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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
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Somebody get CTU some alka-seltzer. This place has the worst case of gas I’ve seen in years. Yes, it was another hour of the Sentox Circus that we commonly know as 24, and if you thought the death count ended with the thud of Edgar’s doughy body, then you were wrong. As long as that pesky nerve gas is floating around, there are casualties to be had, and this week we had two, maybe three. But probably two. And before you even ask, the answer is no, Barry was not slain. So much injustice in the universe of 24.The big show opened up with an extended “Previously on…” recap, and deservedly so. Last week’s double-dose was truly amazing — the sort of rollercoaster ride that has you clutching a pillow one minute and reaching for some tissues the next. I haven’t yet quite forgiven the producers for offing sweet (or “thweet”) Edgar — heck, I’m still smarting from Sherry Palmer’s bullet-ridden demise in season three — but in the world of 24, an untimely death is almost like the greatest tribute a character can have. And so Edgar joins the legends of Bauer Land. May he rest in peace, preferably with a box of Krispy Kremes by his side.
Anyway, we knew there’d be some shenanigans this week when Vice President Hal (a.k.a. the same bastard who killed Laura Palmer) received his own title card in the opening recap. With Walt Cummings also dead and gone, the Prez needed some new, evil influence on his decisions, and when all else fails, why not cart in the hawkish Veep? It worked in season two, right?
Nevertheless, this episode was not about Hal and his sudden rise to relevance. It was about CTU. Basically, nerve gas had been released in the building, and the only safe zones were the Situation Room, the medical clinic (which, by the way, has NEVER been a safe place for anyone), Bill Buchanan’s office, and, randomly enough, holding room 4 — conveniently the location of our favorite hobbit, Lynn McGill. In case you forgot all this, don’t worry. A random guy on a loudspeaker boomed through building and informed everyone about the situation. I half expected to hear him cough up a lung and die right there over the PA system, but apparently, his little broadcasting booth was the fifth, unmentioned safe zone. By the way, let’s give a little round of applause to the first ever use of the CTU PA system. The building’s seen a lot of chaos and tough times, and never has it been put to use — not even during last week’s Code 6 Evacuation. But tonight, they finally decided to break it in. Too bad that little safe zone announcement came after everyone had died.
Anyway, as Chloe all but curled up in a fetal position in the corner, Bill Buchanan (who was trapped up in his office) announced that he could still coordinate with Division. Cool! But what about gas masks? Do we have any of those? Well, the good news was that there were gas masks for everyone. The bad news: they were in the contaminated areas. Doh! Hey, I know this sounds crazy, but maybe next time, they should put the masks inside the safe zones.
After more frantic “What are we gonna do?” patter, we then cut to a shot of Edgar’s body. Poor Edgar. He had foam coming out of the mouth, a glassy look in his eyes. He was either dead or dreaming about tuna melts. Let’s just say, the man can salivate. Back in the Situation Room, Jack had — you guessed it — a situation. He needed Chloe to help, but oops, she was in total shock, unable to even utter one sarcastic sneer. Around this time, I started to feel knots in my stomach that Kim might reinstate herself on the CTU staff, but luckily no such silliness occurred. Yet.
Meanwhile, Kim’s new boyfriend/psychologist/bearded menace thought that maybe he could help Chloe. After all, he was a professional. I was sort of hoping the scene would then turn into a modified take on that famous bit from Airplane where the stewardess slaps the hysterical woman, but instead, Barry’s brand of therapy was the touchy-feely kind. You know, the type that has no business making its way onto 24. I wonder if Barry’s gonna try to sleep with Chloe now.
Anyway, Chloe let down her guard for about two seconds, long enough to eulogize, “He was such a good guy. I just treated him like crap all day.” Lesson to America: that pudgy guy at the office that you always scoff at but secretly have a crush on — give him a hug. Because you never know when he might foam at the mouth and keel over.
Over in holding cell four, Lynn and a random guard named Harry paced around nervously. “This is my fault,” Lynn said. Damn straight it is, douchebag! You have Edgar’s cholesterol saturated blood on your hands! Neverthless, Lynn had tones of remorse and regret in his voice. He sounded like a man who wanted to right the wrongs in his life. A man that would make the ultimate sacrifice!!! The same sort of ultimate sacrifice that Fox had been talking up all week. Hmmm… But until then, he had to deal with a testy Harry who just could not believe that Lynn had lost his keycard.
“How could you not report it?” Harry asked bitterly. “We’re all going to die because you were embarrassed.” Wow, lots of sass coming from one of the CTU “red” guards. Normally, those guys are only around to nod at Curtis and be punched/kicked/shot by various bad guys and Jack.
