Hey, whatever happened to Chase? Last we heard he had settled in Valencia, so now he's either dead or a nuke zombie. Or maybe, just maybe, he moved on to bigger and better things. Maybe he's found himself a shrink to shack up with like little Kim did. Maybe he landed a part in a Broadway musical. Maybe he and T-Bag from Prison Break have joined forces and now entertain children's birthday parties as Stumpy Clowns. Chase doesn't actually have anything to do with anything, I just thought I'd talk about him for a while because he's a main character from the past that is not dead, and those are in short supply these days. Oh well. 24 recap!
In the aftermath of last week's shootout, Drone Dude, whom Jack specifically instructed medics to keep alive, dies. No surprises there. Mike "I like to play on the swings" Doyle fills in Jack on the outcome of the drone crash and the subsequent radiation leak. Jack calls Bill, who also fills him in on the situation with the trigger-happy VP. "What is he trying to do, start World War III?" sneers Jack. Sorry, Jack, everyone else has already made that joke. Try again. Jack says they need to find Gredenko in order to stop the strike. Um, would that really help? I guess Jack just needs something to do. I bet Jack is one of those people who goes to events like the fifth annual Cream Cheese Festival because "it's something to do". What do you mean, I'M one of those people? Do you have photographic evidence of me eating a piece of the world's largest cheesecake? No? Then quiet, you.
Gredenko is calling Dead Drone Dude, though for all we know he could be trying to reach his stylist. Fayed sneers that DDD is dead, and that since the bomb was supposed to hit San Francisco ten minutes ago, the plan has failed. Fayed blames the failure of the plan on the Russians, but Gredenko insists that since they still have two bombs, they can still do some damage. Fayed just wants to bomb some more things by himself, is that so much to ask?! Gredenko points out that he's the only one who can get the targets. So Fayed relents and goes off to his corner to pout.
"Vladimir? Thank God! Should I gel or should I mousse?"
Somewhere, a man exists. He is scrambling eggs. He gets a phone call from Gredenko, who identifies him as Mark Hauser. Apparently, he got some information for Gredenko from his employer, but since security has been stepped up that information is no longer good and Gredenko needs the new stuff. Mark promises it in a half hour, then returns to to what he was doing. And what he was doing was making dinner for his autistic brother. Hoo boy. Here's a topic I never in a million years expected 24 to breach. But here we are. Mark seems like a nice guy, and appears to treat his brother pretty well, so we Feel for him. No doubt he'll meet a bloody demise.
Brady yells "You take care of me, Mark!" as Mark gives him the eggs. Oh man. I just can't help but laugh at this. Not that I find autism funny, but it's just so unexpected on this show that my mind literally cannot comprehend it. Plus I just keep having Riding The Bus With My Sister flashbacks, and Rosie's screaming "YOU'RE THE HIPPOPOTAMUS!" is just sending me into fits. Whew. Okay, pull it together. Mark asks Brady to go into the other room and access some files from the mainframe. So maybe Brady is just a nerd? That would explain a lot. Either way, he really looks like Mike Doyle's pudgier, stupider, less homicidal twin.
Throw Andy Richter in there and we've got ourselves a set of triplets!
Milo is having a hard time accepting that Nadia may have streamed information to the terrorists. To be fair, Milo also has a hard time accepting that Kermit is not a real frog. Chloe somehow tracked the connection between Mark and Gredenko (probably through Facebook or something), and tells Bill that Mark does security consulting with connections to over a dozen chemical companies. Or something like that. The phone call was scrambled, like so many Hauser family egg dinners, but she is able to get his address, which Bill quickly relays to Jack. 8613 Bianca Drive. Not as magical as Hillcrest, but still quite lovely. Gotta keep something light and happy on this show, and it might as well be street names.
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Comments (11)
Great recap - really loving the gay love triangle angle. I'd watch the episode again to catch it, but it sucked so badly it makes me bitter.
I laughed at every single Rainman scene, thinking of Rosie as well. That was really ridiculous.
I'm not sure what 24 can do to redeem this season. And I actually do like Milo. I guess I'm crazy. Maybe it's because he was there for Season 1.
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Posted on March 27, 2007 2:24 PM
Karen Hayes looks like Ian Mckellen in drag..
Or is it the other way around?
2 of 11 | Posted by Eric | Posted on March 27, 2007 5:57 PM
Ennui is setting in for "24". I think they'd better tighten up the time compressions and make it more believable. The current story feels like it's been going on for 13 weeks. Waaaaaay too many things happen in the span of an hour. Surely the writers can do a batter job of this?
