Everyone's favorite activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested tonight before the President's State of the Union speech. Apparently she was wearing an anti-war tee shirt and she refused to cover it up when she was asked.
Good stuff!
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Daily Slice O' Life
It's been one hell of a day. Some highlights -
+ Months of partisan battles finally came to end as Judge Sam Alito was sworn into the Supreme Court. What does this mean for the civil rights of John and Jane Q. Public?? I'm not totally sure but things don't look particularly good from up here in the cheap seats. We can only hope he doesn't add any more coal to the steam engine dragging us back into the Dark Ages. Would it be ironic if I said let's all pray this doesn't happen??
+ Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died Monday night in Baja California, Mexico. She was 78.
+ King George was at it again delivering his State of the Union address this evening. End our oil "addiction" ?? Did Rover come up with that one?? Wonder what all of his buddies in the oil business think of the "addiction" plan?? Funny how now its time for us to end our addiction to oil after Exxon ended up with RECORD profits this year somewhere in the range of $36 BILLION dollars. Yep - $36 billion! *shaking my head*
+ Oscar nominations were announced this morning bright and early. As expected, Brokeback Mountain led the way with 8 nominations. Now comes the fun part - trying to see all the Best Picture nominees in the next 5 weeks. That should be fun.
+ Months of partisan battles finally came to end as Judge Sam Alito was sworn into the Supreme Court. What does this mean for the civil rights of John and Jane Q. Public?? I'm not totally sure but things don't look particularly good from up here in the cheap seats. We can only hope he doesn't add any more coal to the steam engine dragging us back into the Dark Ages. Would it be ironic if I said let's all pray this doesn't happen??
+ Coretta Scott King, widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died Monday night in Baja California, Mexico. She was 78.
+ King George was at it again delivering his State of the Union address this evening. End our oil "addiction" ?? Did Rover come up with that one?? Wonder what all of his buddies in the oil business think of the "addiction" plan?? Funny how now its time for us to end our addiction to oil after Exxon ended up with RECORD profits this year somewhere in the range of $36 BILLION dollars. Yep - $36 billion! *shaking my head*
+ Oscar nominations were announced this morning bright and early. As expected, Brokeback Mountain led the way with 8 nominations. Now comes the fun part - trying to see all the Best Picture nominees in the next 5 weeks. That should be fun.
24 News and Notes / 12pm-1pm
Hour number 6...and off we go.
12:00 P.M.
Buchanan and McGill are hesitant to arrest Cummings. Jack intends to go directly to Novick, who can be trusted. Since Jack no longer works there, the plan won’t backfire on CTU. McGill gives in with the stipulation that Jack doesn’t make this revenge for Palmer’s death.
COMMENT: Not sure how many times they are going to have to “remind” us that Jack no longer works for CTU. We’ve got it! He can do whatever he pleases….He’s Jack Bauer!!
12:02 P.M.
Audrey apologizes to Jack for being so distant. It will take time for her to get used to seeing him alive.
COMMENT: Don’t know what it is…It’s like some sort of Bizarro 24 so far…first I’m starting to like Chloe…now Audrey. Who’s next?? Kim?
12:03 P.M.
Cummings cannot confirm whether Jack is dead, but Nathanson says that the nerve gas is on its way to the port.
COMMENT: What’s there to confirm?? It’s Jack Bauer…he’s not dead!
12:04 P.M.
The yellow tie man and an accomplice named Schaeffer arrange shipping the canisters to Moscow.
12:05 P.M.
Logan is furious that Martha hasn’t been found yet. He is shown a video made by the terrorists to show how the nerve gas causes permanent nerve damage within minutes. Yet the nerve gas stolen from the airport is far more lethal than the one in the video. Novick excuses himself when he gets a text message from Jack. Cummings watches him nervously, wondering if it’s news of Jack’s death.
COMMENT: Kinda fun watching Logan melt down on a regular basis. What do you think this guys blood pressure is??? Fun stuff watching the nerve gas take effect…glad I wasn’t eating dinner or anything…*yeck*…suffice it to say the nerve gas is “not good”.
12:06 P.M.
Novick calls back Jack, who says he has a lead on the nerve gas but that he wants it kept secret from the President. Novick is alarmed when Jack adds that it concerns Cummings. Novick agrees to meet him.
COMMENT: The walls are closing in on our good buddy Walt. Couldn’t be happening to a nicer guy.
12:07 P.M.
Jack tells Diane and Derek that he needs to stay on to help CTU. Diane knows that Jack isn’t coming back to her, and she asks if it’s because of Audrey. Jack says that he is still in love with Audrey even though he doesn’t know if she feels the same way. He kisses Diane goodbye.
COMMENT: Bye Diane. Thanks for helping Jack out. We all appreciate it. Nice knowing you. Have a nice life. I’m done with her….So Jack still loves Audrey. Cool.
12:09 P.M.
Cummings and Nathanson listen to the playback of Jack and Novick’s phone conversation. Nathanson blames Cummings for not getting the job done inside CTU. He orders Cummings to kill Jack when he comes to the retreat.
COMMENT: So the bad guys are tapped in to all the phone lines at the retreat…that can’t be good.
12:14 P.M.
Secret Service Agent Pierce finds Martha in the stables on the property. She pleads with him to help her because they are setting her up. She says that someone inside the Administration is trying to shut her up because she knows the truth. The other agents come in to apprehend her.
COMMENT: Nice to know Marty is safe.
12:17 P.M.
Inside the freight unit container, Schaeffer secretly attaches a handheld device to the canisters and triggers an unlock code. He exits the container and bumps into the yellow tie man. Schaeffer tells him that he only was securing the canisters, but yellow tie man is suspicious.
12:18 P.M.
Diane asks Audrey if she still has feelings for Jack. Audrey is shocked to learn that Jack still loves her. “If you don’t love him, let him go,” Diane cautions.
COMMENT: Diane why can’t you just shut your trap!!!!! Audrey finds out Jack loves her from you????? Come ON! If you don’t love him, let him go? Oh please….
12:19 P.M.
Audrey calls Jack. She wants to know if he is coming back to her. Jack doesn’t know what he will do next. “I never stopped loving you, not for one second,” he says.
COMMENT: Not very good timing for this call….but nice that everything is out on the table.
12:20 P.M.
Agent Pierce lets Logan know that they found Martha. Pierce tries to tell the President about Martha’s claims. Logan brushes this off as “conspiracy theories.”
COMMENT: President Putz…IN ACTION!
12:21 P.M.
Logan wonders whether sending Martha away is the right solution. Cummings lets him know that Jack is coming to the retreat to meet with Novick. Jack plans to accuse Cummings of helping the terrorists acquire the nerve gas. Cummings then confesses to the President that he leaked information to the terrorists about the location of the nerve gas. Logan is outraged, but Cummings’ intent was to make the separatists think they will use it against the Russians. The nerve gas will never reach Russian soil because detonators will be triggered once the terrorists landed at their home base. This would prove the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Central Asia. It will allow America to increase its military presence in the area and guarantee the flow of oil.
COMMENT: HOLY %#@& he just confessed everything.
12:23 P.M.
Logan calls Cummings a traitor for jeopardizing the country and going behind his back. He then realizes that Cummings gave the order to have Palmer killed. “That was an unfortunate, but necessary intervention,” Cummings explains. Logan demands that the operation be stopped, but it is too late because the man Cummings has working inside went dark. Cummings charges that if things don’t play out, Logan will be implicated and his Presidency will be destroyed. Logan is trapped.
COMMENT: HOLY %$@& Cummings managed to implicate President Putz… although I liked how Logan freaked on him…this is going to be very interesting.
12:29 P.M.
Novick meets Jack in secrecy, but a helicopter appears overhead and the agents order Jack to surrender. Novick swears that he didn’t tell anyone, and he yells to the Secret Service to stand down. The agents are under order from the President to arrest Jack. They handcuff him.
12:31 P.M.
With Jack now in custody, he was prevented from telling Novick anything. Cummings will make it look like Jack was leaking information of national security to Novick. Logan considers that others at CTU are aware of what Jack knows, but Cummings covered his bases so that the nerve gas explosion can’t be traced back to them. Logan demands assurance that the canisters will be destroyed before reaching Russian soil. Cummings wants the President to grant him the authority to remove CTU from the investigation. Logan helplessly gives him the power.
COMMENT: The Putz is actually going to go along with all this just to protect his Presidency….Damn he is spineless!
12:33 P.M.
Martha tries contacting Logan, but he ignores her.
The Secret Service brings Jack and Novick to the main building of the retreat. Agent Pierce makes eye contact with Jack, and questions an underling why Jack was arrested. The agent says that Cummings directed it.
COMMENT: It may have been just a look but - Welcome to the party Agent Aaron Pierce. Glad to have you on board Team Bauer!
12:34 P.M.
CTU is confused when it is pulled off the terrorist investigation. The President won’t take McGill’s call, and both Jack and Novick are unreachable. Buchanan senses that something is wrong and he suggests they disregard the order. McGill refuses, and Buchanan demeans his experience and says that is because he doesn’t know any better. McGill calmly asks Buchanan to step outside. Buchanan apologies to McGill for being out of line, but he still stands by his recommendation. Buchanan advises him to make decisions faster. They need to do everything they can to stop the terrorists. McGill agrees to disregard the White House order.
COMMENT: Great scene between the Hobbit and Bill. Bravo to McGill for listening to reason and disregarding the order…Division seems to have sent someone over with a brain. How refreshing.
12:35 P.M.
Evelyn packs for the First Lady. Martha wonders aloud what happened with her relationship with Logan. She used to be his closest confidante.
12:36 P.M.
Agent Pierce comes in the holding room to move Jack to a detention facility. Jack tries appealing to Pierce’s friendship with Palmer. He explains that Palmer was killed because he was about to expose Cummings of helping the terrorists attack. It was Cummings who ordered the assassination of Palmer. Pierce says that the First Lady also believes someone inside the Administration was involved. Jack implores him to protect the President because a coup d’etat is going on. Jack begs Pierce for help.
12:43 P.M.
Pierce has a subordinate agent radio in that Jack has escaped.
12:44 P.M.
Cummings gets word that CTU hasn’t stopped working on the terrorist crisis. He urges the President to call McGill off. Suddenly, Pierce enters with Jack. Jack accuses Cummings of working against the country. Cummings tries to flee but Jack pummels him. Logan urges Pierce to intervene, but Pierce says he is only protecting the President. Jack lays out all of Cummings’ crimes, including leaking the nerve gas and the killing of Palmer. “I know about that,” Logan explains to Jack’s horror. Jack draws a knife to Cummings’ face and threatens to cut out each eye in order to get him to confess where the nerve gas is. Knowing Jack’s penchant for torture, Cummings gives up that the nerve gas is hidden on a boat from Long Beach.
COMMENT: Keep pummeling him Jack!! Hit him again!!! Great scene all the way around!! Cutting out his eyes?? Hmmm – that’s a new one.
12:45 P.M.
Jack calls Buchanan and puts Logan on speaker phone. He lays out the details of the shipment. Logan confirms for Buchanan that CTU should take lead on the investigation.
12:46 P.M.
Jack places his badge on the table and offers to turn himself in to the authorities. Pierce does the same. Logan orders Pierce to take back his shield and get Cummings out of his sight.
COMMENT: A very cool scene…nice to see how noble both Jack and Agent Pierce are…and nice move by Logan. Geez – never thought I would ever write that…
12:47 P.M.
Logan explains to Jack how he was coerced. Cummings had lied to him and said it was too late. Yet the international issues from the previous year are still pressing. “The fact that you’re alive presents problems for both of us,” Logan says. Jack’s only intention was to find Palmer’s killer. He wants to see the terrorist threat through, but promises to disappear once it’s done. Logan is satisfied, and then shakes his hand, thanking him.
COMMENT: NOOOO – you can’t send Jack off again…An observation – the scenes between Jack and Logan are so vastly inferior to those of him with Palmer. It’s kinda sad…but what did I expect?
12:53 P.M.
Evelyn puts Martha in a car, but a Secret Service agent stops her before she can drive off. Logan comes to retrieve her, and tells her that she was right about the conspiracy. He explains that Cummings lied to him and convinced him to send her to the clinic. She is still angry that Logan went along with it. Logan is pulled away by an aide, and he kisses his wife softly on the cheek.
COMMENT: OH MAN – Marty is pissed! Something tells me we haven’t heard the last from First Lady Marty.
12:55 P.M.
Chloe finds information on the only ship leaving for Central Asia. Edgar narrows down which container the nerve gas could be in.
12:56 P.M.
Buchanan sends Jack an image of the yellow tie man, whose real name is Ivan Erwich. He was a chemical engineer who joined his country’s separatist movement. Buchanan wants Jack to ID him for the strike team.
COMMENT: Thank God – a name. Now we can all stop calling him yellow tie man….that was getting OLD. Any of you X-Files fans out there recognize the actor playing Erwich?? Yep – Mark Sheppard guest starred in an episode titled “Fire” where he had the ability to make himself and things around him burst into flames…Good times!!!
12:57 P.M.
CTU and the President watch the feed from the strike team at the port. The gas mask-wearing agents raid the container. They find a dead Schaeffer. The canisters are gone from their holding bins.
COMMENT: Oh dear – so much for wrapping things up in 5 hours….
12:58 P.M.
Jack has Cummings brought back in to see the video. Cummings swears that he doesn’t know what happened to the canisters. Cummings identifies Schaeffer as his inside man. “They must know,” Cummings says.
COMMENT: Walt – what the hell have you done now????? Can someone have Jack pummel him again?
12:59 P.M.
Cummings’ cell phone rings, and he sees that it’s Schaeffer’s number. Jack has CTU monitor the call and he makes Cummings answer. It’s Erwich, the yellow tie man, who says that Schaeffer confessed everything. Cummings tells Erwich that this was an unsanctioned act and that no one else, including the President, was involved. “Your country is about to pay a very steep price,” Erwich warns.
So now what???
Observations and Questions –
+ Jack and Audrey?? Do we want them back together?? The magic 8Ball says “Yes!”
+ The Gang at CTU - they seem to all be playing nice. Digging the Hobbit!
+ How the hell are they going to find Crazy Ivan and the Nerve Gas?
+ What does First Lady Marty have up her sleeve?? I don’t see her going away quietly.
+ When will Tony regain consciousness? And when he does – who will pay??
+ When will Brother Wayne return to the story? You’d think he’d be looking for some sort of update by now.
+ An episode where Edgar didn’t whine?? WOW – I’m impressed.
+ Diane - don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Sorry people – I just don’t like her (but I like the actress who plays her…oh well)
Other than it’s time to go find the nerve gas - I’ve got no idea where we go from here…I guess that makes things kinda cool.
That’s all from here. Have a great week!
12:00 P.M.
Buchanan and McGill are hesitant to arrest Cummings. Jack intends to go directly to Novick, who can be trusted. Since Jack no longer works there, the plan won’t backfire on CTU. McGill gives in with the stipulation that Jack doesn’t make this revenge for Palmer’s death.
COMMENT: Not sure how many times they are going to have to “remind” us that Jack no longer works for CTU. We’ve got it! He can do whatever he pleases….He’s Jack Bauer!!
12:02 P.M.
Audrey apologizes to Jack for being so distant. It will take time for her to get used to seeing him alive.
COMMENT: Don’t know what it is…It’s like some sort of Bizarro 24 so far…first I’m starting to like Chloe…now Audrey. Who’s next?? Kim?
12:03 P.M.
Cummings cannot confirm whether Jack is dead, but Nathanson says that the nerve gas is on its way to the port.
COMMENT: What’s there to confirm?? It’s Jack Bauer…he’s not dead!
12:04 P.M.
The yellow tie man and an accomplice named Schaeffer arrange shipping the canisters to Moscow.
12:05 P.M.
Logan is furious that Martha hasn’t been found yet. He is shown a video made by the terrorists to show how the nerve gas causes permanent nerve damage within minutes. Yet the nerve gas stolen from the airport is far more lethal than the one in the video. Novick excuses himself when he gets a text message from Jack. Cummings watches him nervously, wondering if it’s news of Jack’s death.