If Bill Pullman and Alec Baldwin had a love child…
Up in the medical clinic, we had another problem brewing. You see, Tony was still reeling from the news that Christopher Henderson (a.k.a Jack’s old mentor, a.k.a. Robocop) was behind Michelle’s murder. And when it comes to Tony, it’s eye for an eye, soul patch for a soul patch. As luck would have it, this little nerve gas snafu meant that Henderson had to be moved from his torture chamber to the clinic, right next to Tony’s very own cot. This could only end badly. Sure enough, Tony quickly knocked out his doctor (CTU medics are never long for this world. And neither are their patients, I’d like to add), and with a bed head full of rage, he then pounced on Henderson’s torturer, stealing his gun and nearly killing the prized witness. Luckily, Jack managed to intervene by telling Tony (via the intercom) that he understood his rage. “I know how you feel right now,” Jack said, as we quickly flashed to Kim perking up. That’s right, Kim. He was talking about Mom! Good ol’ Terri Bauer. One of the few women on TV to rock the Caesar haircut.
“I know you don’t want to make the situation any worse than it is,” Jack then told Tony. C’mon, Tony. Listen to Jack. He knows the situation. He’s in the Situation Room for crying out loud. He drove the Situation Car to work today. Well, Tony reluctantly caved and took a seat, allowing the young interrogator to get back to his torturin’ ways.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, a brand new character. Meet Karen Hayes, a tough dame from Homeland Security. If she reminded you of the tough dame from the CIA in Syriana, then you’re in luck. It’s the same actress. This time around though, her job wasn’t to browbeat George Clooney but to clean up the mess in CTU. We first found her chatting away with Vice President Hal, saying that there needed to be an emergency reshuffling of the Counter Terrorism Unit. And as part of that restructuring, she’d be the new boss. This could not be good for business. Of course, it wasn’t unexpected. It seems like every season there has to be a changing of the guard at CTU, and with Lynn McGill rapidly falling out of the story, it was inevitable that some other jerk would come in to vex everyone’s plans.
Meanwhile, over at the White House West, the VP was still babbling about his agenda. You see, he wanted to put soldiers on the streets and invoke martial law, just as a preemptive measure to against any riots or panicking. But might the mere presence of soldiers cause the riots? What comes first? The riots or the soldiers? A question as old as time eternal. Anyway, Hal was all “Martial Law this” and “Martial Law that.” Hey, Hal, if you love Martial Law so much, why don’t you just marry it?
Elsewhere in California, Julian Sands, a.k.a. the really, really bad guy, was plotting his next move. He was going to hit another public space, and this time, he planned to release ALL the gas. Dunh dunh DUNH!!
This development, of course, brought up The Clock, and when we returned from the break, we found Jack still pressuring Chloe to work. “What do you need?” she asked with total grumpiness. That was her way of saying “I’m back.” Well, sort of. She was still dealing with residual Edgar trauma; so Jack began to pressure her again, drawing the ire of Barry.
“Believe it or not, Jack, you don’t have to be qualified to help people. You just have to be there for them,” he said.
“Like you were there for my daughter?” Jack responded. Oh SNAP! He went there! Still, at the end of the day, can you really blame Barry? I’m sure there are many men that would like to “be there” for Kim, am I right fellas? (Insert Randy Jackson dawg pound noise here.)
Anyway, this whole conflict climaxed with Jack getting all up in Barry’s face, grabbing him by the neck and pinning him against the wall. Like so many of Kim’s prom dates, I’m sure. With all this drama unfolding, Chloe snapped out of her trauma and said “Fine, I’ll get back to work!” Thattagirl!
With gas contaminating all of CTU, our group had nothing really left to do except wait for Curtis and his squad to come back and neutralize the place. One problem. The nerve gas had some sort of corrosive acid in it, one that was quickly breaking down the safe zone seals. According to some quick computer calculations, everyone only had about fifteen or twenty minutes left before the seals completely disintegrated, leading to the deaths of all our favorite characters. These terrorists really think of everything, don’t they? Pretty impressive considering all these U.S. attacks were supposedly improvised.
Back at the White House West, Martha was taking a quiet stroll around the estate when she ran into Mike, looking as beleaguered as ever. And honestly, if there’s anyone who can pull of the beleaguered thing, it’s Mike. Anyway, he informed Martha that President Pussy was going to institute Martial Law, thanks to Vice President Hal. But wait! Martha thought her husband wasn’t going to do that! Yes, for the umpteenth time that day, Martha learned that her husband had changed his mind, all for the worse. Now Mike wanted her to intervene and keep Logan on the straight and narrow. Just how many times does Martha have to butt into something before Charles gets it right?
Meanwhile, things at CTU were getting worse by the minute (as is often the case), but at least Audrey carried the torch for good old fashioned naive optimism. “Maybe it’s not as bad as we think,” she said. “Maybe the numbers are off!” Shut up, Audrey. Why don’t you step into the contaminated area and test it out for yourself?
Luckily, Bill came up with a fantastic plan to flush the air out of the building. Sounds easy, right? Not so much. Turns out that in order to flush the system, someone needed to quit a program running on a computer near holding room four. Yes, the same holding room in which Lynn McGill was trapped. C’mon Lynn. Time to be a hero!
