The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Shooting

By admin | Tuesday, April 11, 2006 | 12:07 pm | 30 Comments

24_4-10-06 I am fairly positive that we here at TVgasm were responsible for giving Charles Logan the moniker President Pussy, and with all due respect to Vincent Pastore, being a President Pussy makes you a really Big Pussy. Therefore, when it was revealed on last week’s episode of 24 that whole President Pussy thing might have been an act (at least during this season), and that he had been orchestrating everything since the first hour, it looks like we fell for the quivering lip, the weak handshake, and the wishy washy attitude hook, line, and sinker. Now that Logan is the Big Bad, I was hoping that somebody would have a plan to take him down. Luckily, Jack Bauer has a PDA, hoodie, and a gun, not to mention a messenger bag. It looks like there will be a priority delivery of some lethal justice coming our way soon. To paraphrase a great twentieth century songwriter: There’s something strange….with the President. Who You Gonna Call? JACK BAUER!After the shootout last week, Evelyn was hit and they lost Henderson. I have no clue how you can lose some fugitive when the whole city in on curfew, but I guess if the President is the brains behind your operation, you are going to have some sort of protection. Jack learned that Evelyn had placed the evidence she had on the President in a safety deposit box in Agoura Hills. I guess she thought that Westlake Village was too obvious, so she decided to go a little farther down the 101 to be safe.

Since Henderson is still out there, they can’t just take Evelyn to a hospital because hospitals ask too many questions, at least that is what Robert Duvall told me in Gone in Sixty Seconds. Instead, they take her to a motel where Jack takes a look at her injury and announces that he will have to clean out the wounds. He just needs to call up Audrey and have her upload the locations of all of the major arteries to his PDA. Jack can then punch Evelyn in the face and perform some vascular surgery.

Unfortunately, there isn’t enough time for surgery, and Evelyn says she is fine, so Jack decides to call Audrey for another matter. He is going to have this evidence that President Logan gave the order to kill President Palmer, but he can’t just throw that revelation out into the wind and hope somebody picks up on it. You know, because there isn’t one major news outlet that would release information damaging to the President without checking on the sources first. I guess if Jack had a recording of Logan having sex with Walt Cummings they would care, but evidence that he was complicit in the death of a former President? Whatever. If only Dan Rather was around, it might help, but then again, we can’t wait until Sixty Minutes II airs because we have less than half a day left.

Audrey can’t believe what she is hearing, but she does happen to know a high level source in the government that might be able to help them out. Yes, it’s the return of James Heller! Why haven’t we heard from him all day? Well, he was on his way back from a summit in Japan. I mean, you might think he would have set some time aside to be around for the big terrorism treaty considering he is the SecDef and all. It’s really nice to see Heller back because Audrey has been good, but this whole operation needs adult supervision, and with Bill Buchanan out of the loop, Heller is the guy. Jack tells Audrey to keep the details secret from her father to let him know, but to arrange a meeting with him as soon as possible. In the meantime, he needs to get around the checkpoints, so he does actually tell her to send all of that information to his PDA.

We can only speculate why Logan decided that he needed to do everything he did, but he knows that Henderson has to fix it. Henderson actually killed Palmer without Logan’s knowledge, but the fact that Logan knew a lot more about what was happening and sat idly by while a lot of Americans lost their lives means he will at the very least be impeached. Therefore, Logan places a call into Karen Hayes at CTU. He tells Karen that he wants to put a warrant in on Jack Bauer, and that apprehending Jack should take priority, even over capturing Henderson. This all seems strange to her(luckily, we all can relate), especially considering he only recently gave the order to reinstate Jack, but goes through with the plan and promises to keep the source of the order confidential.

