Greetings, Gasmii! 24 throws us all for a loop this week, and I for one throw my hands in the air in confusion. I have no frickin' clue what's going on anymore!
Let's try and make some sense of it all...after the JUMP!
It's 1AM and Tony is still wandering around the Starkwood Compound solo. He spies Stokes and some other dude greeting a fuel tanker and calls into Jack to find out WTF is going on?! What happened to the whole 'Kaboom-y' thing that was supposed to happen?
Jack informs Tony that the President called off the air strike because she didn't seem to think their "intel" was strong enough. Tony looks legitimately upset by this, especially since he saw the canisters with his own eyes! Jack feels his pain, but they are under orders to "extract" him from the compound ASAP and tell him to head to a rendezvous point along the SouthWest perimeter.
Renee asks Tony to confirm this, but he is distracted by something and tells them to hold their freakin' horses. He moves in a little closer and peeps the fuel tanker that arrived. An orange triangle on the tanker is conveniently labeled "RP-7", which immediately connects the dots for Almeida. He tells Jack and Renee that he might know why the Prez suddenly became a chicken-shit...and it has something to do with possible surface-to-surface missiles, the pathogen, and the tanker of RP-7 fuel that is being pumped underground next to the bunker. Jack gets a worried expression and Renee speaks for the audience when she wonders aloud WTF RP-7 is. Bauer informs her it's a fuel that's used ONLY in surface-to-surface missiles.
Jack asks Tony if he has any C-4 explosive charges on him and can gain access to the underground fuel depot? Tony, of course, has a few charges and is totally game for another insane suicide mission. Why not?! Jack tells him to sit pretty while he and Renee storm off to get the go-ahead from President Taylor.
In the Oval Office, Madame Prez is brooding over her pansy-pants "giving in to terrorists" thing from the end of the last episode when Tim Woods comes in. He informs her that the Joint Chiefs are not happy campers and are starting to think Team Good Guy has lost a golden opportunity (based on strong intel) to take out the bio-weapon. Ma Taylor gets all defensive and reminds him that her orders were "No air strike, No military action of any kind!" Sounds like a good plan, eh? She tells Tim to "handle" the Joint Chiefs. He tells her he'll do his best, but would also like to know what IS the new plan? The Prez informs him that Jonas Hodges is on his way to the White House to meet with her, and he's of course immediately skeptical and wants to know WTF for?! She tells him to stop asking so many questions and be a good little helper monkey, mm'kay? Tim gets the "wounded puppy chastised by the President" face that we are more accustomed to seeing on Ethan Kanin. Ma Prez, of course, feels bad and tells him he can still help her out by sneaking Hodges in through the SouthEast service entrance and keeping it all quiet.
As Tim scurries off with his tail between his legs, Intercom Chick pipes in and informs the Prez that Jack and Renee are on the horn and would like a word with her. She stops Tim on his way out of the office, and asks if he spoke with the FBI about calling off the air-strike. He informs her that he did...but, like the Joint Chiefs, they were skeptical! She nods and tells him to go get ready for Hodges while she takes the call.
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Comments (14)
Funny recap, Dogsnaxx.
I can't imagine old Hodgesy taking orders from anybody at this point in his delusion, so whoever else is involved, they must be more equals than bosses. I wonder if Williams (Powers Boothe) has anything to do with it. And I still hold out hope for Ho-livia, even though I doubt she would do anything against her mom--maybe she got involved when she and Mom were on the outs.
Beats me how Tony fits into all of this. Maybe he was involved just to get access to the bioweapon for whoever he's working for.
I'll miss Larry. It figures he gets killed just when he gets with the Bauer team.
1 of 14 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 18, 2009 8:19 PM
Great recap - I always look forward to reading it every week!
I'm TOTALLY (:-P) mystified about Tony. I guess what confuses me is how far he took things when working with Jack and Co. - why do all that - killings, destroying the bio-weapons, getting whats-his-face (Matobo?) and his wife back? Especially killing Emerson, since it seemed as if there were some sort of brotherhood thing going on? Just weird. I'm interested to see how it all turns out.
I still wonder if that man Ho-livia was meeting with when we first saw her has some sort of connection, since he specifically asked if she had her mother's ear.
And Kim. Ugh. If she's going to be inflicted on us, the least she could do is donate some stem cells. That has to hurt less than all that bleach on her hair does. Yeah, I shouldn't go there, but come on... Her hair glowed in the dark and looked plastic. Anyway...
