Senator Dick-Head comes in first and tells Bauer he's "finished." Jack tells him the new attack will be on his conscious. Madame Prez and Kanin enter and Jack looks like a school boy that got his hands caught in the torture jar as they demand to know WTF Bauer was doing. He tells them about the new intel and then reluctantly tells them it came from Tony. This doesn't go over well, since Tony is a fugitive and all. The Prez is still on the fence, she wants to believe Bauer and thinks the whole torture thing kinda sorta worked out for them earlier. Dick-Head pipes in, pointing to Burnett sniveling and bleeding in a chair and asks if she can live with that. Bauer counters with the attacks earlier that killed 271 and asks if she can live with that!? Dick-Head calls Bauer reprehensible...prompting Jack to tell him he's "weak" and unwilling to deal with evil. The Prez, can't take the torture vs. pansy-pants debate any longer and steps out in the hall with Kanin.
Suddenly, Kanin seems to have grown a set of balls and tells her he is inclined to believe Bauer. He also reminds her that "these people" murdered her son and tried to murder her husband...they'll stop at nothing. The Prez has Bauer placed under arrest and admonishes him for not coming to her with the intel. He plays the "we didn't have time" card, again, and then asks if she would have believed him anyway? When he's gone, Dick-Head pipes in that she did the right thing but she's still not sure. She orders threat levels raised and demands to interrogate Burnett herself.
In the Hallway, Prez Taylor and Kanin meet with Tim Woods to discuss the specifics of bracing for the new attack. The long and short of it: Tim Woods has no freakin' clue what's going to happen, nor does anybody else. When he leaves, the Prez realizes their best source of intelligence is still Burnett. They know their only non-torture option is to offer him immunity, which makes her sick. Bauer the hero going to prison and this treasonous piece of crap getting a walk?! Of course, the treasonous piece of crap refuses to talk anyway, and even sasses the President! He demands lawyers and refuses to cooperate at all. The President glares at him and second guesses the whole torture thing.
We cut to Renee arriving at some import/export firm on the "docks" of DC that she tracked the dis-orderly's vehicle to. Renee, ever the smart cookie, decides to enter the building and walk down into the basement all by herself, where she spies Juma and Co. preparing for the attack. She gets a call from Larry and wisely chooses to answer the phone and talk to him WHILE STANDING 10 FREAKIN' FEET AWAY FROM THE TERRORISTS! WHAT?! She tells Larry the location and about the armed African militia thing. he tells her about the threat of the new attack. The two geniuses put two and two together and figure this must be it! He tells her to stay put, he's coming with backup.
Back in the basement, Renee watches Juma talk to Dubaku Jr., who is still worried about his pops. Juma lies to the lad, telling him Pops is delayed and will meet them later, which prompts Jr. to ask to take Pop's spot on the attack force. Juma tells him no freakin' way...he's needed for surveillance and stuff. As the unit starts to head out, Renee calls Larry to tell him Juma or his twin The Candyman is actually leading this gang.
Renee follows the unit outside as they board a boat. In the most useless use of a split screen ever, we actually see them heading down a ramp to the boat from two different angles. As the boat starts to pull away from the dock, Renee chases after it and leaps aboard. She just barely manages to grab the back of the boat, but not before getting her cell phone wet. you aren't supposed to do that Renee! I once dropped my cell in a toilet and it stopped working! So I know what I'm talking about!
Either the editor was really bored, or there's a split-screen quota for every episode. Either way: Worst.Use.Of.Split-Screen.Ever!
« Brothers and Sisters: In Which No One Actually Dies | Main | America's Next Top Model: Behold The Goddess Of Fierce(ly Insane)! »
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