COMMENT: Kinda fun watching Logan melt down on a regular basis. What do you think this guys blood pressure is??? Fun stuff watching the nerve gas take effect…glad I wasn’t eating dinner or anything…*yeck*…suffice it to say the nerve gas is “not good”.
12:06 P.M.
Novick calls back Jack, who says he has a lead on the nerve gas but that he wants it kept secret from the President. Novick is alarmed when Jack adds that it concerns Cummings. Novick agrees to meet him.
COMMENT: The walls are closing in on our good buddy Walt. Couldn’t be happening to a nicer guy.
12:07 P.M.
Jack tells Diane and Derek that he needs to stay on to help CTU. Diane knows that Jack isn’t coming back to her, and she asks if it’s because of Audrey. Jack says that he is still in love with Audrey even though he doesn’t know if she feels the same way. He kisses Diane goodbye.
COMMENT: Bye Diane. Thanks for helping Jack out. We all appreciate it. Nice knowing you. Have a nice life. I’m done with her….So Jack still loves Audrey. Cool.
12:09 P.M.
Cummings and Nathanson listen to the playback of Jack and Novick’s phone conversation. Nathanson blames Cummings for not getting the job done inside CTU. He orders Cummings to kill Jack when he comes to the retreat.
COMMENT: So the bad guys are tapped in to all the phone lines at the retreat…that can’t be good.
12:14 P.M.
Secret Service Agent Pierce finds Martha in the stables on the property. She pleads with him to help her because they are setting her up. She says that someone inside the Administration is trying to shut her up because she knows the truth. The other agents come in to apprehend her.
COMMENT: Nice to know Marty is safe.
12:17 P.M.
Inside the freight unit container, Schaeffer secretly attaches a handheld device to the canisters and triggers an unlock code. He exits the container and bumps into the yellow tie man. Schaeffer tells him that he only was securing the canisters, but yellow tie man is suspicious.
12:18 P.M.
Diane asks Audrey if she still has feelings for Jack. Audrey is shocked to learn that Jack still loves her. “If you don’t love him, let him go,” Diane cautions.
COMMENT: Diane why can’t you just shut your trap!!!!! Audrey finds out Jack loves her from you????? Come ON! If you don’t love him, let him go? Oh please….
12:19 P.M.
Audrey calls Jack. She wants to know if he is coming back to her. Jack doesn’t know what he will do next. “I never stopped loving you, not for one second,” he says.
COMMENT: Not very good timing for this call….but nice that everything is out on the table.
12:20 P.M.
Agent Pierce lets Logan know that they found Martha. Pierce tries to tell the President about Martha’s claims. Logan brushes this off as “conspiracy theories.”
COMMENT: President Putz…IN ACTION!
12:21 P.M.
Logan wonders whether sending Martha away is the right solution. Cummings lets him know that Jack is coming to the retreat to meet with Novick. Jack plans to accuse Cummings of helping the terrorists acquire the nerve gas. Cummings then confesses to the President that he leaked information to the terrorists about the location of the nerve gas. Logan is outraged, but Cummings’ intent was to make the separatists think they will use it against the Russians. The nerve gas will never reach Russian soil because detonators will be triggered once the terrorists landed at their home base. This would prove the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Central Asia. It will allow America to increase its military presence in the area and guarantee the flow of oil.
COMMENT: HOLY %#@& he just confessed everything.
12:23 P.M.
Logan calls Cummings a traitor for jeopardizing the country and going behind his back. He then realizes that Cummings gave the order to have Palmer killed. “That was an unfortunate, but necessary intervention,” Cummings explains. Logan demands that the operation be stopped, but it is too late because the man Cummings has working inside went dark. Cummings charges that if things don’t play out, Logan will be implicated and his Presidency will be destroyed. Logan is trapped.
COMMENT: HOLY %$@& Cummings managed to implicate President Putz… although I liked how Logan freaked on him…this is going to be very interesting.
12:29 P.M.
Novick meets Jack in secrecy, but a helicopter appears overhead and the agents order Jack to surrender. Novick swears that he didn’t tell anyone, and he yells to the Secret Service to stand down. The agents are under order from the President to arrest Jack. They handcuff him.
12:31 P.M.
With Jack now in custody, he was prevented from telling Novick anything. Cummings will make it look like Jack was leaking information of national security to Novick. Logan considers that others at CTU are aware of what Jack knows, but Cummings covered his bases so that the nerve gas explosion can’t be traced back to them. Logan demands assurance that the canisters will be destroyed before reaching Russian soil. Cummings wants the President to grant him the authority to remove CTU from the investigation. Logan helplessly gives him the power.
COMMENT: The Putz is actually going to go along with all this just to protect his Presidency….Damn he is spineless!
12:33 P.M.
Martha tries contacting Logan, but he ignores her.
The Secret Service brings Jack and Novick to the main building of the retreat. Agent Pierce makes eye contact with Jack, and questions an underling why Jack was arrested. The agent says that Cummings directed it.
COMMENT: It may have been just a look but - Welcome to the party Agent Aaron Pierce. Glad to have you on board Team Bauer!
12:34 P.M.
CTU is confused when it is pulled off the terrorist investigation. The President won’t take McGill’s call, and both Jack and Novick are unreachable. Buchanan senses that something is wrong and he suggests they disregard the order. McGill refuses, and Buchanan demeans his experience and says that is because he doesn’t know any better. McGill calmly asks Buchanan to step outside. Buchanan apologies to McGill for being out of line, but he still stands by his recommendation. Buchanan advises him to make decisions faster. They need to do everything they can to stop the terrorists. McGill agrees to disregard the White House order.
COMMENT: Great scene between the Hobbit and Bill. Bravo to McGill for listening to reason and disregarding the order…Division seems to have sent someone over with a brain. How refreshing.
12:35 P.M.
Evelyn packs for the First Lady. Martha wonders aloud what happened with her relationship with Logan. She used to be his closest confidante.
12:36 P.M.
Agent Pierce comes in the holding room to move Jack to a detention facility. Jack tries appealing to Pierce’s friendship with Palmer. He explains that Palmer was killed because he was about to expose Cummings of helping the terrorists attack. It was Cummings who ordered the assassination of Palmer. Pierce says that the First Lady also believes someone inside the Administration was involved. Jack implores him to protect the President because a coup d’etat is going on. Jack begs Pierce for help.
12:43 P.M.
Pierce has a subordinate agent radio in that Jack has escaped.
12:44 P.M.
Cummings gets word that CTU hasn’t stopped working on the terrorist crisis. He urges the President to call McGill off. Suddenly, Pierce enters with Jack. Jack accuses Cummings of working against the country. Cummings tries to flee but Jack pummels him. Logan urges Pierce to intervene, but Pierce says he is only protecting the President. Jack lays out all of Cummings’ crimes, including leaking the nerve gas and the killing of Palmer. “I know about that,” Logan explains to Jack’s horror. Jack draws a knife to Cummings’ face and threatens to cut out each eye in order to get him to confess where the nerve gas is. Knowing Jack’s penchant for torture, Cummings gives up that the nerve gas is hidden on a boat from Long Beach.
COMMENT: Keep pummeling him Jack!! Hit him again!!! Great scene all the way around!! Cutting out his eyes?? Hmmm – that’s a new one.
12:45 P.M.
Jack calls Buchanan and puts Logan on speaker phone. He lays out the details of the shipment. Logan confirms for Buchanan that CTU should take lead on the investigation.
12:46 P.M.
Jack places his badge on the table and offers to turn himself in to the authorities. Pierce does the same. Logan orders Pierce to take back his shield and get Cummings out of his sight.
COMMENT: A very cool scene…nice to see how noble both Jack and Agent Pierce are…and nice move by Logan. Geez – never thought I would ever write that…
12:47 P.M.
Logan explains to Jack how he was coerced. Cummings had lied to him and said it was too late. Yet the international issues from the previous year are still pressing. “The fact that you’re alive presents problems for both of us,” Logan says. Jack’s only intention was to find Palmer’s killer. He wants to see the terrorist threat through, but promises to disappear once it’s done. Logan is satisfied, and then shakes his hand, thanking him.
COMMENT: NOOOO – you can’t send Jack off again…An observation – the scenes between Jack and Logan are so vastly inferior to those of him with Palmer. It’s kinda sad…but what did I expect?
12:53 P.M.
Evelyn puts Martha in a car, but a Secret Service agent stops her before she can drive off. Logan comes to retrieve her, and tells her that she was right about the conspiracy. He explains that Cummings lied to him and convinced him to send her to the clinic. She is still angry that Logan went along with it. Logan is pulled away by an aide, and he kisses his wife softly on the cheek.
COMMENT: OH MAN – Marty is pissed! Something tells me we haven’t heard the last from First Lady Marty.
12:55 P.M.
Chloe finds information on the only ship leaving for Central Asia. Edgar narrows down which container the nerve gas could be in.
12:56 P.M.
Buchanan sends Jack an image of the yellow tie man, whose real name is Ivan Erwich. He was a chemical engineer who joined his country’s separatist movement. Buchanan wants Jack to ID him for the strike team.
COMMENT: Thank God – a name. Now we can all stop calling him yellow tie man….that was getting OLD. Any of you X-Files fans out there recognize the actor playing Erwich?? Yep – Mark Sheppard guest starred in an episode titled “Fire” where he had the ability to make himself and things around him burst into flames…Good times!!!
12:57 P.M.
CTU and the President watch the feed from the strike team at the port. The gas mask-wearing agents raid the container. They find a dead Schaeffer. The canisters are gone from their holding bins.
COMMENT: Oh dear – so much for wrapping things up in 5 hours….
12:58 P.M.
Jack has Cummings brought back in to see the video. Cummings swears that he doesn’t know what happened to the canisters. Cummings identifies Schaeffer as his inside man. “They must know,” Cummings says.
COMMENT: Walt – what the hell have you done now????? Can someone have Jack pummel him again?
12:59 P.M.
Cummings’ cell phone rings, and he sees that it’s Schaeffer’s number. Jack has CTU monitor the call and he makes Cummings answer. It’s Erwich, the yellow tie man, who says that Schaeffer confessed everything. Cummings tells Erwich that this was an unsanctioned act and that no one else, including the President, was involved. “Your country is about to pay a very steep price,” Erwich warns.
So now what???
Observations and Questions –
+ Jack and Audrey?? Do we want them back together?? The magic 8Ball says “Yes!”
+ The Gang at CTU - they seem to all be playing nice. Digging the Hobbit!
+ How the hell are they going to find Crazy Ivan and the Nerve Gas?
+ What does First Lady Marty have up her sleeve?? I don’t see her going away quietly.
+ When will Tony regain consciousness? And when he does – who will pay??
+ When will Brother Wayne return to the story? You’d think he’d be looking for some sort of update by now.
+ An episode where Edgar didn’t whine?? WOW – I’m impressed.
+ Diane - don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Sorry people – I just don’t like her (but I like the actress who plays her…oh well)
Other than it’s time to go find the nerve gas - I’ve got no idea where we go from here…I guess that makes things kinda cool.
That’s all from here. Have a great week!
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
It's Official
WOOO HOOO!!!
I confirmed today that I am officially registered to participate in the AIDS Marathon National Training Program!!! Say hello to runner # 6146! The San Francisco Marathon is scheduled for July 30 and the training program begins on Feb. 4th.
As you may expect this is the biggest physical challenge I have ever decided to undertake. There are many reasons why I decided to do it. Some include - the inspiration of the thousands of people who have gone before me - most importantly my brother-in-law and sister-in-law who have both completed the Honolulu Marathon (with the help of this training program), the chance to challenge myself and most importantly, the opportunity to raise money for an excellent cause.
The money I raise will allow the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to continue to provide vital AIDS services and support needle exchange programs throughout the Bay to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. Proceeds will also fund the Pangaea Fund, a new initiative to support vaccine preparedness and HIV Treatment access in the developing world.
I have pledged to raise at least $1700 - and hope to raise MUCH more!!!
If you feel so inclined - head over here and MAKE A DONATION!! It will be greatly appreciated.
Expect to read much more in the future posts on this humble little blog about this incredible adventure.
I confirmed today that I am officially registered to participate in the AIDS Marathon National Training Program!!! Say hello to runner # 6146! The San Francisco Marathon is scheduled for July 30 and the training program begins on Feb. 4th.
As you may expect this is the biggest physical challenge I have ever decided to undertake. There are many reasons why I decided to do it. Some include - the inspiration of the thousands of people who have gone before me - most importantly my brother-in-law and sister-in-law who have both completed the Honolulu Marathon (with the help of this training program), the chance to challenge myself and most importantly, the opportunity to raise money for an excellent cause.
The money I raise will allow the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to continue to provide vital AIDS services and support needle exchange programs throughout the Bay to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. Proceeds will also fund the Pangaea Fund, a new initiative to support vaccine preparedness and HIV Treatment access in the developing world.
I have pledged to raise at least $1700 - and hope to raise MUCH more!!!
If you feel so inclined - head over here and MAKE A DONATION!! It will be greatly appreciated.
Expect to read much more in the future posts on this humble little blog about this incredible adventure.
Daily Slice O' Life
+ Saw the headline for this article and thought - am I missing something??? Yes - Bin Laden should be taken seriously! The problem is that The Shrub is just figuring this out. Ladies and Gentlemen - the President!
+ Rummy is at it again. A Pentagon-commissioned study warns that the Army needs more troops for Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the service is close to its breaking point. The study by Andrew Krepinevich, a military analyst and former Army officer, found that the Army's manpower needs for those conflicts "clearly exceed those available for the mission." So what is Rummy's response? Hogwash. Interesting note - Rumsfeld said he has not read the study but took issue with its conclusions. Ladies and Gentlemen - the Secretary of Defense!
+ On a sad note, actor Chris Penn has died. Results of an autopsy didn't reveal the cause of death. Most remember him for his role in Reservoir Dogs but to me, he'll always be Ren's clumsy buddy Willard in Footloose.
+ Lastly, some sports news of note for any basketball fans out there. Ron Artest has been traded to the Sacramento Kings. Please join me in saying to the Kings...good luck with that.
+ Rummy is at it again. A Pentagon-commissioned study warns that the Army needs more troops for Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the service is close to its breaking point. The study by Andrew Krepinevich, a military analyst and former Army officer, found that the Army's manpower needs for those conflicts "clearly exceed those available for the mission." So what is Rummy's response? Hogwash. Interesting note - Rumsfeld said he has not read the study but took issue with its conclusions. Ladies and Gentlemen - the Secretary of Defense!
+ On a sad note, actor Chris Penn has died. Results of an autopsy didn't reveal the cause of death. Most remember him for his role in Reservoir Dogs but to me, he'll always be Ren's clumsy buddy Willard in Footloose.
+ Lastly, some sports news of note for any basketball fans out there. Ron Artest has been traded to the Sacramento Kings. Please join me in saying to the Kings...good luck with that.
24 News and Notes / 11am-12pm
No need to waste any time yapping....Off we go for hour number 5.
11:00 A.M.
The yellow tie man and his team transfer the canisters into a fake police SWAT van. They pull out of the hangar and exit the highly guarded airport.
COMMENT: Is it me or did the terrorists load up those canisters pretty damn fast once Mr. Yellow Tie arrived with the key to the vault…are we running into timeline issues already???
11:02 A.M.
As Jack is being driven to CTU, he gets a call from Curtis who inquires about the yellow tie man’s possible location for escape.
11:03 A.M.
Evelyn is alarmed to find Martha passed out on the bed.
COMMENT: If I was her I’d be thinking…”Oh man…what now?”…but we love Marty!!
11:04 A.M.
Curtis pulls up security footage from outside the terminal and he sees the yellow tie man fleeing to a hangar outside the security zone. He goes there.
11:06 A.M.
When Curtis enters the hangar, no one’s there. He sees the hole left by the canisters. Curtis finds dead rats on the ground and he calls for forensics and biohazards to come in and inspect the premises.
COMMENT: Dead rats?? That can’t be good.
11:07 A.M.
The yellow tie man moves the canisters to another truck. He tells his cohort Hank that “the Russians will finally understand the consequences of occupying our homeland.” The plan is to bomb Moscow.
COMMENT: Moscow?? What about LA?? There can only be one doomed city and that’s always LA….and how the hell are they going to get the canisters to Moscow?? Uh oh – more timeline issues….double damn.
