A Happy and Safe New Years to all!!
Here's to a spectacular 2007!
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Monday, December 25, 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Ok - I'm hooked.
When it comes to TV I'm usually one of the people who manages to get on board with something before it turns into a cultural talking point. I did it with Twin Peaks, X-Files and with shows like 24 and LOST. So when NBC rolled out Heroes this Fall, I thought it looked pretty cool and I wanted to give it a shot to see if it was going to live up to all the hype. As it turned out I only got to see bits and pieces of the premiere episode (all of which looked extremely interesting) but thought I had missed the boat because I hadn't gotten to see every little bit of it from the beginning.
Flash forward to last week. I had family in town for the holiday. They asked if I watched Heroes. I told them no but that it looked very interesting and I wished I had gotten the chance to see it from the beginning. They proceeded to say how great the show was and that I should definitely try and see it if I had the chance.
Low and behold - I'm looking at the DVR guide on the TV today and see that SciFi channel is running a Heroes marathon (the first 6 episodes). COOLNESS!! I programmed all 6 eps to record and then went back and watched the first episode from start to finish.
Needless to say - I'm hooked!
I've gone in and added a season pass for it on the DVR and am planning on heading on over to nbc.com (or iTunes) to try and fill in the missing 3 (or 4) episodes once I have gotten through the remaining 5.
Interesting premise. Lots of intrigue and un-answered questions...and a high school cheerleader doing all sorts of disgusting things to try and hurt herself. I say again - COOLNESS.
Now I can't wait to see episode #2 - and beyond....
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Brrrrrrrrr it's chilly....
20 degrees. I know cold is a relative term but still that's pretty cold. It's also the forecasted low here in Beaverton tonight.
Currently it's 27 degrees.
Big whoop you say...I agree. I say that only because I grew up back East and have experienced this kind of weather plenty of times. The thing is that I lived in California from September 1989 until about 2 months ago.
I'm not used to this kind of cold...but I can deal with it.
Just thought I'd share.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
One of the neat things about moving to Oregon from California was the possibility of getting to see some snow fall after approximately 15yrs without it. Well - what do you know? On Monday morning we were treated to snowfall here in Beaverton. Within seconds I was 12 years old again looking to the sky in wonder at something so beautiful. I woke my daughter so that for the first time in her life she could see snow falling from the sky. Her take - the snowflakes taste like sugar...from the mouth of a soon to be 5 year old.
It snowed for a while 3 separate times on Monday leaving us with a bit of a dusting and smiles all around.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Peace on Earth??
Please oh pretty please can we stop the insanity? Just looking at a few headlines on cnn.com and came across these two beauties -
A man KILLED another man over a $20 college football bet! I say again - killed a man!
::sheesh::
A woman in Colorado is being threatened with a fine of $25 a day until she takes down a Christmas wreath with a peace sign on it. The reason?? Some residents say it's an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan. Symbol of Satan??? Come on people!! It's a Christmas wreath!!
Check out Homeowners Association president Bob Kearns. He ordered the committee to require Lisa Jensen to remove the wreath, but members refused after concluding that it was merely a seasonal symbol that didn't say anything.
Kearns then fired all five committee members.
There's this little thing called freedom of speech...take a peek at it Bob.
::sigh::
Oh yeah - I almost forgot. Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock are getting a divorce. Wow - who could have EVER seen that one coming???
A man KILLED another man over a $20 college football bet! I say again - killed a man!
::sheesh::
A woman in Colorado is being threatened with a fine of $25 a day until she takes down a Christmas wreath with a peace sign on it. The reason?? Some residents say it's an anti-Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan. Symbol of Satan??? Come on people!! It's a Christmas wreath!!
Check out Homeowners Association president Bob Kearns. He ordered the committee to require Lisa Jensen to remove the wreath, but members refused after concluding that it was merely a seasonal symbol that didn't say anything.
Kearns then fired all five committee members.
There's this little thing called freedom of speech...take a peek at it Bob.
::sigh::
Oh yeah - I almost forgot. Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock are getting a divorce. Wow - who could have EVER seen that one coming???
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Matsuzaka to Me
I apologize for the poor Laugh In pun but it is the best I can do on short notice.
That said - the object of my pun is 26 yr old Japanese righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka - the free agent ace my Red Sox paid a reported $51.1 million dollars just to negotiate with!
Is he worth it?? If you look at his numbers over the last 3 years in Japan you can't argue with his success.
Some positives (simply put) -
1. he is 26 yrs old and theoretically has his best years ahead of him
2. he is an EXTREMELY talented pitcher with an incredible combination of power and control that very few players have ever had
3. the Yankees didn't get his negotiation rights!
Stay tuned in the next 30 days for a sure to be ugly negotiation with his agent - the devil's right hand - Scott Boras.
Ultimately I believe this bold move will be worth every penny spent and will help the Sox atract other free agent talent currently on their radar. This move clearly shows the Sox are serious about doing whatever it takes to fill the needs they have and make this team the favorite for the 2007 World Championship.
That works for me.
That said - the object of my pun is 26 yr old Japanese righthander Daisuke Matsuzaka - the free agent ace my Red Sox paid a reported $51.1 million dollars just to negotiate with!
Is he worth it?? If you look at his numbers over the last 3 years in Japan you can't argue with his success.
Some positives (simply put) -
1. he is 26 yrs old and theoretically has his best years ahead of him
2. he is an EXTREMELY talented pitcher with an incredible combination of power and control that very few players have ever had
3. the Yankees didn't get his negotiation rights!
Stay tuned in the next 30 days for a sure to be ugly negotiation with his agent - the devil's right hand - Scott Boras.
Ultimately I believe this bold move will be worth every penny spent and will help the Sox atract other free agent talent currently on their radar. This move clearly shows the Sox are serious about doing whatever it takes to fill the needs they have and make this team the favorite for the 2007 World Championship.
That works for me.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
LOST lost
I understand the idea behind ABC's brilliant move (insert sarcasm here) having Lost going off the air until February 7th, 2007...No repeats. Do I agree with it?? Hell no! I have to admit that it will be nice to have 16 straight weeks of Lost when it returns but 13 weeks - I mean who knows if I'll even have cable in 13 weeks.
It seems to me that these days the networks are all trying so hard to be different with their scheduling that they end up out-thinking themselves and end up causing a bigger mess than they had to begin with. I don't understand the idea of greenlighting a serialized show like Vanished (or Kidnapped or the CW Network classic Runaway) and then canceling it before it actually has the time to present the entire story. I mean - the network knew exactly what they were getting into when they decided on that course of programming and someone somewhere out there is going to be pissed because they liked the darn show. But then they all can't be Lost, 24 or Heroes. Also - the whole idea of canceling shows after they have been on one or two weeks??? What the heck is that all about??? If that was how you planned on dealing with it if it sucked then you never should have put the thing on the air in the first place. Simply nuts.
Of course this is just one humble person's opinion....We'll see how the whole LOST "vacation" experiment works out. I'm hoping for the best. As for it's replacement? ABC is trotting out Day Break. The show certainly looks interesting but isn't this just Groundhog Day with guns? It's stars Taye Diggs so my wife will make it required DVR viewing.
Put a show on the air with Michael Vartan, Johnny Depp, Matthew McConaughey or Taye Diggs in it and she's hooked.
Oh well - what can you do?
Uplifting TV News of the Week (UTVNOTW) - Take a looksie at this!
Nice to see a network with a little vision. Bravo NBC.
It seems to me that these days the networks are all trying so hard to be different with their scheduling that they end up out-thinking themselves and end up causing a bigger mess than they had to begin with. I don't understand the idea of greenlighting a serialized show like Vanished (or Kidnapped or the CW Network classic Runaway) and then canceling it before it actually has the time to present the entire story. I mean - the network knew exactly what they were getting into when they decided on that course of programming and someone somewhere out there is going to be pissed because they liked the darn show. But then they all can't be Lost, 24 or Heroes. Also - the whole idea of canceling shows after they have been on one or two weeks??? What the heck is that all about??? If that was how you planned on dealing with it if it sucked then you never should have put the thing on the air in the first place. Simply nuts.
Of course this is just one humble person's opinion....We'll see how the whole LOST "vacation" experiment works out. I'm hoping for the best. As for it's replacement? ABC is trotting out Day Break. The show certainly looks interesting but isn't this just Groundhog Day with guns? It's stars Taye Diggs so my wife will make it required DVR viewing.
Put a show on the air with Michael Vartan, Johnny Depp, Matthew McConaughey or Taye Diggs in it and she's hooked.
Oh well - what can you do?
Uplifting TV News of the Week (UTVNOTW) - Take a looksie at this!
Nice to see a network with a little vision. Bravo NBC.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
The Full Monty - 2006 Mid-Term Election Style
WOWZA...talk about a 180 degree turn!!
The Dems now control the House and barring a re-count disaster will take Montana and Virginia to give them the 49 dem (and two independent) seats they need to control the Senate.
Like icing on the cake - this morning's announcement that Donald Rumsfeld is resigning.
I say again - WOWZA!
Well Dems - you've been handed keys to the new Porche. Have a great time tooling around the neighborhood but DON'T GET IN A WRECK!
AMERICA AND THE WORLD ARE WATCHING.
The Dems now control the House and barring a re-count disaster will take Montana and Virginia to give them the 49 dem (and two independent) seats they need to control the Senate.
Like icing on the cake - this morning's announcement that Donald Rumsfeld is resigning.
I say again - WOWZA!
Well Dems - you've been handed keys to the new Porche. Have a great time tooling around the neighborhood but DON'T GET IN A WRECK!
AMERICA AND THE WORLD ARE WATCHING.
Monday, November 06, 2006
New Geek
In homage to a very hopeful Democratic changing of the guard in tomorrow's mid-term elections - I decided to make a few changes here at The Geek.
Made a quick change to the site template and added in some additional links to make your viewing and reading experience the best that it can be - in this price range.
I apologize to all 3 of you readers out there about slacking off so terribly. I have no excuse to use other than the fact that my family and I recently moved 700 miles north to Beaverton, OR - home of Nike and currently, a heck of alot of rain.
I'll do my best to get back in the saddle and fill your heads with the tasty little nuggets of useless information that you have come to expect.
...because that's why I'm here.
Made a quick change to the site template and added in some additional links to make your viewing and reading experience the best that it can be - in this price range.
I apologize to all 3 of you readers out there about slacking off so terribly. I have no excuse to use other than the fact that my family and I recently moved 700 miles north to Beaverton, OR - home of Nike and currently, a heck of alot of rain.
I'll do my best to get back in the saddle and fill your heads with the tasty little nuggets of useless information that you have come to expect.
...because that's why I'm here.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
24 Season 6 trailer - - - TODAY!
What kind of 24Geek would I be if I didn't take a quick second away from my busy life and mention that the Season 6 trailer is premiering TODAY in about and hour and 35 minutes.
Head over to here and take a peek.
It looks CRAZY good!
Head over to here and take a peek.
It looks CRAZY good!
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
24 News and Notes - Season 6 TRAILER
From our good friends at tvguide.com -
24 Returns with Trailer, Four-Hour Premiere
Fox announced on Wednesday morning that Season 6 of 24, this year's most Emmy-adorned series, will kick off on Sunday, Jan. 14, and on Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, with a two-night, four-hour premiere. (Must. Rest. Brain. Cells.) An online countdown to 24's return commences today at www.24trailer.com, where an extended "Day Six" teaser will debut on Oct. 24, and the new season's first promo is set to air during Fox's coverage of the World Series' Game 3.
Among the new faces appearing on 24 this season are Regina King (as President Wayne Palmer's sister), Peter MacNicol (as a presidential advisor), James Cromwell (as Jack's estranged father), Rena Sofer (as bad-guy Graham's wife), Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar), Marisol Nichols (In Justice), Harry Lennix (Commander in Chief) and David Hunt (Everybody Loves Raymond).
WOW. NICE!!!!! The countdown to Oct. 24th begins.
24 Returns with Trailer, Four-Hour Premiere
Fox announced on Wednesday morning that Season 6 of 24, this year's most Emmy-adorned series, will kick off on Sunday, Jan. 14, and on Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, with a two-night, four-hour premiere. (Must. Rest. Brain. Cells.) An online countdown to 24's return commences today at www.24trailer.com, where an extended "Day Six" teaser will debut on Oct. 24, and the new season's first promo is set to air during Fox's coverage of the World Series' Game 3.
Among the new faces appearing on 24 this season are Regina King (as President Wayne Palmer's sister), Peter MacNicol (as a presidential advisor), James Cromwell (as Jack's estranged father), Rena Sofer (as bad-guy Graham's wife), Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar), Marisol Nichols (In Justice), Harry Lennix (Commander in Chief) and David Hunt (Everybody Loves Raymond).
WOW. NICE!!!!! The countdown to Oct. 24th begins.
LOST returns
The night we have all waited patiently for is here. No - the season premiere of 24 is still 3 months away but ABC brings us the next best thing with the new season of LOST.
The new TV season has brought us some very interesting shows...my personal faves so far include STUDIO 60 LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (I'm a sucker for anything Sorkin) and the new James Woods LA-lawyer drama SHARK. I'm really looking forward to THE NINE (premiering immediately after LOST this evening - in case you didn't know from the gazillion promos ABC has been showing).
All said - give me LOST, GREY'S ANATOMY, 24, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (premiering Oct.6th at 9pm) and a bowl of popcorn and I'm set.
Tonight it begins. ENJOY!!
The new TV season has brought us some very interesting shows...my personal faves so far include STUDIO 60 LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP (I'm a sucker for anything Sorkin) and the new James Woods LA-lawyer drama SHARK. I'm really looking forward to THE NINE (premiering immediately after LOST this evening - in case you didn't know from the gazillion promos ABC has been showing).
All said - give me LOST, GREY'S ANATOMY, 24, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (premiering Oct.6th at 9pm) and a bowl of popcorn and I'm set.
Tonight it begins. ENJOY!!
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
usa Network has done it again
Following in the footsteps of Dead Zone and The 4400, USA Network has come up with another summertime gem for us all to enjoy.
Friday nights at 10pm...I give you "psych".
For more info - click on the link in the TV portion of the right sidebar.
It's a hoot.
Friday nights at 10pm...I give you "psych".
For more info - click on the link in the TV portion of the right sidebar.
It's a hoot.
TV tidbits
Here's a few off-season TV tidbits from my favorite source of info - TVGuide.com's own Michael Ausiello.
Enjoy.
24
Question: I am leaving on vacation next week and I need some 24 spoilers before I go! — Jordan Vanos
Ausiello: Major-ass prattle-poop! Spoke to exec producer Evan Katz at press tour, and the boss-man told me that somewhere between "18 months and two years" will have passed when Season 6 launches in January. He said the idea of picking up immediately where last season left off was "talked about, but it's always important to us for the characters to have traveled a certain amount of distance emotionally. You don't get a chance to do a lot of that during the course [of the season]. Also, the odds that two of the worst days [would occur] right next to each other stretches credulity a little bit." Meanwhile, the New York remote that I first told you about last month has been scrapped. A source close to the show informs me that the producers have rethought the first episode and have decided that they can get what they need in Los Angeles. Bummer. I was hoping we'd get to see Chloe try to hail cab during rush hour.
Question: It's time for 24 scoop! — Ben
Ausiello: Guess who Peter MacNicol beat out for the role of next season's big baddie? Here's a hint: MacNicol and this particular actor are TV casting directors' go-to guys when a part calls for a neurotic type. Here's another hint: His name is *a** *i**-***e*.
GREY'S ANATOMY
Question: Have you received any confirmation that Eric Dane is returning to Grey's? Or is it just pure speculation? — Donna
Ausiello: No official confirmation, but there's mounting evidence to suggest that McSteamy will be a major part of Grey's this season. I think I already told you guys that ABC served a special McSteamy martini at its press tour bash. Seems like an odd thing to do if the character weren't coming back. And Shonda Rimes herself admitted in Friday's Grey's-themed Ausiello Report that Dane made a huge splash during his brief, one-episode stint last February. But the most compelling clue comes from a source over at CSI: Miami. My South Beach spy says Dane was originally approached to play Natalia's soon-to-be-introduced shady ex, but Miami producers were informed that he was "unavailable." Rob Estes will now be stalking Eva La Rue instead. Bottom line: McSteamy's McReturning.
LOST
Question: Any idea if Desmond died on Lost or not? I must know! — Steven
Ausiello: Henry Ian Cusick has been made a series regular this season, so I'm guessing Desmond is among the living. Unless Damon and Carlton are planning some kind of Weekend at Bernie's thing
ENTOURAGE
Question: Welcome back, Michael. I'd like some Entourage scoop please! Actually, you've been away for awhile, make that two scoops! — Joe D.
Ausiello: Sounds fair to me. Vincent's dreams of starring in the big-screen epic "Medellin" may come true after Paul Haggis drops out as director. And Drama's TV series with Edward Burns debuts to less-than-stellar reviews. But it's one particular critique and critic that has him all bent out of shape.
That's all for now. I know I keep promising that I'll keep posting on a regular basis...maybe this is the beginning of something special.
I'll try....I really will.
Enjoy.
24
Question: I am leaving on vacation next week and I need some 24 spoilers before I go! — Jordan Vanos
Ausiello: Major-ass prattle-poop! Spoke to exec producer Evan Katz at press tour, and the boss-man told me that somewhere between "18 months and two years" will have passed when Season 6 launches in January. He said the idea of picking up immediately where last season left off was "talked about, but it's always important to us for the characters to have traveled a certain amount of distance emotionally. You don't get a chance to do a lot of that during the course [of the season]. Also, the odds that two of the worst days [would occur] right next to each other stretches credulity a little bit." Meanwhile, the New York remote that I first told you about last month has been scrapped. A source close to the show informs me that the producers have rethought the first episode and have decided that they can get what they need in Los Angeles. Bummer. I was hoping we'd get to see Chloe try to hail cab during rush hour.
Question: It's time for 24 scoop! — Ben
Ausiello: Guess who Peter MacNicol beat out for the role of next season's big baddie? Here's a hint: MacNicol and this particular actor are TV casting directors' go-to guys when a part calls for a neurotic type. Here's another hint: His name is *a** *i**-***e*.
GREY'S ANATOMY
Question: Have you received any confirmation that Eric Dane is returning to Grey's? Or is it just pure speculation? — Donna
Ausiello: No official confirmation, but there's mounting evidence to suggest that McSteamy will be a major part of Grey's this season. I think I already told you guys that ABC served a special McSteamy martini at its press tour bash. Seems like an odd thing to do if the character weren't coming back. And Shonda Rimes herself admitted in Friday's Grey's-themed Ausiello Report that Dane made a huge splash during his brief, one-episode stint last February. But the most compelling clue comes from a source over at CSI: Miami. My South Beach spy says Dane was originally approached to play Natalia's soon-to-be-introduced shady ex, but Miami producers were informed that he was "unavailable." Rob Estes will now be stalking Eva La Rue instead. Bottom line: McSteamy's McReturning.
LOST
Question: Any idea if Desmond died on Lost or not? I must know! — Steven
Ausiello: Henry Ian Cusick has been made a series regular this season, so I'm guessing Desmond is among the living. Unless Damon and Carlton are planning some kind of Weekend at Bernie's thing
ENTOURAGE
Question: Welcome back, Michael. I'd like some Entourage scoop please! Actually, you've been away for awhile, make that two scoops! — Joe D.
Ausiello: Sounds fair to me. Vincent's dreams of starring in the big-screen epic "Medellin" may come true after Paul Haggis drops out as director. And Drama's TV series with Edward Burns debuts to less-than-stellar reviews. But it's one particular critique and critic that has him all bent out of shape.
That's all for now. I know I keep promising that I'll keep posting on a regular basis...maybe this is the beginning of something special.
I'll try....I really will.
I DID IT !
I think I mentioned on this page all the way back in November that I had just signed up to train for and run in the San Francisco Marathon....
Well - on Sunday July 30th, I completed the marathon in 6 hrs 29 min (and 47 sec). Not bad for a first timer. I have heard that they say the goal the first time is to finish. So there you go....I have been asked several times if I intend to run another...my answer (at mile 24 during the race) was HELL NO but since I have finished and my legs finally feel normal again I won't rule out the possibility of doing it again. Honestly - I see myself as more of a 1/2 Marathoner but I am certainly open to other options.
It's been an amazing experience but I am glad that it is over.