Actually, hold on a second there, Lynn. This was a job for a real man. The sort of guy that’s not afraid to torture his girlfriend’s ex-husband with a pair of lamp wires. Yes, Jack was gonna brave the nerve gas and shut down that good-fer-nuthin application. Luckily, the Situation Room came with its very own airlock, and so with the seals 80% destroyed, Jack stuck a flashlight in his mouth, opened a panel in the wall, and scampered off for some bad-ass holding-his-breath action.
We then watched as Jack maneuvered through some underground conduit system, eventually surfacing through the floor of the airlock room. At this point, Chloe piped up to say that by the way, if the airlock leaks, they’ll all die. But don’t worry, fair Chloe. The airlock won’t leak. Jack applied a few strips of duct tape to the floor panel he’d just emerged from; so clearly they were protected. Granted, this evil gas could gnaw through fortified CTU seals, but duct tape? NEVER!
Well, eventually, the time came for Jack to head into the gas. Taking a big gulp of air, he stepped into the Dead Zone and cut away at a panel that would lead to the nefarious computer. One problem: there was a set of bars in the way. Hey, those weren’t supposed to be there! Thwarted, Jack had to scamper back to the airlock where he could catch his breath and then make his way to the Situation Room. And speaking of the Situation Room, while Jack toiled in the gaseous realms of CTU, Chloe and Kim exchanged some tense barbs. “Don’t talk down to me, Chloe,” Kim said. Of course, if there’s anyone who always deserves to be talked down to, it’s Kim, but that’s besides the point.
“Listen, we’re in a crisis situation. Tempers are bound to flare. Let’s just everybody breathe,” Dr. Barry said.
“What’s with you and the breathing? Is that your solution to everything?” Chloe snipped back. You know, these crazy kids ought to get holed up in the Situation Room more often.
Well, Jack returned safely to the SitRoom (my new abbrev for it) where he announced that he’d be unable to access the computer. But wait! Didn’t Chloe say it was near Holding Room 4? Couldn’t Lynn McGill do this? Yup. That’s exactly right. One catch though: Lynn’s safe zone didn’t have a nifty airlock attached. That meant that once he broke the seal to access the computer, Holding Room 4 would be contaminated. Yes, Lynn (and sidekick Harry) would have to sacrifice themselves. Granted, they’d die no matter what, but this way, it could be THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE! Man, whoever thought Control-Alt-Delete could ever be so dangerous?
Back at the Situation Room, Kim suddenly felt compassionate and apologized to Chloe about being short before. This then led to a dreary scene of Chloe saying how she always sent Jack news about Kim. You know, like how Chase left Kim, Kim’s ensuing depression, yada yada yada. “How did you get that information?” Kim asked. Uh, this is CTU. Somehow I think they were capable of culling some basic gossip.
Meanwhile, with death impending, Harry the guard called up his daughter to say goodbye (on his cell, no less. CTU really doesn’t like those non-work-related charges racking up the phone bill). Anyway, this led to the obligatory, sappy farewell, including the daughter asking, “When are you coming home?” and Harry answering/crying “I don’t know.” Eventually he told her that he loved her, and then it was go time. “Okay, good luck. And thanks for doing this,” Chloe said to Lynn over the intercom. Now, that’s what I call a warm sendoff! Personally, I would have gone for the “So, um, could you just do this and die already? Thanks. We appreciate it.”
And so our poor hobbit covered his mouth with his tie and broke the room’s protective seal, officially dooming his and his sidekick’s lives. But no heroic moment ever goes unrecognized on 24, and as Lynn ran to the computer, the soundtrack soared with a triumphant fanfare never heard before. You could practically hear America chanting “Ru-dy! Ru-dy!” Go, young Lynn. Save the Counter Terrorist Unit! Redeem your name! Join your fellow compatriots in anti-terrorism heaven!
Well, Lynn got the job done, and even had time to hop back into Holding Room 4, which hopefully wasn’t too too contaminated. He and Harry then sat in silence, holding their breaths as long as possible. Eventually though, Harry had to give in. He released his hand and gasped for air a few times before happily saying, “I’m okay! I’m okay!!!” And as a faint smile appeared on his lips, we, of course, knew that he was not okay at all. Sure enough, Harry’s optimism was short-lived as his body convulsed, and he dropped to the floor, his face rubbing into the rapidly growing pool of saliva. That was just cruel. Way to give the guy some hope, producers.
“Oh my god! I get to see my child grow up!!!”
Aaaaand… he’s dead.
You know what they say. As goes Harry, so goes Lynn. Yes, even hobbits need to breathe, and with great sadness, Lynn opened his mouth and took in a few last gasps before he too went the way of Harry, Edgar, and everyone else in the building. Intriguingly, Lynn’s death was more of the shaking, dying cockroach variety, as opposed to Edgar’s soft topple or Harry’s pained face plant. It was quite the sight to watch, and ultimately, Lynn wound up in a vaguely fetal position with his feet squirming a bit before coming to blissful rest. And so ended this week’s gut-wrenching carnage.
