Shock to the Heart, and Jack’s to Blame

24

By admin | Tuesday, May 3, 2005 | 1:38 am | 32 Comments

jack_shocks_paulLet me make this clear, I had a very difficult time watching Rosie O’Donnell’s movie, Riding the Bus With My Sister, and it’s not because of the bad writing, bad acting, and bad direction. No, I get my fill each week watching the mentally challenged try and get things done, even when they know they are way over their heads. In every new episode of 24, some federal agent or government bureaucrat makes the case that they should be sterilized when it comes to trying and save our country. Some people just can’t handle the responsibility. Thankfully, somebody has decided the place needs adult supervision or a terrorist might, you know, detonate a bomb and kill millions. Enter former President David Palmer.We were never big fans of President Logan. He is spineless, can’t make a decision, and let’s his ego get in the way of his thought process. I like to refer to him as President Pussy. He’s such a huge pussy, he probably deserves his own Vagina Monologue, don’t you think? Luckily for us, President Pussy does have some common sense, and he calls in President Palmer to stop the effing madness that he has created during an administration that is only three hours old. By the time President Palmer gets back to the White House, things are a shambles. Logan is doing his work from the bunker. “From the Bunker?” Palmer wonders. “I didn’t try and find a bunker when the plague was about to hit LA, or when the plague actually hit me a few years back. He doesn’t even have to hide from Sherry. Why is he in the bunker?”

Everybody is happy to see the President back, including his favorite Secret Service agent Aaron. I am actually surprised they didn’t commission him as part of the President’s Secret Service detail when he declined to run for a second term, but whatever. Palmer meets Logan, and Logan basically hands him the keys to everything and makes him the decision maker for the operations involving the recovery of the missing warhead. Any awkwardness that might have been around with Mike Novick in the room was soon put to rest. The president did have a good reason to have a beef with Mike over that little “you had me impeached” thing, but says that he knows Mike has the country’s best interest in mind and that they will let bygones be bygones. How very diplomatic, or even Presidential of him.

In Los Angeles, Chloe was obviously in fine shape after her little run in with the guy trying to ram her into oblivion, reminding the paramedics she did the shooting, and that she was alright. She started working on the laptop that she had rescued in order to find as much information as possible on why this guy had all of these nuclear schematics on hand, or where he got them from. It turns out our Indian nuclear genius got his information from a Chinese nuclear genius, one Lee Jong. Oh man, you mean the communists are in on the deal? And it wasn’t even Castro? Shit is going to go down! What was that? He was thrown out of China for falsifying his research and is likely doing all of it for money? Damn! I was ready to name name, and point fingers, and well, name names! By the way, if a communist was going to seek refuge in Los Angeles, I would probably check in on Sean Penn or Tim Robbins first.

CTU is able to find Lee fairly quickly. He has sought refuge at the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. As we know from watching Lethal Weapon 2, the Simpsons, and for the particularly studious of you, books, a nation’s embassy is basically like having a piece of that nation on your soil. It’s sovereign territory and if you need to get somebody from the inside, you have to abide by the rules of that country. President Palmer knows this and makes call to the consulate, who tells the President that they do have Lee, but that he is a Chinese citizen and they must make go through the proper channels. Palmer assures him that his country will be greatly rewarded if they give up Mr. Lee. Well Taiwan, it was nice knowing you.

Back at CTU, Paul Raines is out of surgery. God, will this guy just die already? How long are they going to prolong his sad existence? Well, they are going to keep him around at least until he is able to be transported. Although the FAA has restricted air travel, Audrey is working on a clearance(being the daughter of the Secretary of Defense helps these things). Paul is going to participate in the Amherst Spine Program, and adjunct division of the Wesleyan Spleen seminar. Audrey even wants to go with him. Don’t you love it when 24 has there tender moments? “I can do this myself Audrey.” “No, you shouldn’t be alone, I want to do this, I’m going with you”. Did Ron Howard get a hold of this script? It sounds eerily like that part in Far and Away, it was right about when, well, THE WHOLE MOVIE.

Meanwhile, Tony and Michelle are taking in the president’s latest instructions. Palmer, the genius that he is, suggested that the Iowa National Guard help in locating the missing warhead. Wow! Use the military. Too bad nobody thought of that when they were, uh, TRANSPORTING THE WARHEAD. And speaking of the warhead, it turns out that it was an S-series, one of the most powerful around. Knowing that, Michelle was very happy that the National Guard would be helping the local authorities – all together now – “Set up a perimeter!”. I never would have guessed! In a moment of sheer brilliance Tony wonders if it might be too easy for somebody to slip through the perimeter. If CTU was trying to catch Harrison Ford in The Fugitive they would have to have made another three or four movies at least.

