Upstairs, Aaron realizes that they are too outnumbered and that all the exits are sealed. Their only option at this point is to get a "signal" out to the folks outside letting them know that Juma does not have the President. Olivia's all for that plan, except for the part about her hiding somewhere safe while Aaron goes to get the signal out. Aaron tries to talk some sense into her, but she stomps her foot, puts her fingers in her ears, and says "la la la la I can't hear you!" Aaron has no choice but to let her come with him, and we cut to break!
When we return, Hovis is updating Jack and Renee on their "intel" from a satellite scan. They can see a cluster of hostages, but can't really tell how many or who they are because the White House is the "most heavily shielded building in the world." (Which is in direct contrast to what we saw 20 minutes ago when the terrorists took it over as if it were made of Legos). Anyhoo...Hovis also informs them that they have the Vice President on the horn, so Larry and Renee head to a nearby van to speak with him on the video phone.
The Vice President Hayworth (welcome to the party, to you too!) and his underling are in a secure location somewhere. By "secure", I mean the VP is sitting in front of a window begging to be taken out by a sniper. Larry and Renee update him and let him know they are PRETTY sure the President is in lock-down, but not 100% certain. They need his authorization to retake the building. Turns out VP Hayworth is on Team Pansy-Pants. He hems and haws, but won't authorize the mission because his priority is the "President's life." Renee is all "seriously?!" She pipes in and reminds the VP that terrorists control the White House and it seems taking it back would be the appropriate response. VP Pansy-Pants basically says thanks, but no thanks...telling them they are ordered NOT to take the White House back, and hangs up on them.
After they hang up, Renee vents to Larry that the VP is only interested in covering his own ass. Larry politely reminds her that he's the VP and in charge. The VP's man Derek confirms all of our suspicions that the VP is a sleaze bag, when he tells him that he made the right call by not authorizing the attack, because it would be "politically untenable" for him to be elevated to the Presidency by ordering an attack that caused the death of the President. The VP's response: "Never let anyone HEAR you talking like that." Notice he didn't say "Never talk like that"? Asshole!
Upstairs in the White House, Aaron and Olivia are creeping to get their signal out, but they are caught by one of Juma's men, who fires on them! Aaron jumps in front of Olivia and takes a bullet for her! Ever the hero, he tells her to go ahead and get the signal out, writing the instructions for flashing "code green" on her hand. She enters the room, fumbles around, and ultimately finds the flashlight and starts to send the signal out the window. But before she can complete, she's nabbed from behind and both she and Aaron are headed for Hostage Town as we cut to break.
When we return, we catch a quick glimps of Hodges watching news reports of the White House siege while sniffing his fingers. Then, we cut to the White House where Team Terror finds the hidden camera Bauer and Prez have been watching them on, just as Olivia and Aaron are delivered to Hostage City! Juma has his tech guy open a communication channel to the lock-down room to address her. Somehow, shorting out the security panel left the video monitor and intercom working!
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Comments (6)
Fantastic recap, Dogsnaxx! I nearly fell out of my chair at the pic of Bob Ross! And "Don't Tase Me, Bro!" BWAHAHAHA!!!
Any true fan of 24 will forgive just about anything as long as the story is solid. And this season has been FANTASTIC! That slap on Prez Taylor was like a punch to the gut. No other show on television packs this much tension, suspense and drama. I LOVE IT!!!
1 of 6 | Posted by slumrville | Posted on March 7, 2009 8:37 AM
"Any true fan of 24 will forgive just about anything as long as the story is solid. And this season has been FANTASTIC!"
Copy that! ;-)
Great recap, as usual! I was waiting for a Little Mermaid reference re: Agent Zombie Spice's little swim. The Bob Ross thing killed me too. Totally unexpected, and absolutely perfect.
I found it hard to believe that Agent DeadSlut discovered D-bag's warrant before Plum Puddin' did, yet PP was able to figure out what Chloe was up to this week, in mere minutes? As my mom would say, she (PP) could "eff up a wet dream".
Loved Jack's taser telephone temper tantrum. I think I need one of those - I bet tasing (sp?) a phone is much more satisfying than just hanging up on someone *cough my husband cough*.