“Oh… Frodo…”
“My dearest Frodo…”
So is Gandolf going to resurrect him or what?
Over in the Situation Room, things were grimmer than ever. Audrey had just given her most horrified “I can’t even watch anymore!” look of the season, and Jack was stewing over by the glass. The two shared a special moment as she clasped his hand, but when Aud asked if he was okay, he curtly answered, “NO!” Come on, Jack is never okay. You should know not to ask that question, Audrey.
You know what all these people need to lift their spirits? Some more torture! Yes, with all these gas shenanigans going on, we almost forgot that Robocop was enduring a painful interrogation up in the infirmary. And funny that I should mention the infirmary. That’s exactly where Jack wanted to send Kim once the gas cleared out of the building. You know, just to get checked out and stuff. Way to go, Jack. Put your daughter in the same room as the guy who tried to blow you up. It’s bad enough that even a one-legged mop boy at 7 Eleven is capable of abducting Kim, but placing her in arm’s length of CTU’s prodigal son? That’s just not smart.
Kim, meanwhile, just wanted to go home. No infirmary visit, no coffee, no catchin’ up on old times. She just wanted to get the hell out of Dodge. Wow, for the first time ever, Kim had a smart idea. This was hard for Jack though. He just wanted to spend one day with Kim, like a real father and daughter. They could do fun things: play mini putt-putt, get some ice cream, maybe catch a matinee of The Shaggy Dog. But alas, it was not meant to be. Kim only wanted one daddy figure in her life, and his name was Baaaarrry.
Over at the Presidential compound, Martha was having a heart to heart with her hubby, saying that Vice President Hal was merely pushing his own agenda with this Martial Law plan. He wanted to make the president look bad and then take over, she explained, and as always, Logan just didn’t know what to do. This led to him crying like a baby and fearing that he’d lost the love of his wife. But don’t worry, Charles. Martha reassured him that she still loved him (even though he almost let her get taken out by a rocket, bastard).
Back in the evil headquarters of evil genius Julian Sands, there were more evil plans to be evilly executed. Bierko placed a call to some scantily clad woman who was presently mounting some equally scantily clad man. We didn’t know much about this girl except a) she looked like a thicker version of Mischa Barton, b) she was some sort of assassin/dangerous vixen, and c) she was about to infiltrate some highly guarded structure. Part of me wondered if maybe this was the same woman who had killed the military pilot last season, but I couldn’t remember the face (or whether or not that woman had been whacked off as well). Anyway, the good news was that this girl’s horny boyfriend managed to survive the scene without taking a bullet to the chest (a huge rarity. He’ll probably be dead next week though).
As if anything else couldn’t go wrong, our new friend Karen Hayes was now en route to CTU, and with her was a squad of bureaucratic cronies, including Miles, an effeminate sidekick who you just know loves to get lattés with Karen and dish about office gossip. Anyway, Karen called up Bill Buchanan and told him that she would be taking over, causing Bill to do his patented look of quiet disappointment. Gosh, doesn’t anyone trust him to run this ship alone? Poor Bill. But he should know the way this goes. After all, he was the one taking over for Michelle Dessler just one year ago.
Sadly for Bill, things were going to get a lot worse. He just didn’t know it yet. You see, Miles wanted to replace the CTU personnel with his staff, and that meant bad things for Bill, Chloe, and whoever that random woman was manning the computer in the Situation Room.
“CTU is no longer an operational entity. It’s a building with workers that will report to us,” Karen said dryly. Yay! New CTU bitch! So just to recap, the first 95% of CTU dies in one fell swoop, and the remaining survivors are now going to be laid off. That’s what I call corporate restructuring.
As the hour of Bauer came to a close, Jack said goodbye to his daughter who wisely was avoiding the CTU medical clinic. The two shared a tender moment, and then Dad told Barry to take Kim far, far away from the city. Of course, if you’re like me, you already are thinking that Barry is just a henchman for Christopher Henderson, which can only mean one thing for Kim: pure, unadulterated abduction. Get those bear traps ready…
Up in the infirmary, the plucky interrogator pushed Christopher too far and accidentally sent the guy into a coma. Oops. Well, nothing left to do but kill him, at least according to Tony. “You’ve had your chance. He’s mine now!” our mourning hero said, taking down the interrogator in one swift judo chop. Yeah, man! Tony’s gonna do his own torture now! Actually, it looked more like Tony was gonna fast forward to the whole killing thing as he readied a giant syringe of ominous fluid. Of course, Tony had to be stopped. This guy was CTU’s only lead. Surely Jack would burst in and intercept him.