Holy crap!! I ran a marathon!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, July 02, 2006
24 News and Notes / 5am - 7am (Season Finale)
Here it is – the long awaited (I hope) recap of the last 2 hours of the season. I apologize for it taking me this long to get it done. Lots of bad reasons why but the bottom line is that it is finally done and ready for all of your curious eyes…the season finale was satisfying but nothing about it truly blew me away…interesting that they ended it with a traditional cliffhanger - that isn’t typical 24-fare.
What do you say we get started eh?....
5:00 A.M.
Bierko’s men flush out the Sentox gas aboard the sub Natalia. Bierko instructs them to begin the launch countdown. They are targeting high population areas to punish the Americans for allying with Moscow.
Comments: Wow that was a pretty quick flush eh? That’s what you get for squeezing the takeover and gassing of a nuclear sub into less than 2 hours…. *sigh*
5:01 A.M.
Audrey contacts Admiral Kirkland at the Point Mugu Command Center to alert him that terrorists have seized control of the Natalia submarine. All of the Navy crew onboard dead. She asks him to sink the Natalia with his F-18 fighter planes. Yet they won’t be there in time before the missiles launch.
Comment: They don’t have anything closer to LA?? Vandenberg AFB maybe?? How else would Jack have to save the day??
5:02 A.M.
Jack, Henderson and the TAC team are at the dock of the Natalia. Since backup won’t get there in time, Jack will have to stop Bierko himself. Henderson notices a signal tube launching off the side, which indicates someone on board is trying to send a distress signal.
Comment: Hmmm – nice catch Henderson…too bad you will most likely be dead by sunrise….magic 8-ball says: VERY LIKELY.
5:03 A.M.
Henderson tells Jack that he won’t go on the sub unless he gets his own gun for protection. Distrusting Henderson, Jack is hesitant to give him a weapon.
Comment: Come on Jack – cut the man some slack….of course you can always pull the “give him an unloaded gun” or “give him a gun with blanks” move….Face it – Jack needs all the help he can get.
5:06 A.M.
Chloe scans the area around the sub for emergency frequencies and finds one coming from a survivor. She patches Jack to Rooney, a petty officer engineer aboard the sub. Rooney gives his location, and Jack has him go to an entry point where they can board. Rooney will have to kill the terrorist at that post to go unseen.
Comment: Oooh boy this should be fun….always love the kill someone with your bare hands plotlines….
5:08 A.M.
Henderson demands a gun, and Jack gives it to him. They head towards the sub.
5:09 A.M.
Novick briefs Logan about Bierko raiding the submarine and taking over its missiles.
From outside the conference room, Martha watches Logan in the midst of the crisis. She calls Pierce and warns him not to remove the body from the retreat until she talks to Novick.
Comments: Nice to see Marty and Aaron working together….it’s just so cute.
5:10 A.M.
With less than ten minutes to missile launch, Jack asks Henderson how long it will take him to shut the system down.
5:11 A.M.
Jack instructs Rooney on how to slit the throat of the terrorist guarding the door. Rooney clumsily attacks the man and kills him. He radios Jack that their entry is clear. Jack shoots the guard on the deck, and the TAC team runs to the top of the sub.
Comment: I guess if you ever need to learn how to slit a throat Jack’s the one you want the lesson from.
5:12 A.M.
The missile doors open up on the top of the sub in preparation to launch.
5:13 A.M.
Jack and Henderson board the sub and meet Rooney. He shows them where the control room is, and Jack has him access it from the other side to create a distraction.
5:14 A.M.
Rooney knocks over a tool cart, causing a loud noise. Bierko leaves the control room to investigate. Jack and his team go in the control room and see one man left to arm the missiles. Jack stabs him in the throat.
Comment: Slit his throat…stab him in the throat…same difference. Either way the end result is a dead terrorist…and that’s how we like ‘em!
5:17 A.M.
Henderson gets to work on the controls, manually reversing the launch codes. Jack goes after Bierko.
Comments: Did we ever find how why Henderson is so handy when it comes to the launch codes on a nuclear sub?? Just curious…
5:18 A.M.
Jack fires at one of Bierko’s men. Chloe warns him that they have sixty seconds until launch. Henderson works as fast as he can.
5:19 A.M.
The other terrorist knocks Jack’s gun down. Jack grabs him and uses the man’s arm to fire at Bierko. Jack shoots at a pipe that releases steam, and he presses the man’s face to the burning pipe. Jack is set free from his grip. Bierko smacks Jack in the forehead with a metal tool. Jack leaps to a pipe above and uses his legs to snap Bierko’s neck. Henderson is able to dismantle the missiles. Everyone at CTU sighs in relief, and Karen has Chloe call off the F-18 planes.
Comments: I’m sorry but if you hit me in the forehead with a metal tool I’m going down and I won’t be back up for a while…but then that (plus a list of things to long for this post) is the difference between us mere mortals and JACK BAUER!
5:20 A.M.
Jack returns to the control room, but Henderson is gone. He tells CTU to take him off of radio and he runs outside on the deck to look for Henderson. Henderson comes up behind Jack and makes him drop his weapon. “You weren’t ever really gonna let me go, were you?” Henderson asks. He pulls the trigger and the gun clicks. Henderson realizes he’s been had, and he removes the empty clip from his gun. Jack accuses him of killing his friends Palmer, Tony and Michelle. Then he shoots Henderson dead. Rooney comes out and is frightened when he sees what Jack has done.
Comments: So Jack DID pull the old empty gun trick! Spectacular! To top things off he gets to kill Henderson…I was a bit disappointed in the method of killing – shooting him lacked the proper UMPH that a good throat slitting or possibly a broken neck would have had…after being cheated when Marwan fell off the parking garage last year I thought the writers had something more in mind for Henderson…oh well.
5:27 A.M.
Military transport vehicles arrive at the dock of the Natalia. Jack identifies himself and asks for a vehicle. He calls CTU, claiming to have killed Henderson in self-defense. Jack tells them he is coming back to CTU and asks Chloe to pick up.
Comments: Just like he killed Nina Meyers in “self defense” (wink wink)…yeah Jack we got you….
5:29 A.M.
Jack explains to Chloe that he is going after Logan himself and needs her help. Chloe agrees. Jack gets into the government car provided to him and drives off.
Comments: Time to go and pay a little visit to the House of Chuck…now the real fun begins.
5:30 A.M.
Logan is pleased when he finds out that Bierko and the missiles are no longer a threat. He wants to publicly address the crisis resolution before escorting Palmer’s casket to Washington. Novick goes to prepare the statement.
Comments: Yes – he quickly needs to put himself in position to take as much credit as possible for averting the missile launch disaster.
5:31 A.M.
Martha approaches Novick as he leaves the President’s office. She asks whether he has been suspicious about Logan’s actions. Martha begs him to come with her.
Logan is happy to report to Graham that Henderson was killed aboard the sub. “Mr. Bauer will be taken care of,” Logan guarantees.
Comments: More of Chuck reporting into the Bluetooth Group…what a smug little bastard….just think he came this close to killing himself and now look at him (damn you Miles)….
5:32 A.M.
Martha brings Novick to the stables to see Pierce, whom Logan had ordered to be killed. Martha explains that Logan was involved with everything that has happened -- from Palmer’s murder to supplying the terrorists with nerve gas to Cummings’ fake suicide. Pierce says that Jack had a recording to implicate the President, which is why Logan wanted Jack dead. Novick begins to realize that all of this is true, and he wants to drive Pierce off the retreat. Pierce tells Martha that he cannot contact her to ensure both their safeties. They say goodbye, fondly.
Comments: Jeeez Mike – what the heck else do you need to realize that Chuck is up to no good….there have been several times this season when I was sure Mike had woken up and joined up with the good guys yet it still seems like he is walking around with his head in the sand…..i think they finally have him convinced – but knowing Mike that could change at a moments notice.
5:41 A.M.
As they carry the dead body into the woods, Novick and Pierce get a call from Jack. He intends to get Logan to confess what he has done. Jack will need twenty minutes to get to the retreat, and he asks Novick to find a way to stall Logan from leaving for Washington.
Comments: Stall Logan eh?? How about just getting him in a big bear hug and wrestling him to the ground….that wouldn’t work you say?? Probably not but it would be hell-o-fun to watch.
5:43 A.M.
Karen lets Buchanan know that she’s been summoned to Washington by the White House. Chloe asks for high clearance for a new employee with tech specialties -- her ex-husband, Morris.
Comments: Chloe married?? (America responds) Let the high comedy begin!
5:45 A.M.
Chloe interrupts Morris flirting with a female CTU staffer. She needs him to do a digital audio transfer.
Comments: *giggle*
5:46 A.M.
Novick comes to the First Lady’s room and tells her that Pierce is safe and that Jack wants to get Logan to confess. Novick asks Martha to detain Logan from leaving the retreat.
Comments: Delay Logan (wink wink)…if ya know what I mean…
5:53 A.M.
Jack pulls up to the field where Pierce is hiding. Pierce informs him that the President is not riding on Marine One to the airport, but is using a Navy helicopter instead. Jack asks Pierce to help get him on that chopper.
Comments: With Jack and Aaron on the scene is there any doubt that Jack will end up on that chopper…Hell no!
5:54 A.M.
Logan is surprised when Martha comes to see him. She apologizes for the way she has acted and asks him to forgive her for the hurtful things she said. Martha tells him she still loves him. She asks him to stay at the retreat a little while longer so that they can have time alone. Logan is at first resistant, but Martha kisses him and seduces him to wait.
Comments: EEEEeeeeeeeew! Did we really need to see “the seduction”? Hell no!
5:58 A.M.
Jack and Pierce sneak inside the Secret Service outbuilding on the retreat grounds. The agent on guard is checking the helicopter because the Presidential departure is being delayed. Pierce asks how far Jack is willing to go to get Logan to confess. “As far as I have to,” Jack says.
Comments: Yes it seemed a tad too easy for them to switch pilots on a Presidential chopper but what the heck – we’ve let you slide for 23 hours…what’s one more between friends.
6:00 A.M.
Logan and Martha put their clothes back on after having sex.
Comments: Quick time check….5:54am Martha kisses Chuck and seduces him to wait…6 MINUTES LATER – Logan and Martha put their clothes back on after having sex…Chuck – you’re the President of the United States….you’ve GOT to do a little bit better than that…
6:01 A.M.
Jack takes a chopper pilot uniform from a locker in the outbuilding. Chloe lets Jack know that she and Novick found a way to pull the co-pilot from the flight.
6:02 A.M.
A Secret Service agent removes the real co-pilot from the helicopter because there is something wrong with his paperwork.
6:03 A.M.
Novick prepares Jack’s Marine One identification papers. Martha lets him know that she has stalled Logan as much as possible. Novick calls Pierce and warns him that the reassignment documentation is being faxed to the outbuilding.
6:04 A.M.
The co-pilot enters the building to find out about his paperwork. Jack knocks him out.
6:05 A.M.
Wearing the uniform and the pilot helmet, Jack walks out and shows his paperwork to the agent on duty. He boards the chopper.
Comments: Success! Never a doubt….
6:06 A.M.
The Presidential limo pulls up to the outbuilding. Novick has Martha find an excuse not to be on board. She tells her husband that she thinks he should step out of the helicopter alone because it will make for a better press image. Logan agrees, and gets on the chopper. It takes off.
Comments: When all else fails feed the ego….well done Marty.
6:07 A.M.
Once the helicopter is in the air, Jack warns the pilot that he will kill him if he doesn’t keep flying. Jack orders him to dismantle the flight communication on his helmet.
6:08 A.M.
Jack goes to the back of the chopper and stun guns the two Secret Service agents to make them pass out. He handcuffs Logan, who is shocked to see Jack.
Comments: One of those priceless moments of the season….I’m pretty sure Chuck wet himself…
6:09 A.M.
Chloe radios to Jack a coordinate to land the helicopter at an empty warehouse. Logan asks Jack what he wants, but Jack remains silent. Logan goes on to try to explain his actions.
Comments: Logan babbling…yet another cog in the 24 wheel…*giggle giggle*
6:10 A.M.
Chloe calls Morris, who is heading towards where the chopper will land. She instructs him to handoff something when he arrives.
The pilot lands next to a warehouse and shuts down the chopper. Jack stun guns the pilot, who passes out.
6:11 A.M.
Jack forces Logan into the empty warehouse. Logan tries to bribe him. Jack removes all the objects from Logan’s pockets and cuffs him to a pole.
Comments: Wait just a minute – I think I saw something like this in Pulp Fiction…I shudder at the thought of what might now occur…
6:12 A.M.
The confused Morris pulls up to the chopper and goes inside the building. He carries a briefcase.
6:13 A.M.
Jack finds Morris and takes the briefcase and a piece of equipment from him. Morris sees President Logan and is stunned. Jack orders him to leave.
6:14 A.M.
Jack calls Chloe and she tells him that he has less than ten minutes until the response team comes after the President.
Comments: I’m thinking it should have been more like 3 minutes….I can only hope the Bush’s response team is equally inept.
6:18 A.M.
Jack sets up a camera on top of the briefcase and tells Logan that he wants a confession. Logan insists that he will not do so. Chloe watches this over the video feed.
Comments: Come on Jack – you really think Chuck is going to just roll over and spill his guts…Me neither.
6:19 A.M.
Jack starts to ask Logan questions about the Sentox gas being given to the Russian separatists. He wants to know the truth about the deaths of Palmer and others. Logan insists that everything he is saying is a lie. Jack lets him know that Cummings, Henderson and Nathanson all confirmed they were involved in a conspiracy before they were killed. Logan refuses to say anything, and accuses Jack of attempting to torture him. Jack tells him that he won’t torture him but will kill him unless he confesses.
Comments: Nice little recap for anyone who might have missed the first 23 hrs and just stumbled onto things here….I like the kill angle…brutal but original.
6:21 A.M.
Jack recalls how, a year and a half ago, he was told his life was in danger and faked his own death to protect himself. Now he is sure that Logan was the source of this danger to his life. Palmer and the others who tried to help Jack are now dead. “I have absolutely nothing to lose,” Jack says, assuring Logan that he has no problem shooting him. Jack is confident that Logan will face justice.
6:22 A.M.
Jack raises his gun and starts to count to three. Logan is afraid, pleading that his death will only make him appear to be a martyr. Shaking, Jack gets to three but doesn’t pull the trigger. Logan is relieved that Jack could not kill him.
Comments: Interesting comment by Logan – he be a martyr and Jack would just be another madman – Oswald, Booth….nice trump card I must admit.
6:23 A.M.
Suddenly, a TAC team swarms the warehouse. Jack hears them and lowers his gun. He gets on the floor and puts his hands behind his head.
At CTU, Chloe types something and quickly shuts down her laptop.
Comments: Morning guys – nice to see you could make it….
6:24 A.M.
The Secret Service captures Jack. Logan grabs all of the things removed from his pocket. He tells the agents that Jack is delusional and needs to be put in solitary confinement.
Comments: One of those moments you want to just slap Logan soundly across the face…
6:29 A.M.
The naval chopper lands at the airfield where Novick and Martha are waiting. Novick tells her that Jack wasn’t able to get the confession and is now in custody. Martha panics.
Comments: She realizes that she just might have to put up with another 6 minutes of “magic” sometime very soon…*shudder*
6:30 A.M.
Palmer’s casket is removed from a hearse with full pomp and circumstance. It is placed near a podium. Martha breaks down, accusing Logan of being a murderer. Logan has the Secret Service agents take her away into a hangar. “He’s not fit to be President!” Martha cries out.
Comments: Uh oh – time to bust out the meds again…*sigh*
6:32 A.M.
Logan goes to the hangar. He smacks Martha and checks to see if she’s wearing a wire. Logan accuses Martha of delaying him with sex in order to get Jack on the chopper. He asks her why she did it. Martha explains that he had Palmer and others killed to hide his conspiracy. “I did it for the good of the country,” Logan says repeatedly.
Comments: So he smacked her eh….whoa. Nice to see what a real scum Chuck truly is…This scene was the first of two this hour I pegged on the nose…once they started talking about what happened and Palmer being killed it hit me (and I promptly told Lisa) – Jack snuck something onto Logan….when he took out all of the stuff from his jacket…it’s just gotta be…
6:35 A.M.
Logan threatens to fill Martha with drugs and send her off to an asylum if she tells anyone what she knows.
Comments: Just brutal…
6:39 A.M.
Logan and Martha emerge from the hangar and walk to the podium. He addresses the gathered military and press, boasting of his victories against the terrorists.
6:40 A.M.
Buchanan and Karen are shocked when Chloe sets up a conference call with the Attorney General. She explains that Jack placed a listening device on the President. Chloe plays back the recording of Martha and Logan talking in the hangar. The President admits responsibility for the terrorist plot and for killing Palmer.
Comments: Bill and Karen need to wake up and stop flirting with each other…..Listening device on the President – BINGO – the 24geek has got it….and they’ve got Chuck!! This is going to be fun…..
6:42 A.M.
Logan eulogizes Palmer, calling him a “wonderful friend.” A federal marshal guarding the ceremony gets a call from the Attorney General. The Marshal is confused by what is being said to him, but he agrees to obey the order.
6:43 A.M.
As he speaks, Logan notices rumblings among the agents surrounding the gathering. The Marshal and the Secret Service descend upon the podium as Logan ends his speech. The Marshal whispers something in the President’s ear and Logan’s face goes white. The Marshal pulls out the fountain pen from Logan’s pocket and shows him the microchip transmitter planted inside of it.
Comments: …..and DOWN GOES LOGAN!!! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy…two words…BUH BYE!
6:46 A.M.
Logan turns to Martha and Novick, speechless. He is escorted from the podium amid the twenty-one gun salute to Palmer and is placed in a limo for arrest. The casket is loaded upon the plane.
Comments: Classic look from Marty…the perfect combination of anger and satisfaction…honestly I was hoping for a little buh-bye wave from Marty as they took him away….oh well – the look will have to do.
6:47 A.M.
At the warehouse, Jack sees Audrey emerge from a car. He rushes to her and kisses her. An agent interrupts Jack with a call from Kim. Audrey says she will wait for him outside.
Comments: AWWWWWW……Jack and Audrey….and now for the second thing I pegged…the agent says there is a call for him “behind that door”….I immediately think NO – don’t go anywhere behind anything – it’s a trap – the Chinese still want you….no sooner have the words left my mouth – Jack is being taken down and kidnapped by the Chinese!!! I would like to brag that I am just too good – but this is pretty obvious stuff here….so there will be no further back patting for the 24geek.
6:48 A.M.
Jack goes in the building and picks up the phone. There is no one there. Suddenly, a masked man comes up from behind and gags Jack’s mouth. Jack tries to fight off the other masked men, but the chloroform in the gag makes him pass out. The men whisk him into a room and shut the door.
Comments: See what I mean…
6:53 A.M.
Karen tells Buchanan that she thinks Logan will resign and try to cut a deal for clemency. Since the Vice President will soon be sworn in as President, Buchanan thinks he will be fired. Karen says she will make sure that Buchanan is still running CTU. She apologizes for her behavior towards him earlier in the day. Buchanan invites her out for breakfast but Karen needs to go to Division for debriefing. She asks for a rain check.
Comments: Go Bill!! Work it!
6:55 A.M.
Buchanan commends Chloe for her work and hands her something found in Edgar’s possessions. It is a photo of her and Edgar. Chloe tears up. Morris comes up and kindly asks her if she wants to talk about it.
Comments: Just when we might have forgotten about good old Edgar they just suck us back in….damn – it really is too bad he had to die….
6:56 A.M.
Audrey goes into the warehouse looking for Jack. She sees the phone off the hook and becomes worried. Audrey runs out and alerts the agents that Jack is missing.
Comments: Oh dear – that’s what you get Audrey for saying it’s over….and everyone will be alright….it’s the kiss of death.
6:57 A.M.
A beaten and bloody Jack is dragged into a dark room. The men remove their masks and reveal that they are Chinese. Their leader is Cheng, the head of security from the Chinese Consulate who threatened the American government to turn over Jack for his raid on the consulate building eighteen months ago. “China has a long memory,” Cheng says. “Did you really think that we would forget?” Jack can barely speak, but begs to make one phone call. Jack wants them to kill him, but Cheng says he is too valuable to kill.
Comments: CHENG!!! (try and imagine a cry like Kirk yelling KAHN! in the second Star Trek movie…that’s about how it came out of my mouth)…heehee
6:59 A.M.
Cheng has Jack kidnapped aboard a Chinese shipping boat. It is already sailing the ocean.