I'm with Pixielated re: Larry. He finally grew on me, and bam, he's gone. I have to admit though, I started laughing when Tony started to smother him and Larry got that disgusted, you've-got-to-be-fucking-kidding me tone, and said "Oh GOD".
2 of 14 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on April 18, 2009 9:27 PM
Forgot to add - I think this was my favorite screencap -
"Rules baaaad. Blow shit up goood. Eat bad guys braaains even better!"
I don't know how you manage to get so many eyes rolled back shots of Renee, but I bow to you!
3 of 14 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on April 18, 2009 9:29 PM
Yeah, I love zombie Renee, too.
Ooh, I forgot to say that I love your monkey! And so apropos of what happened this episode!
4 of 14 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 19, 2009 12:09 AM
@ Pixie and JJ
I think you guys are my biggest fans! haha. Thanks for the recap love...it was a tough one to write this week! Lot's of "talking head scenes" and weird shifts in pace/action.
I am with you on Tony. The fact that he worded so dang HARD for the good guys and seemed so legitimately upset by President Taylor's delays and stuff? WTF?! I'm just hoping this doesn't turn out to be some last-minute lame "You better pardon me" ploy.
I think there's more to Seaton than meets the eye...don't know why.
Guess we'll see next week!
RIP Big Daddy Boss Moss. Your premature ejaculation issues are now fondly in Renee's memory. Your grumbly growls and by-the-books pontificating torch will need to be picked up by someone else.
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5 of 14 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on April 19, 2009 6:47 AM
I don't understand why JJ and I are often your only posters, Dogsnaxx. I think your recaps are great and so is the show. What's not to love?
6 of 14 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 19, 2009 1:28 PM
I think we're creepy stalkers, and there are plenty of creepy lurkers! :-P
I know I enjoy the recaps because not only is DS funny as shit, but I only watch the show once, and he always manages to pick up subtleties that I missed the first time around, makes me think a little more than just being purely entertained by the show.
And yeah, something has to be up with Seaton. He's going from looking uneasy to shifty.
7 of 14 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on April 19, 2009 3:23 PM
Do you think that Seaton saving Tony's life was all part of a scheme for the two of them to meet up and continue their plan? If Seaton is a genius, he may be the mastermind, huh? At some point he might have figured out that Hodges is nuts and decided to freelance by stealing the bioweapon and selling it or using it for extortion or whatev.
8 of 14 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 19, 2009 11:41 PM
I've started to look at IMDb. It's a little spoilery. It doesn't tell what is going to happen in future episodes, but it does have a cast list. Some characters are going to disappear in the next few episodes (one notable one--no, not Larry), and there is a guy who may be significant who is of, let's say, a different ethnicity. Hmmm.
I don't want to "spoil" anybody, but you can take a look if interested.
9 of 14 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 19, 2009 11:44 PM
Oh, now that is an interesting theory!
I'm going to check out the "spoilers" too - I can't resist - thanks for the FYI!
10 of 14 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on April 20, 2009 6:54 AM
Uh-oh!
I'm going to avoid the spoilers until at least after tonight's episode!
If I'm as confused after tonight, I may go ahead and spoil away...
Only 6 episodes left! I read last week that season 8 is starting to go into production already. Time flies when you're having fun, eh?
11 of 14 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on April 20, 2009 6:59 AM
I read it's going to be set in NYC next season - has anyone else heard that? That would be pretty cool!
Pixie - whoa. That's all I'm going to say after checking IMDb! I would never have thought to check that - thanks!
12 of 14 | Posted by jjnoza | Posted on April 20, 2009 11:30 AM
@ JJ
Season 8 is definitely going to be set in NYC. Unfortunately, I heard they are only using the city for establishing shots and a few exteriors...but that the bulk of the season will be filmed in LA.
It's too bad...NYC could use the production jobs!
13 of 14 | Posted by Dogsnaxx | Posted on April 20, 2009 1:32 PM
>I think there's more to Seaton than meets the eye...don't know why.
I agree. Although I was really looking forward to watching Tony kick Seaton's ass for the double cross, I agree with pixielated that it was all part of a larger plan between the both of them. I've been suspicious of Seaton from the get-go. Hodges was too bat-shit crazy to be the mastermind and was obviously just being used as a pawn.
14 of 14 | Posted by Wildheart | Posted on April 24, 2009 3:13 PM