This new directive to bring in Jack is the last thing that Karen needs. She is starting to realize that running CTU is not such an easy task, and the only thing she has done since gaining power is to fire the old CTU staff, and she is having second thoughts about that. Now she is getting this order and has no clue what is going on. Miles won’t hear any of this. In fact, he seems to be VERY excited that the new mission is to get Jack Bauer. Maybe if they catch him, Miles will get to do the interrogation himself! Yay! Latex gloves and Jack strapped down in a chair. Miles can barely contain himself!

Miles knows that if they are going to find Jack, the best way to do it is to watch his friends. Audrey updates Chloe on the plan and then tells Karen Hayes that she is going to leave to catch a few hours of sleep. If it seemed that Karen let Audrey go a little too easily, it’s because Karen had two agents place a transponder n her car with orders to follow Audrey and give updates on her location.

Jack and Wayne left Evelyn in the hotel room with a couple of bullet holes in her leg, but with her daughter Amy to look after her. They made their way to the house of manager of the bank with the safety deposit box where Evelyn had stored the evidence. Unfortunately, Wayne is no Curtis. When they got to the house, he started thinking like a politician and suggested that they just tell the bank manager the truth. I thought Jack was going to explode. The truth? The TRUTH? The bank manager can’t handle the truth! We need full compliance! It’s times like these where I wish that CTU were a soap opera. I can see it now.

Wayne “Jack, we need to tell him the truth. Think of it as opening a socket to his soul.”

Jack “Wayne, there is no time. The protocol says I open a VPN to his heart, but what does the protocol do when lives are on the line? Will the protocol bring your brother back?!”

Wayne “OK, fine, and I’m sleeping with your sister”

Jack “She’s a slut. Let’s do this!”

Don’t even tell me that you wouldn’t watch, that is some great shit. Anyway, they break into the house, but the bank manager is no idiot. He isn’t the manager of that Credit Union in Aguora Hills because he is a chump. He is lying in bed with his wife, about to give her another 5 to 10 minutes of pleasure, when he hears a noise. He gets out of bed to investigate, but Jack is there to stop him. Jack lets him know that he needs to get into his bank. He has Wayne tie his wife up with some neckties, which is probably the most excitement she has had in years, and they head off to Agoura Hills.

“Honey, has the Cialis kicked in yet? I have a hair appointment tomorrow morning. Let’s get this over with and we can talk next month.”

Meanwhile, Audrey has been able to reach her father. When she says that Jack is going to have evidence, he sounds really testy. I mean, he has his own private jet, it’s hours before he lands, what else is he doing that he can’t take a phone call from his daughter? Jack did save his life not too long ago, so this small favor shouldn’t be a big deal. Besides, if his son is still living in West Hollywood, maybe he’ll stop by and see him as well. The closest airport is in Van Nuys, and it’s only about an hour until they can land, so Heller agrees to meet Audrey.

Now, I know what you were thinking. If Audrey goes to the airport, those homeland security goons might follow her, right? Not so fast there. Remember, Audrey has Chloe on her side. When Audrey stopped for gas, Chloe instructed her on how to use a CTU walkie-talkie to search for any bugs. Audrey found the transponder, attached it to another car, and was able to leave undetected. She didn’t go unnoticed, however. Did anybody else think Audrey’s coat was quite fetching? I know she enjoys the CTU salon every now and then, but who knew that CTU had a Saks Fifth Avenue that was open all night? Man if they get that new CPK and Tower Records, I would work there myself. I might bring my own gas mask and staple my key card to my chest, but it wouldn’t be all that bad.

New from Dior: Intrigue overcoats for the Government Bureaucrat who needs to go from conference to club in one fabulous evening.

Besides this little problem with Jack, things are winding down for Logan. He has another press conference scheduled and is giving a great performance; good enough that people actually believe he is doing a great job. He has the first lady fooled, who is practically having an orgasm listening to him talk tough about terrorists. One person who isn’t fooled is Aaron Pierce. Ever since he met up with Wayne, things haven’t seemed the same, and Aaron calls Jack to let him know that there is now a warrant for his arrest.

