He growls at Tom some more. When Tom tries to interrupt, Daniels snarls "I'M STILL TALKIN!" There is no G at the end of that word, folks. He's a cowboy. He eventually wears the poor guy down and Tom agrees to lie to the ambassador. When he asks why, Daniels says that he's going to tell the ambassador that he holds his MYSTERIOUS COUNTRY, which I will henceforth refer to as Iraqistan, responsible for the attacks and that the U.S. is ready to respond with a nuclear attack. Tom just stands there, looking like he has greatly upset Vigo the Carpathian. He's sooo taking the fall for this. Mark my words, he'll either be hauled away in cuffs by the end of the season or will crash a plane carrying a nuclear bomb into the desert, thereby totally redeeming himself. What? That's already been done?
Tom chooses to voice his indignation through interpretive dance.
After the commercials, Fayed arrives at Gredenko's desert hideaway. Gredenko "says" (read: voiceovers in post-production) "It's about time he got here, we need to start loading the bombs." Oh, THAT'S what they're doing out there! Bombs, drones, brackets, I get so confused.
Bill gets Daniels on the horn and tells him that Jack is still inside the consulate. Ah, "Jack Bauer is still at large" - the scariest words in the English language. Bill fills him in on the two options - get Crazy to help, or storm the consulate. Daniels doesn't believe for a second that the mentally-imbalanced ex-wife route will work, but as long as CTU prepares for the strike in the meantime, he's willing to give it a shot.
Aaaand...it's Aaron!!! Despite my fear of his demise, I sure am glad to see him. He's been a constant, ever since the first season, and clearly must have an angel on his shoulder to have survived where many others have fallen. I'm a card-carrying member of his fan club. Anyway, enough gushing. He's carrying a grocery bag into a house that contains what used to be Martha Logan. They exchange some pleasantries, and it's pretty clear that they're an adorable couple, if a little quirky.
He makes a little bit of a show out of his purchases - he got her magazines, and some raspberries and kiwi from Mel's, an allegedly fantastic produce stand. I don't really know what to think of their banter - it's cute and all, but she seems really loopy and he's being really careful around her, like the slightest snub of Mel might send her over the edge, which I'm guessing she's constantly teetering on. Or maybe it's just the ominous feeling in the air - I'm betting something terrible is going to happen in this very house very soon. But Martha dreamily feeds Aaron a raspberry and darn it, they're just darling together. And damn, that is a very large porcelain pear in the kitchen. Martha LOVES produce!!
Do not taunt King Pear.
But then the phone rings, and Aaron happily chirps "Martha Logan's Bungalow!" This immediately causes me and the rest of my 24 viewing party to explode into riotous laughter. It instantly makes my list of Best 24 Lines Ever, in fact it may even hover somewhere near the top. Martha Logan's Bungalow?! I'm answering my phone with that from now on, no more of this Hello nonsense. Anyway, I hate to move on, but I suppose I must, because there's more crazy to be had.
Of course it's Logan on the phone, and he asks Aaron if he could speak with Martha. She's not a fan of that, to say the least. Aaron tells him no but Logan keeps snipping away. "I no longer have to tolerate your sarcasm," Aaron booms. This man is on FIRE! Logan calms down and explains that it has to do with the Suvarovs. Aaron relays this message, and Martha suddenly changes her tune. She grabs the phone and asks if Anya's okay. Logan says that she's fine and explains what's going on with the Russians. She can't believe he's calling her and refuses to get involved. Also, she's twitching a lot. Yay, incoming onscreen breakdown!!
CRAZY!!
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Comments (10)
All I know is, that could be the Funniest Recap Ever. The screencaps had me laughing out loud.
