At the airport, Renee and the Feds fan through the gate. A quick chat with a wounded cop, in which he basically says "I don't know what the hell is going on!" before screaming out in agony, tells Renee everything she needs to know! She calls into Janis and tells her the male operative is still at large and Kim is missing. She accurately elaborates that Kim either went after him, or was taken hostage. Either way, they need to call in their bazillionth "priority alert" across all channels of the day!
"Are you serious, FBI lady?! No, I didn't see where they went! I was too busy being shot and lying in a pool of my own blood!"
Meanwhile, in the bowels of the airport, Kim is in hot pursuit of the limping Hippie Hubby. She wisely keeps a safe distance and watches as he runs up the stairs of a parking garage. Kim wisely opts not to follow him up the stairs and instead runs to the exit of the garage and tells the cops who she is, that she's following the shooter, and they need to get Renee Walker on the horn STAT! The fact that Kim is taking on a heroic/non-victim role AND making smart choices is totally shattering my world view right now. Next thing I know, someone's going to tell me that birds swim and fish fly!
Anhoo, she tells Renee the dude is in the garage and she's wisely hanging out at the exit with the cops. Oh yeah...and Renee...please HURRY! No sooner has she gotten the sentence out than Hippie Hubby approaches the exit gate in his getaway car and starts firing on the cops while Kim dives for cover. He manages to take out both cops, but not before one gets a good shot in through the windshield. Hippie Hubby, shot in the neck, loses control of his car and it flips before catching fire!
Kim, noticing the wreck, wisely chooses to ignore the injured cop in order to get the dude's laptop out of the back of the burning car. Like Daddy, like Daughter! However, she UN-wisely chooses to not take the wounded cops gun with her. That backfires on her, as Hippie Hubby totally grabs her arm and attempts to keep her from escaping the burning vehicle with his laptop! Kim's solution is to hold both of their arms over a flame. It serves the purpose of getting Hippie Hubby to let her go, but it also catches her arm on fire!
Kim gets out of the car just in time. It blows to smithereens as Renee and the Feds run up to meet her. Kim, sporting a nasty burn on her arm and triumphantly holding the laptop, tells Renee to forget medical attention! The laptop contains the camera they were sending a feed of her on. With a D-11 server, or some such nonsense, they can back-track the signal and it will lead to Tony's operatives/her Father. Renee gives her a hilarious sideways "Where the HELL did YOU come from and what is UP with this family?!" look. Kim calmly tells her she used to be a CTU operative, but leaves out the part about sleeping with gross older men while she did it. She tells Renee to get Chloe on the horn, as we cut to break!
"If she says ONE more intelligent thing, I'll know for sure that she's an imposter and I'm going to rip that Kim mask off of her Scooby Doo Style!"
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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