again, my boy curtis gets the shaft. without his hero d-palm around, methinks jack might be turning a tad bit racialist. he just doesn’t like to split his body-count with the brothers. first, he makes ultimate bad-ass curtis drive the carpool and drop bierko off at CTU medical (aka ‘the chamber of swift, certain death’), then he tries his darndest to prevent poor wayne from earning a little payback.
i must admit, i was pretty skeptical when it was revealed that pres. pussy is actually pres. E-vil, but given the fact that the real president is still pretending he doesn’t know how to correctly pronounce ‘nuclear,’ maybe it isn’t that big a stretch.
I don’t know if I buy the prez as the big baddie. So he’s been manipulating everyone, including his wife and the VP? They’ve got some splainin’ to do if they want to pull this off.
I felt so bad for Bill this week. When he found out that Audrey had stabbed him in the back, I thought that he was going to start to cry…
Ok people, let’s put on our thinking caps a little. We all know that somebody big being behind something seemingly evil is an old 24 trick. So what could Logan be up to?
I personally think there are two possible scenarios. One is simply that he knows that his public perception is a little weak when it comes to national security. This could all be orchestrated to create some counterterrorist successes and make him look better. I am guessing he was behind the original threat and Walt Cummings just took one for the team when the plan went to hell. Henderson is just around to clean up the mess.
Scenario #2 would be really cool. That would be Logan as a sleeper agent for some foreign power, and we might see an even worse national security threat later this season.
Miles: awesome smarm. And gay. Anyone recognize him as Douglas, the gay man Bruce Willis used and shot in the chest in The Jackal?
Wayne: On the board with at least one kill. He learned that Jack was right. But he powered through and performed when he had to.
“scared of black men” caption: priceless.
Personally, I think Martha is the brains behind the whole thing and she is playing hubby like the puppet that he is. Puppet boy started to catch on and tried to have her sent away so he could fix everything. Martha is the one really in charge.
Yeah, Jack Bauer, I’m scared too. The writers are trying to make me like Audrey. *piss-shiver*
And, hey, when is Jack going to learn NOT to call in to CTU for help? Every time he does, there’s a personnel shake-up, be it inner-office politics, a new CTU director, or governmental intervention. He should just pick up Chloe in his SUV and drop her off at the local Radio Shack. She can use her uber-hacking powers to redirect any satellite or find any building schematic from there.
Yup. Martha’s the real power behind it all. The look on her face as Evelyn left told me everything. Martha’s convinced Prez. Pussy he NEEDS a legacy, ala Munchousen’s syndrome.
Surely this was some evil look-alike, and not the girly-man we’ve come to view as President Pooooooooossssy.Henderson has acted like he was scared of the man who was pulling the strings. No one has ever been scared of Logan. I’ve got it-the scary Logan is from a parallel universe-yeah that’s it.
“PDA of Deathdealing”
LOL! I love it.
Now here are Jack’s various items: 1) The Slighty Faded but Extreme Useful Hoodie of Infiltration 2) The Aviator Glasses of Badness 3) The Duffel Bag of Pain, and now 4) PDA of Deathdealing. I love it!
I saw Prez Pussy in the big reveal and all I could think of was the movie My Fellow Americans…the “dumb” vice president plotted to have his prez impeached so he could take over. When he confessed smugly, he said his dumbness was all one big “fakade” (facade pronounced wrongly.)
Maybe Logan is just a dummy with a plan.
OMG, Love the Martha theory. That would make so much sense.
I miss Curtis! The one two kill him and Jack had last week leaves me longing for more. That was hot!
B-Side, I’ve been reading your recaps for quite some time, and I’d have to say this was one of your best. HEEE-larious!!
P.S. This is my first season watching 24 (I’m usually too busy sucking down Reality shows). Exactly how long is a CTUer’s work day?? I mean, really. Do they ever take a nap (better not take it in the Infirmary of Death), or call Dominoes Pizza, or ANYTHING remotely human?? I’m sure CAL-OSHA would have something to say about that… (well, they’d probably be more concerned with the little nerve gas thing, but that’s neither here nor there
I don’t think Martha was behind it. If she was, she never would have gotten in that car.