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Posted on March 28, 2007 7:46 AM
Mark looks so familiar. Who is he? Has he been in something else??
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Posted on March 28, 2007 10:45 AM
Devon Gummersall as "Mark" has been around. We first met him as the nerd next door, Brian Krakow, who had a crush on Claire Danes in "My So-Called Life"... then a short stint on "Relativity" as West Wing's Toby Ziegler's son... then most famously as the "pink shirt guy" named Zach who raped Julie on Felicity.
while here, I guess i can add my gripe about this season. let's see how many more re-hashed storylines from past seasons they can give us... moles in CTU, president's getting ousted from power, blah blah blah.
thank god I have Season 1 of Prison Break to keep me entertained.
5 of 11 | Posted by poor, dead shannon | Posted on March 28, 2007 2:20 PM
Loved the recap, but....I don't believe it was a sinister CTU room-it was Dead Drone Guy's hideout. Other than that how did the Palmer boys pick their Vice-Presidents? "Let's see-I want a far right reactionary, with no moral compass, a lust for absolute power, and no loyalty whatsoever.Ooh, ooh, and he must be an excellent liar". Do any of you have any doubt that Daniels was the guy giving the orders on the assassination attempt to begin with? And Jack finally found someone that could work with him in the field, and not end up getting splattered all over-I can see it now, Jack, hanging out at the Special Olympics recruiting a Special CTU team.
6 of 11 | Posted by Sloaner | Posted on March 28, 2007 3:01 PM
This episode was about as meh as the recap.
I guess if jack and Brady team up they can buy matching white suits.
7 of 11 | Posted by jca | Posted on March 28, 2007 3:31 PM
yeah.. so-so episode, the story would be more interesting had the launched the boms, started war, etc... yes that blonde chick looks like a robot, and that handshake was sooo gay i was laughing too.
Bad about the season: how little of chloe we've seen so far, tom is getting annoying with his silence, wayne is't dead,
the timeline is fricking amusing to say the least,
there's no jerk above bill (jack and the gang have full support, which tey never do), but the most dissapointing part of the season is NO CRAZY JACK!!, i mean, i know he can't be the same man he was before china, but this just make me think that the writers made a mistake with this whole china thing, they just went too far.
however, i'm waiting for the real jack to please stand up...
by the way, great recap...
8 of 11 | Posted by ronclone | Posted on March 28, 2007 7:28 PM
Is it wrong that I sometimes find myself hoping that the terrorists blow up something? I mean, I still want Jack to save the day blah blah blah, but come on, it's like watching Scooby Doo and "I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those meddling kids!" Blow some more stuff up!
I found it funny that in the beginning of this season Wayne Palmer whispered every line and I had to turn my TV to hear his breathy Tony Almeda voice...and then he wakes up and he talks normal! Drain Bramage works well for him. Good for him!
Good for Milo to make out with Nadia...she's H-O-T! Even if she was a terrorist, she's still pretty smoking.
Has Chloe given up? What's happened to her this season? Maybe she doesn't have PMS on this particular day. Too bad.
Johnson? Black turtleneck? I think CTU and District needs to learn from Jack about fashion.
I miss Edgar(Ccchhhllloooeeeeeeeeee!!!)
What happened in Denver? Somehow this is the biggest question of the show?! How sad!...though I do kinda want to know.
Jack smiling? That was kind of rough to watch. Seriously.
So yeah, this season kind of blows and all, but so did season 3 with Chase, so you can't win 'em all. If next year sucks, then we've got a problem. Then we'll have to resort to Jack fighting against living dead zombies. That'd be kind of cool to bring back Edgar, Tony, Michelle, Wayne, Teri Bauer, Samwise, Sara Gilbert, Curtis, Walt Cummings, etc. and watch Jack do battle against them. 24 All-Stars Edition 2009. Woo-hoo! Can't wait!
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Posted on March 30, 2007 11:34 AM
Omg!
Brady: "You take care of me, Mark!"
equals
Tardy the Turtle: "Crayons taste like purple!"
10 of 11 | Posted by Big McLargehuge | Posted on April 1, 2007 11:06 AM
Great recap, but what the heck is going on!?! Where is Jack's dad and "son"? Where is Crazy and ex-prez Logan? Is he dead? It's been two hours?! And also, what's up with Wayne coming out of his coma perfectly fine. Not even a slur in his words....come on!
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Posted on April 1, 2007 4:12 PM