Well, Tony raised the needle up, ready to inject its lethal contents into Henderson when suddenly… ROBOCOP WOKE UP!! DAMN!! In a flurry of activity, Christopher stole Tony’s gun (which he had stolen from the interrogator) and then used the syringe against him, stabbing him in the gut. No sooner had this started than Christopher had scurried off into the shadows, surely to wreak havoc next week. I personally didn’t know how he could be so agile after all that torture, but I guess he had the same Jack Bauer rapid healing powers.
As Tony lay on the floor in pain, Jack suddenly entered the room and figured out what as going on. He grabbed his friend — his soulmate, really — and cradled his head in arms, urging him to hang on. But Michelle was already dead — Tony had nothing left to live for. And with that, his eyes closed. Jack’s face got all sad and such as he first called out for help and then begged Tony to come back. Was Tony dead? Suddenly, the big clock came on the screen, loudly clicking away as always. Surely Tony wasn’t dead. The clock was loud. A character like his would surely get the silent clock treatment. Besides, the producers couldn’t simply knock off three significant characters in the span of basically one episode. Could they? You never know with 24.
“I love you, Jack.”
What do you think? Is this the last of Tony? Or will he be back for more action?
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No way Tony’s dead. No flippin’ way.
If Edgar gets a silent clock, you can’t let it beep…beep…beep to the end as Tony’s dying. No way.
And Curtis needs to go to remedial get-around-LA school. Jack can get from Barstow to Long Beach in 10 minutes. Curtis has been out at least an hour with CTU gasping for air. What did he stop at In ‘n’ Out on the way over, or something?
I’m in a state of devastated shock. Tony? Soul-Patch Tony? Chicago-Cub-Mug-Lovin’-Bangin’-All-the-Hot-CTU-Vixens-#2-Bad-Ass-Behind-Jack-But-Ahead-of-Curtis-Soul-Patch Tony? NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God, let it not be true.
As much as I liked Tony, he really didn’t contribute too much this season. I mean, why bring him back at all? Kind of saw this coming towards the end of this episode. And when he paused…hello!! I agree about Robocop having an unbelievable amount of strength at that moment. Huh?
So now that he is gone, what is your favorite Tony moment? Mine is when Jack was scouting around for help about the middle of last season and radioed in to CTU saying something like, “I’m going to get help from the only person I trust.” At that point, Tony enters stage left and pops the bad guy, giving Jack a soul patch high five, and runs off down the street ala Starsky and Hutch. Good times. Good times.
Part of me wondered if maybe this was the same woman who had killed the military pilot last season, but I couldn’t remember the face (or whether or not that woman had been whacked off as well).
Wasn’t the hot girl from last season taken out by Curtis with the legendary bitch slap (down in the parking garage)?
Sak — that was a actually a different girl. Mandy, to be specific. I wonder if she’ll return this season. She usually puts in a little face time every year. Except season 3, that is.
B-Side you’re going to get us used to “day after” recaps, now it’ll be tough taking the crack away.
I found myself chanting “Rudy! Rudy!Rudy!” as Samwise was churning those stubby legs for that computer. I felt bad for the Crimson Guard for half a second and then realize wait you’re a big nobody, why do I care. And as the first poster said Tony cannot go out without a silent tick, while Edgar gets the honor. Tony’s got to be alive but if he isn’t at least he was taken out by Robocop.
Tony is sadly dead for sure. If you go to http://www.fox.com/24/profiles and look at Tony’s profile you’ll see that there’s a huge “deceased” stamp on his photo. Unfortunately I think Tony’s gone for good.
The whole thing with Robocop did not make any sense, he suddenly springs to life after being in a coma? Someone suggested that maybe the guy who was supposed to be torturing him was some sort of leak or someone working with Henderson.
so how come kim’s boyfriend takes chloe’s hand, and she’s back to work hacking systems like that…
but jack bauer can’t get her to work? you do what jack bauer tells you to do
What’s the target for next week? I think it is LAX, and I think that’s just where Kim, Barry, and the vajajay on Barry’s face are headed.
That was great when Jack told Barry that he didn’t have time for his touchy feely crap and then he got Chloe to snap out of her Edgar flashbacks by choking Barry. That’s the Jack Bauer we know and love.
Unfortunately, Tony is dead. This show is turning into a Shakespearean tragedy thanks to the writers killing off so many main characters. Who do you think will die next?
Doesn’t this Karen Hayes lady know that leaders of CTU tend to die, or at least have someone close to them killed? I’m taking bets on how many hours before she’s either killed or removed from power.
“I’m sure there are many men that would like to “be there” for Kim, am I right fellas?”
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Great recap, B-Side. I loved the Ctrl+Alt+Del line, and I hadn’t noticed that Harry was the love child of Bill Pullman and Alec Baldwin until you pointed it out.
I am often messing around on the computer while watching this, so I don’t catch everything, but I was under the impression all along that the torturer guy was one on “them” and wasn’t really injecting him with a harmful solution. I can’t exactly remember where I got that from.