Personally, I’m hoping Aaron rescues Martha from the evil clutches of the president and they ride into the smoggy LA sunset. I think all those loving glances after they returned from the motorcade of death with the Russians tell the story.
Pres. Pussy is a great evil mastermind because no one would ever think it was him since he is such a pussy!
I think all our CTU friends are going to go rogue and have to take down the president on their own. Can’t wait!
What could be President Pussy’s motivation? Maybe re-election time is coming up, and since he obtained the office in a somewhat dubious manner, he needs to manufacture some chaos/terrorism/war in order to frighten the American voters into keeping the status quo? No, what am I thinking, that is too far-fetched for even the writers of 24 to come up with. It could never happen in real life.
Jack “ indestructible as always. He may say he’s scared, but it’s just so fellow humanoids will think he’s made of flesh and blood. I loved the Bauer justice. Two exit wounds through the anonymous henchman’s chest were impressive, but seemed a waste of ammo when facing a potential flurry of gunfire that could erupt at any time. It was effectively mean, though. And Jack needs to get more kickass this season. I really thought the gloves would be off now that he’s officially dead, doesn’t work for CTU, saw his dead ex-president buddy, and lost two former colleagues. The knife slash to the throat was a good start.
President Used-To-Be-A-Pussy “ give me a break. This guy couldn’t hold a fork last season or decide on what to get for dessert. He had to cry until they brought in David Palmer to be the Man. Then he cried about the necessary decisions David made. For him to engineer all this indicates giant balls of steel. I agree he’d be a big enough jerk to think up a nefarious make-me-look-like-a-tough-guy situation. But he’d never have the nerve to carry it through. Also, would he really sacrifice 200,000 Los Angelenos so that he could look tough on terrorism? The down side is pretty steep (in addition to the human cost, think about the history books if he gets caught) and the upside is not high. He would be blamed for having allowed it in the first place. I don’t get it.
Bill “ deserves better. But so did Tony. And by the way, this and all future posts by me are dedicated to Tony, who got screwed out of a decent send off. What a senseless waste of a great TV moment. Back to Bill, who should just know that being in charge of CTU is definitely a short-term gig. Door gunners in Viet Nam and Kamikaze pilots in World War II had longer careers than any CTU chief.
Curtis “ got sent to the principal’s office. What the hell was that? He is a standup guy who kicks ass and he deserves to be in on the kills. If you were Jack and Tony was still dead, who the hell else would you want covering you as you charge 32 terrorists armed only with a pistol?
Audrey “ still horse faced but I agree that she’s got more backbone this season. She was useless last season except as a measure of how much Jack loses in the course of his work. I like her even if I can’t imagine Jack making the beast with two backs with her. The Walt Cummings factor does NOT help.
Walt “ definitely did NOT hang himself. He was turned into a mobile to keep President Used-To-Be-A-Pussy (sounds like a Chippewa name now) in the clear.
Wayne “ quantum (there’s that word) leap in this character now that he’s stepping up, kicking ass, taking rifles from killers in the woods, surviving RPGs, and shooting nameless terrorists in the chest at point blank range. What a huge improvement over that useless lump of quivering, sniveling whininess that moped through the last half of season three after getting caught boning the wife of his brother’s benefactor. Semper Fi!
Tony “ I know I’m a broken record on this, but his death sucked. Chapelle got more of a send off. Lispy Edgar got the dramatic death treatment. Gaelle gets to die like a hero. Tony was a lynch pin on that show for four seasons and then dies like a punk in the ever-lethal CTU when RoboCop wakes up from a torture-induced coma and overpowers him. Suck-ass scene. A disrespectful end for a great character. Ranks right down there with Kim and the mountain lion.
Evelyn “ glad she and her daughter survived. I would have put her chances at about 5%.