So another day has come to an end….we would all have to agree that Jack’s in a little bit more trouble than he was at the end of last season. This season has certainly been exciting at times, slow as well but most importantly there were surprises (the death of so many of our favorite characters – Tony we will miss you..) that kept us all on our toes. Who knows how they will manage to get Jack back safe and sound so he can fight the good fight for another action packed day but we just know they will.
We are already well into the summer hiatus for the show – it won’t be back until January 2007 – but if you are missing your 24 fix FOX is showing a couple of hours of the past season on Friday nights. Might be fun no?
It has been a pleasure navigating our way through this season. It is my goal over the summer to continue to add new 24 info as I hear or read about it as well as a bunch of other randomness the is 24geek.
Chat soon!
What do you say we get started eh?....
5:00 A.M.
Bierko’s men flush out the Sentox gas aboard the sub Natalia. Bierko instructs them to begin the launch countdown. They are targeting high population areas to punish the Americans for allying with Moscow.
Comments: Wow that was a pretty quick flush eh? That’s what you get for squeezing the takeover and gassing of a nuclear sub into less than 2 hours…. *sigh*
5:01 A.M.
Audrey contacts Admiral Kirkland at the Point Mugu Command Center to alert him that terrorists have seized control of the Natalia submarine. All of the Navy crew onboard dead. She asks him to sink the Natalia with his F-18 fighter planes. Yet they won’t be there in time before the missiles launch.
Comment: They don’t have anything closer to LA?? Vandenberg AFB maybe?? How else would Jack have to save the day??
5:02 A.M.
Jack, Henderson and the TAC team are at the dock of the Natalia. Since backup won’t get there in time, Jack will have to stop Bierko himself. Henderson notices a signal tube launching off the side, which indicates someone on board is trying to send a distress signal.
Comment: Hmmm – nice catch Henderson…too bad you will most likely be dead by sunrise….magic 8-ball says: VERY LIKELY.
5:03 A.M.
Henderson tells Jack that he won’t go on the sub unless he gets his own gun for protection. Distrusting Henderson, Jack is hesitant to give him a weapon.
Comment: Come on Jack – cut the man some slack….of course you can always pull the “give him an unloaded gun” or “give him a gun with blanks” move….Face it – Jack needs all the help he can get.
5:06 A.M.
Chloe scans the area around the sub for emergency frequencies and finds one coming from a survivor. She patches Jack to Rooney, a petty officer engineer aboard the sub. Rooney gives his location, and Jack has him go to an entry point where they can board. Rooney will have to kill the terrorist at that post to go unseen.
Comment: Oooh boy this should be fun….always love the kill someone with your bare hands plotlines….
5:08 A.M.
Henderson demands a gun, and Jack gives it to him. They head towards the sub.
5:09 A.M.
Novick briefs Logan about Bierko raiding the submarine and taking over its missiles.
From outside the conference room, Martha watches Logan in the midst of the crisis. She calls Pierce and warns him not to remove the body from the retreat until she talks to Novick.
Comments: Nice to see Marty and Aaron working together….it’s just so cute.
5:10 A.M.
With less than ten minutes to missile launch, Jack asks Henderson how long it will take him to shut the system down.
5:11 A.M.
Jack instructs Rooney on how to slit the throat of the terrorist guarding the door. Rooney clumsily attacks the man and kills him. He radios Jack that their entry is clear. Jack shoots the guard on the deck, and the TAC team runs to the top of the sub.
Comment: I guess if you ever need to learn how to slit a throat Jack’s the one you want the lesson from.
5:12 A.M.
The missile doors open up on the top of the sub in preparation to launch.
5:13 A.M.
Jack and Henderson board the sub and meet Rooney. He shows them where the control room is, and Jack has him access it from the other side to create a distraction.
5:14 A.M.
Rooney knocks over a tool cart, causing a loud noise. Bierko leaves the control room to investigate. Jack and his team go in the control room and see one man left to arm the missiles. Jack stabs him in the throat.
Comment: Slit his throat…stab him in the throat…same difference. Either way the end result is a dead terrorist…and that’s how we like ‘em!
5:17 A.M.
Henderson gets to work on the controls, manually reversing the launch codes. Jack goes after Bierko.
Comments: Did we ever find how why Henderson is so handy when it comes to the launch codes on a nuclear sub?? Just curious…
5:18 A.M.
Jack fires at one of Bierko’s men. Chloe warns him that they have sixty seconds until launch. Henderson works as fast as he can.
5:19 A.M.
The other terrorist knocks Jack’s gun down. Jack grabs him and uses the man’s arm to fire at Bierko. Jack shoots at a pipe that releases steam, and he presses the man’s face to the burning pipe. Jack is set free from his grip. Bierko smacks Jack in the forehead with a metal tool. Jack leaps to a pipe above and uses his legs to snap Bierko’s neck. Henderson is able to dismantle the missiles. Everyone at CTU sighs in relief, and Karen has Chloe call off the F-18 planes.
Comments: I’m sorry but if you hit me in the forehead with a metal tool I’m going down and I won’t be back up for a while…but then that (plus a list of things to long for this post) is the difference between us mere mortals and JACK BAUER!
5:20 A.M.
Jack returns to the control room, but Henderson is gone. He tells CTU to take him off of radio and he runs outside on the deck to look for Henderson. Henderson comes up behind Jack and makes him drop his weapon. “You weren’t ever really gonna let me go, were you?” Henderson asks. He pulls the trigger and the gun clicks. Henderson realizes he’s been had, and he removes the empty clip from his gun. Jack accuses him of killing his friends Palmer, Tony and Michelle. Then he shoots Henderson dead. Rooney comes out and is frightened when he sees what Jack has done.
Comments: So Jack DID pull the old empty gun trick! Spectacular! To top things off he gets to kill Henderson…I was a bit disappointed in the method of killing – shooting him lacked the proper UMPH that a good throat slitting or possibly a broken neck would have had…after being cheated when Marwan fell off the parking garage last year I thought the writers had something more in mind for Henderson…oh well.
5:27 A.M.
Military transport vehicles arrive at the dock of the Natalia. Jack identifies himself and asks for a vehicle. He calls CTU, claiming to have killed Henderson in self-defense. Jack tells them he is coming back to CTU and asks Chloe to pick up.
Comments: Just like he killed Nina Meyers in “self defense” (wink wink)…yeah Jack we got you….
5:29 A.M.
Jack explains to Chloe that he is going after Logan himself and needs her help. Chloe agrees. Jack gets into the government car provided to him and drives off.
Comments: Time to go and pay a little visit to the House of Chuck…now the real fun begins.
5:30 A.M.
Logan is pleased when he finds out that Bierko and the missiles are no longer a threat. He wants to publicly address the crisis resolution before escorting Palmer’s casket to Washington. Novick goes to prepare the statement.
Comments: Yes – he quickly needs to put himself in position to take as much credit as possible for averting the missile launch disaster.
5:31 A.M.
Martha approaches Novick as he leaves the President’s office. She asks whether he has been suspicious about Logan’s actions. Martha begs him to come with her.
Logan is happy to report to Graham that Henderson was killed aboard the sub. “Mr. Bauer will be taken care of,” Logan guarantees.
Comments: More of Chuck reporting into the Bluetooth Group…what a smug little bastard….just think he came this close to killing himself and now look at him (damn you Miles)….
5:32 A.M.
Martha brings Novick to the stables to see Pierce, whom Logan had ordered to be killed. Martha explains that Logan was involved with everything that has happened -- from Palmer’s murder to supplying the terrorists with nerve gas to Cummings’ fake suicide. Pierce says that Jack had a recording to implicate the President, which is why Logan wanted Jack dead. Novick begins to realize that all of this is true, and he wants to drive Pierce off the retreat. Pierce tells Martha that he cannot contact her to ensure both their safeties. They say goodbye, fondly.
Comments: Jeeez Mike – what the heck else do you need to realize that Chuck is up to no good….there have been several times this season when I was sure Mike had woken up and joined up with the good guys yet it still seems like he is walking around with his head in the sand…..i think they finally have him convinced – but knowing Mike that could change at a moments notice.
5:41 A.M.
As they carry the dead body into the woods, Novick and Pierce get a call from Jack. He intends to get Logan to confess what he has done. Jack will need twenty minutes to get to the retreat, and he asks Novick to find a way to stall Logan from leaving for Washington.
Comments: Stall Logan eh?? How about just getting him in a big bear hug and wrestling him to the ground….that wouldn’t work you say?? Probably not but it would be hell-o-fun to watch.
5:43 A.M.
Karen lets Buchanan know that she’s been summoned to Washington by the White House. Chloe asks for high clearance for a new employee with tech specialties -- her ex-husband, Morris.
Comments: Chloe married?? (America responds) Let the high comedy begin!
5:45 A.M.
Chloe interrupts Morris flirting with a female CTU staffer. She needs him to do a digital audio transfer.
Comments: *giggle*
5:46 A.M.
Novick comes to the First Lady’s room and tells her that Pierce is safe and that Jack wants to get Logan to confess. Novick asks Martha to detain Logan from leaving the retreat.
Comments: Delay Logan (wink wink)…if ya know what I mean…
5:53 A.M.
Jack pulls up to the field where Pierce is hiding. Pierce informs him that the President is not riding on Marine One to the airport, but is using a Navy helicopter instead. Jack asks Pierce to help get him on that chopper.
Comments: With Jack and Aaron on the scene is there any doubt that Jack will end up on that chopper…Hell no!
5:54 A.M.
Logan is surprised when Martha comes to see him. She apologizes for the way she has acted and asks him to forgive her for the hurtful things she said. Martha tells him she still loves him. She asks him to stay at the retreat a little while longer so that they can have time alone. Logan is at first resistant, but Martha kisses him and seduces him to wait.
Comments: EEEEeeeeeeeew! Did we really need to see “the seduction”? Hell no!
5:58 A.M.
Jack and Pierce sneak inside the Secret Service outbuilding on the retreat grounds. The agent on guard is checking the helicopter because the Presidential departure is being delayed. Pierce asks how far Jack is willing to go to get Logan to confess. “As far as I have to,” Jack says.
Comments: Yes it seemed a tad too easy for them to switch pilots on a Presidential chopper but what the heck – we’ve let you slide for 23 hours…what’s one more between friends.
6:00 A.M.
Logan and Martha put their clothes back on after having sex.
Comments: Quick time check….5:54am Martha kisses Chuck and seduces him to wait…6 MINUTES LATER – Logan and Martha put their clothes back on after having sex…Chuck – you’re the President of the United States….you’ve GOT to do a little bit better than that…
6:01 A.M.
Jack takes a chopper pilot uniform from a locker in the outbuilding. Chloe lets Jack know that she and Novick found a way to pull the co-pilot from the flight.
6:02 A.M.
A Secret Service agent removes the real co-pilot from the helicopter because there is something wrong with his paperwork.
6:03 A.M.
Novick prepares Jack’s Marine One identification papers. Martha lets him know that she has stalled Logan as much as possible. Novick calls Pierce and warns him that the reassignment documentation is being faxed to the outbuilding.
6:04 A.M.
The co-pilot enters the building to find out about his paperwork. Jack knocks him out.
6:05 A.M.
Wearing the uniform and the pilot helmet, Jack walks out and shows his paperwork to the agent on duty. He boards the chopper.
Comments: Success! Never a doubt….
6:06 A.M.
The Presidential limo pulls up to the outbuilding. Novick has Martha find an excuse not to be on board. She tells her husband that she thinks he should step out of the helicopter alone because it will make for a better press image. Logan agrees, and gets on the chopper. It takes off.
Comments: When all else fails feed the ego….well done Marty.
6:07 A.M.
Once the helicopter is in the air, Jack warns the pilot that he will kill him if he doesn’t keep flying. Jack orders him to dismantle the flight communication on his helmet.
6:08 A.M.
Jack goes to the back of the chopper and stun guns the two Secret Service agents to make them pass out. He handcuffs Logan, who is shocked to see Jack.
Comments: One of those priceless moments of the season….I’m pretty sure Chuck wet himself…
6:09 A.M.
Chloe radios to Jack a coordinate to land the helicopter at an empty warehouse. Logan asks Jack what he wants, but Jack remains silent. Logan goes on to try to explain his actions.
Comments: Logan babbling…yet another cog in the 24 wheel…*giggle giggle*
6:10 A.M.
Chloe calls Morris, who is heading towards where the chopper will land. She instructs him to handoff something when he arrives.
The pilot lands next to a warehouse and shuts down the chopper. Jack stun guns the pilot, who passes out.
6:11 A.M.
Jack forces Logan into the empty warehouse. Logan tries to bribe him. Jack removes all the objects from Logan’s pockets and cuffs him to a pole.
Comments: Wait just a minute – I think I saw something like this in Pulp Fiction…I shudder at the thought of what might now occur…
6:12 A.M.
The confused Morris pulls up to the chopper and goes inside the building. He carries a briefcase.
6:13 A.M.
Jack finds Morris and takes the briefcase and a piece of equipment from him. Morris sees President Logan and is stunned. Jack orders him to leave.
6:14 A.M.
Jack calls Chloe and she tells him that he has less than ten minutes until the response team comes after the President.
Comments: I’m thinking it should have been more like 3 minutes….I can only hope the Bush’s response team is equally inept.
6:18 A.M.
Jack sets up a camera on top of the briefcase and tells Logan that he wants a confession. Logan insists that he will not do so. Chloe watches this over the video feed.
Comments: Come on Jack – you really think Chuck is going to just roll over and spill his guts…Me neither.
6:19 A.M.
Jack starts to ask Logan questions about the Sentox gas being given to the Russian separatists. He wants to know the truth about the deaths of Palmer and others. Logan insists that everything he is saying is a lie. Jack lets him know that Cummings, Henderson and Nathanson all confirmed they were involved in a conspiracy before they were killed. Logan refuses to say anything, and accuses Jack of attempting to torture him. Jack tells him that he won’t torture him but will kill him unless he confesses.
Comments: Nice little recap for anyone who might have missed the first 23 hrs and just stumbled onto things here….I like the kill angle…brutal but original.
6:21 A.M.
Jack recalls how, a year and a half ago, he was told his life was in danger and faked his own death to protect himself. Now he is sure that Logan was the source of this danger to his life. Palmer and the others who tried to help Jack are now dead. “I have absolutely nothing to lose,” Jack says, assuring Logan that he has no problem shooting him. Jack is confident that Logan will face justice.
6:22 A.M.
Jack raises his gun and starts to count to three. Logan is afraid, pleading that his death will only make him appear to be a martyr. Shaking, Jack gets to three but doesn’t pull the trigger. Logan is relieved that Jack could not kill him.
Comments: Interesting comment by Logan – he be a martyr and Jack would just be another madman – Oswald, Booth….nice trump card I must admit.
6:23 A.M.
Suddenly, a TAC team swarms the warehouse. Jack hears them and lowers his gun. He gets on the floor and puts his hands behind his head.
At CTU, Chloe types something and quickly shuts down her laptop.
Comments: Morning guys – nice to see you could make it….
6:24 A.M.
The Secret Service captures Jack. Logan grabs all of the things removed from his pocket. He tells the agents that Jack is delusional and needs to be put in solitary confinement.
Comments: One of those moments you want to just slap Logan soundly across the face…
6:29 A.M.
The naval chopper lands at the airfield where Novick and Martha are waiting. Novick tells her that Jack wasn’t able to get the confession and is now in custody. Martha panics.
Comments: She realizes that she just might have to put up with another 6 minutes of “magic” sometime very soon…*shudder*
6:30 A.M.
Palmer’s casket is removed from a hearse with full pomp and circumstance. It is placed near a podium. Martha breaks down, accusing Logan of being a murderer. Logan has the Secret Service agents take her away into a hangar. “He’s not fit to be President!” Martha cries out.
Comments: Uh oh – time to bust out the meds again…*sigh*
6:32 A.M.
Logan goes to the hangar. He smacks Martha and checks to see if she’s wearing a wire. Logan accuses Martha of delaying him with sex in order to get Jack on the chopper. He asks her why she did it. Martha explains that he had Palmer and others killed to hide his conspiracy. “I did it for the good of the country,” Logan says repeatedly.
Comments: So he smacked her eh….whoa. Nice to see what a real scum Chuck truly is…This scene was the first of two this hour I pegged on the nose…once they started talking about what happened and Palmer being killed it hit me (and I promptly told Lisa) – Jack snuck something onto Logan….when he took out all of the stuff from his jacket…it’s just gotta be…
6:35 A.M.
Logan threatens to fill Martha with drugs and send her off to an asylum if she tells anyone what she knows.
Comments: Just brutal…
6:39 A.M.
Logan and Martha emerge from the hangar and walk to the podium. He addresses the gathered military and press, boasting of his victories against the terrorists.
6:40 A.M.
Buchanan and Karen are shocked when Chloe sets up a conference call with the Attorney General. She explains that Jack placed a listening device on the President. Chloe plays back the recording of Martha and Logan talking in the hangar. The President admits responsibility for the terrorist plot and for killing Palmer.
Comments: Bill and Karen need to wake up and stop flirting with each other…..Listening device on the President – BINGO – the 24geek has got it….and they’ve got Chuck!! This is going to be fun…..
6:42 A.M.
Logan eulogizes Palmer, calling him a “wonderful friend.” A federal marshal guarding the ceremony gets a call from the Attorney General. The Marshal is confused by what is being said to him, but he agrees to obey the order.
6:43 A.M.
As he speaks, Logan notices rumblings among the agents surrounding the gathering. The Marshal and the Secret Service descend upon the podium as Logan ends his speech. The Marshal whispers something in the President’s ear and Logan’s face goes white. The Marshal pulls out the fountain pen from Logan’s pocket and shows him the microchip transmitter planted inside of it.
Comments: …..and DOWN GOES LOGAN!!! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy…two words…BUH BYE!
6:46 A.M.
Logan turns to Martha and Novick, speechless. He is escorted from the podium amid the twenty-one gun salute to Palmer and is placed in a limo for arrest. The casket is loaded upon the plane.
Comments: Classic look from Marty…the perfect combination of anger and satisfaction…honestly I was hoping for a little buh-bye wave from Marty as they took him away….oh well – the look will have to do.
6:47 A.M.
At the warehouse, Jack sees Audrey emerge from a car. He rushes to her and kisses her. An agent interrupts Jack with a call from Kim. Audrey says she will wait for him outside.
Comments: AWWWWWW……Jack and Audrey….and now for the second thing I pegged…the agent says there is a call for him “behind that door”….I immediately think NO – don’t go anywhere behind anything – it’s a trap – the Chinese still want you….no sooner have the words left my mouth – Jack is being taken down and kidnapped by the Chinese!!! I would like to brag that I am just too good – but this is pretty obvious stuff here….so there will be no further back patting for the 24geek.
6:48 A.M.
Jack goes in the building and picks up the phone. There is no one there. Suddenly, a masked man comes up from behind and gags Jack’s mouth. Jack tries to fight off the other masked men, but the chloroform in the gag makes him pass out. The men whisk him into a room and shut the door.
Comments: See what I mean…
6:53 A.M.
Karen tells Buchanan that she thinks Logan will resign and try to cut a deal for clemency. Since the Vice President will soon be sworn in as President, Buchanan thinks he will be fired. Karen says she will make sure that Buchanan is still running CTU. She apologizes for her behavior towards him earlier in the day. Buchanan invites her out for breakfast but Karen needs to go to Division for debriefing. She asks for a rain check.
Comments: Go Bill!! Work it!
6:55 A.M.
Buchanan commends Chloe for her work and hands her something found in Edgar’s possessions. It is a photo of her and Edgar. Chloe tears up. Morris comes up and kindly asks her if she wants to talk about it.
Comments: Just when we might have forgotten about good old Edgar they just suck us back in….damn – it really is too bad he had to die….
6:56 A.M.
Audrey goes into the warehouse looking for Jack. She sees the phone off the hook and becomes worried. Audrey runs out and alerts the agents that Jack is missing.
Comments: Oh dear – that’s what you get Audrey for saying it’s over….and everyone will be alright….it’s the kiss of death.
6:57 A.M.
A beaten and bloody Jack is dragged into a dark room. The men remove their masks and reveal that they are Chinese. Their leader is Cheng, the head of security from the Chinese Consulate who threatened the American government to turn over Jack for his raid on the consulate building eighteen months ago. “China has a long memory,” Cheng says. “Did you really think that we would forget?” Jack can barely speak, but begs to make one phone call. Jack wants them to kill him, but Cheng says he is too valuable to kill.
Comments: CHENG!!! (try and imagine a cry like Kirk yelling KAHN! in the second Star Trek movie…that’s about how it came out of my mouth)…heehee
6:59 A.M.