In the middle of all of this, Tony gets a phone call. Michelle answers (Edgar Stiles must be a fan of the courtesy flush), and it’s Jen, and she introduces herself as “The woman who’s been living with [Tony]“. Since this is the first time she is hearing it, Michelle is a little bit stunned – a couple of hundred situps a day and Tony would be quite the catch again. Jen simply called to say that she was worried (uh, no cellphone Tony?), and wants to know why his ex-wife is there. The roofies Jen put in Tony’s vodka must have been wearing off, because Tony suddenly realizes that Jen is kind of dirty and really annoying. He hangs up abruptly, but Michelle is upset. In another very tender 24 moment, Tony says that he never loved Jen. Oh really? We thought you moved to Valley Glen for the schools and to build a family. We never thought that you were washed up and shacked up with the first woman who enjoyed the whiskey aftertaste when you blow your load.

The show is only twenty minutes in, but I am wondering something myself. For instance, what in the hell was taking Chloe so long on her way back?. It took her about 2 minutes to get to wherever she went, but it was taking her ten times as long to get back. You can just never trust that Hollywood Freeway. When Choe does finally get back, nobody is more excited to see her than Edgar. He doesn’t know what it is, but he gets a happy feeling in his pants when Chloe is around, and wants to tell her how he feels. It might have been great to see Edgar and Chloe have yet another tender moment, and tell each other how much they care about each other, but instead they spend the next few minutes discussing how much Chloe might be traumatized after having to kill that guy. Don’t you really want to see them play a little “seven minutes in heaven” and lock them up in a supply closet for a while?

So the CTU team is back at full strength, but it looks like it won’t matter. Jack and Curtis were dispatched to the consulate in order to handle the transfer of Lee, but the consulate is saying the premiere of China has yet to make a decision, but he should have good news in two or three hours. Apparently, it is concubine week, and he has to try to have a son with six or seven poor farm girls. Considering Marwan wanted to drop the bomb before sunrise on the east coast, that is a couple of hours two long for comfort. President Palmer goes over his choices and calls Jack with the plan. The only way to get Lee would be to go in and extract him, which would be like declaring war on the entire People’s Republic. To limit the exposure to the United States government, the whole operation would have to be done off the record. If Jack was captured, the president would deny his existence and he would be tried in the Chinese legal system.

Jack takes a moment to soak it all in, but he’s got Curtis on his side, so why not just go in and give it a try? He leaves Curtis outside to take care of any trouble and prepare the getaway. Jack then puts his ski-mask on and goes all stealth into the Chinese Consulate. I guess it’s hard for other countries to find good security because Jack is able to sneak in. In honor of going into China, the producers turn Jack into a ninja, and the music sounds like it is straight out of Crouching Tiger.

Aiding Jack getting to Lee is Tony, the only person Jack can trust at CTU (Chloe has had enough excitement for a little while). He lets Tony know that he will need infrared imaging to help him track bodies through the building. Tony agrees to help, but I don’t think he quite understood when Jack requested absolute secrecy. Well sure, he took measures to prevent people from tracking things on his console, but doesn’t it sort of defeat the purpose when you do the tracking on the huge 42″ plasma screen that is hanging over your desk? It has all the subtlety of Jenna Jamieson shopping for a strap-on. He is able to keep everything a secret, but that doesn’t mean that people aren’t happy when they find out after the fact. Buchanan is pissed he wasn’t told about the mission and did the “You don’t work for Jack! You work for me!” routine. I liked Buchanan when he was for torture, but now he is all pissy about “need to know” details. Even Chappelle was less of a control freak than this guy.

jack_chinese_consulateAnyway, Tony is tracking the Chinese soldiers (conveniently colored red, just in case you forgot they were communists) remotely, and helps Jack get to Lee. Once he is close, Jack takes out a few guards (knock out darts), and literally throws Lee over his shoulder and hauls ass outside. Luckily lee is the epitome of a stereotypical Chinese engineer, which means small and thin with greasy hair. Jack is able to run around the building with Lee in tow, dodging bullets pretty well. Unfortunately, Jack was not perfect with avoiding the bullets, as Lee took one in the back as Jack was running. Curtis helps him with the last few agents and we have what, the third CTU field team to come back without any body dying during the mission this season?

