Meanwhile, the DC cops have finally confirmed that Jack and Renee were telling the truth. They let them go with a little "sorry for the misunderstanding," which I guess would be sweet if they hadn't royally f*cked everything up. Renee checks in with Larry/Chloe, and is informed that the signal was lost but they are searching traffic cams for any sign of them. As Jack and Renee speed off in pursuit, Larry/Chloe catch sight of the grey jeep pulling out of the alley onto 11th street two minutes ago. Jack and Renee are in hot pursuit!
In Dubaku's car, he phones Burnett to check on the airplane and is informed it's fueled and ready to go. Burnett inquires about Marika, and Dubaku says she "had a change of heart" and is coming with him. Burnett flips his shit, because Marika was working with the Feds. Dubaku tells him it is not his concern and that he only needs to worry about getting Colonel Psycho-Pants out of the country. When he hangs up, Marika asks who he was talking to, and Dubaku tells her it was a bad, corrupt government official that had been working for him. He smiles sweetly at her and tells her he is looking forward to not having to deal with men like that anymore, and spending time with people he cares about (read: her). She smiles weakly back at him, but then looks out the window and the dread returns to her face.
"This isn't going to end well...it's like that time Rosa and I went to see the musical version of 'Titanic' and I forgot her colostomy bag!"
Meanwhile, Jack and Renee are closing in! Renee mentions that she sees the car turning left, which prompts Jack to take a little shortcut through a park! He narrowly avoids several park-goers but gets side-tracked by a T-ball game. He can't help it, those little suckers are cute when the entire team chases after every fly ball. Renee reminds him about Marika, so he speeds out of the park and winds up a few car lengths behind Dubaku's jeep. Dubaku's driver catches a glimpse of them in his rearview, and we are treated to a tense car chase through the streets of DC where banners are flying promoting the "Washington DC Festival." Unfortunately, during a hard turn, Jack and Renee are cut off by a yellow "Zippy Taxi" and crash! Jack tells Renee to get out and try to maintain a visual. In Dubaku's car, Marika sees the crash behind them, and decides to take matters into her own hands! She lunges forward to play peek-a-boo with the driver and grabs the wheel! The jeep does a really strange flying flip through the air after hitting a puny little Ford!
Jack and Renee approach Dubaku's vehicle on foot and call for an ambulance. Dubaku's driver emerges from the windshield and Jack orders him onto the ground. The driver reaches for his gun instead. Stupid! Bang Bang Bang, Jack takes him out. Bauer pulls Dubaku out of the back of the jeep and drags him to the sidewalk, while Renee attempts to retrieve Marika. Jack notices the car is on fire and yells for Renee to get out of there! But she's not having it...she's still trying to free Marika! Jack runs to the wreckage and tries to physically pull Renee from the car, but she turns on him and pulls her gun! She tells Jack she "gave Marika her word" so he needs to back off or help out. Jack has a super pissed off expression on his face. He doesn't like having guns pulled on him. At any rate, he helps her out, entering the vehicle and freeing Marika's pinned leg. As the two of them drag her from the wreck, the car explodes! Jack rushes over to Dubaku while Renee begins to administer CPR to Marika. While Jack barks at Larry over the comm to get that ambulance, we see Renee kneeling over Marika's body. The CPR is futile, as Marika is already dead. Renee performs a howling aria of lament in the middle of the street.
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Comments (4)
Act IV opens in the FBI Nurse's office, which they had to put into HQ after Janis accidentally infested everyone with a particularly nasty case of feline lice.
Haha, best line of the recap and so true.
Also good call on DeadSlut, the first minute I saw her I knew she was D-E-D.
1 of 4 | Posted by johncon966 | Posted on February 26, 2009 2:43 PM
Tell Simon to take a hike! ;-) This was awesome - you should put that on video!
I think my favorites are Walker/Bauer, Taylor (the O face, hysterical!), dead Dubaku and Plum Pudding. The judges from the Muppets were great too!
I think Ethan's up to something too. I'm split 50/50 on Tony. Renee's starting to annoy the eff out of me, she's worse than Jiminy Cricket.
2 of 4 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on February 26, 2009 9:32 PM
@ Johncon
Thanks! Janis needs to wash her hair badly! Who did Janeane Garofalo piss off in wardrobe to be stuck with that do and purple outfit for the season?
@ JJnoza
Now that the threat is moving on to the White House and Jack is teamed up with Tony again, let's hope we get a little break from Renee for a while!
I'm taking a break from videos, haha! But we did have a post-mortem at the production office and discuss ways to improve/shorten for next time. I may try again in a few weeks.
3 of 4 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on February 27, 2009 5:32 AM
>Renee's starting to annoy the eff out of me
omg yes! I'm almost willing to see Kim Bauer come back because I think she may be less annoying than Renee. :)
Wow....Grease AND Hair musical references in one recap?! Excellent! :)
Great episode - greater recap....made me laugh out loud several times - which is weird because I'm alone at the office today....hope the cleaning crew isn't here... lol!
4 of 4 | Posted by Wildheart | Posted on February 28, 2009 1:59 PM