At the White House, Bill is awake after his refreshing nap. Upon hearing Bauer is in custody and refusing medical attention, he phones Tony up. Bill's feelings are a little hurt that they didn't bring him in. And Tony tells him Jack wanted to protect him by keeping him out of it. Bill wants to know what the hell is going on, and Tony tells him what he knows: Jack Squat. He says his "source" is dead now (he must've killed him getting the intel) and that torturing Burnett was their only hope...the whole immunity deal was the backup. In short: They are all fucked and the attack is going down.
In a chopper over the capital, Larry calls Janis and wants to know why Renee won't answer his calls. Janis tells him about the dropped signal meaning either the battery is dead or the cell was damaged. Duh!
Back on the boat, Renee slinks around and spies as Juma and his unit review the plans/schematics for their attacks. He tells the gang "May God be With Us" and they head out...putting on diving gear. Renee seizes the opportunity to sneak a peak at their plans which include maps and street grids of the district as well as a delightful little drawing of the White House! Is anyone else confused that the terrorists have all kinds of resources at their disposal, yet couldn't have sprung for a photgraph? Anyhoo...Renee puts two and two together and realizes what the producers spoiled for us last week. The White House is the target! Dubaku Jr. spots her and chases her as she flees/dives off the boat and starts swimming away. From the deck, he fires at her a few times.
As Renee swims for shore, Junior follows in a motorized raft. Somehow, she makes it to shore doing the doggy paddle before he does. In split screen, we see the divers reach their target below the White House and start to drill! (The White House: Nowhere near the water, FYI!) Bauer sits helplessly in his holding cell.
Ba-Bum-Ba-Bum-Ba-Bum-Ba-Bum!
At 7PM, that hole Juma and crew started drilling 10 seconds ago is now ginormous enough for all of them to enter some kind of drainage tunnel under the White House. Once the hole gang is in the tunnel, Juma ominously says "let's move."
Meanwhile, First Daughter Olivia is somewhere upstairs with Aaron Pierce. She's still being pissy pants and demanding to leave the White House to see her father at the hospital. Aaron, of course, tells her that's out of the question. She asks if he'll physically restrain her if she tries to make a break for it. He calls her bluff and tells her he knows she has too much respect for her mother and the office of President to pull a stunt like that. She gives up, telling Aaron "well played."
Kanin comes in and tells her Madame Prez wanted him to update her. There is no love lost between Lil' Olivia and Kanin. She tells him he's "the last person" her mother should be sending. Anyhoo, he informs her of the new attack and how he's off to the Pentagon just before the beg attack gets underway (How very very convenient Slime Ball!). He also mentions that between the attack and invasion of Sangala, Madame Prez is under intense pressure...so could she please be just a teeny tiny little bit less of a spoiled bitch? Thanks!
Down in the Oval Office, Madame Prez is meeting with some communications chick named Meredith that wants to play down the threat. Madame Prez nixes this idea, and thinks it's better to be truthful. As Meredith leaves, Tim Woods comes in and tells Prezzie that Larry Moss is on the phone. Moss tells them that the FBI found the staging area for the military unit and that Juma is leading the group! Unfortunately, he still doesn't know the location of the target and his source of intel has gone missing. Other than that, everything is wonderful, and he'll talk to her later. Cool?
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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