11:08 A.M.
Logan comes to see his wife, who is groggy. She tries to explain to the doctor and Logan that someone knocked her out. Martha tells Logan that she had proof that Palmer called her to warn her about the day’s events. The document was hidden inside her blouse but it was stolen. The President still doesn’t believe her.
COMMENT: Poor Marty…maybe this is her punishment for marrying a putz like Logan.
11:10 A.M.
Cummings advises Logan to send Martha back to a treatment facility in Vermont. Her conspiracy theories may leak to the media. Logan agrees to have her committed.
11:11 A.M.
Cummings assures Nathanson that Jack is en route to CTU. Cummings will take care of killing Jack because he has a mole on the inside.
COMMENT: ANOTHER mole inside CTU??? Jeez – have these people ever heard of a Security Check????
11:16 A.M.
After getting confirmation from Curtis, Edgar lets Buchanan know that traces of weaponized nerve gas were found at the hangar. McGill orders forensics to figure out who manufactured it.
COMMENT: Don’t know about you but I’m starting to warm to the Hobbit. Don’t know why but I am.
11:17 A.M.
Martha’s doctor tells Logan that he has no idea why she blacked out.
COMMENT: Do they do things like tox-screens on this show?? Take some blood and see if there’s anything in her blood that looks strange…chloroform maybe???
11:18 A.M.
Novick lets the President know that a second team of terrorists escaped from the airport with nerve gas.
11:20 A.M.
After seeing Chloe and Spenser argue, Edgar approaches her. He is upset that she has been keeping secrets from him about Jack and about her relationship with Spenser.
COMMENT: Funniest scene of the whole night…Chloe telling Edgar that once the crisis was over they could sit down, make some tea and she would tell him all of her secrets…”It’s this little thing called National Security!!”
11:21 A.M.
Spenser returns a page from Cummings, who wants to know when Jack will arrive at CTU.
COMMENT: SPENSER THE MOLE. Lisa pegged it!!!
11:22 A.M.
McGill has Audrey question Diane Huxley because CTU is overextended. He is aware that the two women have something in common.
COMMENT: Can someone say awkward??? Interesting scene though…
11:23 A.M.
Diane and Derek arrive at CTU. Audrey sends Derek to medical to be checked out. Diane is impressed by Jack’s former office. She asks Audrey if she knew Jack before.
11:28 A.M.
Everyone at CTU stops in their tracks when Jack walks in. He thanks Chloe for her help. McGill gives Jack a level two clearance and says that he is no longer a suspect in Palmer’s murder. He also updates him on the nerve gas discovery. McGill agrees with Jack that Palmer knew about the terrorist plot and was killed because of it.
COMMENT: Jack’s back baby!
11:30 A.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Audrey is interviewing Diane.
COMMENT: Audrey?? Here??? This should be good……
11:31 A.M.
Audrey questions Diane on her personal relationship with Jack. Diane knew that Jack had secrets, but she “accepted him for who he was.” They stop talking when they see Jack outside. He and Audrey share a look.
11:33 A.M.
Audrey goes out of the office to see Jack for the first time. He says that he kept her in the dark for her own protection. Audrey explains that she was angry at first, but that she doesn’t blame him for Paul’s death anymore.
COMMENT: My favorite scene of the night…just a great moment between the two of them.
11:34 A.M.
Evelyn is concerned when Cummings has her pack Martha’s belongings. Cummings refuses to tell her where she is going.
COMMENT: If I was Evelyn I’d be thinking – thank god!! Take her off my hands already!!....but then – that’s me.
11:35 A.M.
From the tech room’s monitors, Spenser sees Jack in the CTU hallway. Chloe comes in to explain to Spenser why she was abrupt. Spenser walks out annoyed. Chloe sees that Spenser had been logged in at a level five security clearance. She senses something isn’t right. Edgar confirms that Spenser only has a level three clearance. She asks Edgar to notify Buchanan immediately.
COMMENT: Hmmm….nice job Chloe!!!
11:37 A.M.
Hank, the accomplice of yellow tie man, arrives at CTU posing as a computer repairman. Spenser runs out and apologizes to the guard that he was supposed to clear Hank in. Hank’s bag goes through x-ray. It has tools in it.
COMMENT: Hank? Couldn’t they give him a better assassin name like Gunther or something/?
11:38 A.M.
Spenser leads Hank into the tech room, and shows him where the classified material on Jack is held. Hank gets to work assembling a gun out of the various pieces in his bag.
COMMENT: Oh boy – this can’t be good…but we are getting the feeling that maybe Spenser isn’t aware of what he is doing…(another good call by Lisa – the new 24 writer.)
11:43 A.M.
Evelyn tells Martha that Cummings ordered her to pack her things because she’s going somewhere. Martha realizes that her husband is having her committed.
11:45 A.M.
Spenser is alarmed when his system is locked. Edgar watches smugly as two security guards apprehend Spenser.
COMMENT: Edgar be careful…We are all starting not to like you very much.
11:46 A.M.
Spenser is brought to the situation room where Chloe and Buchanan are waiting. Buchanan accuses him of unauthorized access of classified files. Chloe wants to know why he seduced her. Spenser tells Buchanan that he was careless with Chloe and now she is trying to get back at him. Buchanan doesn’t buy it.
COMMENT: I didn’t see the Chloe semi-meltdown coming…and Spenser is looking pretty darn smug for someone about to be accused a treason. Mr. Needles handy?
11:47 A.M.
Logan and Cummings go to Martha’s room, but she has disappeared out the bathroom window. Agent Pierce radios to the other agents to look for her.
COMMENT: A very tense scene…I speculated possible Marty suicide then changed to went out the window….glad to see it was went out the window…Go Marty!!!! Spunk I tell you…SPUNK!
11:53 A.M.
Jack confirms to McGill that no one other than Palmer, Tony, Michelle and Chloe knew that he was alive. He explains that he faked his own death because Palmer warned him that someone inside Logan’s Administration was targeting him. Jack thinks that whoever tried to kill him eighteen months ago is after him again. McGill notes that it would take months to weed out someone in the Administration. They are interrupted by a call from medical. Tony is conscious and wants to speak to Jack.
COMMENT: The first mention of Tony since he was brought into CTU….he IS alive.
11:54 A.M.
Derek stops Jack as he’s heading to medical and apologizes for the way he has treated him. Jack knows that Derek was only protecting his mother. Jack promises to talk to him once this is all over.
11:55 A.M.
Spenser refuses to confess how he got a higher security clearance. Edgar pulls up Spenser’s system and sees that he was tracking Jack inside CTU. Spenser says that he was only following orders.
COMMENT: Following who’s orders??? Cummings or someone even higher??
11:56 A.M.
As Tony lies in the medical bed, Jack leans down to speak to him. In the glare of the heart monitor, he sees an armed Hank behind him. Jack reacts and is able to knock the gun down. They fight, and Jack forces a pair of scissors into Hank’s throat.
COMMENT: Yeah baby!! Scissors in the neck!!! Nice to see Jack isn’t out of practice when it comes to killing people…Like I said – just like riding a bike.
11:57 A.M.
Hearing gunshots, Buchanan rushes in with the guards. Jack knows that this hit man was a professional. Buchanan tells him about Spenser, and Jack orders someone to monitor Tony.
11:58 A.M.
Jack goes to the situation room and pulls up surveillance from the medical wing. He makes Spenser see the image of a dead Hank. Jack demands to know if Spenser let him into CTU. Spenser says he was part of an internal affairs investigation and Hank was supposed to put taps on the servers. He seems confused to hear that Jack was to be assassinated. “Who told you to let that man into CTU?” Jack sneers. Spenser answers that Cummings from the White House recruited him to monitor whether CTU was working within the rules. Spenser was under the impression that he was serving the President.
COMMENT: WOW. Spenser’s a pawn. Cummings has been revealed….and possibly President Logan has something to do with it??? Nah – he is WAY too clueless for that.
11:59 A.M.
Jack, McGill and Buchanan decipher that Cummings was responsible for Palmer and is now after Jack. McGill warns that CTU cannot touch the President’s chief of staff. “I’m not CTU,” Jack says. “I’ll go get Walt Cummings myself.”
COMMENT: Look out Cummings!!! Jack is coming for ya…and he is PISSED!! Very Rambo-esque….
Thoughts??
+ Where oh where has Marty gone?
+ Cummings - you are soooo in trouble now.
+ Jack, Diane and Audrey....interesting love triangle.
+ We know Mike will listen to reason but will the Putz believe Cummings is evil??
+ Lynn McGill - growing on me.
+ Chloe - somehow turning into my favorite character...WOW.
+ Scissor death. Further proof Jack Bauer can kill you with anything.
The season has a nice flow going right now. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy.
11:00 A.M.
The yellow tie man and his team transfer the canisters into a fake police SWAT van. They pull out of the hangar and exit the highly guarded airport.
COMMENT: Is it me or did the terrorists load up those canisters pretty damn fast once Mr. Yellow Tie arrived with the key to the vault…are we running into timeline issues already???
11:02 A.M.
As Jack is being driven to CTU, he gets a call from Curtis who inquires about the yellow tie man’s possible location for escape.
11:03 A.M.
Evelyn is alarmed to find Martha passed out on the bed.
COMMENT: If I was her I’d be thinking…”Oh man…what now?”…but we love Marty!!
11:04 A.M.
Curtis pulls up security footage from outside the terminal and he sees the yellow tie man fleeing to a hangar outside the security zone. He goes there.
11:06 A.M.
When Curtis enters the hangar, no one’s there. He sees the hole left by the canisters. Curtis finds dead rats on the ground and he calls for forensics and biohazards to come in and inspect the premises.
COMMENT: Dead rats?? That can’t be good.
11:07 A.M.
The yellow tie man moves the canisters to another truck. He tells his cohort Hank that “the Russians will finally understand the consequences of occupying our homeland.” The plan is to bomb Moscow.
COMMENT: Moscow?? What about LA?? There can only be one doomed city and that’s always LA….and how the hell are they going to get the canisters to Moscow?? Uh oh – more timeline issues….double damn.
11:08 A.M.
Logan comes to see his wife, who is groggy. She tries to explain to the doctor and Logan that someone knocked her out. Martha tells Logan that she had proof that Palmer called her to warn her about the day’s events. The document was hidden inside her blouse but it was stolen. The President still doesn’t believe her.
COMMENT: Poor Marty…maybe this is her punishment for marrying a putz like Logan.
11:10 A.M.
Cummings advises Logan to send Martha back to a treatment facility in Vermont. Her conspiracy theories may leak to the media. Logan agrees to have her committed.
11:11 A.M.
Cummings assures Nathanson that Jack is en route to CTU. Cummings will take care of killing Jack because he has a mole on the inside.
COMMENT: ANOTHER mole inside CTU??? Jeez – have these people ever heard of a Security Check????
11:16 A.M.
After getting confirmation from Curtis, Edgar lets Buchanan know that traces of weaponized nerve gas were found at the hangar. McGill orders forensics to figure out who manufactured it.
COMMENT: Don’t know about you but I’m starting to warm to the Hobbit. Don’t know why but I am.
11:17 A.M.
Martha’s doctor tells Logan that he has no idea why she blacked out.
COMMENT: Do they do things like tox-screens on this show?? Take some blood and see if there’s anything in her blood that looks strange…chloroform maybe???
11:18 A.M.
Novick lets the President know that a second team of terrorists escaped from the airport with nerve gas.
11:20 A.M.
After seeing Chloe and Spenser argue, Edgar approaches her. He is upset that she has been keeping secrets from him about Jack and about her relationship with Spenser.
COMMENT: Funniest scene of the whole night…Chloe telling Edgar that once the crisis was over they could sit down, make some tea and she would tell him all of her secrets…”It’s this little thing called National Security!!”
11:21 A.M.
Spenser returns a page from Cummings, who wants to know when Jack will arrive at CTU.
COMMENT: SPENSER THE MOLE. Lisa pegged it!!!
11:22 A.M.
McGill has Audrey question Diane Huxley because CTU is overextended. He is aware that the two women have something in common.
COMMENT: Can someone say awkward??? Interesting scene though…
11:23 A.M.
Diane and Derek arrive at CTU. Audrey sends Derek to medical to be checked out. Diane is impressed by Jack’s former office. She asks Audrey if she knew Jack before.
11:28 A.M.
Everyone at CTU stops in their tracks when Jack walks in. He thanks Chloe for her help. McGill gives Jack a level two clearance and says that he is no longer a suspect in Palmer’s murder. He also updates him on the nerve gas discovery. McGill agrees with Jack that Palmer knew about the terrorist plot and was killed because of it.
COMMENT: Jack’s back baby!
11:30 A.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Audrey is interviewing Diane.
COMMENT: Audrey?? Here??? This should be good……
11:31 A.M.
Audrey questions Diane on her personal relationship with Jack. Diane knew that Jack had secrets, but she “accepted him for who he was.” They stop talking when they see Jack outside. He and Audrey share a look.
11:33 A.M.
Audrey goes out of the office to see Jack for the first time. He says that he kept her in the dark for her own protection. Audrey explains that she was angry at first, but that she doesn’t blame him for Paul’s death anymore.
COMMENT: My favorite scene of the night…just a great moment between the two of them.
11:34 A.M.
Evelyn is concerned when Cummings has her pack Martha’s belongings. Cummings refuses to tell her where she is going.
COMMENT: If I was Evelyn I’d be thinking – thank god!! Take her off my hands already!!....but then – that’s me.
11:35 A.M.
From the tech room’s monitors, Spenser sees Jack in the CTU hallway. Chloe comes in to explain to Spenser why she was abrupt. Spenser walks out annoyed. Chloe sees that Spenser had been logged in at a level five security clearance. She senses something isn’t right. Edgar confirms that Spenser only has a level three clearance. She asks Edgar to notify Buchanan immediately.
COMMENT: Hmmm….nice job Chloe!!!
11:37 A.M.
Hank, the accomplice of yellow tie man, arrives at CTU posing as a computer repairman. Spenser runs out and apologizes to the guard that he was supposed to clear Hank in. Hank’s bag goes through x-ray. It has tools in it.
COMMENT: Hank? Couldn’t they give him a better assassin name like Gunther or something/?
11:38 A.M.
Spenser leads Hank into the tech room, and shows him where the classified material on Jack is held. Hank gets to work assembling a gun out of the various pieces in his bag.
COMMENT: Oh boy – this can’t be good…but we are getting the feeling that maybe Spenser isn’t aware of what he is doing…(another good call by Lisa – the new 24 writer.)
11:43 A.M.
Evelyn tells Martha that Cummings ordered her to pack her things because she’s going somewhere. Martha realizes that her husband is having her committed.
11:45 A.M.
Spenser is alarmed when his system is locked. Edgar watches smugly as two security guards apprehend Spenser.
COMMENT: Edgar be careful…We are all starting not to like you very much.
11:46 A.M.
Spenser is brought to the situation room where Chloe and Buchanan are waiting. Buchanan accuses him of unauthorized access of classified files. Chloe wants to know why he seduced her. Spenser tells Buchanan that he was careless with Chloe and now she is trying to get back at him. Buchanan doesn’t buy it.
COMMENT: I didn’t see the Chloe semi-meltdown coming…and Spenser is looking pretty darn smug for someone about to be accused a treason. Mr. Needles handy?
11:47 A.M.
Logan and Cummings go to Martha’s room, but she has disappeared out the bathroom window. Agent Pierce radios to the other agents to look for her.
COMMENT: A very tense scene…I speculated possible Marty suicide then changed to went out the window….glad to see it was went out the window…Go Marty!!!! Spunk I tell you…SPUNK!
11:53 A.M.
Jack confirms to McGill that no one other than Palmer, Tony, Michelle and Chloe knew that he was alive. He explains that he faked his own death because Palmer warned him that someone inside Logan’s Administration was targeting him. Jack thinks that whoever tried to kill him eighteen months ago is after him again. McGill notes that it would take months to weed out someone in the Administration. They are interrupted by a call from medical. Tony is conscious and wants to speak to Jack.
COMMENT: The first mention of Tony since he was brought into CTU….he IS alive.