Since Jack was already racing around breaking curfew, another warrant wasn’t going to do much damage. He makes it to the bank along with the bank manager and Wayne. The three of them go inside and open the vault. It’s a timed lock, so they have to wait a few minutes, and while that is happening Wayne tries to explain to the bank manager why they are there. The bank manager recognized Wayne’s face, and although he didn’t mention anything about the President, Wayne was happy to open that socket to the bank manager’s soul. After a few minutes, they go inside the vault and sure enough, there is the recording of Henderson and Logan, talking about the recent assassination of the President Palmer.

Wow! That was so easy! Now all they have to do is make their way to the Van Nuys airport to meet Secretary Heller and the job is done! Actually, if things were that easy, I probably wouldn’t watch the show. There are complications, like the whole Evelyn thing. Now I know that they couldn’t take her to a hospital because Henderson has all of the channels under surveillance, but if I have learned anything from other action movies, it’s that you can always take a sick person to the vet for human injuries. If the vet is an ex-alcoholic, even better. Instead, Jack thought it would be a good idea to leave Evelyn alone with only her daughter to watch after her.

What a great idea. Have a six-year-old who was painfully traumatized look after her mom who is possibly dying. I’m SURE she’ll do just fine under pressure. Or not. Amy goes to wash her hands because, well, blood is gross, and just breaks down and starts screaming. Evelyn hears her and tries to hobble over on one leg to comfort her. Instead, she learns she can’t walk, is a little woozy from the loss of blood, and falls, hitting her head on a table. Amy is scared, as she should be, and calls 9-1-1. She gives her mom’s name, which Henderson picks up. He arrives at the hotel just in time to shoot the two paramedics who are taking care of Evelyn.

There isn’t much sense in putting up a fight now, so Evelyn lets Henderson know where Jack is going. Henderson then puts in a call to Logan, who was just busy sucking face with Mrs. Logan. Martha was having hot flashes, but it wasn’t from menopause; she was getting wet just thinking about her husband signing another treaty. Ooh baby, that’ s how I like it. With a fountain pen? You soooo nas-tay. Needless to say, the phone call killed the mood, but Logan was happy to hear that they were going to get a hold of Jack within a matter of minutes.

That’s, uhh, gross.

When Karen and Miles heard that they lost Audrey Raines, they started to wonder what the hell was going on. She wasn’t a trained field operative, so she must have had help. That means that Chloe must know something as well. Luckily, they were able to find Audrey on satellite and were tracking her as she was driving towards Van Nuys. Chloe was busy trying to interfere with the transmission, but was forced to head to the server room when Shari was getting too nosy. So many things happen in the server room, so it’s always a special place for me, and the familiar startup sound of the Macintosh 512k Enhanced is always a welcome addition.

In the server room, Chloe does her business. She is able to add some interference to the feed right as Karen and Miles are tracking Audrey. When the signal goes out, Miles sees that Chloe’s desk is empty and heads to the server room, where Chloe is still furiously tapping away at the keyboard like she was Tom Cruise trying to remove Thetans from his soul. Miles makes it down, but there is no Chloe. Phew! But where did she go? When he turns around, there is Chloe, coming out of the bathroom. Miles demands to know what she was doing. I was really expecting her to say “If you really must know, I had KFC for lunch. It was number 2.”, but instead she simply stared at him with that wonderful Chloe gaze and said that if he really wanted to know, she could file a report. She would even title it “One crappy day.”

“Should I draw you a picture?”

But what I am doing? We still have to talk about Jack. As they were about to leave the building, Jack noticed that there were some cars outside. It had to be Henderson’s men. He made it back to the Vault and told the manager to sound the, uh, silent alarm. Henderson’s men may be there on the indirect request of the president, but if there weren’t police outside, then what they were doing wasn’t official. The LAPD would come, see this robbery, and come out guns blazing. Actually, the LAPD would come out guns blazing if it was a homeless guy running away from a Krispy Kreme with a boxed of glazed donuts, but you get my point. Henderson won’t want the cops to have the tape either because he won’t be able to control where it goes, therefore his men will shoot at the cops. In other words, the perfect diversion!