Miles “ can’t wait for his death. He is a mean little suck ass. I mean that in every way possible.
Christopher “RoboCop” Henderson “ was interesting early on, but all my interest went out the window when he miraculously willed himself out of the infamous torture-induced coma, killed Tony, and made his way out of CTU. Possibly the only guy ever to survive the CTU medical unit. At this point, I want him to die in a traffic accident or something stupid like that. Something tells me that if they hung him up and went to work on him with the chain saw like the terrorists did to that poor sap last season he would have spilled his guts in more ways than one.
Aaron “ my favorite character, next to Jack, of course. Steady as the Rock of Gibraltar, he saved Wayne and coolly manages every situation. He’s got a bit of Curtis genes in his background as evidenced by lighting up the flamethrower guy with a pistol shot. He’s been Tony-like in his ability to effectively work through a long day after being assaulted while having a huge Band-Aid stuck on his head. Maybe Chase is his long-lost son from a teenage indiscretion.
Martha “ I hope she’s the evil mastermind. That would add some interest to this character.
I agree, aaron is also my favourite character nxt to Jack. Now with president pussy and his invlovement I cant wait to see if aaron and martha get it on!!!
Ok, ok I have watched 24 since about the third hour of season 2. You might think I would not be suprised at the ole Presidintial – Puzz boy twist. I was thinking like most of you. How could he pick his jello pudding backbone off the floor to mastermind such a scheme. I will be very interested to see how it is explained (if it holds any truth). However, I hope someone else can confirm something or should I say someone I saw on this episode. I will show some redneck roots but here it goes. When DHS was walking into CTU to take over. A taller male stops to talk to a CTU analyst. I think it was Carl Edwards of NASCAR fame. I do have it DVR’d but have not been able to review the scene. I just would find it funny if it is him (Kind of a why him thing). Anyone, anyone??
One thing everybody has to remember is that the plan did not call for Bierko and his ilk to realize they were being used. They were supposed to quietly take their nerve gas back to Chechnya and have it blow up in their faces when they get back to their secret terrorist camp (I’m picturing a lot of army-green tents, chickens, and Soviet-surplus weapons). Everything that’s happened since then has been dual damage control- stopping the terrorists from doing REAL terrorist stuff, and stopping anybody from finding out that the Administration was behind it to begin with. That means a few people getting executed at the airport was planned collateral damage on the part of the Prez, but the nerve gas attacks and the assault on the motorcade were unintended. Killing Palmer, stringing up Cummings, shipping Martha off to the crazy home, bombing Michelle and Tony, the attempts on Jack and Chloe, kidnapping Evelyn’s kid and eventually killing them both? All to cover up the original plan before anybody can find out. See how things snowball? Since President Taint has committed to this, he has to kill however many people find out about his plan, lest he be impeached and maybe shot for treason. If Evelyn hadn’t told Palmer, Palmer wouldn’t have needed to die, and Michelle and Tony and Chloe wouldn’t have needed to die to frame it on Jack.
FL Air Medic, good call:
http://www.us.imdb.com/name/nm1907731/
Anyway, I just watched it again a couple of days ago and noticed something. Why would Evelyn be drafting letters, on behalf of the First Lady, to the families of the Sunrise Mall victims? Didn’t they put out a cover story (I’m almost certain Jack and Henderson were talking about this) that it was a gas leak?
I’m not trying to be all “hey, I found a plot hole in 24,” but still….
I tried to email this to the gasm, but the emails bounced back.
Taken from http://www.tvguide.com:
24′S HEAVEN: Kiefer Sutherland has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox
Television that will keep him starring on 24 for another three
years/”days” ” at a rumored $40 million, no less, which would make him the
highest-paid actor on a drama series ” and also elevate him to full
executive-producer status on the five-year-old series. The contract also
provides funding for the development of Sutherland’s soon-to-launch
production company.
YEAH!!! It specifically says that he will continuing “starring” on the show and not fade into oblivion as producer. I, of course, will repost this after the recap of tonight’s episode comes out.