11:54 A.M.
Derek stops Jack as he’s heading to medical and apologizes for the way he has treated him. Jack knows that Derek was only protecting his mother. Jack promises to talk to him once this is all over.
11:55 A.M.
Spenser refuses to confess how he got a higher security clearance. Edgar pulls up Spenser’s system and sees that he was tracking Jack inside CTU. Spenser says that he was only following orders.
COMMENT: Following who’s orders??? Cummings or someone even higher??
11:56 A.M.
As Tony lies in the medical bed, Jack leans down to speak to him. In the glare of the heart monitor, he sees an armed Hank behind him. Jack reacts and is able to knock the gun down. They fight, and Jack forces a pair of scissors into Hank’s throat.
COMMENT: Yeah baby!! Scissors in the neck!!! Nice to see Jack isn’t out of practice when it comes to killing people…Like I said – just like riding a bike.
11:57 A.M.
Hearing gunshots, Buchanan rushes in with the guards. Jack knows that this hit man was a professional. Buchanan tells him about Spenser, and Jack orders someone to monitor Tony.
11:58 A.M.
Jack goes to the situation room and pulls up surveillance from the medical wing. He makes Spenser see the image of a dead Hank. Jack demands to know if Spenser let him into CTU. Spenser says he was part of an internal affairs investigation and Hank was supposed to put taps on the servers. He seems confused to hear that Jack was to be assassinated. “Who told you to let that man into CTU?” Jack sneers. Spenser answers that Cummings from the White House recruited him to monitor whether CTU was working within the rules. Spenser was under the impression that he was serving the President.
COMMENT: WOW. Spenser’s a pawn. Cummings has been revealed….and possibly President Logan has something to do with it??? Nah – he is WAY too clueless for that.
11:59 A.M.
Jack, McGill and Buchanan decipher that Cummings was responsible for Palmer and is now after Jack. McGill warns that CTU cannot touch the President’s chief of staff. “I’m not CTU,” Jack says. “I’ll go get Walt Cummings myself.”
COMMENT: Look out Cummings!!! Jack is coming for ya…and he is PISSED!! Very Rambo-esque….
Thoughts??
+ Where oh where has Marty gone?
+ Cummings - you are soooo in trouble now.
+ Jack, Diane and Audrey....interesting love triangle.
+ We know Mike will listen to reason but will the Putz believe Cummings is evil??
+ Lynn McGill - growing on me.
+ Chloe - somehow turning into my favorite character...WOW.
+ Scissor death. Further proof Jack Bauer can kill you with anything.
The season has a nice flow going right now. I'm just going to sit back and enjoy.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Boy Wonder Returns
After 2 1/2 months worth of speculation, Theo Epstein has returned to the Red Sox!
Cool.
Now about that CF and SS.
Time to officially get to work!!
24 News and Notes / 10am-11am
10:00 A.M.
Neither Curtis nor Buchanan is able to make contact with Jack. They assume he’s been captured or killed. Curtis must reconfigure his assault plan.
10:01 A.M.
Beresch addresses Jack by name, and asks him what CTU’s plan is. Jack answers that CTU is waiting for his signal to attack. Jack emphasizes that the U.S does not negotiate with terrorists, but Beresch knows that Logan is weak. Beresch pushes Derek aside and asks for another hostage. Jack begs Beresch to allow him to buy more time before he kills another innocent victim.
10:04 A.M.
The White House gets word that CTU lost contact with Jack. They watch as another hostage is shot in front of the camera. Beresch accuses Logan of signing a “corrupt” treaty with the blood of hostages. The President is horrified, and he offers to postpone the summit in order to save the people. Cummings advises Logan to stay on course because the terrorists will never release the hostages.
10:06 A.M.
Evelyn encourages Martha to show Logan the paper transcript that will prove the Palmer phone conversation was doctored. Knowing that her husband is preoccupied and that he believes she is unstable, Martha wants to wait until after the treaty is signed. She slips the paper into her bra for safe keeping.
COMMENT: What’s with Marty and the cleaveage? Since when is “stick it in my bra for safekeeping” the best course of action with vital evidence??? Doesn’t the First Lady have access to a safe or something??
10:07 A.M.
Curtis tells Diane that he doesn’t know whether Jack and Derek are safe.
10:08 A.M.
Beresch watches a news report about the President moving ahead with the treaty. He orders Jack to convince CTU that he has revised the assault plan to another entry. Beresch threatens to kill Derek.
10:09 A.M.
Lynn McGill from District arrives at CTU and abruptly assumes control over the chain of command. He even takes Buchanan’s office.
COMMENT: Hey it’s Samwise Gamgee! I never knew hobbits could be such a-holes! Didn’t Bill look like he wanted to just snap him in two?
10:11 A.M.
Forced by Beresch, Jack calls CTU and explains that he was forced to end the earlier transmission. Jack tells Curtis to set up in another exit. He stresses that he is in “flank two” position. Buchanan and Curtis make changes to their plans.
COMMENT: Hello CTU???? Are you people insane??? Jack mysteriously loses contact with you and when he finally come back he insists that you have to change your plans for the assault – AND YOU BELIEVE HIM??? As for the “flank two” position – yes Jack WE GOT IT….but apparently the crack team at CTU are all sharing from one brain today….jeez.
10:17 A.M.
Curtis lets Buchanan know he needs another fifteen minutes to reposition. McGill summons Buchanan up to his office. He wants to review the playbook before he approves the mission. Buchanan bristles, but agrees.
10:19 A.M.
Beresch believes that the White House is not giving in because they think they have an option with CTU’s attack. Derek blames himself for Jack getting captured. “This is not over,” Jack says with certainty.
COMMENT: Smart kid that Derek….blaming himself for Jack being captured…ah – ya think? Don’t worry – he’s Jack Bauer!! He’ll figure something out…
10:20 A.M.
Novick brings the President the good news that CTU regained contact with Jack. Even though the mission is proceeding, Logan isn’t convinced that the hostages won’t be killed.
10:21 A.M.
Logan walks out to meet Suvarov and he tells him that the rescue attempt will move forward. Suvarov says that if they are both unable to deal with these terrorists, then the treaty will become a mockery.
COMMENT: No kidding.
10:22 A.M.
Cummings asks Evelyn about Martha retrieving a document with highly sensitive intelligence protocols. Evelyn says that it was only a transcript of a call with Palmer. Cummings threatens Evelyn with prosecution for aiding a criminal act. She tells him that Martha has the document inside her blouse.
COMMENT: Uh oh…Think it would have been much better if she said “Oh – she put the document into her personal safe”…me too.
10:23 A.M.
Logan worries about CTU’s ability to bring down the terrorists in the short time he has before the treaty will be signed.
COMMENT: Nothing like giving them some time and flexibility…”I’m signing the treaty in 10 minutes – better have those hostages freed by then!”…No pressure guys…..
10:24 A.M.
CTU watches as Logan arrives at the stage a minute ahead of schedule. When Chloe asks if they should warn Curtis, Buchanan snaps at her. She thinks that Buchanan is convinced they won’t be able to save the hostages.
10:29 A.M.
Logan addresses the hostage situation to the reporters. He is emphatic that they will not let the terrorists win.
10:30 A.M.
Novick checks in with Buchanan, who asks him to slow down the ceremony. Novick refuses.
10:31 A.M.
Beresch guarantees Nathanson that everything will go according to plan. The White House is under the false impression that their assault will save the hostages. Nathanson warns him to carry out the threat regardless of whether the treaty is signed.
10:32 A.M.
McGill questions Buchanan on the sudden attack alterations. He is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding Jack’s decision. McGill wants to review all the transcripts of Jack’s phone transmissions.
COMMENT: Yes the Hobbit is being a real pain in the backside…
10:33 A.M.
As Curtis gets his teams ready to attack, McGill asks Chloe to unlock a node in the call logs. She is rude to him, and complains to Spenser that he is a hindrance. Spenser says that McGill is known for firing much of his own staff for incompetence.
COMMENT: Ah Chloe the Terrible is back. Oh how I’ve missed her…just need to see the Lemon Face and I will feel complete….funny thing – it’s not bothering me.
10:34 A.M.
One of Beresch’s men finds Chevensky’s dead body and the keycard he was hiding. Jack sees Beresch discreetly pass the keycard to a male hostage in a yellow tie. The man pockets the card and pretends to huddle in fear with the others.
COMMENT: Hmmm – so THAT was the reason that Beresch chose someone else to be killed…
10:39 A.M.
Beresch has Jack answer his ringing cell phone, where Curtis lets Jack know that his teams are in place. Jack reiterates that he is in the “flank two” position. Jack hesitates and then finally gives Curtis the green light to move in. Curtis counts down a minute to launch, not knowing that bombs are set up where his men are about to enter.
COMMENT: Flank Two – yeah we got it!! but Curtis has no clue.
10:40 A.M.
McGill rushes into the CTU situation room and demands that the assault be stopped. He found that Jack was using a code to indicate that an agent is making a communication under duress. Although nothing came up on the filters, McGill points out that “flank two” was the code back when Jack was an active agent. Chloe confirms this, and Buchanan tells Curtis to abort and go back to the original set up.
COMMENT: Somebody HUG that HOBBIT!!!!
10:42 A.M.
Beresch doesn’t understand why CTU is late in attacking. He makes Jack call CTU, and Buchanan tells Jack that there was a malfunction. They will be ready to launch the attack any minute.
10:43 A.M.
As Logan and Suvarov sign the treaty, Nathanson calls Beresch. Nathanson orders him to kill all the hostages because it is now too late. Suddenly, the wall where Beresch’s men are waiting for CTU explodes. The men fire back but there’s no one there. CTU SWAT teams attack from behind and take out the gunmen.
COMMENT: Yay – CTU to the resuce!!
10:44 A.M.
Jack grabs a gun from one of the men and starts shooting. Jack hits Beresch in the hand to wound him before he can commit suicide. Beresch makes his way to one of his fallen men and detonates the vest. He is dead. Curtis alerts CTU that they have secured the terminal. The remaining hostages are unharmed.
COMMENT: Nice shooting Jack! But couldn’t you have popped him again someplace non-vital before he blew himself up?? Oops.
10:45 A.M.
Novick passes the good news to President Logan, who makes an announcement to the press. “The rescue operation that I authorized was successful,” he boasts.
COMMENT: I am going to kill the Putz myself!!!
10:46 A.M.
Jack hugs Derek. “I have to finish this,” he says before sending him to the command post. Jack looks among the hostages and realizes that the man with the yellow tie is gone.
COMMENT: Nice bonding scene between Jack and the boy. Ooops – yellow tie is gone.
10:51 A.M.
A tearful Derek reunites with his mother. He tells her that Jack saved not only his life but all the hostages’ lives. Diane asks an agent if she can see Jack, but the agent has instructions to escort them back to CTU.
COMMENT: Okay – is Diane going to stop blubbering now? Jeez.
10:52 A.M.
As soon as the treaty is signed, Martha urgently requests a few minutes alone with Logan. He promises to speak to her after the ceremony. She demands to be paid attention to, exclaiming that she is not crying wolf. “Do not ruin this moment for me,” Logan dismisses. Cummings approaches the distraught Martha, who helplessly says that the situation is more dangerous than the President knows. Cummings presses her for information, but she will only talk to her husband.
COMMENT: Wait – didn’t they already have the ceremony?? I’m confused. It just comes from my intense distaste for President Putz.
10:54 A.M.
Buchanan apologizes to McGill for brushing him aside because his thoroughness helped save the day. McGill asserts that it was Buchanan’s insistence about Jack’s integrity caused him to double check. Yet McGill still wants Jack taken into custody because he hasn’t been fully cleared of Palmer and Michelle’s deaths. Audrey pipes in that the evidence and Chloe’s testimony prove that he is innocent, but McGill notes that the video surveillance of Jack near the assassination site was not doctored. McGill orders Jack to be brought in for questioning.
COMMENT: Just when you think he’s coming around (nice mutual pats on the back between he and Bill), Samwise goes and puts that fork right back up his _____!
10:55 A.M.
Jack tells Curtis about the missing hostage with a keycard who was working with the terrorist. Curtis has been ordered to bring Jack into custody.
10:57 A.M.
The man with the yellow tie enters a subterranean tunnel below a hangar. He shows his keycard to a gunman and tells him that Chevensky is dead. The two climb into a hole drilled into the floor where a giant metal holding container is kept. The yellow tie man inserts his keycard and the top is opened to reveal several canisters. The gunman checks the canisters for radioactivity. The yellow tie man calls Nathanson and says that they are moving the canisters out.
COMMENT: Strange (and dangerous) canisters underground at Ontario airport??? I think I’ll be flying into LAX for the foreseeable future…
10:58 A.M.
Cummings slips into Martha’s room and grabs her from behind, putting a chloroform-soaked cloth over her mouth. Martha’s screams are muffled and she loses consciousness. Cummings takes the paper transcript from her bra.
COMMENT: No surprise here…its going to be fun to watch when Walt eventually gets taken down. Am I crazy or is it strange that no one has asked the question as to how the terrorists found out Jack was in the airport when the only people that new were CTU and the President, Walt and Mike? Perhaps this is something to consider in the next hour…hmmmm….
The first mini-crisis of the day has been averted…
Questions and Observations -
~ Can Diane just go away now (but Derek – he can stay)
~ How long is it going to take for Jack to officially clear his name?
~ Is McGill going to lighten up anytime soon?? If not – who will punch him out first?
~ Nerve gas huh? Oh this should be fun.
~ Stay tuned for the Jack – Audrey reunion.
~ More importantly the Jack – Kim reunion later on in the day (YES – Kim is coming back!!)
~ Who is the mysterious Nathanson and is he on top of this day’s evil food chain?
Things are just getting going…The first 4 hours have been sad (you’ll be missed President Palmer and Michelle), exciting and intriguing.
Looking forward to the nerve gas adventure of Day 5.
Neither Curtis nor Buchanan is able to make contact with Jack. They assume he’s been captured or killed. Curtis must reconfigure his assault plan.
10:01 A.M.
Beresch addresses Jack by name, and asks him what CTU’s plan is. Jack answers that CTU is waiting for his signal to attack. Jack emphasizes that the U.S does not negotiate with terrorists, but Beresch knows that Logan is weak. Beresch pushes Derek aside and asks for another hostage. Jack begs Beresch to allow him to buy more time before he kills another innocent victim.
10:04 A.M.
The White House gets word that CTU lost contact with Jack. They watch as another hostage is shot in front of the camera. Beresch accuses Logan of signing a “corrupt” treaty with the blood of hostages. The President is horrified, and he offers to postpone the summit in order to save the people. Cummings advises Logan to stay on course because the terrorists will never release the hostages.
10:06 A.M.
Evelyn encourages Martha to show Logan the paper transcript that will prove the Palmer phone conversation was doctored. Knowing that her husband is preoccupied and that he believes she is unstable, Martha wants to wait until after the treaty is signed. She slips the paper into her bra for safe keeping.
COMMENT: What’s with Marty and the cleaveage? Since when is “stick it in my bra for safekeeping” the best course of action with vital evidence??? Doesn’t the First Lady have access to a safe or something??
10:07 A.M.
Curtis tells Diane that he doesn’t know whether Jack and Derek are safe.
10:08 A.M.
Beresch watches a news report about the President moving ahead with the treaty. He orders Jack to convince CTU that he has revised the assault plan to another entry. Beresch threatens to kill Derek.
10:09 A.M.
Lynn McGill from District arrives at CTU and abruptly assumes control over the chain of command. He even takes Buchanan’s office.
COMMENT: Hey it’s Samwise Gamgee! I never knew hobbits could be such a-holes! Didn’t Bill look like he wanted to just snap him in two?
10:11 A.M.
Forced by Beresch, Jack calls CTU and explains that he was forced to end the earlier transmission. Jack tells Curtis to set up in another exit. He stresses that he is in “flank two” position. Buchanan and Curtis make changes to their plans.
COMMENT: Hello CTU???? Are you people insane??? Jack mysteriously loses contact with you and when he finally come back he insists that you have to change your plans for the assault – AND YOU BELIEVE HIM??? As for the “flank two” position – yes Jack WE GOT IT….but apparently the crack team at CTU are all sharing from one brain today….jeez.