1 of 10 | Posted by pbjunkie
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Posted on March 14, 2007 12:33 PM
"The Lead Box Investigator radios back to Markov that they haven't found him, but they're setting up a perimeter. Awww, see we're really not all that different. Russians can set up useless perimeters too! Jack falls off..."
hahhaha Whenever they cut back to Martha that Gnarls Barkley song pops in my head. "...la lala la la I think you're Craaa-zah, oohh oooohhh hooo"
Loved the Tvgasm pics and the captions, Screampillar, now if only I know who's going to do a recap of Last weeks's House MD =[, which reminds me I need a new username...HouseMDconvert dibs!
2 of 10 | Posted by IrideBlimp
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Posted on March 14, 2007 1:24 PM
Ahh, yes. 'Iraqistan".
Lovely country, sharing borders with my beloved 'Karjackistan'...
Great post!
3 of 10 | Posted by fignuts
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Posted on March 14, 2007 3:07 PM
That recap was hilarious! I was happy to finally see Martha and Aaron. She was so much more whacked out than at the end of last season though! I loved when she was going psycho on the kiwi and then threw some at Logan! LOL!
Ricky Schroder reminds me of a little kid too!
I don't know, I didn't really love this episode...but that's JMO. Jack was MIA for alot of it. Anyway, keep the awesome recaps coming!
4 of 10 | Posted by Jojobear
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Posted on March 14, 2007 4:08 PM
i created an account just to say this recap made me laugh out loud like an idiot at work.
great job!
next week better have more jack.
5 of 10 | Posted by minimuffin
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Posted on March 14, 2007 4:15 PM
After a year of gasm-stalking, I've finally created an account just so I could say how hilarious this recap is.
Well played.
Can't wait for the Crazy that is yet to be.
6 of 10 | Posted by her?
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Posted on March 15, 2007 6:59 AM
Your recaps get better by the week. I thought the whole Logan-Martha arc sucked, but it was great to see the CRAZY one and awesome Aaron.
What really bugged me was the time it took for Logan to go from CTU to Martha's Bungalow. Holy shit, they must have resurrected Airwolf for that one, or maybe I DID hear Picard say "Energize" after all.
24 needs to resolve itself and come up with a story that can fully fill the time without all the sideline crap. Too many characters don't ring true anymore, like Morris the shoe salesman all of a sudden getting a Top Secret clearance and the computer knowledge of a Bill gates, not to mention his ability to even program A-bomg detonators. And, BTW, no f___ing way he'd be able to function that well after he had his shoulder drilled through. At least put a sling on him, OK?
How the hell did Palmer Jr. get to be President, too? And where the hell did Jack get all this strength and stamina after two years of deprivation and torture?
Let's see, the drone's ready to go, so now we can figure on a USAF jet appearing to shoot it down. For what it's worth, they should just carpet bomb the damned Shadow Valley and be done with this bunch.
Thanks for mentioning Jack's "Do it, Naow!" shout. It always cracks me up when he does that. Sounds like a fat ass Georgia state trooper.
7 of 10 | Posted by Tony A.
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Posted on March 15, 2007 7:27 AM
"Tom just stands there, looking like he has greatly upset Vigo the Carpathian."
GENIUS. Loooooved your recap!
8 of 10 | Posted by kmills
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Posted on March 15, 2007 10:14 AM
good episode and good recap!
yes that doyle dude looks and talk like an overgrown kid (funny!), i bet jack's gonna kick his arse later on.
hilarious screencap "nor the time nor the place".
Tom is sooo going down for all of this, it's strange to me the he was all morality about the assasination attemp before but now he's playing all along (even with nuclear war on the line for his desition to lie) he deserve what's comming for him.
9 of 10 | Posted by ronclone
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Posted on March 19, 2007 8:06 AM
good episode and good recap!
yes that doyle dude looks and talk like an overgrown kid (funny!), i bet jack's gonna kick his arse later on.
hilarious screencap "nor the time nor the place".
Tom is sooo going down for all of this, it's strange to me the he was all morality about the assasination attemp before but now he's playing all along (even with nuclear war on the line for his desition to lie) he deserve what's comming for him.
10 of 10 | Posted by ronclone
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Posted on March 19, 2007 8:09 AM