I don’t know if I’m the only one who feels this way, but I hated this episode.
I mean, it wasn’t all bad. There were several entertaining comedy moments. My favorite was Harry the guard’s “I’m OK! Haha, I’m OK!” *gag* *gasp* *die*.
But the rest of the episode was ridiculous.
Why did the chemical response team need almost an hour to get to CTU? If duct tape is so great for making airlocks, why don’t they just put duct tape over the seals? How can their computer manage to accurately monitor oxygen, toxin, and seal corrosion levels but not be able to control the ventilation system? Come on!
The action finally picked up towards the end, so hopefully the next episode won’t be as bad. But why the hell didn’t Tony get a silent clock? That’s not right!
B-Side, the girl who was sleeping with the air force pilot was killed by Jack on fake pilot’s apartment. She was posing as an FBI agent.
Why do these terrorists keep on basing their attacks in California? Don’t cha wanna be as far away from Jack as possible?
lol
Seeing as how the writer’s want us all shocked by the end of at least every other episode, I have a suspicion one or all three of these characters are done by seson end:
Kim
Audrey
or …Jack?
Honorable mention
Mrs. Logan
but hopefully, Pres. Pussy
By the way, since it seems fairly official in the media that Tony reallly has died, I’m glad that they didn’t do the silent clock. The silent clock is only for long, dramatic deaths. Tony’s was somewhat rushed, and he’s fake died so many times, that I personally wasn’t stirred at all. I literally thought he was just hurt and was joking that he had died. Had the silent clock come on, i would have felt like the clock was telling me a plot point, not the story. besides, we can’t over use the silent clock.
Kind of amazing though that Edgar’s death after one and a half seasons completely overshadows Tony’s.
Will CTU find the rest of the Centox canisters?
Will old-man Barry bang Kim?
Will Jack kill Barry?
Will Kim leave CTU forever or is it an empty threat?
Will Tona A. meet Michelle in heaven or hell?
Will Michelle look pretty or burnt?
Will Curtis finally make it back to CTU?
All of these questions and more will be answered next week on 24! ping ping ping
Anyone get the feeling that Vice President Ball-Breaker is behind all this terrorist stuff? Can’t wait to get the centox stuff out the way so we can get to the real plot. A coup d’etat by the Ball-Breaker with Homeland Security’s help.
The plot lines are just getting totally rediculous. How do you have safe zones with no equipment in it? It just makes no sense to me…
This was a really tough episode, and a return to good 24 drama, as opposed to just action.
Tony’s death was horrible and terrific at the same time. Most tragic. Death. Ever. But there were so many other good moments too — between Jack and Audrey, Chloe and Barry, Lynn and the Nameless Security Guard.
Tony at least got in one bad-ass exchange:
Jack: Killing Henderson won’t make you feel better, trust me.
Tony: You’re probably right. I’ll let you know.
If only he had shot him right after that…
amen, firecat. since when is LA the ultimate strategic target for anti-american terrorists? are they trying to throw off the nielsen ratings, or save the world from decline into obsessive vanity and mediocrity by taking out the highest concentration of plastic surgeons, botoxed laguna beach moms, and former reality tv stars? is it all part of a complex conspiracy to get rid of george clooney before he decides to run for governor? why didn’t they take out paris hilton instead of president palmer?
as for tony’s demise, well, if you couldn’t see that one from a mile away . . . i mean, seriously: robocop taught jack everything he knows, and was in possession of the aviator glasses of badness for at least an hour, which ups his ass-kickin’ mojo at least 35%. wouldn’t it occur to anyone that it might be a wise precaution to put the guy in restraints or cuff him to the gurney?
tony’s had his ups and downs–season 1 he was kind of a douche, always following nina around, whining about how she used him for sex and then tossed him aside (getting used for sex by nina–bummer); season 2 he was cool, running CTU with smooth efficiency while cooking up a little inter-office romance with pre-bureacratic-michelle; season 3, he was doing OK until he committed high treason to save his old lady; finally, last season, he went from beer-bellied, trashy waitress-banging, soccer-watching schlub back to his old gunslingin’, hard-perimeter-setting ways (though curtis had clearly superceded him as jack’s second in the ass-kickin’-mutha category), and won his girl back from ‘uncle bill’ buchanan.
overall, tony has been likable–and, more importantly, competent–so it was a bummer to see him go out like such a punk, which is why, i think, his death had far less impact than edgar’s, who died not because of abject stupidity but because he was in the bowels of CTU trying to find that unlucky technician who got whacked by the russian terrorist.
ending up in the CTU infirmary is sort of like being the horny boyfriend of the babysitter in an early 80′s slasher movie–it’s always a matter of when, not if.