10:17 A.M.
Curtis lets Buchanan know he needs another fifteen minutes to reposition. McGill summons Buchanan up to his office. He wants to review the playbook before he approves the mission. Buchanan bristles, but agrees.
10:19 A.M.
Beresch believes that the White House is not giving in because they think they have an option with CTU’s attack. Derek blames himself for Jack getting captured. “This is not over,” Jack says with certainty.
COMMENT: Smart kid that Derek….blaming himself for Jack being captured…ah – ya think? Don’t worry – he’s Jack Bauer!! He’ll figure something out…
10:20 A.M.
Novick brings the President the good news that CTU regained contact with Jack. Even though the mission is proceeding, Logan isn’t convinced that the hostages won’t be killed.
10:21 A.M.
Logan walks out to meet Suvarov and he tells him that the rescue attempt will move forward. Suvarov says that if they are both unable to deal with these terrorists, then the treaty will become a mockery.
COMMENT: No kidding.
10:22 A.M.
Cummings asks Evelyn about Martha retrieving a document with highly sensitive intelligence protocols. Evelyn says that it was only a transcript of a call with Palmer. Cummings threatens Evelyn with prosecution for aiding a criminal act. She tells him that Martha has the document inside her blouse.
COMMENT: Uh oh…Think it would have been much better if she said “Oh – she put the document into her personal safe”…me too.
10:23 A.M.
Logan worries about CTU’s ability to bring down the terrorists in the short time he has before the treaty will be signed.
COMMENT: Nothing like giving them some time and flexibility…”I’m signing the treaty in 10 minutes – better have those hostages freed by then!”…No pressure guys…..
10:24 A.M.
CTU watches as Logan arrives at the stage a minute ahead of schedule. When Chloe asks if they should warn Curtis, Buchanan snaps at her. She thinks that Buchanan is convinced they won’t be able to save the hostages.
10:29 A.M.
Logan addresses the hostage situation to the reporters. He is emphatic that they will not let the terrorists win.
10:30 A.M.
Novick checks in with Buchanan, who asks him to slow down the ceremony. Novick refuses.
10:31 A.M.
Beresch guarantees Nathanson that everything will go according to plan. The White House is under the false impression that their assault will save the hostages. Nathanson warns him to carry out the threat regardless of whether the treaty is signed.
10:32 A.M.
McGill questions Buchanan on the sudden attack alterations. He is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding Jack’s decision. McGill wants to review all the transcripts of Jack’s phone transmissions.
COMMENT: Yes the Hobbit is being a real pain in the backside…
10:33 A.M.
As Curtis gets his teams ready to attack, McGill asks Chloe to unlock a node in the call logs. She is rude to him, and complains to Spenser that he is a hindrance. Spenser says that McGill is known for firing much of his own staff for incompetence.
COMMENT: Ah Chloe the Terrible is back. Oh how I’ve missed her…just need to see the Lemon Face and I will feel complete….funny thing – it’s not bothering me.
10:34 A.M.
One of Beresch’s men finds Chevensky’s dead body and the keycard he was hiding. Jack sees Beresch discreetly pass the keycard to a male hostage in a yellow tie. The man pockets the card and pretends to huddle in fear with the others.
COMMENT: Hmmm – so THAT was the reason that Beresch chose someone else to be killed…
10:39 A.M.
Beresch has Jack answer his ringing cell phone, where Curtis lets Jack know that his teams are in place. Jack reiterates that he is in the “flank two” position. Jack hesitates and then finally gives Curtis the green light to move in. Curtis counts down a minute to launch, not knowing that bombs are set up where his men are about to enter.
COMMENT: Flank Two – yeah we got it!! but Curtis has no clue.
10:40 A.M.
McGill rushes into the CTU situation room and demands that the assault be stopped. He found that Jack was using a code to indicate that an agent is making a communication under duress. Although nothing came up on the filters, McGill points out that “flank two” was the code back when Jack was an active agent. Chloe confirms this, and Buchanan tells Curtis to abort and go back to the original set up.
COMMENT: Somebody HUG that HOBBIT!!!!
10:42 A.M.
Beresch doesn’t understand why CTU is late in attacking. He makes Jack call CTU, and Buchanan tells Jack that there was a malfunction. They will be ready to launch the attack any minute.
10:43 A.M.
As Logan and Suvarov sign the treaty, Nathanson calls Beresch. Nathanson orders him to kill all the hostages because it is now too late. Suddenly, the wall where Beresch’s men are waiting for CTU explodes. The men fire back but there’s no one there. CTU SWAT teams attack from behind and take out the gunmen.
COMMENT: Yay – CTU to the resuce!!
10:44 A.M.
Jack grabs a gun from one of the men and starts shooting. Jack hits Beresch in the hand to wound him before he can commit suicide. Beresch makes his way to one of his fallen men and detonates the vest. He is dead. Curtis alerts CTU that they have secured the terminal. The remaining hostages are unharmed.
COMMENT: Nice shooting Jack! But couldn’t you have popped him again someplace non-vital before he blew himself up?? Oops.
10:45 A.M.
Novick passes the good news to President Logan, who makes an announcement to the press. “The rescue operation that I authorized was successful,” he boasts.
COMMENT: I am going to kill the Putz myself!!!
10:46 A.M.
Jack hugs Derek. “I have to finish this,” he says before sending him to the command post. Jack looks among the hostages and realizes that the man with the yellow tie is gone.
COMMENT: Nice bonding scene between Jack and the boy. Ooops – yellow tie is gone.
10:51 A.M.
A tearful Derek reunites with his mother. He tells her that Jack saved not only his life but all the hostages’ lives. Diane asks an agent if she can see Jack, but the agent has instructions to escort them back to CTU.
COMMENT: Okay – is Diane going to stop blubbering now? Jeez.
10:52 A.M.
As soon as the treaty is signed, Martha urgently requests a few minutes alone with Logan. He promises to speak to her after the ceremony. She demands to be paid attention to, exclaiming that she is not crying wolf. “Do not ruin this moment for me,” Logan dismisses. Cummings approaches the distraught Martha, who helplessly says that the situation is more dangerous than the President knows. Cummings presses her for information, but she will only talk to her husband.
COMMENT: Wait – didn’t they already have the ceremony?? I’m confused. It just comes from my intense distaste for President Putz.
10:54 A.M.
Buchanan apologizes to McGill for brushing him aside because his thoroughness helped save the day. McGill asserts that it was Buchanan’s insistence about Jack’s integrity caused him to double check. Yet McGill still wants Jack taken into custody because he hasn’t been fully cleared of Palmer and Michelle’s deaths. Audrey pipes in that the evidence and Chloe’s testimony prove that he is innocent, but McGill notes that the video surveillance of Jack near the assassination site was not doctored. McGill orders Jack to be brought in for questioning.
COMMENT: Just when you think he’s coming around (nice mutual pats on the back between he and Bill), Samwise goes and puts that fork right back up his _____!
10:55 A.M.
Jack tells Curtis about the missing hostage with a keycard who was working with the terrorist. Curtis has been ordered to bring Jack into custody.
10:57 A.M.
The man with the yellow tie enters a subterranean tunnel below a hangar. He shows his keycard to a gunman and tells him that Chevensky is dead. The two climb into a hole drilled into the floor where a giant metal holding container is kept. The yellow tie man inserts his keycard and the top is opened to reveal several canisters. The gunman checks the canisters for radioactivity. The yellow tie man calls Nathanson and says that they are moving the canisters out.
COMMENT: Strange (and dangerous) canisters underground at Ontario airport??? I think I’ll be flying into LAX for the foreseeable future…
10:58 A.M.
Cummings slips into Martha’s room and grabs her from behind, putting a chloroform-soaked cloth over her mouth. Martha’s screams are muffled and she loses consciousness. Cummings takes the paper transcript from her bra.
COMMENT: No surprise here…its going to be fun to watch when Walt eventually gets taken down. Am I crazy or is it strange that no one has asked the question as to how the terrorists found out Jack was in the airport when the only people that new were CTU and the President, Walt and Mike? Perhaps this is something to consider in the next hour…hmmmm….
The first mini-crisis of the day has been averted…
Questions and Observations -
~ Can Diane just go away now (but Derek – he can stay)
~ How long is it going to take for Jack to officially clear his name?
~ Is McGill going to lighten up anytime soon?? If not – who will punch him out first?
~ Nerve gas huh? Oh this should be fun.
~ Stay tuned for the Jack – Audrey reunion.
~ More importantly the Jack – Kim reunion later on in the day (YES – Kim is coming back!!)
~ Who is the mysterious Nathanson and is he on top of this day’s evil food chain?
Things are just getting going…The first 4 hours have been sad (you’ll be missed President Palmer and Michelle), exciting and intriguing.
Looking forward to the nerve gas adventure of Day 5.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
24 News and Notes / 9am-10am
Well it hasn’t taken long for Jack to get right back in the middle of things now has it?
Onto hour number 3.
9:00 A.M.
As commotion spreads throughout the airport, Diane is prevented from entering the terminal. An officer hears her say that she has information for CTU.
COMMENT: I was sure that the “officer” was working for the bad guys. Guess not….for now…..*cue evil laugh”
9:02 A.M.
The gunmen shoot one of the hostages attempting to make a cell call. They take away all phones and pagers.
9:03 A.M.
The terrorists cannot find their contact, Chevensky. Jack overhears them speaking in Russian.
9:04 A.M.
The leader of the terrorists, Beresch, phones the airport police and warns them not to enter the terminal. He threatens to detonate all of his men’s explosive vests, killing the captives. The police drop back, but the airport officer asks for Diane to be brought forward.
COMMENT: I’m already tired of Diane….that can’t be good.
9:05 A.M.
When the gunmen move out of Chevensky’s office, Jack climbs up a luggage rack to enter the air ducts from a ceiling tile.
COMMENT: A classic move right out of Breakfast Club. *wink*
9:06 A.M.
After Suvarov arrives safely, CTU and the Secret Service relax their security around the summit. Buchanan learns that the assassin’s body was found at the refinery, as Chloe had claimed. This proves Jack’s innocence.
9:07 A.M.
Suddenly, Buchanan gets a call from Jack. Audrey asks to listen in. Jack explains that he is in the Ontario Airport where a group of gunmen have taken hostages. Spenser gives Buchanan confirmation that this is true. Jack had followed a lead and believes this is connected to Palmer. Buchanan orders Jack out. “I don’t work for you,” Jack says sternly. He provides intelligence on the terrorists from the inside, and sends cell phone photos of the men. Jack asks Buchanan to look out for Diane and Derek Huxley, whom he sent to CTU.
COMMENT: Sorry Bill. Jack’s a free agent now…use him as a resource – but don’t question his methods!!!
9:08 A.M.
Novick and Cummings pull Logan aside to brief him on the hostage situation. CTU thinks this is connected to the summit. Logan apologizes to Suvarov.
9:10 A.M.
Spenser sends Jack’s phone a schematic of the terminal. When Edgar can’t match the faces from Jack’s photos, the imprisoned Chloe interjects with a tip. Buchanan realizes that he needs her expertise and he allows her to work during the crisis. He’ll deal with her violations later.
COMMENT: Great scene with Chloe…I can help out or go wait in the interrogation room….After 2 seasons of wanting to hit her with a 2x4 I have finally warmed to Chloe. Who knew?
9:11 A.M.
Edgar finds an ID on Beresch, a former officer of a Russian breakaway republic. Chloe starts working on more matches. They turn on the news for a live feed from the terrorists at the airport.
9:12 A.M.
On video, a masked Beresch demands that the anti-terrorism summit with the Russian president be called off. He wants his people to have a “true national sovereignty.”
9:13 A.M.
Logan watches the news and is furious. He has staked his entire Administration on this summit. Novick asks him to take a few moments to think it through, but Logan orders an immediate fix so that he can continue with the summit.
COMMENT: Yay Beresch!!! Anything that manages to piss of the Putz I’m happy about.
9:14 A.M.
Curtis takes a CTU chopper to the airport. He phones Jack, who gives him the details on what he sees inside. Jack overhears an officer tell Curtis that Diane Huxley has information. Jack asks to speak to her.
9:15 A.M.
Diane tells Jack that Derek went back into the terminal. Jack pulls out a pair of binoculars and finds Derek in the crowd of huddled hostages. Derek is not hurt. Jack promises to return Derek safely. Jack then asks Curtis to take Diane back to the command post.
COMMENT: Diane…still bugging the crap out of me.
9:21 A.M.
Buchanan briefs the President’s team. Logan is unyielding in wanting the terrorists caught before the treaty is to be signed. Buchanan says that they must be prepared to face civilian casualties. Logan doesn’t accept this. He grants CTU authority to extend an offer to the terrorists.
COMMENT: So we all realize President Putz is an unreasonable shrew. Does anyone get the feeling this is what it must be like to try and go tell Dubya something he doesn’t want to hear?? Hey – I’ve heard the stories…I’m just askin’.
9:22 A.M.
Chloe back traces the phone number from Beresch’s call to the police. Buchanan gets Beresch on the line and offers to make a peaceful resolution. Beresch asserts that the American president denounce the treaty. He hangs up on Buchanan.
COMMENT: No soup for you!!! Next!
9:23 A.M.
Beresch takes one of the hostages, and Jack reports this to Curtis. Beresch puts on the mask and shoots the civilian in front of the camera fed to the news. Logan and Novick recoil in horror. Cummings is unusually calm.
COMMENT: Ok – so there’s no doubt that the terrorists are serious…and we are all very aware why Cummings is calm.
9:24 A.M.
Beresch grabs Derek from the crowd and places him in front of the camera. From the command post, Diane sees Derek on the feed. She reacts frantically and the agents must pull her away.
9:25 A.M.
Beresch announces to the camera that the American president has 15 minutes before he will kill Derek. Jack presses Curtis to accelerate the assault, but Curtis cannot risk the entire operation for one person. Jack says that he will not jeopardize the mission.
9:31 A.M.
Martha watches the news reports and realizes that this is all connected to Palmer. Her aide Evelyn is concerned with her obsessive reaction, but Martha insists that Palmer had called her about this. She tells Evelyn that someone altered the tape of her conversation. Martha implores Evelyn to cover for her and she leaves.
COMMENT: I like Martha. She’s got spunk.
9:32 A.M.
Jack calls Chloe and is surprised that she has answered. He sends a photo of another hostile and has her do a close-up of the man’s vest. There is a second detonator on it. They realize that it’s wireless, and can probably be set off by a cell phone held by the leader. Jack asks Chloe to find that detonation frequency. Jack admits that he hasn’t cleared this with Buchanan, but he needs her help to save Derek.
COMMENT: Jack and Chloe back in the saddle….wait – that didn’t sound right….how about back on the case! Yeah – that’s much better.
9:33 A.M.
Chloe asks Spenser to reconfigure Jack’s phone so that it emits an alternate signal. Spenser has the best bandwidth processing experience. Chloe admits that this is off protocol, but she says that she needs him. Spenser handles switching Jack to the detonator frequency. Edgar watches this all go down.
COMMENT: Pretty wild techie stuff they are doing with the cell phone and detonator…Poor Edgar (I think that’s his new name) – left out in the cold yet again…
9:34 A.M.
Secret Service Agent Pierce goes to pick up Martha. Evelyn pretends that the First Lady is in a bad mood and asks him to wait.
COMMENT: Evelyn – just a small tip. It’s never a good idea to deceive the Secret Service. Only bad things can happen.
9:35 A.M.
Martha slips into the men’s room of the tech office. She approaches a communications officer named Burk as he’s at the urinal. She asks about the recorded phone calls. Although the written transcripts are stored, a proper security clearance is required to access them. Martha unbuttons her top and jostles her stockings. She threatens to scream. Burk quickly hands her his security card. She sweetly says she will return it.
COMMENT: Go Marty!!! Ripping a page from the Demi Moore “Disclosure” playbook…Nice to see she can play a little hardball.
9:42 A.M.
Chloe and Spenser cannot find the manufacturer of the detonator. They are running out of time.
COMMENT: No worries…I have this sneaky suspicion that they’ll figure it out…
9:43 A.M.