The mission was pretty successful. Lee was hurt, but it looked like he was going to make it. The only problem, and it was kind of a big one, is that Chinese consul was killed during the operation. Jack had been using kill darts, but the Chinese guards were using live fire, and the consul stepped in front of a few bullets. Now it doesn’t matter that the incident was friendly fire, the guy basically died because of an apparent act by the United States government. The communists LOVE a good cover up, and you know they were just so excited to have something to pin on the capitalist pigs that make up the United States. The vice consul calls Palmer and wonders if it really was a coincidence that he was rejected access to Lee and then Lee was kidnapped less than moments from each other. Palmer is able to deny it, but if there is any sort of record that this was an operation sanctioned by our government, somebody was going to pay.

Palmer also had to deal with Lee. Jack wanted to get Lee to talk, and perhaps he was sick of all of the torture, but he said the best way to get him to talk was to make a deal, and so Palmer has Logan draft an agreement not to prosecute Lee in American courts and to take him to a location of his choosing. He’s not scared of the Chinese, but he is scared of Marwan, and he isn’t going to talk unless he sees something in paper. God Jack, just torture him. A little thumb to the bullet wound should do. This guy is an engineer, not a commando, he is not going to last that long, and you never know how long he is going to be lucid anyway. Oops! Shouldn’t have said that out loud, because after a few minutes in the van, Lee is starting to fade pretty fast.

OK, so Lee was shot and there was no exit wound, and Jack is only realizing now that this guy might have internal injuries. Better get to CTU and have them stabilize him at the clinic. Normally, this would not be a problem whatsoever, but there are complications. Audrey was able to secure FAA clearance to transport Paul first thing in the morning. She was going to go with him and find an apartment in Amherst. At this point, you know that she really is starting to have feelings for Paul, because it would take a lot for anybody to get excited about moving there, unless, of course, Marcus Camby was still playing basketball. But before Paul got to enjoy the thought of winning his ex-wife back to help him recover, things got a whole lot worse. Fluid started building up around his heart and he was rushed to surgery for yet another operation.

As you may imagine, there becomes a sort of confrontation inside the CTU operating room. The surgery team has started on Paul when Jack wheels Lee in. The surgeon is sort of “first come, first served” about the whole thing, and is about to tell Jack to take a number, but Jack pulls a a gun instead and points it at the judges’ head. You’ve got to admit, that is a pretty good reason to switch during the middle of an operation. The surgeon takes a look at Lee, but needs the help of the rest of his staff to save the suspect. That leaves Curtis and Jack kind of looking at Paul hoping that he is stable for at least a little while.

jack_gun_surgeonPaul is stable for, oh, five seconds, which leaves Jack and Curtis trying to keep Raines alive until the rest of the doctors could assist. God, isn’t there an intern or something at CTU medical? Do they have to get approval from Paul’s HMO before they can call in another team? What is going on here? Jack and Curtis are good, but they are not good enough to save Paul. They shock him, give him some norepinephrine, but it is too late. Paul is down for the count. Audrey, who had not been happy when Jack came in, then really got upset when Jack pulled the gun, went completely ballistic. She started slapping him, and Jack kind of stood there. He was very conflicted because Paul did save his life, but I imagine he was also wondering what Audrey’s malfunction was. So you lost your spouse, these things happens on days like today. I also bet Jack was hoping she didn’t come after him and get her revenge like he got revenge on Nina.

The whole thing must have been pretty heavy on Jack’s mind. He basically had to let the guy who saved his life die, and they are not even sure what kind of information Lee is going to provide. And even if they do get Marwan’s location, they need to stop a nuclear warhead from killing millions of people. Oh, and even if they stop the nuclear warhead, the government is going to have to find a way to appease the reds, or we might be at war with 1.2 Billion people. I don’t know what going to war against China would be like, but it must be like wading through the Hollywood Freeway when the Cher concert is just getting finished.

Three episodes are left, and there is still a lot of loose ends to tie up. I’m sure it is going to be one tense and suspenseful last three hours of this show. The plausibility of the scenarios even improved a few notches. And we know there is going to be a least one more big twist and at least one more big death. I really can’t wait for it all to happen.

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32 Comments

  1. 1
    Lauren
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 5:28 am

    The title of this is AWESOME. That song will be playing in my head all day. The only better title I’ve seen on TVGasm was “I kelly the amazing race.” Great recap!

  2. 2
    America's Next Top Fan
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 6:35 am

    The title is spot on!