Well, it might have been the perfect diversion, except you know that this bank manager dude was so dead. When the cops arrive on the scene, everything is going according to plan. Although Jack tried to get the manager to stay in the bank, this guy suddenly felt a sense of duty, and after seeing Jack cap a couple more terrorists, thought he would be safe around Bauer and since black guys know how to use guns, the other guy can’t be half bad either. Jack should have given this guy the Slightly Faded But Nevertheless Useful Extreme Hoodie of Infiltration, because it might have protected him from some automatic weapon fire. The three of them make it to a police cruiser and are able to speed off. I feel sorry for the poor person who has to untie his wife and tell her that her husband is dead.

However! Everybody else is OK. Audrey is at the Van Nuys airport, and Jack is not far away. Secretary Heller will be there soon, and then Jack can take on his greatest challenge. He has stopped terrorists, assassinations, nuclear weapons, biological attacks, and nerve gas, but this may be his hardest task of all. Jack Bauer must take down the President.

What did you think of this episode? Did you like Audrey’s jacket? Where’s Curtis? How long can Wayne Palmer run around without getting shot? Is President Pussy looking any more like a mastermind this week?

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1

kepster

Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:09 pm

I TOTALLY want an Intrigue Overcoat, perhaps to go with the Aviator Glasses of Badness. I lived in LA for two years- it’s NEVER cold enough for a big-ass wool coat like that!
Fashion faux-pas aside, I am loving 24!
2

America's Next Top Fan

Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:39 pm

It’s amazing how George Bush can go from President of the US to an actor on 24. The similarities are uncanny. Oh wait, the writers just makes it seem like Bush is President Pussy? Wow.

I love all the dramatic close up of the actors. Wayne Palmer had several close-ups that almost had me rolling.

Shout out to the director who went into James Bond mode with Chloe. From the time she logged into the server as Chloe O, the bond music began and hit a cresendo when she emerged from the ladies. Great touch.

Best quote of 24 this season: Ah, shit. don’t remember it but had something to do with the dead banker.

PS. Robocop is kicking major ass. Make him a regular.
3

America's Next Top Fan

Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:43 pm

And who knew that a guy who starred in the Lost Boys would end up making $40 mil on one of the best TV shows EVA.
4

B-Side is My Soul Mate

Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:44 pm

Presindet Pussy and DUBYA really dont have all that much in common when you think about it. Dubya would easily make the decisions PP can’t. He loves war and all things that lead to war. For example, he would have easily given up Soveroff’s (SP?)route, No questions asked, in order to save Americans.
5

Babs

Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:47 pm

J-Unit, thanks for the quick recap, and I was wondering the same thing, where’s Curtis? Last we saw him he was taking Bierko back to CTU. Maybe he got the homeland ax too?

The reason Henderson can cruise around LA is b/c he has Evelyn’s car, which had an “official” pass on the windshield.

I also loved the music they played when Chloe was in the server room. I think it also carried into the last bank scene.
6

AbbyAnn

Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:49 pm

I particularly liked how Chloe faked having been in the bathroom since the cast has always joked that they wonder how the characters make it a full day without a bathroom break.
7

America's Next Top Fan

Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:52 pm

B-side is my soulmate

Wait till those poll numbers drop some more. lololololol Oh the drama to come!!!
8

dumbanddumber

Posted April 11, 2006 at 12:57 pm

I also like when they broke into the bank manager’s house, Jack immediately whips out his break-in kit. Do you think that he keeps his emergency ski mask from last year in there too?