Cheng has Jack kidnapped aboard a Chinese shipping boat. It is already sailing the ocean.
So another day has come to an end….we would all have to agree that Jack’s in a little bit more trouble than he was at the end of last season. This season has certainly been exciting at times, slow as well but most importantly there were surprises (the death of so many of our favorite characters – Tony we will miss you..) that kept us all on our toes. Who knows how they will manage to get Jack back safe and sound so he can fight the good fight for another action packed day but we just know they will.
We are already well into the summer hiatus for the show – it won’t be back until January 2007 – but if you are missing your 24 fix FOX is showing a couple of hours of the past season on Friday nights. Might be fun no?
It has been a pleasure navigating our way through this season. It is my goal over the summer to continue to add new 24 info as I hear or read about it as well as a bunch of other randomness the is 24geek.
Chat soon!
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Blurb Day
For those of you waiting ever so patiently for me to post the final two hours of the day...your wait continues (but not for much longer...I promise).
Over the last few days I stumbled across a few little blurbs of information that I feel the need to share...
+ With the new season of Entourage set to begin Sunday night on HBO, CNN has a cool article on super agent Ari Gold. I for one can't wait for the new season to arrive.
+ From TV Guide.online (thank you!!) - the latest and greatest about the proposed 24 movie!! -
Twentieth Century Fox has closed a deal with 24 creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, as well as show-runner Howard Gordon, to turn the Fox nail-biter into a feature film. Under the agreement, Surnow and Cochran will pen the screenplay, with contributions from Gordon, and all three will produce the pic with Imagine's Brian Grazer. Thus far, no 24 cast members, Kiefer Sutherland included, have inked their own deals, but work on the script is expected to begin late this summer, with an eye on a spring/summer 2007 start date, during the TV series' hiatus. With the real-time aspect abandoned for the feature, globe-trotting for Jack et al is said to be a priority for the hush-hush plot.
+ I had to share a simply AMAZING article/commentary by CNN's Lou Dobbs on the recently proposed, debated and soundly defeated gay marriage amendment. It does a great job of cutting through the obvious political bullshit and challenging Congress to deal with the real issues affecting this country. My praise can't do it proper justice.
Over the last few days I stumbled across a few little blurbs of information that I feel the need to share...
+ With the new season of Entourage set to begin Sunday night on HBO, CNN has a cool article on super agent Ari Gold. I for one can't wait for the new season to arrive.
+ From TV Guide.online (thank you!!) - the latest and greatest about the proposed 24 movie!! -
Twentieth Century Fox has closed a deal with 24 creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, as well as show-runner Howard Gordon, to turn the Fox nail-biter into a feature film. Under the agreement, Surnow and Cochran will pen the screenplay, with contributions from Gordon, and all three will produce the pic with Imagine's Brian Grazer. Thus far, no 24 cast members, Kiefer Sutherland included, have inked their own deals, but work on the script is expected to begin late this summer, with an eye on a spring/summer 2007 start date, during the TV series' hiatus. With the real-time aspect abandoned for the feature, globe-trotting for Jack et al is said to be a priority for the hush-hush plot.
+ I had to share a simply AMAZING article/commentary by CNN's Lou Dobbs on the recently proposed, debated and soundly defeated gay marriage amendment. It does a great job of cutting through the obvious political bullshit and challenging Congress to deal with the real issues affecting this country. My praise can't do it proper justice.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
24 News and Notes - Season 6 blurb
Before I go in and do my final recap of the year I just wanted to pass along some information I just read at TVGuideOnline.com regarding Season 6...
24 Isn't Ordering Chinese
Despite how Monday's season finale left off, the sixth season of Fox's 24 will not pick up with Jack Bauer riding a slow boat to China as a political prisoner. "I don’t think much of the story will take place in China," executive producer Howard Gordon tells the trade mag TV Week. "It's just an impractical thing given the real-time constraints, because it would take Jack 16 hours — three-quarters of the [season] — to get back to L.A." If Jack's imprisonment isn't the hook for 24's January '07 return, what is? Howard shared no details, noting, "I just started writing the first [episode] this morning" — meaning only two or three main characters have been killed thus far.
Interesting....
Monday, May 22, 2006
24 News and Notes / 4am-5am
In the words of the near immortal Rod Stewart…”Tonight’s the night!..” As has been my M.O. the last few weeks I am waiting until only hours before the latest episode to do the recap…Sorry. So – how about I just blast through this so you can all be ready for the big battle tonight 20,000 leagues under the sea…
4:00 A.M.
Chloe sets up a feed to the Attorney General and to Congress. Yet when she tests the recording, there is nothing but white noise. Chloe remembers that Miles came in, claiming that Karen had him check up on her.
COMMENT: Oh dear....Maybe Jack should have played the thing for SOMEBODY!!!!!! As for Miles – he has been placed on a tee and is all set to be slammed! Let's get to it now shall we?
4:02 A.M.
Jack heads to the bullpen, and Karen calls for security to stop him. Jack punches the guard. He then grabs Miles by the throat and accuses him of obstructing the case. Karen orders Jack to let him go.
COMMENT: LOVED the shot to the solar plexes. When are they going to realize what it takes to bring down Bauer…Come on Karen - let Jack strangle the life out of him!!! Or at least draw blood…We’ve been waiting weeks for this confrontation!!
4:03 A.M.
Miles says that he has been transferred and Karen asks where. “The White House,” Jack sneers. Miles’ silence serves as an admission. Karen threatens to investigate, and Miles informs her that he now works for the President. Karen slaps him hard on the face. He leaves CTU.
COMMENT: Come on Karen you can do better than a little slap to the face…Ball up that fist and punch him!! Or even better would have been a nice swift kick to the old bait and tackle!!
4:05 A.M.
Karen sends Chloe to try to restore the tape.
COMMENT: Yeah – good luck with that Chloe…Have fun..
4:06 A.M.
Logan quizzes Karen about a conference call with the Attorney General, but she claims it was a mistake. Logan wants to suspend the arrest for Jack because the evidence he has is “inconclusive.” Jack knows that Logan intends to make him an unobstructed target.
4:07 A.M.
CTU gets word that Bierko escaped from the transfer to District. The one agent who survived the attack on the van heard Bierko mention a nerve gas canister and tell his men that they “are not finished.” CTU had assumed all the canisters were destroyed in the gas plant explosion. Karen makes finding Bierko the new priority.
4:08 A.M.
Bierko’s man shows him the one canister kept in reserve.
4:13 A.M.
Martha gives Pierce’s cell phone to an agent on duty in hopes that it will be returned to him in Washington where he was transferred.
4:14 A.M.
Logan comes to see Pierce in the stables at the retreat. Pierce has been beaten and his hands are bound. Logan tells him that the tape recording no longer exists. Logan threatens him to save his own career in the Secret Service. Pierce calls Logan a traitor and a disgrace to the office.
COMMENT: Perhaps the finest line of the entire season…”You’re a traitor and a disgrace to the office. Is there anything else CHARLES??” CLASSIC!!! This is why we LOVE Agent Pierce.
4:16 A.M.
An agent named Adams tells Logan that Pierce is loyal to Palmer. Logan doesn’t say anything, and Adams understands what to do.
COMMENT: Wait a minute – Agent No-Neck is really going to whack Aaron?? NO WAY JOSE!
4:17 A.M.
Logan calls Graham and lets him know that the recording has been destroyed and Pierce is being taken care of. The arrangements to take out Jack have been put into motion.
COMMENT: Isn’t the Putz just little Mr. Efficient…
4:19 A.M.
Novick brings the President news that Bierko escaped and is planning another attack. Logan is furious.
COMMENT: It’s soooo funny watching him react to this stuff. He’s like an 8 yr old – wait that would be an insult to the 8 yr old…but I think you get the point.
4:20 A.M.
Chloe cannot find any trace of Bierko on satellites or security cameras. Karen and Buchanan suggest offering a deal to Henderson in return for information on Bierko. Jack is adamant that they don’t because Henderson killed Palmer. Yet with no other option, Jack relents.
4:21 A.M.
Jack goes to Henderson in the holding room and tries to appeal to his patriotic sense. Henderson can tell Jack is not happy to be offering full immunity. Henderson’s only protection was that tape and now it’s gone. He will be killed if he is set free. Henderson offers to help Jack catch Bierko if they allow him to go underground with his wife
COMMENT: Jack and Henderson eh? Never thought that would happen…this should be interesting as Jack fights every fiber of his being to stop from shooting him somewhere vital.
4:29 A.M.
Henderson gives up fourteen names that he thinks Bierko will contact. Jack has Chloe run a search.
4:30 A.M.
Jack tells Audrey that Henderson is helping them find Bierko. Audrey is angry that the man who tried to kill her father was offered immunity. Jack apologizes to her.
COMMENT: Come on – let Audrey at him!! She’s like a Bengal tiger these days…!
4:31 A.M.
Chloe finds that Victor Malina, one of the people on Henderson’s list, just got a call from a payphone in Van Nuys which was then called by a GSM satellite phone. Henderson warns them that it will take too long to roll Malina. He suggests that he go and talk to Malina himself. Jack knows Henderson can’t be trusted, but Karen and Buchanan decide that they have no other choice. Karen orders Jack to accompany Henderson. Jack threatens to kill Henderson if something goes awry.
4:33 A.M.
Martha is outside smoking a cigarette when she sees a government sedan pull into the stables.
COMMENT: Martha the Sleuth is IN DA HIZZY!! Let’s see what she uncovers shall we?
4:34 A.M.
Agent Adams exits the sedan with a gun. The trunk of the car is lined in plastic. He takes the bound Pierce from the stable, but Pierce fights back. Martha walks in and surprises Adams with Pierce. Adams cannot shoot the First Lady, and this allows Pierce to kick him. Adams loses his gun. Just as Adams is about to hit Pierce with a tire iron, Martha grabs the gun and shoots Adams. She is in shock and drops the gun.
COMMENT: Everybody run…the medicated First Lady has a gun!!...and she doesn’t appear to be afraid to use it…Quick call Logan!!
4:40 A.M.
Curtis drives Jack and Henderson to Victor Malina’s loft. Henderson won’t wear a wire because Malina will find it. Jack gives him only ten minutes to get information. Curtis sets teams around the perimeter.
4:41 A.M.
Henderson goes to the building and Malina lets him into the heavily-secured complex. Jack hoists himself up to the roof.
COMMENT: Heavily secured?? HA…Jack climbs on the roof (easily) and there are no sensors or anything up there to indicate he is there!!! What’s it with security this season?? First they don’t look on the top of the truck at the airport. Now Jack has easy access to this “heavily secured” living space by climbing on the roof and going in from there? Come on!
4:42 A.M.
At the door, Malina x-rays Henderson over the Backscatter monitor. There is nothing on him, and he is allowed entry.
COMMENT: Cool x-ray gadget…too bad Jack’s on the roof!!!!
4:43 A.M.
Jack affixes a sonar device to the skylight over Malina’s loft. He hears Henderson tell Malina to secure-cache his files because Jack and CTU are outside. Jack radios Curtis to move his teams in because Henderson welched on his promise.
4:44 A.M.
Malina starts crashing his own system as Curtis’s teams blast through the building entry. Jack breaks in from the roof. Henderson takes Malina’s gun and ducks. Malina fires at the TAC team, hitting Curtis in the shoulder. Jack shoots Malina and he makes Henderson come out from hiding.
4:46 A.M.
Jack accuses Henderson of trying to play him, but Henderson says that he was getting Malina to drop the firewall and download all his files onto a flash drive. Jack came in too soon and now the files are all decrypted on the mainframe. Jack doesn’t know what the truth is, but sends Chloe the files from Malina’s computer.
COMMENT: Ooops…good job Jack. Not that I trust Henderson but give the guy a break. You had the whole building surrounded. Where the heck was Henderson going to go even if he was playing you?
4:52 A.M.
Pierce tells Martha that Logan ordered Adams to kill him. Martha says she knows about the whole plot, but she can no longer remain silent. Pierce needs Logan to believe that he’s dead, so he has her go back inside and pretend nothing is different. Pierce asks her to tell Novick.
COMMENT: Great!! They’re finally going to get Sherlock Novick involved??...and good luck trying to get Martha to act like there’s nothing wrong. I think you’re going to need much more medication!
4:54 A.M.
Chloe uncovers Defense documents on Malina’s computer for a Russian submarine that is in America for inspection by the Navy. Karen explains that the Logan treaty called for the sharing of technology. Henderson confirms that the sub named Natalia would have multiple, non-nuclear warheads.
COMMENT: A Russian submarine eh? Hmmm – let the Hunt for Red Bierko begin!!
4:55 A.M.
Jack has Audrey contact the ranking U.S. officer on the Russian sub. Jack takes Henderson with him in a helicopter. He needs Henderson because he knows the weapon systems.
4:56 A.M.
Audrey connects Jack to the U.S. Navy officer aboard the submarine Natalia. Jack orders the Lieutenant to lock down the weapons system because the Natalia might be under siege by terrorists who will try to apprehend its missiles.
4:57 A.M.
The Lieutenant goes through the top hatch and Bierko shoots him. Jack hears the gunshots and has Audrey warn Defense.
COMMENT: What part of LOCK DOWN THE WEAPONS SYSTEM means open the hatch to the outside of the sub?? Come on!!! Seal the damn sub up and don’t allow anyone access to the darn thing….Nah – I think I’ll just go topside and take a look around…AND don’t even get me started as to how Bierko and his band of flunkies are able to just wander in and end up on top of a NUCLEAR SUBMARINE!!!!!!! I don’t care if it’s Russian or not. Those darn things are guarded like Fort Knox…because they have NUCLEAR WEAPONS on board!!!!! I’m very disappointed at the little plot twist. Not very well thought out…Thank god the end is near…I can stop yelling at the tv!
4:48 A.M.
Bierko drops a Sentox canister into the hatch of the sub and releases the gas. The crew of the submarine falls to their deaths.
COMMENT: Of course they do…so disappointing.
4:59 A.M.
Bierko and his gas-masked men board the sub. Bierko plugs a code that he got from Malina into a console. This allows him to take control of the sub’s weapons system.
So WADDA YA THINK folks??? Things look interesting for the season finale??
So many loose ends to tie up…I’m sure they will come up with something.
Questions -
Will someone important die?
Will Aaron and Martha end up happily ever after?
Will Jack and Audrey?
Will Bill and Karen?
Will Chloe ever get to punch out Miles?
Will we ever find out who the heck the Bluetooth Group are??
Will they face justice or will the end up getting away to wreak havoc another day??
Will Brother Wayne ever show his face again? We last saw him being dropped off at Bill’s place – then nothing.
Will we get to see Toonces the Secretary of Defense to confirm he is actually alive?
I expect answers to all (or maybe some) of these questions this evening. Should be one hell of a two hour ride to the finish!!!
Chat soon – y’all!
4:00 A.M.
Chloe sets up a feed to the Attorney General and to Congress. Yet when she tests the recording, there is nothing but white noise. Chloe remembers that Miles came in, claiming that Karen had him check up on her.
COMMENT: Oh dear....Maybe Jack should have played the thing for SOMEBODY!!!!!! As for Miles – he has been placed on a tee and is all set to be slammed! Let's get to it now shall we?
4:02 A.M.
Jack heads to the bullpen, and Karen calls for security to stop him. Jack punches the guard. He then grabs Miles by the throat and accuses him of obstructing the case. Karen orders Jack to let him go.
COMMENT: LOVED the shot to the solar plexes. When are they going to realize what it takes to bring down Bauer…Come on Karen - let Jack strangle the life out of him!!! Or at least draw blood…We’ve been waiting weeks for this confrontation!!
4:03 A.M.
Miles says that he has been transferred and Karen asks where. “The White House,” Jack sneers. Miles’ silence serves as an admission. Karen threatens to investigate, and Miles informs her that he now works for the President. Karen slaps him hard on the face. He leaves CTU.
COMMENT: Come on Karen you can do better than a little slap to the face…Ball up that fist and punch him!! Or even better would have been a nice swift kick to the old bait and tackle!!
4:05 A.M.
Karen sends Chloe to try to restore the tape.
COMMENT: Yeah – good luck with that Chloe…Have fun..
4:06 A.M.
Logan quizzes Karen about a conference call with the Attorney General, but she claims it was a mistake. Logan wants to suspend the arrest for Jack because the evidence he has is “inconclusive.” Jack knows that Logan intends to make him an unobstructed target.
4:07 A.M.
CTU gets word that Bierko escaped from the transfer to District. The one agent who survived the attack on the van heard Bierko mention a nerve gas canister and tell his men that they “are not finished.” CTU had assumed all the canisters were destroyed in the gas plant explosion. Karen makes finding Bierko the new priority.
4:08 A.M.
Bierko’s man shows him the one canister kept in reserve.
4:13 A.M.
Martha gives Pierce’s cell phone to an agent on duty in hopes that it will be returned to him in Washington where he was transferred.
4:14 A.M.
Logan comes to see Pierce in the stables at the retreat. Pierce has been beaten and his hands are bound. Logan tells him that the tape recording no longer exists. Logan threatens him to save his own career in the Secret Service. Pierce calls Logan a traitor and a disgrace to the office.
COMMENT: Perhaps the finest line of the entire season…”You’re a traitor and a disgrace to the office. Is there anything else CHARLES??” CLASSIC!!! This is why we LOVE Agent Pierce.
4:16 A.M.
An agent named Adams tells Logan that Pierce is loyal to Palmer. Logan doesn’t say anything, and Adams understands what to do.
COMMENT: Wait a minute – Agent No-Neck is really going to whack Aaron?? NO WAY JOSE!
4:17 A.M.
Logan calls Graham and lets him know that the recording has been destroyed and Pierce is being taken care of. The arrangements to take out Jack have been put into motion.
COMMENT: Isn’t the Putz just little Mr. Efficient…
4:19 A.M.
Novick brings the President news that Bierko escaped and is planning another attack. Logan is furious.
COMMENT: It’s soooo funny watching him react to this stuff. He’s like an 8 yr old – wait that would be an insult to the 8 yr old…but I think you get the point.
4:20 A.M.
Chloe cannot find any trace of Bierko on satellites or security cameras. Karen and Buchanan suggest offering a deal to Henderson in return for information on Bierko. Jack is adamant that they don’t because Henderson killed Palmer. Yet with no other option, Jack relents.
4:21 A.M.
Jack goes to Henderson in the holding room and tries to appeal to his patriotic sense. Henderson can tell Jack is not happy to be offering full immunity. Henderson’s only protection was that tape and now it’s gone. He will be killed if he is set free. Henderson offers to help Jack catch Bierko if they allow him to go underground with his wife
COMMENT: Jack and Henderson eh? Never thought that would happen…this should be interesting as Jack fights every fiber of his being to stop from shooting him somewhere vital.
4:29 A.M.
Henderson gives up fourteen names that he thinks Bierko will contact. Jack has Chloe run a search.
4:30 A.M.
Jack tells Audrey that Henderson is helping them find Bierko. Audrey is angry that the man who tried to kill her father was offered immunity. Jack apologizes to her.
COMMENT: Come on – let Audrey at him!! She’s like a Bengal tiger these days…!
4:31 A.M.
Chloe finds that Victor Malina, one of the people on Henderson’s list, just got a call from a payphone in Van Nuys which was then called by a GSM satellite phone. Henderson warns them that it will take too long to roll Malina. He suggests that he go and talk to Malina himself. Jack knows Henderson can’t be trusted, but Karen and Buchanan decide that they have no other choice. Karen orders Jack to accompany Henderson. Jack threatens to kill Henderson if something goes awry.
4:33 A.M.
Martha is outside smoking a cigarette when she sees a government sedan pull into the stables.
COMMENT: Martha the Sleuth is IN DA HIZZY!! Let’s see what she uncovers shall we?
4:34 A.M.
Agent Adams exits the sedan with a gun. The trunk of the car is lined in plastic. He takes the bound Pierce from the stable, but Pierce fights back. Martha walks in and surprises Adams with Pierce. Adams cannot shoot the First Lady, and this allows Pierce to kick him. Adams loses his gun. Just as Adams is about to hit Pierce with a tire iron, Martha grabs the gun and shoots Adams. She is in shock and drops the gun.
COMMENT: Everybody run…the medicated First Lady has a gun!!...and she doesn’t appear to be afraid to use it…Quick call Logan!!
4:40 A.M.
