The action shifts over to FBI HQ, where Larry is addressing the troops. He lets them know about the corruption/list of names and tells them who Chloe is and what she is doing. They are forming a plan of action dept. by dept. and yada yada...meanwhile, in the conference room, Chloe gets a call from Jack. He's just finished changing into business attire in the car as Tony snuck a few peeks and drove him to the White House. Jack tells her about the new plot, and how Ryan Burnett is implicated. He asks her to delete Burnett's name from the list, so that he doesn't have a chance to "lawyer up." Chloe, smelling the torture in the air, asks Jack if he really plans to "interrogate" a suspect in the White House?! Jack tells her not to worry her pretty little head about things like that, just delete the name please. He hangs up and tells Tony "she's in." Which is odd, because she never said she'd do it. Don't be so presumptuous, Jack!
Chloe pulls up the list and deletes Burnett's name, just as Janis comes in and the two egg-heads have their first face to face. It's all polite and friendly, but their facial expressions betray the mistrust and hatred below the surface. There's only room for one tech genius with a vagina on '24', so one of them is going to have to emerge victorious from a thunder-dome like battle royale that is sure to come. Two bitches enter, one bitch leaves!
Janis wants to know "how soon", and Chloe tells her she's layering data, or something. Janis suggests sending her information in subsets instead of waiting for the whole list, and Chloe tells her that's a "good idea." As Janis leaves, Chloe gets a worried look on her face. This Plum Pudding chick could cause problems for her illegal assistance of Bauer!
Meanwhile, Jack and Tony have arrived at the White House and Tony mentions that maybe Jack should think about letting Bill know what is going on. Jack wants to keep Bill in the dark, because he's about to do something super-duper illegal (torturing a suspect in the White House) and doesn't want Bill implicated. Tony offers to accompany Jack, who poops all over that plan because Almeida is a wanted felon and will never get passed security. Tony looks sad and is obviously feeling left out, so Jack tells him that with the amount of corruption and agencies compromised, it might be up to Tony to come in later and save the day. Tony gives him a peck on the cheek, and disappears again until his help is needed later in the season, or he turns out to be one of the bad guys, afterall. Only time will tell.
In the White House, Burnett phones Juma and asks if they can extend the attack window since he's still in the White House and stuff. Juma says they can't without compromising the operation, so Ryan is probably totally f*cked. Just then, Kanin comes sauntering up and Ryan hangs up. They exchange a few pleasantries and Ryan escorts him into the office where Senator Red Forman Mayer is waiting. Burnett nervously checks his watch and Kanin notes Sen. Pansy Pants has started drinking and pours himself one while trying to schmooze him by discussing their shared alcoholism. He says, "If it ain't from Kentucky, you can't call it Bourbon." Senator Pansy Party Pooper shits all over Kanin's attempts to be nice and wants to get down to business. Mayer delivers a line about not being there to drink the President's booze and read a briefing, all while drinking the President's booze and reading a briefing. So what is he there for? Oh yeah, he's there to royally f*ck everything up today!
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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