MMMMMM...."Airplane" asides. Delish!

Sooooo, why doesn't Jack just broadcast the tape over the headset to every plane and tower in the country...or call up Karen and play the tape? It seems like the writers are sometimes making it up as they go along.

And that cellphone. I can't get coverage in a major city, but he gets calls in cargo. I want one. But does it come with a picturephone feature?

Great recap as always. (My sister finds it especially helpful - she occasionally falls asleep putting her kids to bed and wakes up with 10 minutes left in the show. You've saved me from many a re-telling...)
Interesting trivia: the pilot was played by the guy who is Mrs. President's husband in real life...

Can Chloe get any more awesome? Sure she got to pull out a gun and kill terrorists last season... but she's been pretty dang awesome this whole season.... not to mention she got to get some booty earlier in the season.

This episode was awesome! On the edge of my seat the whole time. I'm telling you, Jack Bauer and Bill Buchanan each get hotter every episode.

When Chloe tasered that asshole, it was her best move of the season.

Does anyone else think that Karen is a brokeass Felicity Huffman?

Enjoyed the Airplane references, but loved the "Looks like he picked the wrong night to sneak on board an airplane and drag someone into the cargo hold," and "Looks like they all picked the wrong night to take a diplomatic charter flight out of Los Angeles at a suspiciously late departure time."

Awesome!

B-Side, your recaps are tremendous. I loved the Airplane refs, but the "Snakes on a Plane" ref in the title reeks of awesomeness. I should also say that you point out things that I would never noticed, such as Homeland's intense "search" of Casa De Bill. Great recap.

"Does anyone else think that Karen is a brokeass Felicity Huffman?"

Kind of, but I'm still strangely attracted to her. I can't explain it, but I am.

I hate to whore out the word "classic," but this season has had so, so many classic moments. I can't even begin to say enough about the goodness of Chloe and her taser. I was worried that our white-but-sweaty-collared friend was going to do as B-Side said and trash the laptop, becoming kind of like those rednecks in Season 2, but Chloe took care of him in effective fashion. I noticed that when she acted receptive to him in order to get him to sit down, she actually smiled and put on a "pretty" face. It's hard to remember sometimes that she's an actress, as she is just so, so good in that role.

Another classic bit that wasn't mentioned...Jack putting a pillow under Alvarez's head after he knocked him out. I don't know why, but that just made me laugh so damn hard.

Bill probably had that best non-Jack line of the season, and possibly the whole series, when he told Miles, "You have no idea what you're dealing with, you little ass-kisser." Bill is my new pimp hero. Period.

No Audrey or Curtis this episode, though. Bummer. Still a good one, though. :)

I love 24 as much as the next guy, but all this foolishness about the precious recording is getting very annoying.

A recording isn't like a piece of cake that you can't have and eat too. As every 8-year-old iPod-toting kid knows, recordings can be copied. How old are the writers? Whawha (#1) is right. Why didn't Jack just play the tape over the phone so that Chloe could get a copy?

I'm sure that the writers will keep the recording safe, and everything will somehow turn out fine in the end, but... sheesh.

"and for whatever reason, he had managed not to turn into a giant popsicle, despite being stuck in the underbelly of an aircraft. Next, we're gonna find Jack flying into space wearing only his Hoodie of Infiltration and a snorkeling mask."

Brilliant! That hoodie is honestly the best $3.99 Jack has ever spent. Or maybe they hand these out on graduation day at CTU?

I love the title too btw...can't wait to see the aptly titled Sam Jackson 'thriller'.

did anyone else notice how much bill in a t-shirt resembles an older doogie howser? i fully expect this season to end with him typing in his journal.

Yak #6 - Man you beat me to it. I love Jack and he kicks rocks, but that is THE best line EVAR!!

Say it again: "You have no idea what you're dealing with, you little ass-kisser." Boo-Yah!

"...the most sodomizing-y way possible"???????

Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper coming out your nose is not a pleasant experience. Trust me on this.

I don't get the "tapes on a plane" reference. My level of awesomeness has been lowered.

Also, I could have sworn Bill was asked to take Wayne to his house. He must have taken him to a halfway safehouse instead.

P.S. - Where are Evelyn and Amy? In the trailer watching the episodes with Behrooz?

Chloe and Bill are probably my favorite supporting characters in all of tv these days. I knew the drunk guy was in for something extra-special when Chloe smiled at him. Beware the smile of O'Brien.

I really liked the way one the agents searching Bill's house looked enviously at Bills flatscreen-even to the point of touching the power button.

But the best was the fact that the special diplomatic plane appears to have an actual back door at the rear of the aisle (see the screen cap). I wonder if there is a back porch outside as well.

Randomness

1) Miles was pissed that Karen shut the holding cell camera off since she always let him watch her "debriefs" before. What happens in a holding room stays in the holding room.
1a)Miles was the type of kid that ran to mommy everytime his older sister did anything to him.

2)Martha was upset since her husband only ranked as a charter airplane pilot. Look it up folks.