Curtis drives Jack and Henderson to Victor Malina’s loft. Henderson won’t wear a wire because Malina will find it. Jack gives him only ten minutes to get information. Curtis sets teams around the perimeter.
4:41 A.M.
Henderson goes to the building and Malina lets him into the heavily-secured complex. Jack hoists himself up to the roof.
COMMENT: Heavily secured?? HA…Jack climbs on the roof (easily) and there are no sensors or anything up there to indicate he is there!!! What’s it with security this season?? First they don’t look on the top of the truck at the airport. Now Jack has easy access to this “heavily secured” living space by climbing on the roof and going in from there? Come on!
4:42 A.M.
At the door, Malina x-rays Henderson over the Backscatter monitor. There is nothing on him, and he is allowed entry.
COMMENT: Cool x-ray gadget…too bad Jack’s on the roof!!!!
4:43 A.M.
Jack affixes a sonar device to the skylight over Malina’s loft. He hears Henderson tell Malina to secure-cache his files because Jack and CTU are outside. Jack radios Curtis to move his teams in because Henderson welched on his promise.
4:44 A.M.
Malina starts crashing his own system as Curtis’s teams blast through the building entry. Jack breaks in from the roof. Henderson takes Malina’s gun and ducks. Malina fires at the TAC team, hitting Curtis in the shoulder. Jack shoots Malina and he makes Henderson come out from hiding.
4:46 A.M.
Jack accuses Henderson of trying to play him, but Henderson says that he was getting Malina to drop the firewall and download all his files onto a flash drive. Jack came in too soon and now the files are all decrypted on the mainframe. Jack doesn’t know what the truth is, but sends Chloe the files from Malina’s computer.
COMMENT: Ooops…good job Jack. Not that I trust Henderson but give the guy a break. You had the whole building surrounded. Where the heck was Henderson going to go even if he was playing you?
4:52 A.M.
Pierce tells Martha that Logan ordered Adams to kill him. Martha says she knows about the whole plot, but she can no longer remain silent. Pierce needs Logan to believe that he’s dead, so he has her go back inside and pretend nothing is different. Pierce asks her to tell Novick.
COMMENT: Great!! They’re finally going to get Sherlock Novick involved??...and good luck trying to get Martha to act like there’s nothing wrong. I think you’re going to need much more medication!
4:54 A.M.
Chloe uncovers Defense documents on Malina’s computer for a Russian submarine that is in America for inspection by the Navy. Karen explains that the Logan treaty called for the sharing of technology. Henderson confirms that the sub named Natalia would have multiple, non-nuclear warheads.
COMMENT: A Russian submarine eh? Hmmm – let the Hunt for Red Bierko begin!!
4:55 A.M.
Jack has Audrey contact the ranking U.S. officer on the Russian sub. Jack takes Henderson with him in a helicopter. He needs Henderson because he knows the weapon systems.
4:56 A.M.
Audrey connects Jack to the U.S. Navy officer aboard the submarine Natalia. Jack orders the Lieutenant to lock down the weapons system because the Natalia might be under siege by terrorists who will try to apprehend its missiles.
4:57 A.M.
The Lieutenant goes through the top hatch and Bierko shoots him. Jack hears the gunshots and has Audrey warn Defense.
COMMENT: What part of LOCK DOWN THE WEAPONS SYSTEM means open the hatch to the outside of the sub?? Come on!!! Seal the damn sub up and don’t allow anyone access to the darn thing….Nah – I think I’ll just go topside and take a look around…AND don’t even get me started as to how Bierko and his band of flunkies are able to just wander in and end up on top of a NUCLEAR SUBMARINE!!!!!!! I don’t care if it’s Russian or not. Those darn things are guarded like Fort Knox…because they have NUCLEAR WEAPONS on board!!!!! I’m very disappointed at the little plot twist. Not very well thought out…Thank god the end is near…I can stop yelling at the tv!
4:48 A.M.
Bierko drops a Sentox canister into the hatch of the sub and releases the gas. The crew of the submarine falls to their deaths.
COMMENT: Of course they do…so disappointing.
4:59 A.M.
Bierko and his gas-masked men board the sub. Bierko plugs a code that he got from Malina into a console. This allows him to take control of the sub’s weapons system.
So WADDA YA THINK folks??? Things look interesting for the season finale??
So many loose ends to tie up…I’m sure they will come up with something.
Questions -
Will someone important die?
Will Aaron and Martha end up happily ever after?
Will Jack and Audrey?
Will Bill and Karen?
Will Chloe ever get to punch out Miles?
Will we ever find out who the heck the Bluetooth Group are??
Will they face justice or will the end up getting away to wreak havoc another day??
Will Brother Wayne ever show his face again? We last saw him being dropped off at Bill’s place – then nothing.
Will we get to see Toonces the Secretary of Defense to confirm he is actually alive?
I expect answers to all (or maybe some) of these questions this evening. Should be one hell of a two hour ride to the finish!!!
Chat soon – y’all!
Monday, May 15, 2006
24 News and Notes / 3am-4am
No excuse – lazy yet again. How about I blame it on the heat??
The hour…
3:00 A.M.
As Evans prepares to land the plane, Jack calls Karen and tells her he has the recording. He doesn’t want anyone loyal to the President to interfere with his taking it back to CTU. Buchanan assures Jack that a team will be there to escort him.
3:02 A.M.
Curtis comes into the clinic to let Audrey know that Heller survived the car crash and is being treated. She is elated that her father is alive.
COMMENT: Daddy Defense is ALIVE! Apparently the man can swim…
3:03 A.M.
Karen orders Curtis to pick up Jack at the Van Nuys Airport. He must make sure that Jack and the evidence are protected from Logan’s militia.
3:04 A.M.
Graham informs Logan that his people can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear that there is a hijacking. This will give the President legal reason to have the plane shot down. Logan is reluctant to kill innocent people, but he knows there is no other choice to protect himself.
COMMENT: They can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear there is a hijacking?? No comment…
3:06 A.M.
Miles is alarmed to see Buchanan and Karen walk out together from the holding room. Karen says that new intelligence has emerged, but she won’t tell Miles what it is.
COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHA…love the mental torturing of Miles.
3:07 A.M.
Novick reports to the President that a hijack distress call came from Jack’s plane. There is a possibility it will target something on the ground.
3:08 A.M.
Logan and Novick are briefed by Admiral Kirkland from the Point Mugu Command Center. Logan feigns shock and horror that Jack would be in control of the plane. Kirkland advises him to bring down the plane. Novick doesn’t believe that Jack would use the plane as a weapon against civilians, but Kirkland insists there is no time to make another decision. Logan overrules Novick and authorizes the Admiral to have his F-18 fighter shoot down the plane.
COMMENT: For Logan – mission accomplished.
3:10 A.M.
Karen gets word of the alert to shoot down the plane and she calls Jack. Jack asks Buchanan to find a stretch of freeway to touch down.
3:14 A.M.
Miles watches with mounting dismay as Chloe is brought into CTU. Buchanan and Karen give her the news about Jack’s plane and ask her to find out exactly how much time he has before the F-18 reaches him.
COMMENT: Giggle…
3:16 A.M.
Jack has the flight attendant prepare the passengers for an emergency landing. Buchanan gives him a freeway where he can land. Evans is hesitant to land on the road, but Jack forces him to obey.
COMMENT: Jack does a lot of that forcing to obey stuff eh?
3:17 A.M.
Karen calls Curtis and redirects him to the freeway where Jack will land.
3:18 A.M.
Admiral Kirkland patches the President through to the pilot of the F-18.
Chloe taps into the radar feed and finds that the missile from the jet will hit Jack before he can land. Jack orders Evans to descend faster, even if it means the landing will be jeopardized.
3:19 A.M.
The passengers scream when the plane lunges. With the F-18 almost within missile range, Jack makes Evans continue pushing the plane downward. Jack sees the freeway out the cockpit window. He tells Evans to level off, but the plane is not able to pull out of the dive.
COMMENT: Ooopsie…guess that’s one way to get the plane on the ground eh?
3:20 A.M.
Jack demands that Evan lower the landing gear, even though they are at one thousand feet above the ground.
The F-18 pilot notifies Logan and Kirkland that the plane is landing on the freeway. Kirkland recommends to the President that they abort, but Logan is adamant that they shoot it down anyway. Novick implores him to reconsider. Logan realizes that he has been outmaneuvered and agrees to abort. Yet he demands that Marine units apprehend Jack on the freeway.
COMMENT: Wow that Mike Novick is soooo convincing…YAWN.
3:21 A.M.
Although the plane is still going too fast to land, Evans completes the descent and the plane slams down on the freeway. It screeches to a halt just before its wings reach an overpass.
COMMENT: Phew.
3:22 A.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Curtis will be there to pick him up. Jack instructs the passengers to exit at the back while he goes to the side door and climbs down from the wing. Jack breaks into a run on the ground.
3:27 A.M.
Graham chides Logan for not following the plan. Logan answers that he had no pretext to shoot the plane, and reassures Graham that Marines will pick up Jack before he escapes.
COMMENT: Must be pretty easy being the Bluetooth Group…Do this! Do that!! While they are comfortably hidden from inquiring eyes.
3:28 A.M.
Jack hides below the overpass and calls Curtis, who is approaching from the opposite side of where the Marines are posted.
3:29 A.M.
Jack gets in Curtis’s car and they hit a roadblock. Curtis identifies himself to the Marines, and he says he is there to apprehend Jack. The Marines have orders to detain everyone, but Curtis claims that they are wasting time. He says they can shoot at him even though he is a federal officer. The Marines wave the car through.
COMMENT: Nice effort Curtis. Would have been fun to watch Jack take them all out single-handily BAUER-STYLE!!! I can dream right?
3:30 A.M.
Curtis calls CTU and says he will head in using back streets to avoid more roadblocks. Buchanan is sure that the Marines are under direct orders from Logan.
Miles calls Karen in the conference room and demands to know what’s going on because he is watching her work with two people that were under arrest for aiding a fugitive. He threatens to call someone else for answers. Karen agrees to talk to him. She explains to Buchanan and Chloe that Miles has been loyal to her and she has no choice but to trust him.
COMMENT: There is no way bringing Miles on board is going to end well. Too much of a weasel in need of some TAZER action!!
3:31 A.M.
Karen tells Miles that Jack retrieved evidence implicating Logan. Miles is hesitant and tries to play devil’s advocate. They are interrupted by an agent informing them that Bierko is ready to be moved. Karen urges Miles to keep this a secret.
COMMENT: Oh yeah – Bierko’s in the building…Remind me again why he needs to be moved?? Oh yeah – so he can conveniently escape…my bad. *sheesh*
3:34 A.M.
A bruised Bierko is brought out in shackles. They are transferring him to a holding facility at District.
3:35 A.M.
Bierko is loaded into a transport van. He nods to the driver, who nods back.
COMMENT: Yeah – ok. Somehow the driver is working with the bad guys…Whatever…if they are going to have something improbable happen make it a little better than this…
3:40 A.M.
Logan is alarmed to find out that Jack was not taken into custody by the Marines. This hits Logan like a death sentence. Novick notices that this reaction is odd.
COMMENT: Sherlock Novick is at it again… *sigh*
3:42 A.M.
Logan sees on his cell phone that Graham is calling. He doesn’t pick up.
3:43 A.M.
Curtis brings Jack to CTU. Jack hands the tape recorder to Chloe so that she can prepare it for the Attorney General.
COMMENT: How about playing the darn thing for Karen and Bill – JUST TO SEE IF THE THING STILL WORKS!!!!!! Then you can give it to Chloe to have it “prepared” for the Attorney General…
3:44 A.M.
Jack goes to see Audrey in the medical unit and kisses her. He tells her that they got the evidence. “It’s over,” she sighs. Jack sits with her in silence.
COMMENT: NOOOOOOOO – please don’t say “it’s over.” It’s the kiss of death…Audrey Raines you should know better than that!!!!
3:45 A.M.
Logan opens a wooden box in his office. Inside is a .45 caliber pistol. He calls Graham and lets him know that Jack escaped. Graham knows that the Attorney General received a call from CTU, so the recording must be in their hands. “I still believe we were right,” Logan says. “I still believe that we acted in the best interests of the country.” Graham notes that the murder trial of a sitting President would devastate the country. Yet there cannot be a trial without a defendant. Logan confirms that neither Graham nor his associates will be implicated in anything. Logan hangs up, explaining that he has some things to take care of. He loads the pistol.
COMMENT: NO WAY! He isn’t going to do this now is he??
3:51 A.M.
Logan goes to see Martha, who is watching news broadcasts alone. He apologizes for hurting her but she doesn’t respond with sympathy to give him the closure he’s seeking. Martha says that she had no idea he was such a good liar. “If I wasn’t so horrified by the fact that I’m married to you, I might actually be impressed,” she says coldly.
COMMENT: Loving drugged out-I don’t give a crap about you Marty. She gets all the good dialogue now…
3:55 A.M.
Logan walks back to his office, defeated. He quickly knocks back a glass of scotch for liquid courage and takes the pistol from the box. The office phone rings, and the operator informs the President that he has an urgent call from Miles about Jack. Logan takes the call.
COMMENT: This can’t be good…
3:57 A.M.
From a darkened corner of CTU, Miles explains to Logan that Jack delivered a recording which could compromise national security. Miles feels compelled to intervene and wants Logan’s approval. Logan smiles like a drowning man who’s just been thrown a safety line. He gives Miles his private number and asks him to keep him abreast of the situation. When Logan says he will not forget this favor, Miles is pleased. Logan puts away his gun.
COMMENT: That weasely son of a B! Come to think of it – he and Logan deserve each other. It will be fun watching Jack and Chloe wreak their revenge on Logan and Miles (you just know that’s how it is going to play out)!!
3:59 A.M.
Miles goes into the conference room where Chloe is working on the tape. He leans on the table next to her and innocently asks if she will be ready for the teleconference. Chloe cannot see that he is holding a black device that flashes next to the tape recorder. Satisfied with what he has done, Miles leaves.
COMMENT: AH hello – Chloe! Didn’t Jack say don’t let anyone in the damn room. What’s with you letting Miles “hover” like that…Where was that TAZER you used so effectively at the hotel bar??
…and just like that we are back to square one.
…and I have NO IDEA where the heck they go from here. Strange.
Questions and Comments?
+ Heller is alive. I’ll believe it when I see it.
+ Looks like a bloody Aaron returns tonight. What’s that all about?
+ Told ya Miles would screw everything up – didn’t I?
+ Please please please tell me that Jack traces the mess with the tape back to Miles. Please.
+ Audrey – no more comments about how everything is over/finished.
+ Who is the darn Bluetooth Group?? Still wondering…
Sorry to say my attention will be elsewhere this evening at 9pm. NO – it has nothing to do with our own President Putz and his address but rather – the 2hr season finale of Grey’s Anatomy is tonight at 9pm as well and after last night’s stunning ending I will be on the edge of my seat. For all (or rather any) of you Grey’s watchers out there I have only one question…
IZZY – WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU POSSIBLY THINKING?
Hopefully this question (and many more) will be dealt with this evening.
The hour…
3:00 A.M.
As Evans prepares to land the plane, Jack calls Karen and tells her he has the recording. He doesn’t want anyone loyal to the President to interfere with his taking it back to CTU. Buchanan assures Jack that a team will be there to escort him.
3:02 A.M.
Curtis comes into the clinic to let Audrey know that Heller survived the car crash and is being treated. She is elated that her father is alive.
COMMENT: Daddy Defense is ALIVE! Apparently the man can swim…
3:03 A.M.
Karen orders Curtis to pick up Jack at the Van Nuys Airport. He must make sure that Jack and the evidence are protected from Logan’s militia.
3:04 A.M.
Graham informs Logan that his people can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear that there is a hijacking. This will give the President legal reason to have the plane shot down. Logan is reluctant to kill innocent people, but he knows there is no other choice to protect himself.
COMMENT: They can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear there is a hijacking?? No comment…
3:06 A.M.
Miles is alarmed to see Buchanan and Karen walk out together from the holding room. Karen says that new intelligence has emerged, but she won’t tell Miles what it is.
COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHA…love the mental torturing of Miles.
3:07 A.M.
Novick reports to the President that a hijack distress call came from Jack’s plane. There is a possibility it will target something on the ground.
3:08 A.M.
Logan and Novick are briefed by Admiral Kirkland from the Point Mugu Command Center. Logan feigns shock and horror that Jack would be in control of the plane. Kirkland advises him to bring down the plane. Novick doesn’t believe that Jack would use the plane as a weapon against civilians, but Kirkland insists there is no time to make another decision. Logan overrules Novick and authorizes the Admiral to have his F-18 fighter shoot down the plane.
COMMENT: For Logan – mission accomplished.
3:10 A.M.
Karen gets word of the alert to shoot down the plane and she calls Jack. Jack asks Buchanan to find a stretch of freeway to touch down.
3:14 A.M.
Miles watches with mounting dismay as Chloe is brought into CTU. Buchanan and Karen give her the news about Jack’s plane and ask her to find out exactly how much time he has before the F-18 reaches him.
COMMENT: Giggle…
3:16 A.M.
Jack has the flight attendant prepare the passengers for an emergency landing. Buchanan gives him a freeway where he can land. Evans is hesitant to land on the road, but Jack forces him to obey.
COMMENT: Jack does a lot of that forcing to obey stuff eh?
3:17 A.M.
Karen calls Curtis and redirects him to the freeway where Jack will land.
3:18 A.M.
Admiral Kirkland patches the President through to the pilot of the F-18.
Chloe taps into the radar feed and finds that the missile from the jet will hit Jack before he can land. Jack orders Evans to descend faster, even if it means the landing will be jeopardized.
3:19 A.M.
The passengers scream when the plane lunges. With the F-18 almost within missile range, Jack makes Evans continue pushing the plane downward. Jack sees the freeway out the cockpit window. He tells Evans to level off, but the plane is not able to pull out of the dive.
COMMENT: Ooopsie…guess that’s one way to get the plane on the ground eh?
3:20 A.M.
Jack demands that Evan lower the landing gear, even though they are at one thousand feet above the ground.
The F-18 pilot notifies Logan and Kirkland that the plane is landing on the freeway. Kirkland recommends to the President that they abort, but Logan is adamant that they shoot it down anyway. Novick implores him to reconsider. Logan realizes that he has been outmaneuvered and agrees to abort. Yet he demands that Marine units apprehend Jack on the freeway.
COMMENT: Wow that Mike Novick is soooo convincing…YAWN.
3:21 A.M.
Although the plane is still going too fast to land, Evans completes the descent and the plane slams down on the freeway. It screeches to a halt just before its wings reach an overpass.
COMMENT: Phew.
3:22 A.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Curtis will be there to pick him up. Jack instructs the passengers to exit at the back while he goes to the side door and climbs down from the wing. Jack breaks into a run on the ground.
3:27 A.M.
Graham chides Logan for not following the plan. Logan answers that he had no pretext to shoot the plane, and reassures Graham that Marines will pick up Jack before he escapes.
COMMENT: Must be pretty easy being the Bluetooth Group…Do this! Do that!! While they are comfortably hidden from inquiring eyes.
3:28 A.M.
Jack hides below the overpass and calls Curtis, who is approaching from the opposite side of where the Marines are posted.
3:29 A.M.
Jack gets in Curtis’s car and they hit a roadblock. Curtis identifies himself to the Marines, and he says he is there to apprehend Jack. The Marines have orders to detain everyone, but Curtis claims that they are wasting time. He says they can shoot at him even though he is a federal officer. The Marines wave the car through.
COMMENT: Nice effort Curtis. Would have been fun to watch Jack take them all out single-handily BAUER-STYLE!!! I can dream right?
3:30 A.M.
Curtis calls CTU and says he will head in using back streets to avoid more roadblocks. Buchanan is sure that the Marines are under direct orders from Logan.
Miles calls Karen in the conference room and demands to know what’s going on because he is watching her work with two people that were under arrest for aiding a fugitive. He threatens to call someone else for answers. Karen agrees to talk to him. She explains to Buchanan and Chloe that Miles has been loyal to her and she has no choice but to trust him.
COMMENT: There is no way bringing Miles on board is going to end well. Too much of a weasel in need of some TAZER action!!
3:31 A.M.
Karen tells Miles that Jack retrieved evidence implicating Logan. Miles is hesitant and tries to play devil’s advocate. They are interrupted by an agent informing them that Bierko is ready to be moved. Karen urges Miles to keep this a secret.
COMMENT: Oh yeah – Bierko’s in the building…Remind me again why he needs to be moved?? Oh yeah – so he can conveniently escape…my bad. *sheesh*
3:34 A.M.