What about Evelyn? Do you think that Henderson killed her and the daughter? That’s pretty hardcore for a TV show.
9

copygodd

Posted April 11, 2006 at 1:14 pm

sure, call 911 and give them your mom’s real name. way to go, AMY.

just one more reason not to have kids.
10

RealityTV4Me

Posted April 11, 2006 at 1:49 pm

I really want to know what happens to Amy because if she dies, I will be one mega-pissed momma. Unfortunately, we may never know and she falls by the “Where’s Behrooz?” wayside.

Best line of the night: I’d rather take my chances with you, Jack.”
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palmtree

Posted April 11, 2006 at 2:14 pm

I’m sad to say that I think Henderson might just kill Amy and Eveyln. He didn’t seem to have a problem with his wife being shot. He’s pretty hard core and would do anything to protect the President. I’m still praying that maybe Aaron or Jack or somebody will go check on Eveyln see Henderson and shot his a$$.
12

pbjunkie

Posted April 11, 2006 at 2:16 pm

Man, I really eat up scenes between the Logans. I love those actors and those characters. I’m bummed that Logan’s the bad guy, only because it means he won’t be president again “ unless of course we get a money high-level cover up!!!

I am anticipating a nice showdown between Secretary Heller and Logan. I hope it’s a good one!!
13

B-Side is My Soul Mate

Posted April 11, 2006 at 2:59 pm

I wasn’t saying DUBYA is a good leader, just that if there is one thing he ain’t, it’s a pussy. Shock and Awe

Audrey’s jacket was the best/most odd article of clothing ever to appear on a 24 cast member
14

brilliantmistake

Posted April 11, 2006 at 4:04 pm

Awesome recap, this made me laugh out loud-

“He just needs to call up Audrey and have her upload the locations of all of the major arteries to his PDA. Jack can then punch Evelyn in the face and perform some vascular surgery.”

Poor Agoura banker-man was marked for death the second he appeared onscreen. If he knew the fate of character actors on this show, he would have let Jack shoot him in his comfy bed.

Bush and Pres. Pussy are different- Pussy’s actually worried that someone will find out he’s broken the law; Bush is much more of a ‘fuck-you, I’m the president’ kind of guy.
15

Miles O'Toole

Posted April 11, 2006 at 4:33 pm

Uh, where the hell’s Curtis? Is he on a coffee break? Is he playing pinball in some bowling alley? Where is he?
16

24Ever

Posted April 11, 2006 at 5:52 pm

The comparisons between Pres Pussy and Bush are stupid…With the long droopy face Logan has always reminded me of Kerry- Anyways Logan was shaking in his panties earlier in the day when VP Hal came and took control with his Martial Law plan but not this hour, he wasn’t taking any crap and he was the PRESIDENT. He’s been too much of a pussy to talk to anyone like that before . Hal def. knows something is up. Can’t wait to see Heller tear Logan a new one next week and then see him puss out like always.
17

mangos

Posted April 11, 2006 at 7:32 pm

Hahaha, I love the soap opera lines, cracked me up!

Did anyone else notice that when they attached the tracker to Audrey’s car, they used a screwdriver and when she found it she just pulled it right off?
18

Coconutphone

Posted April 11, 2006 at 9:00 pm

“Intrigue overcoats for the Government Bureaucrat who needs to go from conference to club in one fabulous evening.”

Outstanding! LOL

Normally I’m not one to care if fictional kids are traumatized/hurt (no worse to me than adults for the most part) but I was actually saying: don’t let that kid see her mom die. Don’t let that kid see her mom die.

Loved Intrigue Audrey (she’s been amazing this hwle season). The Bon-esque music but most of all: Chloe’s PRICELESS reaction to Miles question “WHAT?!”. MLR’s facial expression had me rolling for the rest of the hour.
19

wandernview

Posted April 11, 2006 at 9:56 pm

Three men go into the bank, ones the former presidents brother, another a counter-terrorism agent and the other is a noname banker. Now who didn’t see that death coming a mile away?