    Anyone admitted to the CTU Clinic is guaranteed to leave dead. Which is why whenever Jack or Tony has an injury they say “I’ll suffer through it” rather than check into the Clinic.

    Does Jack have this convenient ski mask stuffed in his underwear? It seems every other episode he’s pulling it out from down there.

    the 24 folks are setting us up for a knockout season 5.

    PS. J-Unit it would have been nice to get your take on last weeks episode.

  3. 3
    RealityTV4Me
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 6:40 am

    This had to have been one of the most disappointing episodes this season. Come on, did anyone else NOT feel the drama when that surgeon had to choose between Paul and the random Chinese guy? Paul’s such a wuss! Let him go already! It was good to see some genuine emotion from Audrey though. Can someone get her out of here…NOW! Finally!

    I heard that two fairly major male characters die at the end of this season. Please let Paul have been one of them. I can’t say much for him being a major character though. I feel no connection to Curtis either. Let him be the other one.

    Bring on Chase and Mandy!!

  4. 4
    HicksPub
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 6:45 am

    I kelly the 24 vernacular: “Whatever it takes.” = “Jack, go kick maximum ass NOW!”

    There were many textbook examples of the Jack Bauer Method of Communication employed (i.e. “The Whisper and Bark Technique”: “Curtis, bring the van around to the front…NOW!). Nice. And many thanks to MymomstalksB-side for bringing that to our attention (see Monday Night Football, #9). I take note of those every time I watch 24.

    And finally, did anyone else hear the “Young and the Restless” theme song a few times? I heard it on three different occasions:

    1. Uberneedy Audrey and a remarkably healthy-looking-an-hour-after-spinal-surgery Paul talking in the hospital.

    2. Tony and Michelle prior to the skank’s (aka, “First woman who enjoyed the whiskey aftertaste when you blow your load” – kickass description) phonecall.

    3. Hospital visit #2 with Audrey and Paul, when Jack barges in.

  5. 5
    dumbanddumber
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 7:47 am

    I love how they invent technology based on need. Like, this week they have that infrared jobbie that allows them to map every floor of a building AND know exactly where the people are inside. What, did they forget about it last week, when they resorted to the old camera in the ventilation system trick? Or what about the time before thatn when Marwan escaped? Or the time before that???

  6. 6
    Plumes
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 8:21 am

    Man, this show stinks !!!

    Now the Chinese are going to rain down nukes all over the country. Ya pissed off the Tiger, Jack !!

    Gotta close the medical unit!!! HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE????

    I think that the Nixon President is going to name the Black Kennedy Vice-Prez, and then quit to join a Village People Cover Band.

    Chloe and Edgar will get married this summer, join a swingers club and ……. fill in your own blanks.

    PS – There is a scandal at “Jack’s” old school in Montreal – Seems that the kids were doing some serious internet gambling…

  7. 7
    J-Unit
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 8:37 am

    ANTFan,

    Last week was only OK, but the last five minutes with Chloe made my whole evening. This week wasn’t that great either, but you know they are going to have to really write in some crazy shit to be able to tie up everything at the end.

    Personally, I can’t wait. This season has been laughable at a lot of points, but they are still bringing some pretty good suspense.

  8. 8
    RealityTV4Me
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 9:56 am

    Who says there will be any loose ends tied up this season? Season 2 – The ole Mandy shakes the Prez’s hand and then nothing ever comes of it. Season 3 – Let’s cut off Chase’s arm and then….end scene! I bet you anything we will know no more about Behrooz or Heller at the end of this season than we do right now. I sure hope so though.

  9. 9
    corona kid
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 10:17 am

    24 was great last night! Chloe has become the only girl I enjoy watching on the show, I want Audrey dead now! I do enjoy watching Jack blimb walls, carry a man on his shoulder, all in the same day as he stabbed himself and I think got shot in the arm. I dunno, I want some of what he’s having! I do hope Chloe goes out into the field more and kills some more people, her hooking up with Edgar is starting to get too close for my liking, she needs a real man!

  10. 10
    punkrox
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 10:35 am

    I loved how Edgar made a point about how Marwan’s tape was only partially restored, yet they played to whole thing. The damage only made the Marwan seem like Jambi from Pee Wee’s playhouse. Perhaps they could only restore the tape from Marwan’s neck & up.

  11. 11
    punkrox
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 10:36 am

    Did this scene bug anyone else?
    “what does he mean by that when he says we’ll wake up to a new world? Would he really unleash the WMD’s before sunrise???? Nah, that’s crazy”

  12. 12
    B-dub
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 12:33 pm

    In praise of Paul Raines —–
    He reminds me of Oliver from last year’s The O.C.