Curtis lays out his attack plan for Buchanan. Meanwhile, Derek pleads for his life to Beresch.
9:44 A.M.
Beresch calls Buchanan and threatens to kill the boy, whose blood will be on the President’s hands.
Spenser finds the manufacturer of the detonator, and Chloe gives Jack instructions on how to set it off.
COMMENT: See…no worries.
9:45 A.M.
As Beresch prepares to kill Derek, Jack waits impatiently for the signal to go through on his phone. Beresch chambers a round at Derek’s head. Before he can fire, Jack explodes one of the men’s vests. Beresch runs after the sound, ordering his men to keep the exits secure. Curtis can’t figure out what happened.
Buchanan calls Jack, who confesses that he was responsible for the man’s exploding vest. Buchanan holds his anger. Jack gives Curtis the terrorists’ change in formation.
9:46 A.M.
Buchanan reassures Logan that, even with the explosion, the situation is under control. He tells the President that Jack is actually alive and has acted independently to stop the death of a hostage. Jack may have been framed for Palmer’s murder. Logan is furious that he wasn’t told about these updates earlier and he demands to know everything. Cummings hears that Jack is working inside the airport.
COMMENT: In the name of National Security - Can someone PLEASE just punch the Putz right in the face?? Anyone?? More importantly – Walt knows.
9:52 A.M.
With his charge not ready, Agent Pierce opens Martha’s door. Evelyn tries to cover, but Pierce says it will be her fault if Martha is harmed. He wants to know where she is. Meanwhile, in the storage room, Martha discovers the paper transcript of the phone conversation.
9:53 A.M.
Curtis assembles his assault team into place. He confirms to Diane that Derek is alive.
9:54 A.M.
Agent Pierce takes Martha from the storage room to escort her to the event. Martha hands Burk his card. Evelyn apologizes, but Martha whispers that she got what she came for.
9:55 A.M.
Cummings calls Nathanson with news that Jack is inside the terminal providing reconnaissance for CTU. Their rescue operation is set to launch any minute. He says that Jack was responsible for setting off the detonation in the vest. Jack also has a connection to Derek, one of the hostages. Cummings hangs up when Agent Pierce arrives. Pierce informs him that he found Martha in an archive storage room. Cummings panics.
COMMENT: Oh dear…DUCK!! Here comes that wrench into CTU’s best laid plans.
9:56 A.M.
Jack relays the gunmen’s positioning to Curtis. Curtis counts down to his attack launch. Nathanson calls Beresch and tells him about Jack.
9:57 A.M.
Jack sees Beresch pull out a laptop. Suddenly, Jack’s phone is blast with a digital noise. He loses connection with CTU. With no idea of where the terrorists have positioned, Curtis is forced to abort the operation.
9:58 A.M.
Beresch calls out to Jack on the loud speaker, commanding him to show himself in order to save Derek. Jack appears and puts down his weapon. The gunmen secure him.
COMMENT: Oh Jack…see what you get for promising Diane that nothing would happen to Derek…The real question is – If it was someone else would Jack have let the person be killed?? Something to ponder…..
I would go through a list of questions and observations but come on people - hour number 4 quickly followed and left us little to speculate about from hour number 3.
Hour 4 re-cap coming soon.
Hope you like things so far.
Onto hour number 3.
9:00 A.M.
As commotion spreads throughout the airport, Diane is prevented from entering the terminal. An officer hears her say that she has information for CTU.
COMMENT: I was sure that the “officer” was working for the bad guys. Guess not….for now…..*cue evil laugh”
9:02 A.M.
The gunmen shoot one of the hostages attempting to make a cell call. They take away all phones and pagers.
9:03 A.M.
The terrorists cannot find their contact, Chevensky. Jack overhears them speaking in Russian.
9:04 A.M.
The leader of the terrorists, Beresch, phones the airport police and warns them not to enter the terminal. He threatens to detonate all of his men’s explosive vests, killing the captives. The police drop back, but the airport officer asks for Diane to be brought forward.
COMMENT: I’m already tired of Diane….that can’t be good.
9:05 A.M.
When the gunmen move out of Chevensky’s office, Jack climbs up a luggage rack to enter the air ducts from a ceiling tile.
COMMENT: A classic move right out of Breakfast Club. *wink*
9:06 A.M.
After Suvarov arrives safely, CTU and the Secret Service relax their security around the summit. Buchanan learns that the assassin’s body was found at the refinery, as Chloe had claimed. This proves Jack’s innocence.
9:07 A.M.
Suddenly, Buchanan gets a call from Jack. Audrey asks to listen in. Jack explains that he is in the Ontario Airport where a group of gunmen have taken hostages. Spenser gives Buchanan confirmation that this is true. Jack had followed a lead and believes this is connected to Palmer. Buchanan orders Jack out. “I don’t work for you,” Jack says sternly. He provides intelligence on the terrorists from the inside, and sends cell phone photos of the men. Jack asks Buchanan to look out for Diane and Derek Huxley, whom he sent to CTU.
COMMENT: Sorry Bill. Jack’s a free agent now…use him as a resource – but don’t question his methods!!!
9:08 A.M.
Novick and Cummings pull Logan aside to brief him on the hostage situation. CTU thinks this is connected to the summit. Logan apologizes to Suvarov.
9:10 A.M.
Spenser sends Jack’s phone a schematic of the terminal. When Edgar can’t match the faces from Jack’s photos, the imprisoned Chloe interjects with a tip. Buchanan realizes that he needs her expertise and he allows her to work during the crisis. He’ll deal with her violations later.
COMMENT: Great scene with Chloe…I can help out or go wait in the interrogation room….After 2 seasons of wanting to hit her with a 2x4 I have finally warmed to Chloe. Who knew?
9:11 A.M.
Edgar finds an ID on Beresch, a former officer of a Russian breakaway republic. Chloe starts working on more matches. They turn on the news for a live feed from the terrorists at the airport.
9:12 A.M.
On video, a masked Beresch demands that the anti-terrorism summit with the Russian president be called off. He wants his people to have a “true national sovereignty.”
9:13 A.M.
Logan watches the news and is furious. He has staked his entire Administration on this summit. Novick asks him to take a few moments to think it through, but Logan orders an immediate fix so that he can continue with the summit.
COMMENT: Yay Beresch!!! Anything that manages to piss of the Putz I’m happy about.
9:14 A.M.
Curtis takes a CTU chopper to the airport. He phones Jack, who gives him the details on what he sees inside. Jack overhears an officer tell Curtis that Diane Huxley has information. Jack asks to speak to her.
9:15 A.M.
Diane tells Jack that Derek went back into the terminal. Jack pulls out a pair of binoculars and finds Derek in the crowd of huddled hostages. Derek is not hurt. Jack promises to return Derek safely. Jack then asks Curtis to take Diane back to the command post.
COMMENT: Diane…still bugging the crap out of me.
9:21 A.M.
Buchanan briefs the President’s team. Logan is unyielding in wanting the terrorists caught before the treaty is to be signed. Buchanan says that they must be prepared to face civilian casualties. Logan doesn’t accept this. He grants CTU authority to extend an offer to the terrorists.
COMMENT: So we all realize President Putz is an unreasonable shrew. Does anyone get the feeling this is what it must be like to try and go tell Dubya something he doesn’t want to hear?? Hey – I’ve heard the stories…I’m just askin’.
9:22 A.M.
Chloe back traces the phone number from Beresch’s call to the police. Buchanan gets Beresch on the line and offers to make a peaceful resolution. Beresch asserts that the American president denounce the treaty. He hangs up on Buchanan.
COMMENT: No soup for you!!! Next!
9:23 A.M.
Beresch takes one of the hostages, and Jack reports this to Curtis. Beresch puts on the mask and shoots the civilian in front of the camera fed to the news. Logan and Novick recoil in horror. Cummings is unusually calm.
COMMENT: Ok – so there’s no doubt that the terrorists are serious…and we are all very aware why Cummings is calm.
9:24 A.M.
Beresch grabs Derek from the crowd and places him in front of the camera. From the command post, Diane sees Derek on the feed. She reacts frantically and the agents must pull her away.
9:25 A.M.
Beresch announces to the camera that the American president has 15 minutes before he will kill Derek. Jack presses Curtis to accelerate the assault, but Curtis cannot risk the entire operation for one person. Jack says that he will not jeopardize the mission.
9:31 A.M.
Martha watches the news reports and realizes that this is all connected to Palmer. Her aide Evelyn is concerned with her obsessive reaction, but Martha insists that Palmer had called her about this. She tells Evelyn that someone altered the tape of her conversation. Martha implores Evelyn to cover for her and she leaves.
COMMENT: I like Martha. She’s got spunk.
9:32 A.M.
Jack calls Chloe and is surprised that she has answered. He sends a photo of another hostile and has her do a close-up of the man’s vest. There is a second detonator on it. They realize that it’s wireless, and can probably be set off by a cell phone held by the leader. Jack asks Chloe to find that detonation frequency. Jack admits that he hasn’t cleared this with Buchanan, but he needs her help to save Derek.
COMMENT: Jack and Chloe back in the saddle….wait – that didn’t sound right….how about back on the case! Yeah – that’s much better.
9:33 A.M.
Chloe asks Spenser to reconfigure Jack’s phone so that it emits an alternate signal. Spenser has the best bandwidth processing experience. Chloe admits that this is off protocol, but she says that she needs him. Spenser handles switching Jack to the detonator frequency. Edgar watches this all go down.
COMMENT: Pretty wild techie stuff they are doing with the cell phone and detonator…Poor Edgar (I think that’s his new name) – left out in the cold yet again…
9:34 A.M.
Secret Service Agent Pierce goes to pick up Martha. Evelyn pretends that the First Lady is in a bad mood and asks him to wait.
COMMENT: Evelyn – just a small tip. It’s never a good idea to deceive the Secret Service. Only bad things can happen.
9:35 A.M.
Martha slips into the men’s room of the tech office. She approaches a communications officer named Burk as he’s at the urinal. She asks about the recorded phone calls. Although the written transcripts are stored, a proper security clearance is required to access them. Martha unbuttons her top and jostles her stockings. She threatens to scream. Burk quickly hands her his security card. She sweetly says she will return it.
COMMENT: Go Marty!!! Ripping a page from the Demi Moore “Disclosure” playbook…Nice to see she can play a little hardball.
9:42 A.M.
Chloe and Spenser cannot find the manufacturer of the detonator. They are running out of time.
COMMENT: No worries…I have this sneaky suspicion that they’ll figure it out…
9:43 A.M.
Curtis lays out his attack plan for Buchanan. Meanwhile, Derek pleads for his life to Beresch.
9:44 A.M.
Beresch calls Buchanan and threatens to kill the boy, whose blood will be on the President’s hands.
Spenser finds the manufacturer of the detonator, and Chloe gives Jack instructions on how to set it off.
COMMENT: See…no worries.
9:45 A.M.
As Beresch prepares to kill Derek, Jack waits impatiently for the signal to go through on his phone. Beresch chambers a round at Derek’s head. Before he can fire, Jack explodes one of the men’s vests. Beresch runs after the sound, ordering his men to keep the exits secure. Curtis can’t figure out what happened.
Buchanan calls Jack, who confesses that he was responsible for the man’s exploding vest. Buchanan holds his anger. Jack gives Curtis the terrorists’ change in formation.
9:46 A.M.
Buchanan reassures Logan that, even with the explosion, the situation is under control. He tells the President that Jack is actually alive and has acted independently to stop the death of a hostage. Jack may have been framed for Palmer’s murder. Logan is furious that he wasn’t told about these updates earlier and he demands to know everything. Cummings hears that Jack is working inside the airport.
COMMENT: In the name of National Security - Can someone PLEASE just punch the Putz right in the face?? Anyone?? More importantly – Walt knows.
9:52 A.M.
With his charge not ready, Agent Pierce opens Martha’s door. Evelyn tries to cover, but Pierce says it will be her fault if Martha is harmed. He wants to know where she is. Meanwhile, in the storage room, Martha discovers the paper transcript of the phone conversation.
9:53 A.M.
Curtis assembles his assault team into place. He confirms to Diane that Derek is alive.
9:54 A.M.
Agent Pierce takes Martha from the storage room to escort her to the event. Martha hands Burk his card. Evelyn apologizes, but Martha whispers that she got what she came for.
9:55 A.M.
Cummings calls Nathanson with news that Jack is inside the terminal providing reconnaissance for CTU. Their rescue operation is set to launch any minute. He says that Jack was responsible for setting off the detonation in the vest. Jack also has a connection to Derek, one of the hostages. Cummings hangs up when Agent Pierce arrives. Pierce informs him that he found Martha in an archive storage room. Cummings panics.
COMMENT: Oh dear…DUCK!! Here comes that wrench into CTU’s best laid plans.
9:56 A.M.
Jack relays the gunmen’s positioning to Curtis. Curtis counts down to his attack launch. Nathanson calls Beresch and tells him about Jack.
9:57 A.M.
Jack sees Beresch pull out a laptop. Suddenly, Jack’s phone is blast with a digital noise. He loses connection with CTU. With no idea of where the terrorists have positioned, Curtis is forced to abort the operation.
9:58 A.M.
Beresch calls out to Jack on the loud speaker, commanding him to show himself in order to save Derek. Jack appears and puts down his weapon. The gunmen secure him.
COMMENT: Oh Jack…see what you get for promising Diane that nothing would happen to Derek…The real question is – If it was someone else would Jack have let the person be killed?? Something to ponder…..
I would go through a list of questions and observations but come on people - hour number 4 quickly followed and left us little to speculate about from hour number 3.
Hour 4 re-cap coming soon.
Hope you like things so far.
24 New and Notes - Random Info
From today's AA column at TVGuide online :
Question: Well, Michael, I've got to hand it to you. You said way back when that David Palmer would play a key role in this season's 24. I thought that meant he would actually be in a lot of episodes, but I guess he had to die soon, and I never expected it to happen so quickly. And Michelle, wow, I definitely didn't see that one coming. I hope Tony is all right. — Alex
Ausiello: Yeah, Tony's OK, but he just barely missed his date with death, according to executive producer Howard Gordon. "Originally, both Michelle and Tony had perished in the blast," he tells me. "And it just felt so tragic and so awful." Plus, he adds, "we smelled an opportunity" to have Tony survive, undergo "a miraculous, 24-style recovery" and return later in the day to avenge Michelle's death.
Question: Why would 24 kill off Michelle? I'm never watching again unless they bring her back and say they had to pretend she was dead in order to protect her. — Kerry
Ausiello: "We ran out of story [for her]," says Howard Gordon. "She and Tony had been back and forth so many times and had finally settled on some happiness and, in true 24 fashion, the world of their jobs and of their work wind up turning a happily ever-after into a tragedy, which is, honestly, the only place for them to go." (BTW, I suspect there's no love lost between producers and Reiko Aylesworth. Just a gut feeling.)
....and TVGuide online's Breaking News column :
24 CASTS VEEP: Who can 24's President Logan count on, if not weaselly Walt? A rep for Ray Wise tells TVGuide.com that the actor — currently appearing in Good Night, and Good Luck, and well-known for playing Laura Palmer's deviant dad on Twin Peaks — has been cast in the recurring role of Logan's V.P. and will first air March 6. This can only mean one thing: Bob is behind the new terror attack.
Some thoughts -
~ Nice that they didn't whack Tony.
~ Too bad about Michelle.
~ So President Putz has a VP. Anyone have a stealth bomber or a stinger missle handy?
Question: Well, Michael, I've got to hand it to you. You said way back when that David Palmer would play a key role in this season's 24. I thought that meant he would actually be in a lot of episodes, but I guess he had to die soon, and I never expected it to happen so quickly. And Michelle, wow, I definitely didn't see that one coming. I hope Tony is all right. — Alex
Ausiello: Yeah, Tony's OK, but he just barely missed his date with death, according to executive producer Howard Gordon. "Originally, both Michelle and Tony had perished in the blast," he tells me. "And it just felt so tragic and so awful." Plus, he adds, "we smelled an opportunity" to have Tony survive, undergo "a miraculous, 24-style recovery" and return later in the day to avenge Michelle's death.
