Back in the White House, Hodges and Seaton have arrived and are strutting down a hallway toward their big meeting with the Prez. Hodges boasts a little to his helper monkey Greg that he promised he'd get him to the White House some day...although getting there as international murderers/terrorists was unexpected. Jonas prattles on about how super brilliant/awesome Seaton's misdirection with Almeida was, and that he owes him a debt of gratitude for putting himself in harms way. The whole time, Seaton has a look on his face that seems to indicate he knows he's working for an unhinged madman, but it's the best opportunity in front of him at the moment. As they reach the Oval Office, Hodges confesses that he's a little nervous, and Seaton tells him he'll be fine as Tim Woods shows them the door.
Meanwhile, we cut to Renee and Larry touching base via a split-screen cell phone call. Zombie Spice fills her boyfriend in on the the new intel and "indirect" order from the President to blow the crap out of the weapons while she takes the meeting with Hodges. Renee asks Larry if he has a "problem" with these oh-so-unprotocol plans. Larry's response: "As a matter of fact, no!...Those Starkwood bastards drew on my men." Larry is officially a convert to the Church of Bauer and all those special "off-book" operations being a believer entails. Zombie Spice is super happy to hear that, and tells Larry to wait for the Big Boom, and then move in.
Withe the President's unspoken blessing and Larry on board, Jack calls back in to Tony and tells him they are a "go" for the covert operation. Tony is pleased to hear this, and Bauer tells him it's SUPER important that he go undetected, as Hodges has given the order to launch the missiles at the first hint of government interference! Tony is pretty confident he can do it, so Jack wishes him "luck" and Tony gets back to spying on the tanker.
The driver of the tanker is affixing a hose to a tank underground while Stokes and an unnamed Baddie stand watch. The nameless dude tells Stokes he's going to do another "perimeter check", and Stokes is all WTF?! You just did one! The dude tells him he doesn't think they can be too careful, and goes to do another perimeter check anyway.
Underground, Doc Tommy is eyeing the missiles anxiously when Stokes calls him to let him know the tanks are filled up and he'll be down in a few minutes. No sooner has he hung up, then Tony emerges from behind the tanker with the driver at gunpoint! Stokes grumbles "Almeida" and Tony orders him to drop his weapon and kick it away. When the task is accomplished, Tony pistol whips/knocks out the driver and orders Stokes to drag his unconscious body under the truck! Stokes asks Tony WTF he thinks he's doing, and Tony tells him he's going to lead him to the fuel tanks. As Stokes leads the way underground (with Almeida's gun at his head!) we cut to break!
Five minutes later, Jonas Hodges and Greg Seaton are led into the Oval Office. No sooner have they entered, then Hodges introduces his "associate" Greg Seaton to the President. He tells her Seaton is a remarkable man, that he "doesn't look remarkable...but is a genius!" The President acknowledges him dryly and Seaton just kinda nods. I wonder if Hodges hurt his feelings? Hodges starts to ramble about how cool it is to visit the Oval Office as it "smells of history". When they are seated, he starts rambling some more about how he hasn't been in the Office since Ma Taylor took office, that her predecessor Daniels used to have him over all the time to talk about what was "really going on in the world."
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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