And Now It's Time For a Breakdown - 
by J-Unit
On the whole, I am really enjoying this season of 24, but there are certain things that I miss. Who else remembers when the graphic violence warning at the beginning of an episode actually meant something? Nowadays, the put it up before every episode. Maybe I am just desensitized to the violence, but too often it has simply been a let down. Still, to be complaining about such a small component of the show, especially when they are just trying to cover their ass, might be complaining just a little too much. The show is moving at a fever pitch, and they removed what I thought was the least interesting story line last week with the suicide of Maya Driscoll. You know they had to have something better to fill up the remaining time.
This week's episode was not as heart stopping as last week, but did a very good job at the transition as to what is going to be the next catastrophe everybody has to deal with. Yes, that's right. You honestly didn't think they were going to spend 12 episodes or whatever hunting down a terrorist, did you? This is not the Fugitive. Everything the terrorists have done so far has been another step on the way to one dramatic event.
Obviously the train wasn't going to be that big, and we soon found out that Heller's kidnapping was also a diversion, but who thought there could be anything after the nuclear meltdown? The team has been quickly trying to piece together information on Barnes and quickly learned that he wasn't simply some mid-level manager at a call center, he was also an engineer at McClennan-Forster, one of the top defense contractors in the country. They would have to keep a close watch on this guy.
Marwan had been able to steal a CTU guard's uniform and sneak out of the building (how very Hitman of him). Jack anticipates this and sets up a tight perimeter. Don't we just love Jack and his perimeters? Hard perimeter, soft perimeter, tight perimeter, loose perimeter. They are all wonderful perimeters, even if they don't work. Why does he even bother with these perimeters? They don't really seem to work all that well for him. Since they don't know where Marwan is, or if he is even alive, Jack decides to head to the offices of the defense contractor to find more information. If Marwan did have more plans, maybe they would be able to find some sort of clue in the office where he worked.
Paul Raines tells Jack that he knows the systems of McClellan-Forster, since he conveniently installed their network and created the software. Paul is even eager to help Jack find all he can, offering to go with him to McClellan-Forster's headquarters and search for the information himself. I am sure that his sudden change of heart had nothing to do with the fact that he was worried jack would electrocute him with a lamp cord again. Jack agrees and sends Audrey and Curtis back to CTU, apparently without a security detail, which means that they will get back without anybody from the security detail dying.
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