I guess Henderson also trained the CTU field ops course on setting up perimeters since that one became swisscheese in a hurry.

Curtis is hooking up with psychochick Shari.

And Audrey in the Intrigue overcoat of hotness. mmmmm
20

jenny10girl

Posted April 12, 2006 at 4:48 am

Did anyone else laugh when Eveyln cracked her head on the table? That was great.
21

America's Next Top Fan

Posted April 12, 2006 at 5:35 am

The man avoided Vietnam.
Invaded a defenseless, soverign country.
Refuses to give speaches where he’s not insulated by his fanatical base for fear of someone calling him on his BS.
Orders protesters rounded up and herded to designated areas miles from his speeches.

Yeah, I’d say he’s a pussy.

No wait. I’m sorry, you guys are right. I see the difference cause Bush really is a “fuck you” type of guy. He’ll go down in history as the Fuck You president. And Dick Cheney will be known as Shooter. Yeah!

Fuck You and Shooter

Go Robocop!
22

RealityTV4Me

Posted April 12, 2006 at 5:50 am

I have never been more distracted by an article of clothing as I was with the intrigue coat of hotness. I literally sat back for a minute and thought, I wonder if I can google that coat and find a knockoff for myself. Glad to see so many others noticed it, too.
23

J Unit

Posted April 12, 2006 at 7:00 am

Just a little reminder to keep things on topic, ie about 24. Feel free to flame yourselves elsewhere, but you will be banned if you continue here. Everybody has been officially warned, and complaining about me banning people is also off topic and will get you banned. E-mail me if you hate the policy.
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PoopsMcgee

Posted April 12, 2006 at 10:02 am

Great episode!

I love the rules behind 24 characters…if you are a minor character, you have about 5 seconds to live, if you are a major character you will probably make it one season and either die, or succumb to a horrible tradgedy the next year. Seriously, how many slightly developed minor characters have actually survived (Behrooooz doesn’t count since he disappeared off the face of the planet. Of course, he is the real mastermind behind this whole thing!) this show? I started laughing out loud when I knew Henderson’s men were going for the bank at the fate of the unfortunate bank manager. Also, did anyone else think it was odd how Jack had absolutely no qualms about the human lives spent in his diversion (i.e. The Cops who had to cut short their Krispy Kreme break) with the bad guys? At the same time, I think it’s kinda badass how Jack just doesn’t give a shit anymore. Of course this was also evident earlier when Aaron let him know that a warrant was out for him and he couldn’t give a two craps over, and also bailing at the drop of a hat 2 seconds after Evelyn told him to go and not worry about her.

I love the scenes with PP and Jean Smart. Definitely the most interesting drama of any President character (I thought the Sherri Palmer thing dragged on way too long, but that’s just me).

I seriously smile everytime Robocop is on the screen. Of course, it takes a half human cyborg from the future to come and stand any sort of chance with Jack Bauer.

I wonder if Heller has anything to do with PP and the others or if he’ll just come in and save the day? You just know that 24 doesn’t bring in characters, especially old ones, unless there is a reason. I bet there will be one final plot twist at the end, and I bet at least one more character will be discovered to have been in on it.
25

Tracie

Posted April 12, 2006 at 10:20 am

Thanks for keeping things on the 24 track, J-Unit.

I have one question about this episode: Where is Mike Novik? He would’ve figured it out by now. Maybe he’ll be appearing soon. (Or did he die and I just forgot?)

And I REALLY hope Henderson didn’t kill Evelyn and Amy, but like palmtree said, he let Jack shoot his wife, so who’s a woman and her kid to him?
26

needrealitytv

Posted April 12, 2006 at 10:35 am

Anyone realize that Jack, Wayne and the banker had to walk 1/4 mile so they wouldn’t be stopped by the guards that are enforcing the curfew…but Henderson’s men had no problem driving in three or four cars and pulling up right in front of the bank?
27

J Unit

Posted April 12, 2006 at 11:09 am

I totally forgot to mention Mike. I would think that he would know what is going on and it is strange that he has disappeared. Maybe we’ll find out later that Evelyn is his daughter or something.