3)A chartered diplomatic flight so why was there a air marshall onboard?

4)Jack with the recording, again, hello maybe this time let Chloe listen to it and record it.

Reality, I have always enjoyed Bill's character, but last night when he let that line loose, I just thought he utterly ruled. That was a special moment.

Also, "Tapes on a Plane" is a reference to "Snakes on a Plane," an upcoming movie starring Samuel L. Jackson. The movie has actually generated a sort of buzz because of how awful it looks. It is literally about, well, snakes on a plane. I think SLJ is a federal agent of sorts who is accompanying a prisoner on a flight, and somebody who wants the prisoner dead lets loose a bunch of snakes to try to kill him. I wish I could make that up, I'm telling you...

TheYak, you have no idea what you're dealing with, you little bside-kisser!

/jk :D great recap!

Love the recap. I think it was better than this episode. I'll finish the season out, but I just think some of these scenarios are a bit ridiculous.

I was strangely attracted to Bill in his little white tshirt....is this wrong?

Theres so many good characters and I'm scared someone I love will be dead by the end of the season. Oh 24, why do you play with my heart.

When Jack cold-cocked the Air Marshall, I flashed back to der Gubernator in 'Commando', breaking the neck of the baddie who had escorted him onto the plane and then gingerly arranging a pillow behing his head. I had a tooth extracted on Monday, so the Vicodin really enhanced the deja-vu.

+The Yak (#6). Chloe double-tasering the sozzled masher - priceless! I was thinking she'd have to pretend to be receptive to his oafish curfew-sex advances in order to dodge pursuit. Heh, how wrong I was.

Buchanan snubbing Miles was even better. Man, the look on Miles' face was so great. Even though Hayes isn't completely on board yet, it's kind of a relief to see her and Buchanan alingning themselves. It makes you feel like there's some dang grown-ups calling some of the shots in this mess.

RealityTV4Me (#12) - I'm sure Wayne Palmer will be making an appearance before too long (seeing how cursory the HS search of Chez Buchanan was, he could be napping in the guest bedroom there), but I fear that Evelyn and Amy have indeed gone to join Behrooooooooooz - in a dirt nap. The longer he's gone, the less hope I have for a surprise appearance by Dina's beamish boy, and, really, why would Marwan's stooges want him alive? As for Evelyn and Amy, well, they're the sort of loose ends I can't see Henderson leaving hanging about. Hey, writers, prove me wrong, please! For that matter, I'd be delighted to have next weeks episode open with [Former] Secretary Heller regaining consciousness on the shore of the lake as an elk licks his face, or FLOTUS releasing Aaron from a closet somewhere after she gets her pharma-induced second wind. Having Pres. Palmer, Michelle, Tony, Heller, and Aaron all die in one 24 hour period would just stink.

Don't get me started about this so-called 'chartered diplomatic flight'. What, a bunch of diplomats (most of whom apparently favor US business casual) happen to be in that great center of international diplomacy, LA, and decide to chip in for a DC charter? Not enough room for their own embassy security people, of course, just one [very] lousy Air Marshall. What. Ever. Kind of sorry Theo wasn't on this flight, I was sort of hoping to see him again.

Double L #3: when did Chloe get some booty? I must have missed that.

possible premise for next season: all of the various role players from the first 5 seasons of '24' who disappear without mention or are never offically confirmed to be dead--behrooz, dina, aaron the secret service guy, sec. def. heller, etc.--return in zombie form and conspire to kill off the entire population of los angeles using the sinister 'mystery death' method, which involves unmarked panel vans and seedy anonymous motels and leaves no trace other than the occasional cell phone in the grass. of course, the only defense against the zombie squad's e-vil designs are aviator glasses of badness, a stealth hoodie of infiltration, a messenger bag of intrepid readiness, or a high-quality, blood-stanching intrigue overcoat (preferably in egg-shell white).

this one was kind of predictable for me, because

a) OF COURSE jack was going to find the recording

b) the fact that he should just play it over the phone to chloe or even snag somebody's laptop and up-load it to 'blogger.com' is so obvious

c) the plot has narrowed again, such that the only thing really at stake is the recording--chloe zapping the guy in the bar was hi-larious, but she doesn't really seem to be in jeopardy, nor does buchanan, and audrey and curtis were totally MIA this week (possibly searching for heller's body . . . which, of course, will never be found--until it returns next season as a ZOMBIE! BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!)

ah, still love you, 24.

p.s. - 'snakes on a plane' = greatest b-movie title EVAR.

Duan/#21 - Chloe got action in the first two hours of this season. :-)

Love this show - love these recaps! B-Side you make me laugh out loud.

Bill in a t-shirt=HOT!
Chloe tasering that guy=AWESOME!
No Audrey on this episode=PHENOMENAL!

Doesn't the very existence of the doctored video featuring Jack killing Palmer prove that the precious recording could have been easily tampered with? And that's Jack's ace in the hole?