  13. 13
    couchpotato
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 2:10 pm

    Jack is officially crazy! The way he held the surgeon at gunpoint… I mean, who can work under those circumstances?! Wow!

  14. 14
    Michael
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 2:34 pm

    “Palmer assures him that his country will be greatly rewarded if they give up Mr. Lee. Well Taiwan, it was nice knowing you.”
    “We never thought that you were washed up and shacked up with the first woman who enjoyed the whiskey aftertaste when you blow your load.”

    I have to admire the mind that comes up with those. That shows some RANGE, brotha.

  15. 15
    Victoria
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 2:43 pm

    I am so glad Mr. Bean is dead. He was so disgusting in his touching tender moment with Audrey. She is so stupid and whiny. I can’t believeshe would have the job she has, even if she is the Secretary of Defense’s daughter. It would be like giving that job to one of the BUsh girls. Shudder.
    I remember when I saw Dennis Haysbert at the Best Buy in Pasadena, and he is like seven feet tall. No wonder all his scenes with Kiefer are over the phone. I wish David Palmer was our real president.

  16. 16
    punkrox
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 3:07 pm

    Realityforme:
    I’m nervous that you said that. The opening shows Dennis Haysbert as a “special guest star” or something like that.

    If you’re right, he better not be the one to go. Not when we have Edgar hangin’ around!

  17. 17
    charliel3
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 3:23 pm

    If the writers could just have stopped their characters from doing stupid things, this show could have been called “12″ and it would be over by now.

  18. 18
    B-dub
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 3:38 pm

    “God, isn’t there an intern or something at CTU medical? Do they have to get approval from Paul’s HMO before they can call in another team?”
    Oh, that’s good!

    What’s with all the people milling around the operating room? Are they taking a CTU tour group through the CTU clinic at two in the morning? Also concerned about nonsterile conditions in the O.R.

  19. 19
    LauriL
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 4:00 pm

    Am I missing something?
    Where on earth did the secretary of defense go?
    Was there any explanation for him being present at CTU and running the show to being completely MIA?
    How can they have him being to central to the plot one week, then just vanished the next week? Doesn’t whiny-ass Audrey even care that her dad’s missing?
    After 4 years watching this show, I’m starting to get fed up with these rediculous plot omissions. They could at least have had someone give us one line of dialogue to explain this rather than to just leave it hanging.

  20. 20
    yankeegirl
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 4:02 pm

    Charlie13 – I laughed out loud at your comment. THanks!

    Victoria – I wholeheartedly agree. Why can’t David Palmer be our real president, he is so reassuring and presidently and not….stupid.

  21. 21
    jack
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 4:37 pm

    Well, you could see that one coming from a mile away. The only good reason to have kept Paul alive this long was to come up with some forced scenario where Jack would have to make another one of those tough choices President Pussy couldn’t handle and end up pushing Audrey even further away. Of course, at this point, nothing would please me more than for Audrey either to pull a Maya Driscoll or to pull off a rubber head mask and turn out to have been Nina Meyers all along. Yeah, Nina’s dead, but Jack has died twice in one day before and still managed to kick some terrorist ass before the sun came up, so it wouldn’t be that big of a stretch.

    Well, I’m still wondering what happened to Behrooz, but at least Marwan didn’t slip through yet another hard perimeter this week. My faith in the writers has been severely tested yet again (really, wouldn’t Palmer at least tell Jack to wait long enough for the Chinese Consul to put the phone down before he sent him in? And why didn’t he try to throw suspicion onto Marwan for Lee’s abduction? And wouldn’t they have, I don’t know, called the CTU infirmary so they could prepare for Lee’s arrival, at which point they would have known that the doctor was in surgery and maybe, oh, I don’t know, gone to THE HOSPITAL instead?). But like our excellent recap scribe J-Unit, I anticipate a grand finale with lots of explosions and gunfire, at least one more Scooby-Doo-style exposure of a mole/traitor in either CTU or the Presidential cabinet, and a major character death–please, God, let it be Audrey.

  22. 22
    HicksPub
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 5:39 pm

    Hard perimeter, soft perimeter, iron perimeter, gelatinous perimeter…it doesn’t matter, they all suck dog.