A bruised Bierko is brought out in shackles. They are transferring him to a holding facility at District.
3:35 A.M.
Bierko is loaded into a transport van. He nods to the driver, who nods back.
COMMENT: Yeah – ok. Somehow the driver is working with the bad guys…Whatever…if they are going to have something improbable happen make it a little better than this…
3:40 A.M.
Logan is alarmed to find out that Jack was not taken into custody by the Marines. This hits Logan like a death sentence. Novick notices that this reaction is odd.
COMMENT: Sherlock Novick is at it again… *sigh*
3:42 A.M.
Logan sees on his cell phone that Graham is calling. He doesn’t pick up.
3:43 A.M.
Curtis brings Jack to CTU. Jack hands the tape recorder to Chloe so that she can prepare it for the Attorney General.
COMMENT: How about playing the darn thing for Karen and Bill – JUST TO SEE IF THE THING STILL WORKS!!!!!! Then you can give it to Chloe to have it “prepared” for the Attorney General…
3:44 A.M.
Jack goes to see Audrey in the medical unit and kisses her. He tells her that they got the evidence. “It’s over,” she sighs. Jack sits with her in silence.
COMMENT: NOOOOOOOO – please don’t say “it’s over.” It’s the kiss of death…Audrey Raines you should know better than that!!!!
3:45 A.M.
Logan opens a wooden box in his office. Inside is a .45 caliber pistol. He calls Graham and lets him know that Jack escaped. Graham knows that the Attorney General received a call from CTU, so the recording must be in their hands. “I still believe we were right,” Logan says. “I still believe that we acted in the best interests of the country.” Graham notes that the murder trial of a sitting President would devastate the country. Yet there cannot be a trial without a defendant. Logan confirms that neither Graham nor his associates will be implicated in anything. Logan hangs up, explaining that he has some things to take care of. He loads the pistol.
COMMENT: NO WAY! He isn’t going to do this now is he??
3:51 A.M.
Logan goes to see Martha, who is watching news broadcasts alone. He apologizes for hurting her but she doesn’t respond with sympathy to give him the closure he’s seeking. Martha says that she had no idea he was such a good liar. “If I wasn’t so horrified by the fact that I’m married to you, I might actually be impressed,” she says coldly.
COMMENT: Loving drugged out-I don’t give a crap about you Marty. She gets all the good dialogue now…
3:55 A.M.
Logan walks back to his office, defeated. He quickly knocks back a glass of scotch for liquid courage and takes the pistol from the box. The office phone rings, and the operator informs the President that he has an urgent call from Miles about Jack. Logan takes the call.
COMMENT: This can’t be good…
3:57 A.M.
From a darkened corner of CTU, Miles explains to Logan that Jack delivered a recording which could compromise national security. Miles feels compelled to intervene and wants Logan’s approval. Logan smiles like a drowning man who’s just been thrown a safety line. He gives Miles his private number and asks him to keep him abreast of the situation. When Logan says he will not forget this favor, Miles is pleased. Logan puts away his gun.
COMMENT: That weasely son of a B! Come to think of it – he and Logan deserve each other. It will be fun watching Jack and Chloe wreak their revenge on Logan and Miles (you just know that’s how it is going to play out)!!
3:59 A.M.
Miles goes into the conference room where Chloe is working on the tape. He leans on the table next to her and innocently asks if she will be ready for the teleconference. Chloe cannot see that he is holding a black device that flashes next to the tape recorder. Satisfied with what he has done, Miles leaves.
COMMENT: AH hello – Chloe! Didn’t Jack say don’t let anyone in the damn room. What’s with you letting Miles “hover” like that…Where was that TAZER you used so effectively at the hotel bar??
…and just like that we are back to square one.
…and I have NO IDEA where the heck they go from here. Strange.
Questions and Comments?
+ Heller is alive. I’ll believe it when I see it.
+ Looks like a bloody Aaron returns tonight. What’s that all about?
+ Told ya Miles would screw everything up – didn’t I?
+ Please please please tell me that Jack traces the mess with the tape back to Miles. Please.
+ Audrey – no more comments about how everything is over/finished.
+ Who is the darn Bluetooth Group?? Still wondering…
Sorry to say my attention will be elsewhere this evening at 9pm. NO – it has nothing to do with our own President Putz and his address but rather – the 2hr season finale of Grey’s Anatomy is tonight at 9pm as well and after last night’s stunning ending I will be on the edge of my seat. For all (or rather any) of you Grey’s watchers out there I have only one question…
IZZY – WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU POSSIBLY THINKING?
Hopefully this question (and many more) will be dealt with this evening.
24 News and Notes / 3am-4am
No excuse – lazy yet again. How about I blame it on the heat??
The hour…
3:00 A.M.
As Evans prepares to land the plane, Jack calls Karen and tells her he has the recording. He doesn’t want anyone loyal to the President to interfere with his taking it back to CTU. Buchanan assures Jack that a team will be there to escort him.
3:02 A.M.
Curtis comes into the clinic to let Audrey know that Heller survived the car crash and is being treated. She is elated that her father is alive.
COMMENT: Daddy Defense is ALIVE! Apparently the man can swim…
3:03 A.M.
Karen orders Curtis to pick up Jack at the Van Nuys Airport. He must make sure that Jack and the evidence are protected from Logan’s militia.
3:04 A.M.
Graham informs Logan that his people can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear that there is a hijacking. This will give the President legal reason to have the plane shot down. Logan is reluctant to kill innocent people, but he knows there is no other choice to protect himself.
COMMENT: They can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear there is a hijacking?? No comment…
3:06 A.M.
Miles is alarmed to see Buchanan and Karen walk out together from the holding room. Karen says that new intelligence has emerged, but she won’t tell Miles what it is.
COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHA…love the mental torturing of Miles.
3:07 A.M.
Novick reports to the President that a hijack distress call came from Jack’s plane. There is a possibility it will target something on the ground.
3:08 A.M.
Logan and Novick are briefed by Admiral Kirkland from the Point Mugu Command Center. Logan feigns shock and horror that Jack would be in control of the plane. Kirkland advises him to bring down the plane. Novick doesn’t believe that Jack would use the plane as a weapon against civilians, but Kirkland insists there is no time to make another decision. Logan overrules Novick and authorizes the Admiral to have his F-18 fighter shoot down the plane.
COMMENT: For Logan – mission accomplished.
3:10 A.M.
Karen gets word of the alert to shoot down the plane and she calls Jack. Jack asks Buchanan to find a stretch of freeway to touch down.
3:14 A.M.
Miles watches with mounting dismay as Chloe is brought into CTU. Buchanan and Karen give her the news about Jack’s plane and ask her to find out exactly how much time he has before the F-18 reaches him.
COMMENT: Giggle…
3:16 A.M.
Jack has the flight attendant prepare the passengers for an emergency landing. Buchanan gives him a freeway where he can land. Evans is hesitant to land on the road, but Jack forces him to obey.
COMMENT: Jack does a lot of that forcing to obey stuff eh?
3:17 A.M.
Karen calls Curtis and redirects him to the freeway where Jack will land.
3:18 A.M.
Admiral Kirkland patches the President through to the pilot of the F-18.
Chloe taps into the radar feed and finds that the missile from the jet will hit Jack before he can land. Jack orders Evans to descend faster, even if it means the landing will be jeopardized.
3:19 A.M.
The passengers scream when the plane lunges. With the F-18 almost within missile range, Jack makes Evans continue pushing the plane downward. Jack sees the freeway out the cockpit window. He tells Evans to level off, but the plane is not able to pull out of the dive.
COMMENT: Ooopsie…guess that’s one way to get the plane on the ground eh?
3:20 A.M.
Jack demands that Evan lower the landing gear, even though they are at one thousand feet above the ground.
The F-18 pilot notifies Logan and Kirkland that the plane is landing on the freeway. Kirkland recommends to the President that they abort, but Logan is adamant that they shoot it down anyway. Novick implores him to reconsider. Logan realizes that he has been outmaneuvered and agrees to abort. Yet he demands that Marine units apprehend Jack on the freeway.
COMMENT: Wow that Mike Novick is soooo convincing…YAWN.
3:21 A.M.
Although the plane is still going too fast to land, Evans completes the descent and the plane slams down on the freeway. It screeches to a halt just before its wings reach an overpass.
COMMENT: Phew.
3:22 A.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Curtis will be there to pick him up. Jack instructs the passengers to exit at the back while he goes to the side door and climbs down from the wing. Jack breaks into a run on the ground.
3:27 A.M.
Graham chides Logan for not following the plan. Logan answers that he had no pretext to shoot the plane, and reassures Graham that Marines will pick up Jack before he escapes.
COMMENT: Must be pretty easy being the Bluetooth Group…Do this! Do that!! While they are comfortably hidden from inquiring eyes.
3:28 A.M.
Jack hides below the overpass and calls Curtis, who is approaching from the opposite side of where the Marines are posted.
3:29 A.M.
Jack gets in Curtis’s car and they hit a roadblock. Curtis identifies himself to the Marines, and he says he is there to apprehend Jack. The Marines have orders to detain everyone, but Curtis claims that they are wasting time. He says they can shoot at him even though he is a federal officer. The Marines wave the car through.
COMMENT: Nice effort Curtis. Would have been fun to watch Jack take them all out single-handily BAUER-STYLE!!! I can dream right?
3:30 A.M.
Curtis calls CTU and says he will head in using back streets to avoid more roadblocks. Buchanan is sure that the Marines are under direct orders from Logan.
Miles calls Karen in the conference room and demands to know what’s going on because he is watching her work with two people that were under arrest for aiding a fugitive. He threatens to call someone else for answers. Karen agrees to talk to him. She explains to Buchanan and Chloe that Miles has been loyal to her and she has no choice but to trust him.
COMMENT: There is no way bringing Miles on board is going to end well. Too much of a weasel in need of some TAZER action!!
3:31 A.M.
Karen tells Miles that Jack retrieved evidence implicating Logan. Miles is hesitant and tries to play devil’s advocate. They are interrupted by an agent informing them that Bierko is ready to be moved. Karen urges Miles to keep this a secret.
COMMENT: Oh yeah – Bierko’s in the building…Remind me again why he needs to be moved?? Oh yeah – so he can conveniently escape…my bad. *sheesh*
3:34 A.M.
A bruised Bierko is brought out in shackles. They are transferring him to a holding facility at District.
3:35 A.M.
Bierko is loaded into a transport van. He nods to the driver, who nods back.
COMMENT: Yeah – ok. Somehow the driver is working with the bad guys…Whatever…if they are going to have something improbable happen make it a little better than this…
3:40 A.M.
Logan is alarmed to find out that Jack was not taken into custody by the Marines. This hits Logan like a death sentence. Novick notices that this reaction is odd.
COMMENT: Sherlock Novick is at it again… *sigh*
3:42 A.M.
Logan sees on his cell phone that Graham is calling. He doesn’t pick up.
3:43 A.M.
Curtis brings Jack to CTU. Jack hands the tape recorder to Chloe so that she can prepare it for the Attorney General.
COMMENT: How about playing the darn thing for Karen and Bill – JUST TO SEE IF THE THING STILL WORKS!!!!!! Then you can give it to Chloe to have it “prepared” for the Attorney General…
3:44 A.M.
Jack goes to see Audrey in the medical unit and kisses her. He tells her that they got the evidence. “It’s over,” she sighs. Jack sits with her in silence.
COMMENT: NOOOOOOOO – please don’t say “it’s over.” It’s the kiss of death…Audrey Raines you should know better than that!!!!
3:45 A.M.
Logan opens a wooden box in his office. Inside is a .45 caliber pistol. He calls Graham and lets him know that Jack escaped. Graham knows that the Attorney General received a call from CTU, so the recording must be in their hands. “I still believe we were right,” Logan says. “I still believe that we acted in the best interests of the country.” Graham notes that the murder trial of a sitting President would devastate the country. Yet there cannot be a trial without a defendant. Logan confirms that neither Graham nor his associates will be implicated in anything. Logan hangs up, explaining that he has some things to take care of. He loads the pistol.
COMMENT: NO WAY! He isn’t going to do this now is he??
3:51 A.M.
Logan goes to see Martha, who is watching news broadcasts alone. He apologizes for hurting her but she doesn’t respond with sympathy to give him the closure he’s seeking. Martha says that she had no idea he was such a good liar. “If I wasn’t so horrified by the fact that I’m married to you, I might actually be impressed,” she says coldly.
COMMENT: Loving drugged out-I don’t give a crap about you Marty. She gets all the good dialogue now…
3:55 A.M.
Logan walks back to his office, defeated. He quickly knocks back a glass of scotch for liquid courage and takes the pistol from the box. The office phone rings, and the operator informs the President that he has an urgent call from Miles about Jack. Logan takes the call.
COMMENT: This can’t be good…
3:57 A.M.
From a darkened corner of CTU, Miles explains to Logan that Jack delivered a recording which could compromise national security. Miles feels compelled to intervene and wants Logan’s approval. Logan smiles like a drowning man who’s just been thrown a safety line. He gives Miles his private number and asks him to keep him abreast of the situation. When Logan says he will not forget this favor, Miles is pleased. Logan puts away his gun.
COMMENT: That weasely son of a B! Come to think of it – he and Logan deserve each other. It will be fun watching Jack and Chloe wreak their revenge on Logan and Miles (you just know that’s how it is going to play out)!!
3:59 A.M.
Miles goes into the conference room where Chloe is working on the tape. He leans on the table next to her and innocently asks if she will be ready for the teleconference. Chloe cannot see that he is holding a black device that flashes next to the tape recorder. Satisfied with what he has done, Miles leaves.
COMMENT: AH hello – Chloe! Didn’t Jack say don’t let anyone in the damn room. What’s with you letting Miles “hover” like that…Where was that TAZER you used so effectively at the hotel bar??
…and just like that we are back to square one.
…and I have NO IDEA where the heck they go from here. Strange.
Questions and Comments?
+ Heller is alive. I’ll believe it when I see it.
+ Looks like a bloody Aaron returns tonight. What’s that all about?
+ Told ya Miles would screw everything up – didn’t I?
+ Please please please tell me that Jack traces the mess with the tape back to Miles. Please.
+ Audrey – no more comments about how everything is over/finished.
+ Who is the darn Bluetooth Group?? Still wondering…
Sorry to say my attention will be elsewhere this evening at 9pm. NO – it has nothing to do with our own President Putz and his address but rather – the 2hr season finale of Grey’s Anatomy is tonight at 9pm as well and after last night’s stunning ending I will be on the edge of my seat. For all (or rather any) of you Grey’s watchers out there I have only one question…
IZZY – WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU POSSIBLY THINKING?
Hopefully this question (and many more) will be dealt with this evening.
The hour…
3:00 A.M.
As Evans prepares to land the plane, Jack calls Karen and tells her he has the recording. He doesn’t want anyone loyal to the President to interfere with his taking it back to CTU. Buchanan assures Jack that a team will be there to escort him.
3:02 A.M.
Curtis comes into the clinic to let Audrey know that Heller survived the car crash and is being treated. She is elated that her father is alive.
COMMENT: Daddy Defense is ALIVE! Apparently the man can swim…
3:03 A.M.
Karen orders Curtis to pick up Jack at the Van Nuys Airport. He must make sure that Jack and the evidence are protected from Logan’s militia.
3:04 A.M.
Graham informs Logan that his people can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear that there is a hijacking. This will give the President legal reason to have the plane shot down. Logan is reluctant to kill innocent people, but he knows there is no other choice to protect himself.
COMMENT: They can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear there is a hijacking?? No comment…
3:06 A.M.
Miles is alarmed to see Buchanan and Karen walk out together from the holding room. Karen says that new intelligence has emerged, but she won’t tell Miles what it is.
COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHA…love the mental torturing of Miles.
3:07 A.M.
Novick reports to the President that a hijack distress call came from Jack’s plane. There is a possibility it will target something on the ground.
3:08 A.M.
Logan and Novick are briefed by Admiral Kirkland from the Point Mugu Command Center. Logan feigns shock and horror that Jack would be in control of the plane. Kirkland advises him to bring down the plane. Novick doesn’t believe that Jack would use the plane as a weapon against civilians, but Kirkland insists there is no time to make another decision. Logan overrules Novick and authorizes the Admiral to have his F-18 fighter shoot down the plane.
COMMENT: For Logan – mission accomplished.
3:10 A.M.
Karen gets word of the alert to shoot down the plane and she calls Jack. Jack asks Buchanan to find a stretch of freeway to touch down.
3:14 A.M.
Miles watches with mounting dismay as Chloe is brought into CTU. Buchanan and Karen give her the news about Jack’s plane and ask her to find out exactly how much time he has before the F-18 reaches him.
COMMENT: Giggle…
3:16 A.M.
Jack has the flight attendant prepare the passengers for an emergency landing. Buchanan gives him a freeway where he can land. Evans is hesitant to land on the road, but Jack forces him to obey.
COMMENT: Jack does a lot of that forcing to obey stuff eh?
3:17 A.M.
Karen calls Curtis and redirects him to the freeway where Jack will land.
3:18 A.M.
Admiral Kirkland patches the President through to the pilot of the F-18.
Chloe taps into the radar feed and finds that the missile from the jet will hit Jack before he can land. Jack orders Evans to descend faster, even if it means the landing will be jeopardized.
3:19 A.M.
The passengers scream when the plane lunges. With the F-18 almost within missile range, Jack makes Evans continue pushing the plane downward. Jack sees the freeway out the cockpit window. He tells Evans to level off, but the plane is not able to pull out of the dive.
COMMENT: Ooopsie…guess that’s one way to get the plane on the ground eh?
3:20 A.M.
Jack demands that Evan lower the landing gear, even though they are at one thousand feet above the ground.
The F-18 pilot notifies Logan and Kirkland that the plane is landing on the freeway. Kirkland recommends to the President that they abort, but Logan is adamant that they shoot it down anyway. Novick implores him to reconsider. Logan realizes that he has been outmaneuvered and agrees to abort. Yet he demands that Marine units apprehend Jack on the freeway.
COMMENT: Wow that Mike Novick is soooo convincing…YAWN.
3:21 A.M.
Although the plane is still going too fast to land, Evans completes the descent and the plane slams down on the freeway. It screeches to a halt just before its wings reach an overpass.
COMMENT: Phew.
3:22 A.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Curtis will be there to pick him up. Jack instructs the passengers to exit at the back while he goes to the side door and climbs down from the wing. Jack breaks into a run on the ground.
3:27 A.M.
Graham chides Logan for not following the plan. Logan answers that he had no pretext to shoot the plane, and reassures Graham that Marines will pick up Jack before he escapes.
COMMENT: Must be pretty easy being the Bluetooth Group…Do this! Do that!! While they are comfortably hidden from inquiring eyes.
3:28 A.M.
Jack hides below the overpass and calls Curtis, who is approaching from the opposite side of where the Marines are posted.
3:29 A.M.
Jack gets in Curtis’s car and they hit a roadblock. Curtis identifies himself to the Marines, and he says he is there to apprehend Jack. The Marines have orders to detain everyone, but Curtis claims that they are wasting time. He says they can shoot at him even though he is a federal officer. The Marines wave the car through.
COMMENT: Nice effort Curtis. Would have been fun to watch Jack take them all out single-handily BAUER-STYLE!!! I can dream right?
3:30 A.M.
Curtis calls CTU and says he will head in using back streets to avoid more roadblocks. Buchanan is sure that the Marines are under direct orders from Logan.
Miles calls Karen in the conference room and demands to know what’s going on because he is watching her work with two people that were under arrest for aiding a fugitive. He threatens to call someone else for answers. Karen agrees to talk to him. She explains to Buchanan and Chloe that Miles has been loyal to her and she has no choice but to trust him.
COMMENT: There is no way bringing Miles on board is going to end well. Too much of a weasel in need of some TAZER action!!
3:31 A.M.
Karen tells Miles that Jack retrieved evidence implicating Logan. Miles is hesitant and tries to play devil’s advocate. They are interrupted by an agent informing them that Bierko is ready to be moved. Karen urges Miles to keep this a secret.
COMMENT: Oh yeah – Bierko’s in the building…Remind me again why he needs to be moved?? Oh yeah – so he can conveniently escape…my bad. *sheesh*
3:34 A.M.
A bruised Bierko is brought out in shackles. They are transferring him to a holding facility at District.
3:35 A.M.
Bierko is loaded into a transport van. He nods to the driver, who nods back.