Ok, several things…first of all, when Tony overpowered the medic/whatever and got the torturer’s gun, looked at Henderson and asked if he remembered him and told him his name, all I could think of was….”My name is Tony Almeida, you killed my wife, prepare to die.” And, I totally agree with Bauer’s Sweetheart, I think LAX is the big target and Kimmy and Barry the Weiner are heading there…remember, they had a flight to catch to a conference. As for Barry the Weiner, when he was trying to talk Chloe down, I just kept yelling at her or Jack to just punch him in the face! It would have made both of them feel soooooo much better right away. None of this touchy feely shit, just slug him and that will release a lot of that tension and frustration. Loved Chloe’s summation of her day….”had a guy in my bed this morning I will probably never see again, and just watched my best friend die….” Finally, if they vented the Centox to the outside, doesn’t that mean it is already in the AIR??? Coming to kill the REST OF US?????? Quick, hold your breath!!!
And, I refused to believe they would let Tony go out like this…..
#13 is correct – Jack capped the woman who killed the pilot as she was posing as an FBI agent. It was probably one of Jack’s most badass kills ever. He realized the walls were thin and just shot her right through the wall. Apparently she did not take physics or architecture in college along with courses on prostitution and seduction. How shortsighted!
I can’t believe Tony is actually dead after all that, especially without a silent clock. Frankly though, I thought he was already essentially dead after the explosion in the first episode.
I guess it’s possible that the torturing guy was in on it with Henderson but just seems fishy to me. My original thought was that since this guy was a CTU agent, he knows the torture tactics they would use including their pain drug of choice. I think took some kind of counteracting drug before getting picked up so that he could resist the effects or at least recover from them quickly. I just hope the writers realize that we’ll want an explaination for this remarkable recovery from a comma. Susspension of disbelief is a must have to be a 24 fan but some things need make sense once in a while.
Believeable or unbelieveable…you know what? I don’t care. As long as 24 is willing to dish out heaping helpings of “Holy Sh**” moments, I’m right there to sop them up with a biscuit. That’s what TVGasms are all about!
Question – Vice President Hal (a.k.a. the same bastard who killed Laura Palmer) – who is Laura Palmer and why can I not remember this happening???
^ Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks. No relation to President Palmer.
HicksPub – I couldn’t have said it better myself.
And how about Jack pulling up his Hoodie of Infiltration before holding his breath? It’s almost like he did that just for us!
Literally THEE best recap ever!!!! I cannot stop laughing.
And Jack (#20)
ending up in the CTU infirmary is sort of like being the horny boyfriend of the babysitter in an early 80′s slasher movie–it’s always a matter of when, not if.
Too true!
The previews, the guy holding the gun at Jack… looked awfully like DESMOND from Lost.
Brotherrrrrrrrrrrrr??
How can anyone possibly be a 24 fan and worry about the credibility of anything let alone duct tape (which of course can be used anywhere and can do anything). This is the Twilight Zone of the 21st century, folks,where the laws of physics and time are temporarily suspended. It’s like Disneyland without the “G” rating (warning-there may be instances of graphic violence-well hell yes, I certainly hope so-why do you think I watch every week?). And who couldn’t see Henderson emerging from his self-induced mystic trance just at the right moment. This was Jack’s mentor for chrissakes-of course he’s a bad (shut yo mouth!).
Why would a place like CTU not keep gas masks and supplies in its safe rooms that can be locked down? If average American office buildings keep supplies on hand in case of a chemical attack, surely the freakin’ agency in charge of such things would, too.
But they had to have a reason to kill the hobbit in a sacrificial and sad way. And now they’ve killed Tony, which is just pushing it. Will there be anyone left next season that we care about?
HicksPub/#24 – I’m w/you. Just keep the “holy sh*t” moments coming…so long as it’s not completely lame, I’m LOVING it.
And I, for one, am quite sad to see Tony go!!!
If you ask my 3 year old who saves the world. She will tell you Jack Bauer saves the world. And she’s never watched the show! I’ve only told her once (when this season was just starting).
CFAB: Laura Palmer was Presidents Palmers ex wife. She was quite the trouble maker!
And one more thing..
My prediction is that Jack dies this season. They took everyone (but Chloe, Jack and Kim)out this year, why not Jack?
SkipToMyLu:
FYI Laura Palmer was the daughter of the character, Leland Palmer, played by the VP now, in the classic “Twin Peaks” from the early ’90′s mind of David Lynch. “Who killed Laura Palmer?” was the ongoing thread of the show. Too bad there was no TVgasm back then. We could have had a lot of fun with the backward-speaking dancing dwarf et al.
Message to Kim
Kim, just want you to know that if god forbid anything happens to Barry, I’ll be there for you.
The Dancing Dwarf from Twin Peaks wasn’t he also ,Sampson, from Carnivale? And B-Side the Vice President’s alter ego, Bob, killed Laura.
And another thing. Unless I’m mistaken we went an entire episode without any sockets.
Not sure if there where any protocols or perimeters.
Do you remember Los Angeles, Mr. Bauer? It’ll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel smog. And they’ll be sowing the summer barley in the lower parking lots… and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?