As for Evelyn and Amy, I am not sure if they are dead, but it doesn’t look good. I don’t think Henderson would kill them right away, because if his men weren’t able to stop Jack, she would still be pretty good collateral should Henderson need to negotiate. Still, Amy’s scream was pretty convincing.
28

Phenom

Posted April 12, 2006 at 1:39 pm

“I seriously smile everytime Robocop is on the screen. Of course, it takes a half human cyborg from the future to come and stand any sort of chance with Jack Bauer.”

I agree….Robocop kicks ass as a bad guy…He is the perfect Anti-Jack Bauer. They both have that same monotoned acting style, so they complement each other perfectly..

And the REAL best line of the night:

Jack: Audrey, Do you know what this means? Were gonna have to take down the president of the united states!

That cracked me up……
29

livemusicjunkie

Posted April 12, 2006 at 4:08 pm

Loved this episode and loved this recap!!!

btw, I must disagree w/the person who said that you never need a coat like that in LA – I’m LA born and raised and I have a coat like that (although not as lovely, but a long, black, wool peacoat nontheless) and I’ve been wearing it all winter. In fact, I sometimes even have to wear inside my office because of the AC. Just my two cents.
30

TheYak

Posted April 12, 2006 at 9:56 pm

Great episode and recap.

The poor banker. He is this season’s Jason Girard, except he didn’t make it. Big kudos to the show for not underplaying Wayne’s public image, though. I was just pondering on how easy it would be to recognize a former Chief of Staff when the banker confirmed that he knew who Wayne was. I thought that was a nice touch of realism on a show not always known for it.

I’m going to confess a strange attraction to Karen Hayes. I really can’t explain it. I don’t necessarily find her attractive, but I can’t tear my eyes away from the screen when she is on. It’s either my desire to see the hottie she probably was 20 years ago or the fact that because she has to hang around Miles all the time leads me to believe that I’d have a realistic chance of finding out if she really does put the “Ho” in Homeland Security. Regardless of all that, though, I think it is refreshing to see her slowly start to change her stance regarding the takeover in general. She’ll probably come around as it pertains to the President as well. She could be the next “bureaucrat turned good” a la Mason and Chapelle, but without all of the fanfare. Prediction: In the final hour of the season, Bill will be give her a deep kiss, smack her ass, and make Miles hold his jacket while doing so. I’d even venture to bet that Huey Lewis’s “Do You Believe in Love” will be playing in the background during this momentous, err, moment.

I did not enjoy the absences of Bill and Curtis, but I think that’s the nature of the beast when it comes to shows like this. In fact, if I remember correctly, only seasons 1 and 3 had an unchanging starring cast all season. In a real time format, I suppose it is to be expected that some folks will have an hour where they are just not visible (so long as it’s not Jack). In fact, this season started out with 9 cast members – 2 of them are now dead, and only three of the remaining seven (Jack, Audrey, and Chloe) have been in every episode. That’s some useless trivia for you. Anyway, I’m fairly certain that I saw Bill in the previews for next week, so that could be a good thing, unless he gets a phone call from his alcoholic cousin and has to dodge the military presence to find him.

Finally, I do appreciate what I perceived as a fairly good attempt at keeping Logan’s character close to what it was intended to be. He’s not quite evil, he’s just allowing a LOT of bad things to happen to cover his ass. To that end, while he deserves punishment, he’s pretty much dedicated this to his self-serving agenda, and not to destroying the world. On a side note, while I acknowledge the First Lady’s wetness, did anyone see that look she gave Aaron when he said he was a little battle-worn? She totally still wants him. Aaron would do even more to cement his legend if he took a ride on the Martha-go-Round.

Man, I love this show.