COMMENT: Yeah – ok. Somehow the driver is working with the bad guys…Whatever…if they are going to have something improbable happen make it a little better than this…
3:40 A.M.
Logan is alarmed to find out that Jack was not taken into custody by the Marines. This hits Logan like a death sentence. Novick notices that this reaction is odd.
COMMENT: Sherlock Novick is at it again… *sigh*
3:42 A.M.
Logan sees on his cell phone that Graham is calling. He doesn’t pick up.
3:43 A.M.
Curtis brings Jack to CTU. Jack hands the tape recorder to Chloe so that she can prepare it for the Attorney General.
COMMENT: How about playing the darn thing for Karen and Bill – JUST TO SEE IF THE THING STILL WORKS!!!!!! Then you can give it to Chloe to have it “prepared” for the Attorney General…
3:44 A.M.
Jack goes to see Audrey in the medical unit and kisses her. He tells her that they got the evidence. “It’s over,” she sighs. Jack sits with her in silence.
COMMENT: NOOOOOOOO – please don’t say “it’s over.” It’s the kiss of death…Audrey Raines you should know better than that!!!!
3:45 A.M.
Logan opens a wooden box in his office. Inside is a .45 caliber pistol. He calls Graham and lets him know that Jack escaped. Graham knows that the Attorney General received a call from CTU, so the recording must be in their hands. “I still believe we were right,” Logan says. “I still believe that we acted in the best interests of the country.” Graham notes that the murder trial of a sitting President would devastate the country. Yet there cannot be a trial without a defendant. Logan confirms that neither Graham nor his associates will be implicated in anything. Logan hangs up, explaining that he has some things to take care of. He loads the pistol.
COMMENT: NO WAY! He isn’t going to do this now is he??
3:51 A.M.
Logan goes to see Martha, who is watching news broadcasts alone. He apologizes for hurting her but she doesn’t respond with sympathy to give him the closure he’s seeking. Martha says that she had no idea he was such a good liar. “If I wasn’t so horrified by the fact that I’m married to you, I might actually be impressed,” she says coldly.
COMMENT: Loving drugged out-I don’t give a crap about you Marty. She gets all the good dialogue now…
3:55 A.M.
Logan walks back to his office, defeated. He quickly knocks back a glass of scotch for liquid courage and takes the pistol from the box. The office phone rings, and the operator informs the President that he has an urgent call from Miles about Jack. Logan takes the call.
COMMENT: This can’t be good…
3:57 A.M.
From a darkened corner of CTU, Miles explains to Logan that Jack delivered a recording which could compromise national security. Miles feels compelled to intervene and wants Logan’s approval. Logan smiles like a drowning man who’s just been thrown a safety line. He gives Miles his private number and asks him to keep him abreast of the situation. When Logan says he will not forget this favor, Miles is pleased. Logan puts away his gun.
COMMENT: That weasely son of a B! Come to think of it – he and Logan deserve each other. It will be fun watching Jack and Chloe wreak their revenge on Logan and Miles (you just know that’s how it is going to play out)!!
3:59 A.M.
Miles goes into the conference room where Chloe is working on the tape. He leans on the table next to her and innocently asks if she will be ready for the teleconference. Chloe cannot see that he is holding a black device that flashes next to the tape recorder. Satisfied with what he has done, Miles leaves.
COMMENT: AH hello – Chloe! Didn’t Jack say don’t let anyone in the damn room. What’s with you letting Miles “hover” like that…Where was that TAZER you used so effectively at the hotel bar??
…and just like that we are back to square one.
…and I have NO IDEA where the heck they go from here. Strange.
Questions and Comments?
+ Heller is alive. I’ll believe it when I see it.
+ Looks like a bloody Aaron returns tonight. What’s that all about?
+ Told ya Miles would screw everything up – didn’t I?
+ Please please please tell me that Jack traces the mess with the tape back to Miles. Please.
+ Audrey – no more comments about how everything is over/finished.
+ Who is the darn Bluetooth Group?? Still wondering…
Sorry to say my attention will be elsewhere this evening at 9pm. NO – it has nothing to do with our own President Putz and his address but rather – the 2hr season finale of Grey’s Anatomy is tonight at 9pm as well and after last night’s stunning ending I will be on the edge of my seat. For all (or rather any) of you Grey’s watchers out there I have only one question…
IZZY – WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU POSSIBLY THINKING?
Hopefully this question (and many more) will be dealt with this evening.
Monday, May 08, 2006
24 News and Notes / 2am-3am
Look at this. I did it again. After only being mildly entertained by the latest hour I again have waited until the day of the next hour to get this done. I have an excuse this time – no laziness. Lisa was off at science camp this week with her students so it was just Chelsea and I for the week….then this past Saturday I ran an 18 mile training run in preparation for the SF Marathon in July. Long story short – I’m not a slacker – just had a busy week.
So on to Terror at 36,000 feet…
2:00 A.M.
Karen hears from Buchanan that Chloe is leaving and that Jack stowed away on a diplomatic plane where a passenger has the recording. Miles comes in as she is on the phone. Karen orders him to handle the Buchanan house ambush in the situation room instead of her office.
COMMENT: Nice to see Karen continue to descend into the Land of Bauer.
2:03 A.M.
Karen lets Buchanan know that he will be arrested as a suspect. She wants Chloe to contact her on a dry channel. Buchanan sends Chloe out and directs her to walk to a nearby hotel.
2:04 A.M.
The Homeland Security team knocks on Buchanan’s door. He stalls as much as possible and tells them he will only speak to Karen. Karen orders Buchanan be brought into CTU and that they set up a search for Chloe’s car.
COMMENT: Those Homeland Security dudes are just a bunch of laughs huh?? That disheveled shirt really threw them Bill…Nice!
2:05 A.M.
Miles has reservations about Karen’s decision to not interrogate Buchanan on site. She is emphatic that she wants to do it herself.
COMMENT: Oh Miles…go do something useful with yourself…just get the hell out of the way of progress!!
2:06 A.M.
Chloe enters the hotel and sets up her laptop at the lobby bar. She calls Karen and instructs her to look up the manifest of the flight that Jack is on. Karen puts the data on a shared file so that Chloe can access it.
2:07 A.M.
Jack sits in the plane’s cargo area. Chloe calls him and explains that Karen is secretly helping her. Jack asks her to get the air marshal’s seat number and to cross examine the passenger list against Henderson.
2:08 A.M.
Chloe gives Jack the air marshal’s name and seat number.
2:09 A.M.
Jack opens up the cargo door leading to the floor of the plane’s galley. He climbs out unnoticed. Jack goes to the row where the air marshal is and sits down. He knocks the air marshal out with his elbow, then props a pillow under the man’s head to give the appearance that he is asleep. Jack takes the air marshal’s gun.
COMMENT: As always – love Jack and his flying elbows. That air marshal never new what hit him.
2:14 A.M.
Chloe gives Jack the identity of their suspect on the plane. Hans Meyer is a German connected to Henderson through Omicron.
2:15 A.M.
Jack approaches Meyer, pretending to be the air marshal. He asks him to identify his baggage because there is something suspicious. Meyer complies and follows Jack to the galley. Jack knocks him out and dumps him through the cargo door. He climbs in and shuts the door.
2:16 A.M.
Martha asks the Secret Service agent outside her bedroom why she can’t have her medication. He has been instructed not to give it to her.
COMMENT: Oh boy – Martha’s asking for her meds…she has fallen off the Pharmaceutical Wagon.
2:17 A.M.
Martha summons Novick to her room and demands her pills. She won’t say why she needs them so badly, but she is visibly upset. Novick promises to try to help her.
COMMENT: Mike needs to head to the store and GET A CLUE!!! It seems like he is a half step behind on everything today.
2:20 A.M.
Graham calls Logan, who says that Jack has not been found yet.
2:21 A.M.
Novick warns the President that Martha is agitated and wants her medication. Logan is angry and refuses. “Is there something going on that I should know about?” Novick asks pointedly. He says that Martha would not tell him anything. Logan assures him that it has nothing to do with national security and is merely a personal matter. The couple has come to the conclusion that their marriage is over. Novick apologizes, and Logan allows him to give Martha her meds.
COMMENT: Yet again the Putz is quick on his toes and comes up with a plausible (slightly) answer to appease Mike.
2:22 A.M.
Jack wakes Meyer up. Meyer insists that he has not seen Henderson in months. Jack forces him to open up his luggage.
2:23 A.M.
A man named Ross approaches Chloe in the bar. When she doesn’t respond to his advances, he retreats. Chloe calls Airport Customs and asks to speak to someone in passenger clearing.
COMMENT: Chloe in the bar – the beginning of the funniest moments of the entire hour.
2:24 A.M.
A flight attendant alerts the passengers to remain in their seats because they are expecting turbulence. She notices that someone is missing. Suddenly, the air marshal flops from his seat. An attendant notifies Cotter, the pilot, that the air marshal has been assaulted. Following procedure, Cotter tells his copilot to lock the cockpit door and prepare to reverse course.
COMMENT: It may have just been me but I loved the air marshal’s reaction when the stewardess tried to help him up. He kind of lashed out at her with an attitude like “take your hands off me I don’t need your help” even though he was sharp enough earlier to allow himself to be knocked unconscious…I enjoyed it.
2:25 A.M.
The air marshal warns the flight attendant that the man who was next to him has taken his gun.
COMMENT: Oooops – got your gun too huh? Where’s that attitude now??
2:29 A.M.
Novick brings Martha her pills. He wonders what she is hiding because he thinks both she and the President are covering something up. Martha claims that it is only marital problems.
COMMENT: Mike Novick – still sharp as a dull spoon.
2:31 A.M.
As Jack goes through his luggage, Meyer maintains that he is innocent. Chloe thinks Jack has the wrong guy because Meyers was in Customs for the last three hours. Jack feels the plane turning and he realizes that they know he is on board. He tries to open the cargo door, but he’s been sealed in.
COMMENT: Got the wrong guy?? I smell a lawsuit pending…(sorry I live in California – the land of litigation)
2:32 A.M.
The air marshal locks the cargo door and tells the flight attendant to signal the pilot. She is concerned that the passenger taken hostage could die, but the marshal is insistent.
COMMENT: That air marshal is a real piece of work…buddy you screwed up…stop taking out your frustration on everyone else…
2:33 A.M.
The cargo air starts to depressurize. If they can’t get back into the main cabin, Jack and Meyer will lose consciousness. Jack calls Chloe, who sees the security bulletin about the plane. She has Karen connect Jack to the pilot.
2:34 A.M.
As Chloe waits for Karen, Ross from the bar comes over to hit on her again. She zaps him with a stun gun and Ross passes out. Karen connects Cotter to Jack’s phone. Jack explains that he is a federal agent and needs pressure restored to cargo because it is a matter of national security. Cotter is skeptical of Jack’s claims, and he turns to his copilot, Evans. Evans doesn’t want to take a chance and advises Cotter not to obey. Cotter refuses Jack’s request.
COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA – I’m sorry…the tazer gun was hysterical! As for the pilot and his skepticism – dude, it’s Jack Bauer. Do what the man says…or there WILL be consequences.
2:35 A.M.
Jack opens up a panel, exposing cables. He takes a belt from the luggage and uses it to bend one of the cables. The plane lurches and the passengers react in horror.
COMMENT: See – consequences. Didn’t know you could control the plane from baggage. Good tip to know.
2:36 A.M.
Jack tells the pilot that he will responsible if anything happens to the plane. Cotter concedes to bring pressure back into the cargo area. He orders the flight attendant to open the cargo hatch door. Jack comes out and has the air marshal locked into the baggage area.
COMMENT: Man – that air marshal cannot BUY a break! Have fun in baggage buddy!! That will teach you to be nicer to the flight attendants next time won’t it!!
2:37 A.M.
The passengers scream when they see Jack’s gun. He wants Cotter to keep the plane in a holding pattern so that he can search it. The pilot is bound by law to land the plane as soon as possible.
COMMENT: Anytime I see anyone on an airplane wielding a weapon it makes me think of 9/11. I know that this is just TV yadda yadda yadda but still – the ideas and images are there. Just can’t shake them. It just makes me think.
2:43 A.M.
Logan panics when he learns that Jack hijacked a diplomatic flight to look for the recording. He calls Graham, who instructs him to order the plane down.
COMMENT: Bluetooth Group showing NO MERCY. The Cobra Kai would be so proud. While you’re at it – SWEEP THE LEG!!
2:44 A.M.
Karen learns about Jack’s plane being forced to land. She knows that the President will take over the plane as soon as it touches the ground and she urgently needs confirmation of that tape. Buchanan is brought into CTU in handcuffs. Karen tells Miles she will handle him.
COMMENT: All I have to say about this is …”YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS YOU ARE DEALING WITH YOU LITTLE ASS-KISSER!!” Bill pretty much summed it all up for us.
2:45 A.M.
Miles calls Novick because he is concerned about how Karen is dealing with Buchanan. Novick doesn’t have time for him, and he thinks Karen’s actions are probably necessary.
COMMENT: Miles trying the end around to get Karen screwed. Sorry buddy – no go! Mike’s best move of the hour – brushing him away like lint on his jacket.
2:47 A.M.
Miles notices that Karen has shut down the feed in the holding room. She tells Buchanan that will remain skeptical until she sees the evidence against the President. Karen briefs Buchanan about Jack’s current situation.
2:48 A.M.
Karen is interrupted by a call from Logan and Novick, who want an update on the diplomatic flight’s hijack. Logan insists that Jack is a fugitive looking to escape. He wants him taken down, dead or alive. Novick is shocked by this. Karen apprehensively agrees to the order.
2:49 A.M.
Buchanan thinks that Logan wants to stop Jack from finding the evidence. Yet Karen has no authority to prevent the plane from landing.
Novick questions the President’s decision. Logan insists that Jack has been lying to them all day.
COMMENT: Come on Karen!! Don’t go and get cold feet on us now!!!
2:54 A.M.
At the bar, Ross wakes up and Chloe stun guns him back out. She phones flight operations and asks why the copilot didn’t board the plane. She learns that he was replaced at the last minute by Evans. Chloe looks up Evans’s history and sees that he was a private pilot for Omicron.
COMMENT: HEEHEE – the re-stun! Priceless. So it’s the co-pilot…this oughta be fun.
2:55 A.M.
Chloe calls Jack with the latest discovery. She patches him into the pilot and Jack explains that Evans is connected to a known terrorist. Cotter is shocked, but doesn’t say anything out loud. He feigns a cramp in his leg and gets up from the seat. When Cotter makes a move to open the cockpit door, Evans knocks him out with a flashlight.
2:57 A.M.
Jack breaks into the cockpit and slugs Evans. He trains his gun on him and demands the recording. Evans hands it over. Jack makes him get back in the driver’s seat to land the plane. He calls Chloe and warns her that he will soon be on the ground.
COMMENT: YAY – Jack has the recording back…Maybe it’s just me but I would have tried playing a little bit of it just to make sure it’s still okay…but that’s just me. Who am I to question Jack Bauer??
2:58 A.M.
A drugged-up Martha calls Logan from her bedroom. She knows he’s a good man, but doesn’t understand why he didn’t come to her for advice. Logan counters that she has been close to a nervous breakdown for the last three years. He hangs up on her to take another call.
COMMENT: The words “drugged up Martha” can only mean one thing – PURE ENTERTAINMENT!!
2:59 A.M.
Graham knows that Jack has the recording and is controlling the plane. He picked up a call from Chloe to Karen. Graham orders the President to shoot down the plane. The only other option is for Logan to go to prison for treason and murder.
COMMENT: Shoot down the plane??? SAY WHAT???? Let the fun begin…
Questions and comments??
+ No word on Aquaman (I mean Heller)
+ Still no idea who the Bluetooth Group are…little help please…
+ No word on Aaron
+ Eventually Miles is going to screw everything up…just waiting patiently for that.
+ Is Marty going to OD?? Or in her “drugged out” condition end up spilling everything to Sherlock Holmes (i.e. Mike Novick)
+ Are we going to end up with another plane crash this year??
Tune in tonight for more Terror at 36,000 feet….34,500 ft…27,400 ft…
So on to Terror at 36,000 feet…
2:00 A.M.
Karen hears from Buchanan that Chloe is leaving and that Jack stowed away on a diplomatic plane where a passenger has the recording. Miles comes in as she is on the phone. Karen orders him to handle the Buchanan house ambush in the situation room instead of her office.
COMMENT: Nice to see Karen continue to descend into the Land of Bauer.
2:03 A.M.
Karen lets Buchanan know that he will be arrested as a suspect. She wants Chloe to contact her on a dry channel. Buchanan sends Chloe out and directs her to walk to a nearby hotel.
2:04 A.M.
The Homeland Security team knocks on Buchanan’s door. He stalls as much as possible and tells them he will only speak to Karen. Karen orders Buchanan be brought into CTU and that they set up a search for Chloe’s car.
COMMENT: Those Homeland Security dudes are just a bunch of laughs huh?? That disheveled shirt really threw them Bill…Nice!
2:05 A.M.
Miles has reservations about Karen’s decision to not interrogate Buchanan on site. She is emphatic that she wants to do it herself.
COMMENT: Oh Miles…go do something useful with yourself…just get the hell out of the way of progress!!
2:06 A.M.
Chloe enters the hotel and sets up her laptop at the lobby bar. She calls Karen and instructs her to look up the manifest of the flight that Jack is on. Karen puts the data on a shared file so that Chloe can access it.
2:07 A.M.
Jack sits in the plane’s cargo area. Chloe calls him and explains that Karen is secretly helping her. Jack asks her to get the air marshal’s seat number and to cross examine the passenger list against Henderson.
2:08 A.M.
Chloe gives Jack the air marshal’s name and seat number.
2:09 A.M.
Jack opens up the cargo door leading to the floor of the plane’s galley. He climbs out unnoticed. Jack goes to the row where the air marshal is and sits down. He knocks the air marshal out with his elbow, then props a pillow under the man’s head to give the appearance that he is asleep. Jack takes the air marshal’s gun.
COMMENT: As always – love Jack and his flying elbows. That air marshal never new what hit him.
2:14 A.M.
Chloe gives Jack the identity of their suspect on the plane. Hans Meyer is a German connected to Henderson through Omicron.
2:15 A.M.
Jack approaches Meyer, pretending to be the air marshal. He asks him to identify his baggage because there is something suspicious. Meyer complies and follows Jack to the galley. Jack knocks him out and dumps him through the cargo door. He climbs in and shuts the door.
2:16 A.M.
Martha asks the Secret Service agent outside her bedroom why she can’t have her medication. He has been instructed not to give it to her.
COMMENT: Oh boy – Martha’s asking for her meds…she has fallen off the Pharmaceutical Wagon.
2:17 A.M.
Martha summons Novick to her room and demands her pills. She won’t say why she needs them so badly, but she is visibly upset. Novick promises to try to help her.
COMMENT: Mike needs to head to the store and GET A CLUE!!! It seems like he is a half step behind on everything today.
2:20 A.M.
Graham calls Logan, who says that Jack has not been found yet.
2:21 A.M.
Novick warns the President that Martha is agitated and wants her medication. Logan is angry and refuses. “Is there something going on that I should know about?” Novick asks pointedly. He says that Martha would not tell him anything. Logan assures him that it has nothing to do with national security and is merely a personal matter. The couple has come to the conclusion that their marriage is over. Novick apologizes, and Logan allows him to give Martha her meds.
COMMENT: Yet again the Putz is quick on his toes and comes up with a plausible (slightly) answer to appease Mike.
2:22 A.M.
Jack wakes Meyer up. Meyer insists that he has not seen Henderson in months. Jack forces him to open up his luggage.
2:23 A.M.
A man named Ross approaches Chloe in the bar. When she doesn’t respond to his advances, he retreats. Chloe calls Airport Customs and asks to speak to someone in passenger clearing.
COMMENT: Chloe in the bar – the beginning of the funniest moments of the entire hour.
2:24 A.M.
A flight attendant alerts the passengers to remain in their seats because they are expecting turbulence. She notices that someone is missing. Suddenly, the air marshal flops from his seat. An attendant notifies Cotter, the pilot, that the air marshal has been assaulted. Following procedure, Cotter tells his copilot to lock the cockpit door and prepare to reverse course.
COMMENT: It may have just been me but I loved the air marshal’s reaction when the stewardess tried to help him up. He kind of lashed out at her with an attitude like “take your hands off me I don’t need your help” even though he was sharp enough earlier to allow himself to be knocked unconscious…I enjoyed it.
2:25 A.M.
