President Taylor wonders aloud if Hodges is feeling "excluded" and that's why he's acting out with all this terrorism and blackmail stuff. Haha. Jonas assures her it's not about his hurt feelings (yeah, right!) but rather about Starkwood serving it's purpose to defend the country. Prez Taylor takes the opportunity to remind him that he's been ATTACKING the country, and that he and the Sangalans have killed hundreds of people...including her son! Busted!
Jonas does a slimy denial routine, saying his heart breaks for the lost lives and all...but he had nothing to do with it! Prez Taylor tells him they have evidence he'd been working with Juma, and Hodges goes into one of his fist-shaking tirades about how the intelligence is wrong! He angrily tells her he would have done everything in his power to stop the attacks if he'd known about them. While the Prez looks on with disgust/anger, he tells her to put aside the "baseless" accusations and maybe they can get down to business! She tells him to go ahead with his crazy-pants self...she's listening.
Hodges goes into a sales pitch...invoking the history of private armies in US history, and yada yada. He tells her the country is vulnerable since it's "so easy to get bio-weapons in" for example. Uh...WTF?! Hodges...YOU snuck them in! The Prez asks specifically what he is suggesting, and he tells her he wants "a seat at the table" shaping military policy worldwide. Ma Taylor astutely notes that it sounds more like he wants a seat at the HEAD of the table. Hodges denies this and tells her he doesn't want to supplant her authority. More accurately, he wants Starkwood to become the "fifth branch" of the military. That's it! Easy Peasy! He and Seaton came prepared with a packet of "protocols" outlining everything and suggests they all sit down and review it together. WTF?!
The Prez tosses the packet away in disgust, and tells the Starkwood boys that she invited them in to hear what they had to say, but is only hearing "blackmail." Hodges says "Well, that's putting it in the worst possible light." Haha. While Seaton kind of calmly/silently observes, The Prez angrily reminds him he's threatening to kill thousands of people. Crazy Ol' Jonas tells her he's not "proud" of this chapter, and thinks it's time they move past it by working together. While she gives him the stink-eye, he gently tells her to pick up the packet.
Back at the Starkwood compound, Tony has just finished placing his last explosive charge on the fuel tanks as Stokes (chained to a pipe) watches angrily. Tony grabs his detonator and is about to leave, when he decides to take pity on Stokes and unchain him. Nobody is more surprised than Ol' Stokesy, and Tony tells him to hustle or he'll be left underground! They head back above ground, with Stokes still at gunpoint, and pass the tanker with the "unconscious" driver under it. However, when they pass the dude, he jumps up and surprises Almeida by doing some kind of football block move into his back! Oh-No! Tony drops the detonator into a drainage grate! He gets back up and beats the shit out of the driver dude, but it gave Stokes time to sound an alarm! Ruh-Roh! Tony starts to beat the shit out of Stokes.
Underground, Doc Tommy and crew hear the alarms and note that it's Code 363, which means government breach. As per their orders, they start the launch sequence.
Tony is straddling stokes, who looks up at him with glee and says "too late!" Tony knocks him out cold and scurries over to the drainage grate. The good news: He can see the detonator. The bad news: Its JUST out of reach! He starts fumbling with his arm in the grate trying to retrieve it.
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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