Question: Why would 24 kill off Michelle? I'm never watching again unless they bring her back and say they had to pretend she was dead in order to protect her. — Kerry
Ausiello: "We ran out of story [for her]," says Howard Gordon. "She and Tony had been back and forth so many times and had finally settled on some happiness and, in true 24 fashion, the world of their jobs and of their work wind up turning a happily ever-after into a tragedy, which is, honestly, the only place for them to go." (BTW, I suspect there's no love lost between producers and Reiko Aylesworth. Just a gut feeling.)
....and TVGuide online's Breaking News column :
24 CASTS VEEP: Who can 24's President Logan count on, if not weaselly Walt? A rep for Ray Wise tells TVGuide.com that the actor — currently appearing in Good Night, and Good Luck, and well-known for playing Laura Palmer's deviant dad on Twin Peaks — has been cast in the recurring role of Logan's V.P. and will first air March 6. This can only mean one thing: Bob is behind the new terror attack.
Some thoughts -
~ Nice that they didn't whack Tony.
~ Too bad about Michelle.
~ So President Putz has a VP. Anyone have a stealth bomber or a stinger missle handy?
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Check out the Monkey
There's a new show premiering tonight on CBS called LOVE MONKEY!
It looks pretty entertaining. Nice cast, witty dialogue and what could be some cool music as well. Reminds me alot of High Fidelity.
That's probably the idea.
Check it out. With crap like this out there it certainly can't hurt.
Monday, January 16, 2006
24 News and Notes / 8am-9am
Off we go with hour number two...
8:00 A.M.
Edgar shows Buchanan and Audrey security footage from the suspected location of the Palmer assassin. Jack is seen in the video.
COMMENT: Think Audrey was a bit stunned?? I am a bit surprised that everyone at CTU is so quick to jump to the conclusion that Jack is guilty as sin. They immediately start formulating these elaborate scenarios why Jack would want to kill Palmer. Why is Audrey the only one saying he could never do that and that he must be being framed? Talk about throwing a guy under the bus…..
8:03 A.M.
Jack wants to go back to Wayne’s apartment to uncover the truth, and he needs Chloe to access the building’s schematic as well as the interagency deployment. She thinks she can obtain this from a remote site. Derek is afraid of Jack because he watched him kill a man. Jack threatens him in order to keep him in line.
COMMENT: It was SUCH a crackup watching Jack put Derek in his place…"Let's get something straight, kid. The only reason you're still conscious is because I don't want to carry you. Now get in the van." I admire the kids spunk but has he been paying attention the last 45 minutes or so?? Derek – the guy just took out a whole bunch of bad guys AND killed a guy in cold blood. I think it would be a good idea to do EXACTLY what he says.
8:04 A.M.
Edgar confirms that the security cam video has not been doctored. Audrey is shocked to find out that Jack may still be alive, but she is insistent he not behind Palmer’s murder. Buchanan has phone logs proving that Palmer, Tony and Michelle had all spoken to Jack before he was supposedly killed. Buchanan thinks they conspired to fake Jack’s death because he was facing charges from the Chinese. Audrey still doesn’t believe that Jack kill his own friends.
COMMENT: Audrey Raines – the voice of reason. One hour and 4 minutes in and we have jumped the shark….
8:05 A.M.
Curtis gets confirmation that Chloe was also on the phone calls between Jack, Palmer, Tony and Michelle. Edgar is surprised that Chloe knew Jack was alive and kept it hidden from him. Buchanan orders a warrant for Jack’s arrest.
COMMENT: Welcome to the party Edgar! Hate to be the one to let you know but you aren’t Chloe’s little confidant.
8:06 A.M.
Cummings offers to trace the call Palmer made to Martha. Audrey contacts the President and tells him that Jack Bauer is the suspect based on CTU’s evidence. Logan again refuses to postpone the summit. He doesn’t want President Suvarov’s security to know that he might be in jeopardy.
COMMENT: Another sound decision by President Putz…what a surprise.
8:09 A.M.
A spotter calls a man named Nathanson from the abandoned oil refinery with news of Haas the assassin’s death. Nathanson wants CTU to bring Jack in so that they can eliminate him then. There is less than an hour to “launch.
8:14 A.M.
Chloe drives the assassins’ van while Jack inspects their gear. Diane calls “Frank’s” cell and begs to know what’s happening. Jack assures her that Derek is fine.
8:15 A.M.
Chloe pulls the van up to Wayne Palmer’s building where crowds and camera crews have gathered. She shows her CTU badge to the Secret Service and is let past the barricades to the underground parking garage.
COMMENT: No search of the van?? Oh well – ok.
8:16 A.M.
Jack takes out the assassin’s earwigs and Chloe taps into the agents’ transponder signals off the grid so that she can track them. She sees that there are 167 agents at the location. Derek watches in amazement as Jack knocks out an FBI agent in the garage. “Relax, he’s really good at this,” Chloe tells him. Jack puts on the agent’s jacket and badge and heads into the building.
COMMENT: Okay – he takes out the FBI agent, THEN LEAVES HIM LYING THERE ON THE FLOOR OF THE GARAGE??? Can you at least throw the guy in the trunk? Come on people…. Do I have to think of everything?
8:18 A.M.
Chloe leads Jack to Wayne’s penthouse, but alerts him to four agents stationed in the lobby. The people get on the elevator as Jack stands in the back of the car unnoticed.
8:19 A.M.
Jack makes his way into the apartment and sees Palmer’s slain body. This affects him deeply, and he slips into an empty room.
COMMENT: Subtle but powerful moment…
8:20 A.M.
Derek mentions that his mother called Jack by the name “Frank.” Chloe tells him that Jack used to work for the government and that people wanted him dead. She says that Jack had to give up everything, including his daughter.
COMMENT: Leave it to Chloe to spill the beans…
8:21 A.M.
Jack finds Palmer’s email account on the computer, and Chloe looks for the password. Suddenly, Wayne enters the room and Jack pulls out his gun. Wayne accuses Jack of killing his brother, but Jack swears he would have given his own life to save Palmer. “He was my friend,” Jack says earnestly. Someone is framing him, and Jack needs Wayne’s help. Wayne doesn’t believe him, so Jack hands him his gun. Wayne breaks down.
COMMENT: Great scene…When Jack is trying to prove that someone is framing him I’m yelling at the TV – GIVE HIM THE GUN!! Poor Wayne…hopefully he gets a bigger and better role this season.
8:24 A.M.
Martha tells Cummings that she knows Logan doesn’t believe her.
8:25 A.M.
Jack asks Wayne if Palmer had done or said anything out of the ordinary. Wayne thought that Palmer was distracted. Jack pulls up an encrypted file and Wayne realizes it is the first chapter of the President’s memoir. They compare it to printed versions to figure out why this one was encrypted.
8:26 A.M.
Edgar gives Spenser a hard time about allowing Chloe to be put in jeopardy. Spenser feels bad as it is. Edgar gives him Chloe’s access code, but Spenser finds that someone is already logged in. Edgar sees that Chloe is tapped in from a remote location.
COMMENT: Knock it off Edgar! Stop being an a-hole!
8:27 A.M.
Edgar lets Buchanan know that Chloe is tracking Secret Service deployment from Wayne Palmer’s building. The signal is faint, so she might be underground. Buchanan thinks someone like Jack might be forcing her to erase evidence for him. He calls Secret Service.
8:33 A.M.
Wayne sees that his brother added a name and address in the middle of a sentence. Jack has Chloe look up the name Chevensky at 16 Transport Way. The name and address are of a baggage handler at the Ontario Airport. Chloe tracks a lot of movement into the building, and Jack senses that he’s been found. Wayne offers to help, but Jack doesn’t want to risk him being connected. Jack asks him not to reveal what they have uncovered and he takes back the gun.
8:34 A.M.
Jack exits the room and sees that the agents are being distributed his photo. Chloe finds an exit for him by the kitchen. Jack knocks out the lone agent at that door and slips out into the elevator.
8:35 A.M.
Chloe loses her scan because they’ve found that she’s logged on. Jack gets out on the second floor and runs down the stairwell, knocking out another agent. He gets in Chloe’s van.
8:36 A.M.
Secret Service swarms the garage. Chloe peels out, but the agents do not shoot because they want the suspects captured alive. The van is trapped by police cars outside, and Chloe gets out with her hands up. Jack and Derek are not in the van.
COMMENT: Come on people!!!! You are Secret Service agents!!!! Shoot at the tires – DO SOMETHING!!!! Nice blockade of the only way out of the parking garage…No cars?? Trucks?? Nah – a wooden blockade. Just lame all the way across the board.
8:37 A.M.
On the street, Jack breaks into a car and lets Derek in. He picks the lock and starts the car, pulling away undetected.
8:42 A.M.
Jack calls Diane and tells her to head toward the Ontario Airport. He apologizes for getting her and Derek involved.
COMMENT: Hey wait - Jack and Diane?? Somewhere John COugar Mellencamp is smiling.
8:43 A.M.
The lead Secret Service agent contacts Buchanan, who speaks to Chloe. She explains that Jack is being framed to cover up the real assassin. Chloe even heard the man’s dying confession and she tells him where to find the man’s body. She refuses to say where Jack is because they are trying to arrest him. Buchanan is furious, and has her brought back to CTU.
COMMENTS: Easily the best scene of the night. Chloe defending Jack then refusing to tell Buchanan where he was headed. CLASSIC. Add some more points to the Chloe-meter.
8:44 A.M.
Derek tells Jack that Chloe told him some things about his past. Jack never wanted him and his mother to find out. He liked them as family, and he thought he might have a second chance at a normal life. Jack swears that he cares about both Derek and Diane.
COMMENT: Nice filler scene. Jack has a heart.
8:45 A.M.
Logan tells his wife that Palmer was killed by an unstable, ex-CTU agent and there was no conspiracy as she claimed. He plays a tape of the call from the previous night. The audio is of Palmer asking Martha to attend a charity dinner saying, “It’s hardly a matter of national security.” Martha is adamant that this is not the call. Logan says that her memory is affected because she is off her medication. Martha is distraught and he comforts her.
Edgar alerts Buchanan and Audrey that their sources say that the summit is a target during the next fifteen minutes. This is when the Russian president lands at the retreat.
COMMENT: Okay – something fishy is going on here. Marty likes to stick her face in the sink but I don’t think she’s “melting down” on this one.
8:46 A.M.
Nathanson’s men watch as Russian President Suvarov’s helicopter leaves the airbase and heads for the retreat. Nathanson orders them to go dark and cut off communication until after the strike.
8:48 A.M.
Novick warns the President that CTU has confirmed that Suvarov’s helicopter is a target. Logan still refuses to postpone the summit. Novick suggests that they alter the transportation, but Logan wants the pageantry of Suvarov’s arrival to remain intact.
COMMENT: I’m sure if the plane got blown out of the sky Logan would find a way to blame everyone but himself. That’s the kind of Putz he is…
8:54 A.M.
Jack pulls up at the airport and sees Diane. He apologizes to Derek for the way he’s been treated, and sends him to her. Diane is relieved, but demands to know what has happened. Jack gives up his real name and says that he lied about a lot of things. He sends them to CTU to see Buchanan. “Tell them the truth,” he says as he walks away.
COMMENT: Hmmm – interesting.
8:56 A.M.
Jack goes to the baggage claim area of the airport.
Buchanan and his team watch as Suvarov lands safely in Marine One and is met by Logan at the retreat. “The intel must have been wrong,” he says. Nathanson watches on television as well and smiles to himself.
8:57 A.M.
As Diane pulls out of the airport, Derek spots a group of men getting out of a van with bags and heading toward baggage. He knows that’s where Jack went and he senses that something is wrong. Derek runs out after them to warn Jack. Diane attempts to chase him, but the airport police make her move her car.
COMMENT: Derek’s got a new nickname – Derek the Moron!!! Good idea running into the baggage area after the terrorist!! I guess he forgot how Jack took care of himself pretty well back at the oil refinery. Land of Jack Bauer…good times!!!
8:58 A.M.
Jack finds Chevensky’s office and pulls his gun on the man, demanding to know why Palmer was killed. Nathanson’s men set off a bomb to explode their van. Jack hears the noise and looks into the hallway. As he steps away, Chevensky takes a poison pill.
COMMENT: Those damn poison pills.
8:59 A.M.
The men fire machine guns into the air and kill the guards in the terminal. Derek is one of the hostages along with the other passengers. Jack sees the commotion from the hallway. “You will not be harmed as long as your President complies with our wishes,” one of the men announces.
Chloe is lead into CTU in handcuffs.
Cummings calls Nathanson. He reports that he altered Martha’s phone conversation before the President heard it. There is no longer any evidence that Palmer tried to warn her of the attack. Nathanson tells him that the terminal and the hostages are secured. The President will soon be notified of their demands.
COMMENT: So Walt Cummings is a mole for the bad guys!!!! Seems to be a little early to pull out the mole card – no? Oh well – good that we’ve got it hanging out there…and Chloe is being led through CTU in handcuffs?? Think she’ll get a visit from The Man of Many Needles??? More importantly – you think its giving Spenser any ideas??...heehee….
Observations and questions:
~ How the heck do you think Palmer figured out about the attack?
~ Will Brother Wayne step up now that David is gone?
~ How will Chloe manage to get back into the good graces of Bill Buchanan and CTU?
~ Will Edgar and Spenser battle it out for her hand?
~ Is Derek set to be another casualty in the Land of Jack Bauer?
~ Can’t wait to see the inevitable Jack-Audrey reunion.
~ Won’t be flying into or out of the Ontario airport anytime soon (just to be safe).
~ Is this what Day 5 is?? A hostage crisis at the airport?? Hope not…
~ Any chance Cummings takes out President Putz just for kicks?? (I can hope right?)
~ Will Tony survive? (the magic Jesus statue says “Have faith”)
~ Does Diane really have a point in all this??
Let’s hope hours 3 and 4 have some answers….
8:00 A.M.
Edgar shows Buchanan and Audrey security footage from the suspected location of the Palmer assassin. Jack is seen in the video.
COMMENT: Think Audrey was a bit stunned?? I am a bit surprised that everyone at CTU is so quick to jump to the conclusion that Jack is guilty as sin. They immediately start formulating these elaborate scenarios why Jack would want to kill Palmer. Why is Audrey the only one saying he could never do that and that he must be being framed? Talk about throwing a guy under the bus…..
8:03 A.M.
Jack wants to go back to Wayne’s apartment to uncover the truth, and he needs Chloe to access the building’s schematic as well as the interagency deployment. She thinks she can obtain this from a remote site. Derek is afraid of Jack because he watched him kill a man. Jack threatens him in order to keep him in line.
COMMENT: It was SUCH a crackup watching Jack put Derek in his place…"Let's get something straight, kid. The only reason you're still conscious is because I don't want to carry you. Now get in the van." I admire the kids spunk but has he been paying attention the last 45 minutes or so?? Derek – the guy just took out a whole bunch of bad guys AND killed a guy in cold blood. I think it would be a good idea to do EXACTLY what he says.
8:04 A.M.
Edgar confirms that the security cam video has not been doctored. Audrey is shocked to find out that Jack may still be alive, but she is insistent he not behind Palmer’s murder. Buchanan has phone logs proving that Palmer, Tony and Michelle had all spoken to Jack before he was supposedly killed. Buchanan thinks they conspired to fake Jack’s death because he was facing charges from the Chinese. Audrey still doesn’t believe that Jack kill his own friends.
COMMENT: Audrey Raines – the voice of reason. One hour and 4 minutes in and we have jumped the shark….
8:05 A.M.
Curtis gets confirmation that Chloe was also on the phone calls between Jack, Palmer, Tony and Michelle. Edgar is surprised that Chloe knew Jack was alive and kept it hidden from him. Buchanan orders a warrant for Jack’s arrest.
COMMENT: Welcome to the party Edgar! Hate to be the one to let you know but you aren’t Chloe’s little confidant.
8:06 A.M.
Cummings offers to trace the call Palmer made to Martha. Audrey contacts the President and tells him that Jack Bauer is the suspect based on CTU’s evidence. Logan again refuses to postpone the summit. He doesn’t want President Suvarov’s security to know that he might be in jeopardy.
COMMENT: Another sound decision by President Putz…what a surprise.