The air marshal warns the flight attendant that the man who was next to him has taken his gun.
COMMENT: Oooops – got your gun too huh? Where’s that attitude now??
2:29 A.M.
Novick brings Martha her pills. He wonders what she is hiding because he thinks both she and the President are covering something up. Martha claims that it is only marital problems.
COMMENT: Mike Novick – still sharp as a dull spoon.
2:31 A.M.
As Jack goes through his luggage, Meyer maintains that he is innocent. Chloe thinks Jack has the wrong guy because Meyers was in Customs for the last three hours. Jack feels the plane turning and he realizes that they know he is on board. He tries to open the cargo door, but he’s been sealed in.
COMMENT: Got the wrong guy?? I smell a lawsuit pending…(sorry I live in California – the land of litigation)
2:32 A.M.
The air marshal locks the cargo door and tells the flight attendant to signal the pilot. She is concerned that the passenger taken hostage could die, but the marshal is insistent.
COMMENT: That air marshal is a real piece of work…buddy you screwed up…stop taking out your frustration on everyone else…
2:33 A.M.
The cargo air starts to depressurize. If they can’t get back into the main cabin, Jack and Meyer will lose consciousness. Jack calls Chloe, who sees the security bulletin about the plane. She has Karen connect Jack to the pilot.
2:34 A.M.
As Chloe waits for Karen, Ross from the bar comes over to hit on her again. She zaps him with a stun gun and Ross passes out. Karen connects Cotter to Jack’s phone. Jack explains that he is a federal agent and needs pressure restored to cargo because it is a matter of national security. Cotter is skeptical of Jack’s claims, and he turns to his copilot, Evans. Evans doesn’t want to take a chance and advises Cotter not to obey. Cotter refuses Jack’s request.
COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA – I’m sorry…the tazer gun was hysterical! As for the pilot and his skepticism – dude, it’s Jack Bauer. Do what the man says…or there WILL be consequences.
2:35 A.M.
Jack opens up a panel, exposing cables. He takes a belt from the luggage and uses it to bend one of the cables. The plane lurches and the passengers react in horror.
COMMENT: See – consequences. Didn’t know you could control the plane from baggage. Good tip to know.
2:36 A.M.
Jack tells the pilot that he will responsible if anything happens to the plane. Cotter concedes to bring pressure back into the cargo area. He orders the flight attendant to open the cargo hatch door. Jack comes out and has the air marshal locked into the baggage area.
COMMENT: Man – that air marshal cannot BUY a break! Have fun in baggage buddy!! That will teach you to be nicer to the flight attendants next time won’t it!!
2:37 A.M.
The passengers scream when they see Jack’s gun. He wants Cotter to keep the plane in a holding pattern so that he can search it. The pilot is bound by law to land the plane as soon as possible.
COMMENT: Anytime I see anyone on an airplane wielding a weapon it makes me think of 9/11. I know that this is just TV yadda yadda yadda but still – the ideas and images are there. Just can’t shake them. It just makes me think.
2:43 A.M.
Logan panics when he learns that Jack hijacked a diplomatic flight to look for the recording. He calls Graham, who instructs him to order the plane down.
COMMENT: Bluetooth Group showing NO MERCY. The Cobra Kai would be so proud. While you’re at it – SWEEP THE LEG!!
2:44 A.M.
Karen learns about Jack’s plane being forced to land. She knows that the President will take over the plane as soon as it touches the ground and she urgently needs confirmation of that tape. Buchanan is brought into CTU in handcuffs. Karen tells Miles she will handle him.
COMMENT: All I have to say about this is …”YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS YOU ARE DEALING WITH YOU LITTLE ASS-KISSER!!” Bill pretty much summed it all up for us.
2:45 A.M.
Miles calls Novick because he is concerned about how Karen is dealing with Buchanan. Novick doesn’t have time for him, and he thinks Karen’s actions are probably necessary.
COMMENT: Miles trying the end around to get Karen screwed. Sorry buddy – no go! Mike’s best move of the hour – brushing him away like lint on his jacket.
2:47 A.M.
Miles notices that Karen has shut down the feed in the holding room. She tells Buchanan that will remain skeptical until she sees the evidence against the President. Karen briefs Buchanan about Jack’s current situation.
2:48 A.M.
Karen is interrupted by a call from Logan and Novick, who want an update on the diplomatic flight’s hijack. Logan insists that Jack is a fugitive looking to escape. He wants him taken down, dead or alive. Novick is shocked by this. Karen apprehensively agrees to the order.
2:49 A.M.
Buchanan thinks that Logan wants to stop Jack from finding the evidence. Yet Karen has no authority to prevent the plane from landing.
Novick questions the President’s decision. Logan insists that Jack has been lying to them all day.
COMMENT: Come on Karen!! Don’t go and get cold feet on us now!!!
2:54 A.M.
At the bar, Ross wakes up and Chloe stun guns him back out. She phones flight operations and asks why the copilot didn’t board the plane. She learns that he was replaced at the last minute by Evans. Chloe looks up Evans’s history and sees that he was a private pilot for Omicron.
COMMENT: HEEHEE – the re-stun! Priceless. So it’s the co-pilot…this oughta be fun.
2:55 A.M.
Chloe calls Jack with the latest discovery. She patches him into the pilot and Jack explains that Evans is connected to a known terrorist. Cotter is shocked, but doesn’t say anything out loud. He feigns a cramp in his leg and gets up from the seat. When Cotter makes a move to open the cockpit door, Evans knocks him out with a flashlight.
2:57 A.M.
Jack breaks into the cockpit and slugs Evans. He trains his gun on him and demands the recording. Evans hands it over. Jack makes him get back in the driver’s seat to land the plane. He calls Chloe and warns her that he will soon be on the ground.
COMMENT: YAY – Jack has the recording back…Maybe it’s just me but I would have tried playing a little bit of it just to make sure it’s still okay…but that’s just me. Who am I to question Jack Bauer??
2:58 A.M.
A drugged-up Martha calls Logan from her bedroom. She knows he’s a good man, but doesn’t understand why he didn’t come to her for advice. Logan counters that she has been close to a nervous breakdown for the last three years. He hangs up on her to take another call.
COMMENT: The words “drugged up Martha” can only mean one thing – PURE ENTERTAINMENT!!
2:59 A.M.
Graham knows that Jack has the recording and is controlling the plane. He picked up a call from Chloe to Karen. Graham orders the President to shoot down the plane. The only other option is for Logan to go to prison for treason and murder.
COMMENT: Shoot down the plane??? SAY WHAT???? Let the fun begin…
Questions and comments??
+ No word on Aquaman (I mean Heller)
+ Still no idea who the Bluetooth Group are…little help please…
+ No word on Aaron
+ Eventually Miles is going to screw everything up…just waiting patiently for that.
+ Is Marty going to OD?? Or in her “drugged out” condition end up spilling everything to Sherlock Holmes (i.e. Mike Novick)
+ Are we going to end up with another plane crash this year??
Tune in tonight for more Terror at 36,000 feet….34,500 ft…27,400 ft…
Monday, May 01, 2006
24 News and Notes / 1am-2am
First off let me apologize for taking this long to get to this. It’s been nothing but laziness on my part. I actually enjoyed the episode a lot and had a lot to say about it as it was happening but for some strange reason I couldn’t find the time during the week to put fingers to keyboard and type out my re-cap/reaction. Suddenly I realized that tonight is that night and I can’t fall behind so it was time to get to it…Thanks for your patience. I hope you have enjoyed what you’ve been reading this season. Don’t know how many of you there are out there but even if there is just one of you – it’s worth it.
With that – off we go…
1:00 A.M.
Jack stabilizes Audrey’s bleeding. A phone rings inside the hangar and Jack realizes it is coming from one of the dead agents. Heller is on the line, and he tells Jack that Logan refused to resign after receiving a call from Henderson. They failed to get Logan because Heller betrayed Jack.
COMMENT: Nice effort getting that bleeding stopped. Couldn’t really tell how much blood Audrey lost because she always looks white as a ghost. She’s a trooper though…digging that coat (not)…doesn’t she have something a little less – fuzzy? Just a reminder folks – don’t betray Jack. Only bad things can come of it.
1:02 A.M.
Jack calls Buchanan, who is with Chloe. She thinks she can use CTU’s satellite to find Henderson even though it will make her more vulnerable to being found. Chloe barks orders to Buchanan as he sets up his desktop computer.
COMMENT: Hee hee – loved watching Chloe ordering Buchanan around (apologetically) and ripping on his home computer. She’s the best (yes – I finally get it)
1:05 A.M.
Jack loads Audrey into the police car that he stole from the bank shoot out.
1:06 A.M.
Henderson lets Logan know that he has not killed Jack. He also did not destroy the tape because he wants it as protection in case something happens to him, citing Cummings’ “suicide.” Logan reminds him that he was the one who deemed that death necessary.
COMMENT: Mystery solved…So Cummings didn’t actually kill himself…nice bit of info to discover there. That makes my wife something like 47-for-47 in predicting plot twists this season. It’s a heck of a streak she has going. She’s quite good…
1:07 A.M.
Chloe notifies Jack that she found Henderson on the satellite and that he is not far from him. Jack speeds up and turns off his headlights.
COMMENT: She found him?? How convenient for everyone. I’m not even going to speculate on the whole thing because with our technology today – there’s probably someone somewhere sitting there watching me type this up for you…well maybe not live but they could be…scary.
1:08 A.M.
When his car is just behind Henderson, Jack turns on the headlights. Henderson is blinded and swerves. Jack drives him off the road. Henderson crashes into an outdoor nursery. He gets out and shoots, but the police car protects Jack and Audrey.
COMMENT: An outdoor nursery?? Come on! How about flies 100ft down an embankment driving head on into a tree?? Wouldn’t allow for the gunfight and the inevitable Jack-Henderson mini-showdown….of course.
1:09 A.M.
Jack returns fire. Henderson is out of ammo and tries to run, but Jack threatens to shoot him. Henderson says that if he dies, Heller will be killed too. His men have been tracking Heller from the retreat and will take him out if Henderson doesn’t contact them every fifteen minutes. A startled Audrey hears this. Jack has Henderson handcuff himself.
COMMENT: Henderson’s got all the angles covered eh?? Exactly how many men does Henderson have??? They are everywhere…Heller and the Big Red Dot…this should be interesting.
1:10 A.M.
Jack asks Chloe to patch him through to Heller and trace him on the satellite. She sends the feed to his PDA. Heller confirms for Jack that there is a helicopter above him and that there is a laser sight trained on him.
COMMENT: Loved him looking out the windows and spotting the helicopter…the Big Red Dot was a nice touch as well…and for the record – I’ve got to get me one of those super PDA’s Jack is using…good stuff.
1:11 A.M.
Henderson knows that Jack won’t let Heller die, and he demands to be released. Heller hears Henderson over the phone and refuses to let Jack choose him over the tape. Heller takes responsibility because he didn’t obey him earlier. “I will not allow Logan and Henderson to use me as a pawn,” Heller says. He drives his car off a cliff and lands in a lake. As the car descends into the water, the helicopter retreats.
COMMENT: SAY WHAT???? Heller just launched himself off a cliff and into a lake??? Henderson crashes into a bale of hay in a nursery and Heller drives into a LAKE?? Whoa…I thought another shoot out was possible but didn’t see the swan dive happening. The best comparison I read about this…Heller suddenly morphed into Toonces the Driving Cat before our eyes…would love to take credit for the line but its not mine…but DAMN funny.
1:12 A.M.
Jack sees the car plummet on his PDA. He lunges at Henderson, blaming his thirst for power on the deaths of two real patriots -- Palmer and Heller. “What happened to you?” Jack asks in exasperation as he raises his gun. Henderson doesn’t have the tape recording and he won’t tell him where it is. Audrey encourages Jack to kill him. Jack punches Henderson instead.
COMMENT: Someone should help Audrey clean up the venom dripping from her fangs…whoa – she went to the dark side there once her Dad took one for the team.
1:18 A.M.
Logan phones a power broker named Graham, who is surrounded by other men at computer stations. Logan wants to “cancel the action” against Henderson because the tape will be released if he is killed. Graham warns the President that Martha is suspicious and that Agent Pierce is feeding her information. Logan wants to handle his wife on his own.
COMMENT: Okay – who the heck are these guys?? No explanation AT ALL?? Come on writers – throw us a bone…or some scraps from the table…I expect that all will be revealed but who wants to wait for that to happen?? From this point forward they will be known as the Bluetooth Group (anyone who doesn’t get the joke – let me know).
1:19 A.M.
Martha questions another agent why Pierce was transferred in the middle of the night.
1:20 A.M.
Another Secret Service agent explains to Martha that it is a “sensitive issue” and that her husband wants to see her. The agent ushers her into a dimly lit room and locks her in. No one is in there and the phones do not work. Martha panics.
COMMENT: Oh dear…Marty is freaking out.
1:21 A.M.
Audrey is determined to get that tape and expose Logan in order to avenge what happened to her father. Jack thinks Henderson might have handed the tape off to someone before he captured him. He has Chloe check the satellite’s history and she finds that a car met Henderson. The car then returned back to the tarmac of the Van Nuys Airport near a plane that is preparing to take off.
1:22 A.M.
Jack asks Buchanan to have Curtis pick up Audrey and Henderson from the nursery. Although Jack wants to wait with Audrey, she begs him to go so that her father did not die in vain.
COMMENT: Less than a ½ hour ago she was bleeding and minutes from death and now she’s the brave soldier telling Jack to go on without her…pretty impressive if you ask me.
1:23 A.M.
Jack relents and gives Audrey a gun. Henderson is unconscious and bound. Since Henderson’s men will probably come looking for him, Jack warns her to not take calls so that they can’t trace her. He kisses her cheek, saying that he doesn’t feel right about leaving her. She urges him to get the tape back. “I will,” he says confidently.
COMMENT: Wait a sec there Jack!! He is completely responsible for her father’s untimely death yet you are leaving her alone with him with a gun?? Not the best idea in the world – unless you want to see Henderson shot full of holes. Would that be so bad?? Nah – we need a big Jack-Henderson throw down in the final hours.
1:29 A.M.
Karen voices her concern to Miles. They haven’t heard anything even though they gave Jack’s location to the President an hour ago. She is suspicious, but Miles brushes this off. Karen and Miles are alerted that Chloe escaped from the holding room after having a conversation with Shari. Karen orders Miles to find Chloe by tracing her use of CTU resources. They are sure she will try to contact Jack.
COMMENT: Quick recap – Karen good. Miles – TAZER candidate. It was hysterical (for me) watching Karen give Miles the “yeah – whatever” line when he was babbling about the way he could catch Chloe. I so dislike the man (but I think that’s what the writers had in mind)…
1:30 A.M.
Shari is brought to Karen’s office and she explains that Chloe threatened to send her for a psychiatric evaluation. Shari says that Chloe claimed Logan was framing Jack and was responsible for Palmer’s assassination. This news seems to confirm the doubts that Karen’s been feeling.
COMMENT: See – told you it wouldn’t take long before Shari shared the news about Logan. Nice to see Karen doing the grade school math and putting 2 and 2 together.
1:31 A.M.
Martha pounds on the locked door and Logan comes to see her. He tells her that he had Pierce transferred back to Washington. Logan admits that he never authorized the murder of Palmer, but someone who works for him was the shooter. Martha lashes out at him and can’t believe what she’s hearing. Logan implores her to stop asking questions or talking about this to other people. If his duplicity was exposed, it would be traumatic for the nation and lessen their credibility worldwide. He begs her to keep it a secret. “You’ve broken my heart,” she says. “I look at you and I hate you.” Although she cannot forgive him, she agrees to keep her mouth shut so that the American people won’t have to suffer.
COMMENT: WOW – Chuck spilled it to Marty. Didn’t think that would happen for a little while longer. Don’t know about you but I was a bit disappointed by Marty’s response. I expected a kick to the groin or at least a slap to the face. Oh well – maybe that will come later…I can hope right?
1:40 A.M.
Graham convinces his three other conspirators to push through any doubts they have. Logan calls Graham and tells him that he will send Martha back to an institution if she doesn’t keep quiet. Graham articulates a veiled threat to Logan to control the situation.
COMMENT: So the Bluetooth Group is making threats to the President?? Okie…please explain yourselves!!! We need to know who and what you are…and what the big picture is for you all…spill it!
1:42 A.M.
Henderson tries to convince Audrey to call for help because her father might have survived the crash. She is well aware that the only reason he wants her to do that is so his people can find them.
COMMENT: SHOOT HIM IN THE KNEE AUDREY!!! NOW!!! You know you want to…Henderson needs to just shut his trap...but points to the man for the effort. Wow – no gunshots…aw man!
1:44 A.M.
Jack pulls up outside the airfield security gate and sees a private jet in the distance with a lot of security around it. He gets a call from Chloe, who informs him that the chopper following Heller is now headed toward Audrey. Curtis has not arrived there yet.
1:45 A.M.
Jack calls Audrey and urges her to get out of the nursery, but she refuses to leave the man who caused her father to die. The helicopter lands outside. She puts down the phone and trains the gun on Henderson, but she can’t shoot him.
COMMENT: Still no shooting…dang!
1:46 A.M.
As Audrey runs deeper into the building, Henderson’s men arrive and cut him free. He orders them to kill her. Audrey is rescued by Curtis. His tac team captures Henderson and takes down the gunmen. Audrey calls Jack and tells him the good news. Jack instructs Curtis to bring them back to CTU. No one else should have access to Henderson.
COMMENT: Hmmm – tricky move by Curtis. Nice effort by his team taking out the bad guys. How many more of them are there?? Only time will tell.
1:47 A.M.
Jack calls Buchanan. Chloe has learned that the jet is a diplomatic flight and is scheduled to leave at 2:00 a.m. She is having trouble breaching the State Department’s firewall to check the passenger list.
1:48 A.M.
Jack sees a fuel truck driving through the airfield gate. Unnoticed, he runs up and grabs the back ladder. He climbs to the top and lays flat as it enters into the secured area.
COMMENT: I guess this is one of those “special” trucks that they only check underneath but not on top. Maybe it was the ladder that goes up there that threw them off…COME ON writers!!! The LEAST you can do for us is have him have to do something a little more interesting than climb on top of the truck to get in…perhaps I’m asking too much. More likely I should just be quiet and enjoy the show…I choose door #2.
1:53 A.M.
Once on the tarmac, Jack jumps onto another truck. He gets a call from Buchanan, who cannot delay the plane. Chloe isn’t having any luck obtaining the passenger list either.
1:55 A.M.
Miles finally locates Chloe’s remote access at Buchanan’s house. He doesn’t know why she would be tapping into the State Department’s database. Miles dispatches a tac team that is in the area to get her.
COMMENT: Miles found her. He’s SOOOOO smart. He’s my hero…Warm up the TAZER!!!
1:56 A.M.
Karen calls Novick and asks why her orders have switched from Gardner to the President. Novick admits that he doesn’t know what the secret evidence is against Jack because Logan has been keeping his own counsel. “It’s been a strange night,” Novick sighs. They both have suspicions but are afraid to express them.
COMMENT: Welcome to the show Mike. Nice of you to join us…come on man!! Grow a set and make something happen. Something is afoot at the Circle K.
1:57 A.M.
Karen looks up Buchanan’s home number and calls him from her cell. She warns him to get Chloe out because Miles has traced her there. Karen acknowledges that she made a mistake, but things started to make sense when Shari told her what Chloe said about Logan’s involvement.
COMMENT: Alright Karen!!! Nice effort. Looks like she is on board the Bauer express.
1:58 A.M.
Although Buchanan urges her to leave, Chloe won’t stop working because Jack needs the passenger list.
1:59 A.M.
On the tarmac, Jack sees workers load baggage into the underbelly of the plane. He sneaks into the cargo door before it shuts. The plane revs its engines preparing for takeoff.
COMMENT: He’s dressed like the Unibomber running around an airport at night and he manages to climb on board an airplane. Sure that wasn’t and Invisibility Cloak he was wearing. Whatever – we’re taking the party up to 35,000 feet. This should be interesting…and thanks to my lagging you only have to wait anywhere from 4-7hrs (depending on where you are)to find out some answers.
Questions and Concerns
+ Is Heller really dead??
+ Is Aaron really on his way back to DC?
+ Will Chloe manage to make her escape from Buchanan’s?
+ Are we going to have to deal with another plane crash??
+ Will Audrey ever get her revenge on Henderson??
+ Who exactly is the Bluetooth Group?
Enjoy the show.
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