A few minutes later, Renee decides to conduct a preliminary interrogation of Wilson. She tells him he's up shit creek without a paddle and facing the death penalty for all his dastardly deeds. However, if he sells out the other shadow conspiracy people, she'll be sure to put in a good word for him. Sound good? Alan awesomely tells her he has no freakin' clue what she's talking about and she starts to get pissy. He further provokes her, telling her she won't be able to find a single shred of material evidence against him. "In the eyes of the law" he's an innocent man! Renee calls him a sunovabitch and gets all aggressive with him. Alan tells her to talk to the hand and his attorneys, and she pouts and broods while some other Fed tells her it's time to take Jack to the hospital.

In the warehouse, Renee walks up to Jack's stretcher for a little chat. She tells him that Alan is refusing to talk and claims they don't have a case against him. However, she thinks she can get him to talk by torturing him/beating the shit out of him. She's sort of asking Jack's opinion about that, since it's all illegal and stuff but could save lives. Jack goes into wise mentor mode and tells her that he can't tell her what to do. For him, it's easy because he's wired a certain way. He uses an example of 15 people being held hostage on a bus, and how that automatically shifts him into SuperJack mode. Renee wants to know if he regrets any of the torture/coloring outside the lines stuff he did today, and his response is No Way, Jose! Then again, he's not an FBI agent like Renee, who took an oath to uphold the law.

Renee starts to tear up, and Professor Jack goes on. He tells her bending the rules a little always starts off with baby steps, and then it's a slippery slope to Torture-Town. In his mind, he knows the laws were made by smart, well-meaning men. Going back to his 15 people on the bus example, he tells her his mind knows he's supposed to follow the rule of law, but his heart can't live with it. His advice to her is do what feels right and whatever she will be able to live with. Renee doesn't know what to say, so Jack tells her not to say "anything at all." He touches her face, and they stare at each other while he's carted away to the Hospital. They are totally going to bone if she comes back next season. We cut to break!

Five minutes later, a nervous Ho-Livia is pacing in the White House residences while her daddy looks on nervously. President Taylor is brought into the room and wants to know WTF is going on w/ Henry being out of bed and stuff. Olivia tells Mama Prez to take a seat and both parents look at her nervously. She jumps right into it, telling them that Hodges is dead because of her. Mama Taylor immediately assumes Olivia "leaked" his whereabouts, but it's worse than that! She goes into a rambling explanation about what a terrible guy Hodges was, and how he killed her brother! Finally, she gets to the heart of it. She hired someone to kill him!

President Taylor explodes...finally! She grabs Olivia by the shoulders and tells her what a stupid little wench she is. First Hubby pipes in and comes to Olivia's defense. Blah Blah Blah...Hodges was a bad guy...blah blah blah...dead Roger...blah blah. First hubby thinks the easy choice is to cover up the whole murder thing and save their daughter! President Taylor is shocked! She's the President, and can't disregard the law. A weird side of First Hubby that seems really out of character emerges. His balls grow about three sizes bigger and he basically tells the President that her job has destroyed their family and it's her fault that Roger was killed. With tears in his eyes, First Hubby tells the Prez she better save their daughter "so help him"! They are interrupted by Tim Woods who barges in with "news" from the FBI. Sensing the tension in the room, he clarifies that it's "good news." Haha. The Prez leaves her hubby and Heinous Ho-Livia. What will she do!?

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Comments (7)
Great recap, Dogsnaxx! I can almost forgive you for being so late.
Your screencaps are the best.
Love ya.
1 of 7 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on June 6, 2009 1:33 PM
I've loved your recaps all season, Dogsnaxx. Brilliant job providing the snark for a mostly brilliant season of 24!!!
So many funny moments from the finale, you had me laughing the entire time. I hope you're back in January, when 24 takes Manhattan!!!!
2 of 7 | Posted by slumrville | Posted on June 7, 2009 9:21 AM
Dogsnaxx - Excellent recaps all season long! I thought this season was as good as the earlier ones.
I too am shocked that Kim Bauer can actually make a smart decision! Maybe some magical stuff happened after she named her baby Teri!
Bad Olivia is gone! (I saw the same actress as a rape victim on Law & Order: SVU and I felt no sympathy!! I guess that means she did a good acting job)
Prez Taylor does everything right! (as we all know a woman president would do!)
Looking forward to the next season.
3 of 7 | Posted by taxgirl | Posted on June 7, 2009 8:09 PM
Yay! The finale recap! Awesome job, DS! Love the screencaps too - you really have a talent for picking ones that are ripe for hilarity!
"who had to break into her luggage because she left her "electric toothbrush on." Is that what they're calling them these days?" - LOL! Couldn't believe Kim didn't bitch things up this time - go Kim! But stay away next season!
Glad to see Ho-livia get hers. Nasty, snide bitch. She was intolerable during the whole Kanin interrogation - I wanted to kick her in the hoo-ha.
Are you going to be doing recaps for other shows? Or is this it until January? I'll miss your wit if the latter is the case!
4 of 7 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on June 7, 2009 9:27 PM
@ Everyone!
It's been an honor and a joy recapping the season for you all! It was a tremendous learning experience and a lot of fun when I was dealing with stupid tech issues and wanting to put my fist through the computer monitor!
I think I'm going to take a little break for the summer (19 weeks in a row of exposition heavy recaps are a lot!) But I hope to be back soon with another show (assuming Flipit hasn't disowned me because of my late finale! ;-) )
Hope you all have a great summer! It's been a lot of fun talking trash and enjoying the show with you guys!
5 of 7 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on June 8, 2009 7:31 AM
I meant when I WASN'T dealing with crazy tech issues!
6 of 7 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on June 8, 2009 7:33 AM
Awww! You'll be missed - but enjoy your break - you deserve it!
7 of 7 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on June 8, 2009 8:55 AM