Wayne is in the Oval Office, watching CNB News on his sweet flat screen. What, no FOX News? What's going on here? Wayne gets the call, and on the other end Mike hands the phone to Jack. "It's the President," he sneers. What crawled up Doyle's ass? Jack explains the situation to Wayne, who is shocked and pretty much refuses. Jack again gives his word the the circuit board will NOT end up in Chinese hands. Wayne says that under most circumstances his word would be enough (hey, he's learning! David's photo smiles approvingly), but this time he's going to need details. Jack says that if it becomes necessary, he will destroy the circuit board with a concealed charge of C4. Wayne points out that this will destroy anything in the vicinity of the chip, then realizes that Jack is willing to sacrifice himself for Audrey. He says he can't authorize Jack's suicide, but Jack points out that they were willing to kill him a few hours ago, why should things be any different now? They owe him. Well, that's good enough for Wayne! "Knock yourself out!" he happily agrees.
Mike nastily removes Jack's handcuffs, and Jack asks him to help out during Audrey's exchange. Mike hesitates but agrees, and Jack says that once he gets confirmation that Audrey is safe, he's going to destroy the circuit board and make sure that Cheng gets out alive. Hmm.
Morris asks what happened, and Chloe tells him that the president authorized Jack's plan. Morris isn't happy about this, but he still insists that telling Bill was the right thing to do. Chloe points out that he should have trusted her. Morris counterpoints that she hacked onto his system. Then they start throwing water balloons at each other. Morris whines, "So, you're going to hold this over my head now, aren't you?" Chloe shoots back, "Yeah. For a long time." Oh, young love.
"I need a drink!"
Milo, in his blessedly short one-liner of the episode, puts Mike on the phone with Nadia, who affirms that the tracking device on the circuit board is online and running. Jack calls up Cheng, who directs him where to go. He has a half hour. Oh, great. So we'll have to wait until next week to see how this plays out. Until then, Mike keeps whining to Jack about how risky this is and questions whether this is all worth it for a woman. Jack sternly puts Mike in his place, saying that her name is Audrey Raines and she served this country well, and they owe her. Mike still looks dubious. Looks like someone is cranky from missing his afternoon nap.
Daniels tells Lisa the Fembot about the conspiracy recording and his forced resignation. She robotically apologizes for her role, and he takes her hand. "Ah, hell. At least we'll have a lot more time to spend together," he coos as her strokes her face. EW. He says that even though Wayne is giving him a week, he wants it out of the way, and signs the letter right in front of her. I think she's a little turned on.
Wayne begins his press conference. He says that the nuclear devices have been recovered and Fayed has been killed. He thanks everyone, expresses condolences for the lives lost, we're going to rebuild, yada yada yada. The CTUers watch on FOX News. Phew. For a moment there, I thought we were in Bizarro 24 Land. He concludes his speech and begins to take questions from the press. He calls on a reporter and refers to her as Andrea. "Robin," she corrects him. He apologizes. She asks what's to be done about the Muslim-American detention camps, and he says that he has already ordered them to be dismantled once the crisis has passed. Huh? "I'm sorry, NOW that the crisis has passed," he corrects himself. Uh oh. The President's brain is leaking. He starts mumbling and stuttering and repeating himself, then calls the woman Andrea again. He eventually loses all capacity for normal human speech, winces, has a brain attack, and falls to the ground. It's totally like that scene in the cockpit in Airplane, when the doctor is describing the symptoms and the captain is exhibiting them all and eventually keels over in his own drool and feces. It's EXACTLY like that.
"Narf!"
Everyone tends to the fallen president as Daniels and Lisa glower over in their little corner. Daniels discretely puts the letter of resignation back in his suit pocket. Haha. You dog, you.
"What, this? It's just...uh...a permission slip. For my daughter. For her school field trip to the...candy factory. Yeah, that's it."
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Comments (2)
When President Palmer collapsed, I officially gave up on 24. This season was just too much. How many sharks have they jumped so far?
1 of 2 | Posted by dacoyle
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Posted on April 20, 2007 3:43 PM
morris is a lousy drunk, and he's not to be trusted.
also, loved jack sliding down the stripper pole (hubba hubba), and wayne palmer's sassy wrist-flick. you're pretty funny, screampillar, even if you are a troll. how's about you let me take you out sometime?
but seriously, morris is a drunk.
2 of 2 | Posted by Lousy Drunk Morris
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Posted on April 20, 2007 5:00 PM