ANTF, thanks for the nod to “Soap,” another classic show.
Great recap. Did anyone notice that they left Louis Lombardi’s name in the opening credits? I guess they felt the need to do this, since he technically appeared in the episode. He only appeared as a corpse, though, apparently to avoid the awkward nature of “24″ turning into “Weekend at Edgar’s” (although with the appearance of so many 80′s stars, a cameo by Andrew McCarthy wouldn’t be out of place).
I don’t know if there are any “The Shield” fans here, but it should be noted that the hot female assassin on this episode and the sex slave a month or so back played Armenian sisters during the third season.
god, if TVgasm was around during Twin Peaks, I would have been all over that show. So sad that it fizzled out the way it did. Every now and then, there’s a marathon on TV, and you can see who brilliant/creepy those early episodes really were. Only David Lynch could make the simple image of a dangling traffic light seem scary.
B-Side,
Her’s your chance to be the innovator of the “retro-recap” where you go back in time with a series DVD, and post about different episodes each week, or every other week. Imagine a recap where there is no deadline, you post whenever the hell you feel like it. Give us take home DVD viewing a couple weeks in advance, and we’ll be prepared with responses, once you do.
TheYak,
I loved Soap. Too bad it’s not on TV Land because it is truly one of those unrecognized classics.
DelRay….. I think I am in love with you…that is one of the funniest things I have ever read!
DelRay,
Great final fat hobbitt tribute. RIP Samwise-you survived Return of the King but you couldn’t last more than a few hours on primetime.
A few observations….
1. Tony is dead, The New York Times did an article on March 14th about the death of main characters on prime time television entitled ‘As the Plot Thickens, No One is Safe’, he’s dead Jim.
2. Edgar’s last words were “Chloe, gurgle”, do you think that his last thought before rejoining his mother, as the last air was forced out of his lungs were “you bitch!”?
Very traumatic episode I thought. Great recap though! Personally I think the very secure target is going to be the presidential compound. Difficult to attack? Yes. But that woman did stress this was a very secure location. Also, the presidential compound is exactly where the Subarovs are now recovering! The plan to kill them could succeed after all (as well as taking out the pres and most of his people.)
What do you think?
No silent clock = no dead Tony.
I don’t care what the 24 website or the New York Times says. Tony is not dead!
That recap was true genius. Somebody open up a socket and check the file on RoboCop. He’s obviously already made the jump to cybernetic organism. An expert in administering truth meds declares that RoboCop is unconscious and his nervous system is not responding to stimuli. Somehow, that nervous system reboots just as Tony hesitates to jab him in the chest (note the chest, not the gut, which is where Tony took his dose) with the nasty needle. Tony is down for the count, but that count is not infinity!
Regarding the hobbit, CTU did what Mordor could not: one dead Samwise in short, stubby order. That was quite a bit of Gollumesque twitching there on the departure. I’m not sure why the security guy couldn’t have just tried to make a run for the front door rather than sit in the room holding his breath until certain death arrives. I’m assuming Chloe, the sorceress of the silicon chip, could make sure the doors were unlocked.
Was anybody else screaming at the TV for Jack to shoot the stupid laptop from behind the bars? How hard could that be for a guy who on any given week can take out 6 moving terrorists who are shooting at him? The laptop was just sitting there blinking. Do you really have to hit Control-Alt-Delete? Can’t you just trash the computer? I guess it could be one of those ToughBooks I’m seeing on the ads.
The Kim continuum continues. I don’t know if the real target is LAX or what. I only know that it will be wherever Kim and Ponyboy are headed. By the way, what the hell happened to him? More importantly, how did he land Kim? Not that it matters. Having had Kim, or even been in close proximity to her, he is certain to die. Why did Chase leave? They even sewed his hand back on so he could grope her properly. He wouldn’t have left if he knew she’d be sleeping with a wizened, bearded old Ponyboy.
I’m still not down with how the nerve gas got into CTU in the first place. Hobbit sister’s junkie boyfriend happens to have a Chechnyan terrorist number to call when he gets Samwise’s CTU entry card? I don’t think you can look that up in the yellow pages. Then Mr. Chechnyan junkie killer is able to”in three minutes”alter the card sufficiently that he can gain entry. CTU security then just accepts this guy’s ID card and lets him in with the big ominous black bag without even looking inside? I have to open my briefcase just to get into business meetings at some office buildings these days. This has been a great season, but stuff like that is weak, weak, weak.
Tonight and in the coming weeks: I can’t wait to see Tony in a coma rather than dead, the new reigning bitch queen of CTU having to accept that Jack does it best, Ponyboy following Samwise into the Great Beyond, Jack finally getting more badass again (we need more incidents like shooting Mrs. RoboCop–hopefully with the aviator sunglasses of badness and the hoodie of infiltration he’ll be back to serious badness), and Julian “Warlock” Sands getting his mojo removed permanently.