Senator Dick-head has to go, and he has to go big. Dude is CLUELESS.
Taylor has balls, but for the love of God, please, no more Taylor O face screenshots. That's like seeing a parent's O face. :-P
Based on the preview for next week, I'm wondering if Juma taps some of the WH laundry staff - that flag looks suspiciously crease free, given it had to have been stuffed in a backpack.
2 of 6 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on March 7, 2009 1:21 PM
@ Slumrville
I agree the season has been a LOT better than some of the past ones. Fortunately, some of the crazy/nonsensical leaps and action give me a little something to make fun of! I couldn't imaging trying to make fun of 20 minutes worth of dudes running through hallways with guns...oh, wait! That happened this week in the White House! haha.
@ JJnoza
I totally missed the Little Mermaid reference! Good call! I'm hoping having a single hour to focus on next week will let me zero in on some more of the little humorous moments. Also, can't wait until Mayer gets his. If Erika was DeadSlut...he's gotta be DeadDickHead...only a matter of time!
3 of 6 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on March 7, 2009 3:29 PM
I agree that this season is improved over recent ones. But the White House being accessed by deep water divers landing at a catacomb system and blowing their way into the basement had me howling with laughter. The only water near the WH is a 3' deep reflecting pool filled with algae.
Part of what makes this show so suspenseful is that it's basically realistic. That ridiculous dank cave being wired with Matrix style red-beam alarms was just the stupidest thing I think I've seen all year.
Way to go! JACK. (I always say JACK using Ramon Salazar's voice. What are you going to do NOW. JACK.)
4 of 6 | Posted by Memememe | Posted on March 7, 2009 10:06 PM
I don't want to seem snarky, but there was a great selection of malapropisms in this recap:
--the new attack will be on his conscious.
--sneak a peak
--Once the hole gang is in the tunnel
--the beg attack gets underway
--the Attorney Genera's care
--Juma is coralling all his hostages
It does help to have an anally retentive friend look over your text before publishing it. Spellcheckers can't find that kind of error.
Anyway, I do agree with all your snarks at the show. "Worst.Use.Of.Split-Screen.Ever!" I was scratching my head at that too.
Otherwise the whole subtext of "torture is the RIGHT THING TO DO on any occasion for any reason", is starting to get to me. Jack seems like the torture evangelist. Renee and the Pres have already seen the light. Bill is the only hold-out, (unless Senator Dickhead somehow has to recant, though he'll probably be dead meat before that). Funny how Jack can be tortured by the Chinese for two years and not break a sweat, but he can magically extract the truth in literally minutes, from all kinds of hard cases, time after time. And why couldn't the senator's aide have just made up a target? He only had to fake them out for 10 minutes. How could Jack have known otherwise? Just because He's Jack.
And the whole idea of an actual president leading a terrorist raid while his own country is under attack, is so absurd in so many ways. Even if he survived (of course, he won't) he'd find himself deposed and executed should he return home.
And it always comes down to some Old White Guy as the Big Bad.
Prediction: Juma wil be in the limelight for the next hour, but dead by 9pm, when the mysterious "shipment" arrives (Ebola?), being the final threat of the night and Jon Voight reveals his nefarious plan to install the VP as his stooge.
5 of 6 | Posted by AlanHK | Posted on March 10, 2009 3:58 AM
@ Memememe
I agree w/ you 100%. After first watching the 2-Hr episode, I was left feeling confused. On the one hand, the action and stuff was juicy. On the other, It was all so unrealistic, it kind of took me out of the story. Went back and thought about it, and it really was deep water divers and underground tunnels that lost me. If they are going to take the FREAKIN' White House (unbelievable in and of itself) then couldn't you at least make their entrance plausible?
@AlanHK
Great predictions! I agree, but didn't call Juma getting taken out before 9pm. That was a good one. And just in time, after 13 episodes, I'm getting tired of the Sangala stuff. On to the big bad Blackwater stand in!
Sorry about the malapropisms. I can't guarantee there won't be more of them...but I'll be the first to admit I didn't spend my usual time and due diligence to editing this week. It was just focused on finishing.
Another great episode this week! I'm getting started on the recap now.
6 of 6 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on March 10, 2009 7:37 AM