    However, were Edgar to set up a vaporous perimeter after a couple of hours at the “All You Can Eat Burrito Buffet”…

  23. 23
    Katrina
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 7:39 pm

    I wish Palmer was our president too. He’s so much better than any other president in recent history, and especially better than the one we have now!

    I wonder why Jack didnt decide to, you know, drive to a real hospital with Lee. They were already out riding around, and I’d rather go to a real hospital than the makeshift CTU one.

  24. 24
    normee
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 8:01 pm

    Palmer for President. The guy rocks. One episode and we’re about to wake up to a nuclear
    explosion

    and world war III.

    The guy gets stuff done.

  25. 25
    Johan
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 9:09 pm

    Jack can do anything (well maybe not so good in the O.R.).Why don’t they send Jack out to get Bin Laden. Shouldn’t take more than a couple of days tops. He could take Curtis with him.

  26. 26
    b-side
    Posted May 3, 2005 at 11:22 pm

    Victoria — I agree about Palmer being gigantic. I met Dennis Haysbert about a year ago, and not only is he super tall, but when I shook his hand, I felt like I had the smallest hand on the planet.

    Paul sucks. I’m glad he died. Can you imagine Audrey living in Amherst? I bet she’d sit around college coffee houses and be annoying. And you just know she’d always be bugging people to go with her to lectures at Smith and Mt. Holyoke nearby. Shut up, SMALL LIBERAL ART SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS!

  27. 27
    John
    Posted May 4, 2005 at 5:31 am

    Edgar and Chloe, sittin’ in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the frowning, lisping baby with a God complex in the baby carriage.

    Seriously, my helper monkey could write a better season of 24.

    Jack, you are meant to kill people and break things, not get all emotional about killing your girlfriends, husband, who took a bullet for you. Look at it this way, there’s no more competition for Audrey’s heart.

    Tony, you are as well meant to kill people and break things, when I was first introduced to you, you were walking into a garage, guns blazing, you were a tortured soul (patch) without a wife nor a country, but you would not relinquish your honor. That is until your ex wife became head of CTU, hero to pussy in 3.2 seconds, a new record.

    Curtis, you too were meant to kill people and break things, and you’ve done it in a fantastic fashion, the way you cracked the neck of that mofo terrorist after he beat you to a pulp, outstanding. Now you’ve been relegated to holding the perimeter, that’s right, big, small, tight, loose, running, to stable, always look to the CTU badasses to hold a perimeter, kinda, Marwan did escape a perimeter or two while running from CTU.

    Enough of the love stories, the only one that was any fun was the three way between Jack, Audrey, and the now deceased Paul. Well, maybe the loving relationship between the Araz clan was not that bad, but get rid of Driscoll and her daughter, Tony, Michelle, and that Uma Thurman doppelganger.

    By the way, what happened to Behooz, the SecDef, and Driscoll?

    The above statement was typed by my helper monkey, Stevie. He lovers 24, and humps the furniture while watching, I wanted to watch Everybody loves Raymond, but no.

  28. 28
    James
    Posted May 4, 2005 at 9:33 am

    I didn’t watch the show at all till this season and only did because my wife wanted to and I had nothing else to do without Monday Night Football on. What a horrible waste of time. Kiefer owes me hours of life. It was ok to start, and occasionally good but man since the sun went down so did the show. Sort of like a reverse vampire where the talent dies with the sun. I know I should turn the channel off especially when the shows veers off into Rupert Murdoch Propaganda 101. Jeeze Himmler has nothing on this guy. But there is something almost addictive about this show, or even subliminal. They should do that to Arrested Development and then maybe people will actually watch it.

  29. 29
    cl
    Posted May 4, 2005 at 4:36 pm

    hey, the guy who plays pres. logan played mike’s dad in friends. mike = phoebe’s husband.

  30. 30
    Joe
    Posted May 4, 2005 at 6:25 pm

    Was it just me, or did anybody else wonder why the President couldn’t call the Chinese Premier DIRECTLY? No, he gets told to wait a few hours! Hilarious.

    And didn’t they pronounce it “counselate” instead of “consulate”?

    Best Comedy Series: 24

  31. 31
    Serene Bright
    Posted May 6, 2005 at 12:27 pm

    IMO this was one of the best episodes of the season, the scenes between Jack and Audrey, PRICELESS, loved every second of it.

  32. 32
    SpinJared
    Posted May 7, 2005 at 9:24 pm

    24 – ROCKS… and im very happy with this season…

    has anyone gone back to Day 1 recently? Jack looks so young! I think 24 is the best show ever and im glad to have found this web page…

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