After the commercial, everyone is assembled in the Oval Office. Dr. Doctor informs them that Wayne has suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Daniels is quick to point out that this is all Karen's fault. Karen stands by her decision and says that even after everything that is happened, she is confident that Wayne would have wanted it that way. Dr. Doctor says that the damage is severe (though they'll know more after an MRI), and he probably won't be regaining consciousness anytime soon. Lisa pipes up and clarifies that Wayne is, in fact, incapable of serving as President. Dr. Doctor leaves, and Daniels tells Karen to notify the rest of the government of the transfer of power, and tells Tom to stick around and go over Wayne's agenda with him.
My God! Tom Lennox is in fact a monkey! Someone inform the President!
Lisa again jumps in to say that there's something funny on the agenda, something about Wayne authorizing Jack Bauer to hand over Russian nuclear secrets to the Chinese. You know, standard procedure. Karen and Tom explain the situation, but Daniels goes ballistic anyway and demands that they tell CTU to stop Jack. The photo of David Palmer frowns.
Karen and Tom scamper out into the hallway, complaining to each other about what just happened. Tom heads off to the hospital, while Karen calls up hubby Bill and tells him to cancel Jack's mission. Oh, these two. I hope that one day I share the love that only two governmental employees who will soon team up to take down the president they hate can share.
Bill informs the CTUers of the new plan. He asks Chloe to stand down on this, because he can't trust her. Ouch. He calls up Mike, who's currently in the car with Jack. Mike answers the phone and surreptitiously goes over the new plan, which involves pulling off at a different exit and disarming Jack as quickly as possible. He hangs up and gives Jack some baloney about how the winds have changed and they have to change their route because of possible fallout. Oh, Jack is SO not falling for this one. Sure enough, Jack draws his gun and points out that he killed his partner a few hours ago to do what he had to do, he certainly won't hesitate to do the same thing to Mike. Righteous!
"I said I wanted BLACK CHERRY VANILLA COKE, not DIET COKE WITH LIME! For this you die."
Jack makes him pull over to some random field. He pulls Mike out of the car and backs him up against the fence. Mike yells, "This is going to end badly, Jack! You can't go against the White House!" Jack is all, bitch please, gets in the car and drives off. Mike is then devoured by coyotes.
Well. This was an interesting episode. Couple of nice plot twists there at the end. I really enjoyed Wayne's 100-point freakout. And awkwardness between Chloe and Morris is always fun. Plus, Milo and Nadia were barely there this week. So all in all, a success. Thoughts? Comments? Ever handed over Russian nuclear secrets to the Chinese?
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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