First off, apologies for the lateness of this here 24 recap. You'll never guess what happened to me. I was abducted by a terrorist, power drilled in the shoulder, then forced to arm several nuclear weapons. What a week! I need a drink!
But let's not waste any more time. In the aftermath of the Shootout At The Ole Russian Consulate, a medic tells Jack that he has some floating rib fragments (which sound delicious) and that he needs to be stabilized. Jack protests but Mike "Hi Ricky! Wave to mommy!" Doyle tells him that CTU is running the show now, and it's out of his hands. And by the way, the sky is totally dark. I guess twelve years in the future we just do away with that whole "gradual sunset" thing and just build a giant light switch.
Bill and Daniels get in touch for the purpose of exposition. Bill explains that the terrorists are launching unmanned stealth aircraft that can be remotely controlled from anywhere. Which narrows their location down to "somewhere on earth". Great news, Bill!
Gredenko is getting antsy and starts shouting and clapping at his minions, telling them to launch the bomb right now. Fayed puts on his "something's wrong with my sweetie pie" face and asks the fiesty Russian what's getting his panties in a twist. Gredenko doesn't go into details but tells him that CTU knows where they are and that they have to leave now. Fayed immediately snarks about how it was ALLL the Arabs fault when they lost the suitcase nukes, but now that it's the RUSSIANS' fault he's all close-lipped. Listen kids, let's not go into who-lost-what-nuclear-bomb. No one will emerge as a winner, I can tell you that.
Santa's pissed. Christmas is cancelled.
Gredenko calls his Drone Dude to tell him to launch the drone. In fact, he says "laaaunch drooone" and he sounds pretty bored. I bet Gredenko is kinda getting sick of the whole terrorism business, probably wishing he had gone to law school like his father wanted or followed his dream of becoming an Olympic figure skater. Oh well, he's stuck now. Drone Dude, who as we all remember could be ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, says some stuff about how it will be difficult to launch on such short notice but, with the help of a "Hang In There" kitty poster, he just may be able to pull it off.
Aaaand he does! Gredenko and Fayed watch as the drone, which is cute as a button, flies down the runway and into the air.
Aw.
Nadia is explaining to someone that they'll be getting new info as soon as they reposition their satellites. Guy on the phone tells her that lives are at stake. Do CTU employees really need to be reminded of that? Honestly, it's probably their motto. It should be embossed in big letters on every surface of the office. Milo sidles over and asks if she's okay. They share A Moment until Old Lady O'Brien arrives to ruin the fun. She tells them that she found out that Nadia is using Milo's clearance code, and that that is a FELONY. Milo makes some half-assed excuse but Chloe sees through the bullshit. Milo tells her to keep her trap shut or else they'll both be fired and that won't help save the LIVES THAT ARE AT STAKE. She says duh, if she wanted to tattle she would have done it already, she's just warning them to be careful. Milo and Nadia simmer awkwardly as she stalks away.
Bill puts an end to this silliness with a phone call informing Nadia that Morris has a visual on Shadow Valley and that it appears that they have launched a single drone. I'm starting to love that word. Drooone. I especially like how Bill says it. I'm going to use it more often in my daily life. ("Hey, pass me that drone." "What?") Bill gets General Walsh on the horn and tells him that they've made visual contact and they're tracking the drone on satellite. Its nearest target is Los Angeles, which it would impact in four minutes. Walsh, looking at the specs, says that the drooone is almost impossible to track with radar, therefore it is imperative that they keep the visual link. So Morris immediately loses the visual link.
Gredenko, meanwhile, is chilling in his getaway truck. He gets a call from Drone Dude, who tells him that he has disabled CTU's detecting ability, so the drone is now impossible to track. Gredenko says he'll contact him later and then hangs up the phone.
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Comments (4)
Great recap! I thought this episode was pretty good. I loved "check your breath" kiss - haha! Are we really supposed to believe that Chloe and Morris were ever married?!
As for the Nadia situation...I think Milo may be involved. It's a little weird how she was using his access codes, but on her computer and then she got caught for suspicious activity…but then they didn’t notice she was using Milo’s info...I don't know - I think something is up there.
Also, right on about the Presidential doctor being is such a rush, not able to talk to Karen. I was thinking the same thing…what was he doing - making his rounds?! Missing final jeopardy??…come on!!
Keep up the GREAT work!!
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Posted on March 23, 2007 7:59 PM
Your screencaps made me laugh out loud...especially Santa's pissed. Christmas is cancelled. That was great!
2 of 4 | Posted by 24fan | Posted on March 26, 2007 2:17 PM
This recap had me weak! I loved the Anchorman reference. And I too thought the same thing about the drone- Awwwwwww. But the best part of the show was the ineptitude slam. No one can accuse you of ineptitude Screampillar - you're freakin awesome. Keep up the good work!
3 of 4 | Posted by fuller | Posted on March 26, 2007 8:19 PM
This recap had me weak! I loved the Anchorman reference. And I too thought the same thing about the drone- Awwwwwww. But the best part of the show was the ineptitude slam. No one can accuse you of ineptitude Screampillar - you're freakin awesome.
4 of 4 | Posted by fuller | Posted on March 26, 2007 8:22 PM