8:09 A.M.
A spotter calls a man named Nathanson from the abandoned oil refinery with news of Haas the assassin’s death. Nathanson wants CTU to bring Jack in so that they can eliminate him then. There is less than an hour to “launch.
8:14 A.M.
Chloe drives the assassins’ van while Jack inspects their gear. Diane calls “Frank’s” cell and begs to know what’s happening. Jack assures her that Derek is fine.
8:15 A.M.
Chloe pulls the van up to Wayne Palmer’s building where crowds and camera crews have gathered. She shows her CTU badge to the Secret Service and is let past the barricades to the underground parking garage.
COMMENT: No search of the van?? Oh well – ok.
8:16 A.M.
Jack takes out the assassin’s earwigs and Chloe taps into the agents’ transponder signals off the grid so that she can track them. She sees that there are 167 agents at the location. Derek watches in amazement as Jack knocks out an FBI agent in the garage. “Relax, he’s really good at this,” Chloe tells him. Jack puts on the agent’s jacket and badge and heads into the building.
COMMENT: Okay – he takes out the FBI agent, THEN LEAVES HIM LYING THERE ON THE FLOOR OF THE GARAGE??? Can you at least throw the guy in the trunk? Come on people…. Do I have to think of everything?
8:18 A.M.
Chloe leads Jack to Wayne’s penthouse, but alerts him to four agents stationed in the lobby. The people get on the elevator as Jack stands in the back of the car unnoticed.
8:19 A.M.
Jack makes his way into the apartment and sees Palmer’s slain body. This affects him deeply, and he slips into an empty room.
COMMENT: Subtle but powerful moment…
8:20 A.M.
Derek mentions that his mother called Jack by the name “Frank.” Chloe tells him that Jack used to work for the government and that people wanted him dead. She says that Jack had to give up everything, including his daughter.
COMMENT: Leave it to Chloe to spill the beans…
8:21 A.M.
Jack finds Palmer’s email account on the computer, and Chloe looks for the password. Suddenly, Wayne enters the room and Jack pulls out his gun. Wayne accuses Jack of killing his brother, but Jack swears he would have given his own life to save Palmer. “He was my friend,” Jack says earnestly. Someone is framing him, and Jack needs Wayne’s help. Wayne doesn’t believe him, so Jack hands him his gun. Wayne breaks down.
COMMENT: Great scene…When Jack is trying to prove that someone is framing him I’m yelling at the TV – GIVE HIM THE GUN!! Poor Wayne…hopefully he gets a bigger and better role this season.
8:24 A.M.
Martha tells Cummings that she knows Logan doesn’t believe her.
8:25 A.M.
Jack asks Wayne if Palmer had done or said anything out of the ordinary. Wayne thought that Palmer was distracted. Jack pulls up an encrypted file and Wayne realizes it is the first chapter of the President’s memoir. They compare it to printed versions to figure out why this one was encrypted.
8:26 A.M.
Edgar gives Spenser a hard time about allowing Chloe to be put in jeopardy. Spenser feels bad as it is. Edgar gives him Chloe’s access code, but Spenser finds that someone is already logged in. Edgar sees that Chloe is tapped in from a remote location.
COMMENT: Knock it off Edgar! Stop being an a-hole!
8:27 A.M.
Edgar lets Buchanan know that Chloe is tracking Secret Service deployment from Wayne Palmer’s building. The signal is faint, so she might be underground. Buchanan thinks someone like Jack might be forcing her to erase evidence for him. He calls Secret Service.
8:33 A.M.
Wayne sees that his brother added a name and address in the middle of a sentence. Jack has Chloe look up the name Chevensky at 16 Transport Way. The name and address are of a baggage handler at the Ontario Airport. Chloe tracks a lot of movement into the building, and Jack senses that he’s been found. Wayne offers to help, but Jack doesn’t want to risk him being connected. Jack asks him not to reveal what they have uncovered and he takes back the gun.
8:34 A.M.
Jack exits the room and sees that the agents are being distributed his photo. Chloe finds an exit for him by the kitchen. Jack knocks out the lone agent at that door and slips out into the elevator.
8:35 A.M.
Chloe loses her scan because they’ve found that she’s logged on. Jack gets out on the second floor and runs down the stairwell, knocking out another agent. He gets in Chloe’s van.
8:36 A.M.
Secret Service swarms the garage. Chloe peels out, but the agents do not shoot because they want the suspects captured alive. The van is trapped by police cars outside, and Chloe gets out with her hands up. Jack and Derek are not in the van.
COMMENT: Come on people!!!! You are Secret Service agents!!!! Shoot at the tires – DO SOMETHING!!!! Nice blockade of the only way out of the parking garage…No cars?? Trucks?? Nah – a wooden blockade. Just lame all the way across the board.
8:37 A.M.
On the street, Jack breaks into a car and lets Derek in. He picks the lock and starts the car, pulling away undetected.
8:42 A.M.
Jack calls Diane and tells her to head toward the Ontario Airport. He apologizes for getting her and Derek involved.
COMMENT: Hey wait - Jack and Diane?? Somewhere John COugar Mellencamp is smiling.
8:43 A.M.
The lead Secret Service agent contacts Buchanan, who speaks to Chloe. She explains that Jack is being framed to cover up the real assassin. Chloe even heard the man’s dying confession and she tells him where to find the man’s body. She refuses to say where Jack is because they are trying to arrest him. Buchanan is furious, and has her brought back to CTU.
COMMENTS: Easily the best scene of the night. Chloe defending Jack then refusing to tell Buchanan where he was headed. CLASSIC. Add some more points to the Chloe-meter.
8:44 A.M.
Derek tells Jack that Chloe told him some things about his past. Jack never wanted him and his mother to find out. He liked them as family, and he thought he might have a second chance at a normal life. Jack swears that he cares about both Derek and Diane.
COMMENT: Nice filler scene. Jack has a heart.
8:45 A.M.
Logan tells his wife that Palmer was killed by an unstable, ex-CTU agent and there was no conspiracy as she claimed. He plays a tape of the call from the previous night. The audio is of Palmer asking Martha to attend a charity dinner saying, “It’s hardly a matter of national security.” Martha is adamant that this is not the call. Logan says that her memory is affected because she is off her medication. Martha is distraught and he comforts her.
Edgar alerts Buchanan and Audrey that their sources say that the summit is a target during the next fifteen minutes. This is when the Russian president lands at the retreat.
COMMENT: Okay – something fishy is going on here. Marty likes to stick her face in the sink but I don’t think she’s “melting down” on this one.
8:46 A.M.
Nathanson’s men watch as Russian President Suvarov’s helicopter leaves the airbase and heads for the retreat. Nathanson orders them to go dark and cut off communication until after the strike.
8:48 A.M.
Novick warns the President that CTU has confirmed that Suvarov’s helicopter is a target. Logan still refuses to postpone the summit. Novick suggests that they alter the transportation, but Logan wants the pageantry of Suvarov’s arrival to remain intact.
COMMENT: I’m sure if the plane got blown out of the sky Logan would find a way to blame everyone but himself. That’s the kind of Putz he is…
8:54 A.M.
Jack pulls up at the airport and sees Diane. He apologizes to Derek for the way he’s been treated, and sends him to her. Diane is relieved, but demands to know what has happened. Jack gives up his real name and says that he lied about a lot of things. He sends them to CTU to see Buchanan. “Tell them the truth,” he says as he walks away.
COMMENT: Hmmm – interesting.
8:56 A.M.
Jack goes to the baggage claim area of the airport.
Buchanan and his team watch as Suvarov lands safely in Marine One and is met by Logan at the retreat. “The intel must have been wrong,” he says. Nathanson watches on television as well and smiles to himself.
8:57 A.M.
As Diane pulls out of the airport, Derek spots a group of men getting out of a van with bags and heading toward baggage. He knows that’s where Jack went and he senses that something is wrong. Derek runs out after them to warn Jack. Diane attempts to chase him, but the airport police make her move her car.
COMMENT: Derek’s got a new nickname – Derek the Moron!!! Good idea running into the baggage area after the terrorist!! I guess he forgot how Jack took care of himself pretty well back at the oil refinery. Land of Jack Bauer…good times!!!
8:58 A.M.
Jack finds Chevensky’s office and pulls his gun on the man, demanding to know why Palmer was killed. Nathanson’s men set off a bomb to explode their van. Jack hears the noise and looks into the hallway. As he steps away, Chevensky takes a poison pill.
COMMENT: Those damn poison pills.
8:59 A.M.
The men fire machine guns into the air and kill the guards in the terminal. Derek is one of the hostages along with the other passengers. Jack sees the commotion from the hallway. “You will not be harmed as long as your President complies with our wishes,” one of the men announces.
Chloe is lead into CTU in handcuffs.
Cummings calls Nathanson. He reports that he altered Martha’s phone conversation before the President heard it. There is no longer any evidence that Palmer tried to warn her of the attack. Nathanson tells him that the terminal and the hostages are secured. The President will soon be notified of their demands.
COMMENT: So Walt Cummings is a mole for the bad guys!!!! Seems to be a little early to pull out the mole card – no? Oh well – good that we’ve got it hanging out there…and Chloe is being led through CTU in handcuffs?? Think she’ll get a visit from The Man of Many Needles??? More importantly – you think its giving Spenser any ideas??...heehee….
Observations and questions:
~ How the heck do you think Palmer figured out about the attack?
~ Will Brother Wayne step up now that David is gone?
~ How will Chloe manage to get back into the good graces of Bill Buchanan and CTU?
~ Will Edgar and Spenser battle it out for her hand?
~ Is Derek set to be another casualty in the Land of Jack Bauer?
~ Can’t wait to see the inevitable Jack-Audrey reunion.
~ Won’t be flying into or out of the Ontario airport anytime soon (just to be safe).
~ Is this what Day 5 is?? A hostage crisis at the airport?? Hope not…
~ Any chance Cummings takes out President Putz just for kicks?? (I can hope right?)
~ Will Tony survive? (the magic Jesus statue says “Have faith”)
~ Does Diane really have a point in all this??
Let’s hope hours 3 and 4 have some answers….
24 News and Notes / 7am-8am
Jack’s back!
Talk about starting the season off with a bang…
Let’s get to it…..
7:00 A.M.
Jack waits to be hired at an oil refinery in the Mojave desert. The foreman refers to him as “Frank Flynn”.
7:02 A.M.
In Wayne Palmer’s Los Angeles high rise apartment, former President Palmer works on his memoirs. Wayne notices that Palmer is distracted. As Palmer stands by the window overlooking the city, a gunshot blasts through the glass and hits him in the neck. From another building, the assassin Haas lowers his rifle.
COMMENT: Holy Shit! No! They can’t take out President Palmer (one of the coolest characters on TV). Why couldn’t they have taken out that putz Logan?
7:04 A.M.
Aides Walt Cummings and Mike Novick prep President Logan at his retreat in Santa Ynez, California. Logan asks Cummings to look in on the First Lady before the Russian President’s visit. “She can’t have one of her meltdowns today,” he warns. Novick gets word that Palmer has been killed. He is grief-stricken.
COMMENT: Oh dear – the First Lady has “meltdowns”. This should make for a really entertaining 24hrs…Also – can someone explain to me how Mike Novick ended up in Logan’s camp??? There has never been an explanation. Just curious.
7:07 A.M.
At CTU, Buchanan and Curtis run through their lists to narrow the search. Logan demands from Buchanan that the assassin be killed or arrested before the Russian President arrives. Buchanan advises the President to postpone his signing of the arms agreement treaty in case the incidents are connected. Logan refuses.
COMMENT: President Putz! Good to see he is still as much an idiot as ever. I enjoy watching him bark things at people…
”It’s raining sir”. “Don’t tell me it’s raining! Just make it stop – NOW!”
7:08 A.M.
Chloe wakes up and kicks out her CTU subordinate, Spenser Wolff, from her bed. She tells him that the night before was a mistake, but Spenser disagrees. Suddenly, Chloe’s cell phone gets a text message that Palmer is dead.
COMMENT: The second OH MY GOD moment of the ep…Chloe’s getting some! From someone she works with!! Edgar is going to be mighty upset…She’s still making those annoying faces but I thought I caught just a hint of a smile…and I liked it.
7:10 A.M.
Jack watches television reports of Palmer’s assassination from his small apartment in the desert. He tears up at the news. When someone knocks at the door, Jack trains his gun. He lowers it when he realizes that it is his neighbor and girlfriend, Diane Huxley. She invites “Frank” over for breakfast.
COMMENT: Pretty touching if you ask me….the tearing up, not the pulling the gun on his neighbor/girlfriend…I wonder if he does this every time there’s a knock on the door…
7:11 A.M.
Diane’s teenage son Derek is not pleased that his mother is seeing “Frank.” Derek tries to catch Jack in a lie on his oil rig work. Diane doesn’t question Jack about his past because she trusts him.
COMMENT: You think Jack wanted to just POP the kid upside the head when he ignored his mom and kept drinking from the carton? Ooh Derek you are such a rebel! Please…..
7:13 A.M.
From their home, Tony and Michelle see the news about Palmer. They argue about whether to call in to their former employer CTU since they were on the investigations into the previous attempts on Palmer’s life. Michelle thinks they could assist the case. Tony wants to focus on their current company. She leaves alone for CTU, but when she gets in her car, it explodes. Tony finds Michelle’s body in the wreckage. Another blast hits Tony and knocks him over.
COMMENT: You have got to be FREAKIN’ kidding me! Palmer AND Michelle?? Why don’t you just kill Tony too and you’ll have taken out my 3 favorite people!! We get treated to 3 minutes of “wedded bliss” between 24’s favorite couple and then they go and pull a “Casino” on us. When Tony recovers from surgery (which he just HAS to do) he is going to be PISSED. Go SOUL PATCH!
7:21 A.M.
At CTU, Edgar and Spenser look for connections between Tony, Michelle and Palmer. Edgar calls Chloe, who is on her way into the office. He tells her that Michelle is dead and that Tony is injured. Chloe becomes suspicious when she sees a white van trailing her. She hangs up on Edgar and runs. Inside the van is Haas. Chloe loses the man chasing her in the morning commute rush.
COMMENT: Chloe in the field. I like it. It must be something in the chili (we were having dinner during the first hour) because Chloe doesn’t seem nearly as annoying as she was last year (of course we’re only 21 minutes in…) Quick tip – if you are being chased by people that want to hurt you and are on the phone with CTU – TELL THEM YOU ARE BEING CHASED BY EVIL MEN!! I’ll call you back just doesn’t have the same urgency…
7:23 A.M.
While sitting with Diane, Jack gets an urgent call from Chloe who apologizes for breaking protocol. She tells him about Tony and Michelle, as well as the people chasing her. Chloe is convinced that all the people who know about Jack being alive are targeted. Jack warns her to go dark because there might be a leak inside CTU. He instructs her to head north out of Los Angeles to an abandoned oil refinery where he will meet her. Jack pulls a satchel out of the air vent in his apartment and leaves.
COMMENT: He’s grabbing the satchel and putting on the sunglasses!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen – Jack Bauer is back!!!!
7:25 A.M.
Tony is sent to CTU for medical attention because they can’t protect him at a hospital. Buchanan wants his team to find the connection between Tony and Michelle with Palmer. Audrey Raines arrives at CTU as the Defense Department’s liaison on the investigation. Audrey agrees with Buchanan about postponing the treaty signing, but the President cannot be swayed.
COMMENT: Audrey is back??? Wonderful…Lisa chimes in wondering why they couldn’t have killed her instead of Michelle. Good question. Again – President Putz just begging to be killed!!
7:27 A.M.
President Logan gives a press conference about Palmer’s death at the retreat.
7:28 A.M.
An aide named Evelyn puts the final touches on First Lady Martha Logan’s makeup. “I look like a wedding cake,” Martha says before abruptly dunking her head in the sink of water. Walt Cummings breaks the news about Palmer to her. She becomes upset because she and the former President were close friends. Martha says she has to talk to her husband immediately. Cummings orders the secret service agents to keep her away from the press conference.
COMMENT: I think I’m going to enjoy 23 more hours of Martha! Yes - she’s no Sherry Palmer but then who is?
7:30 A.M.
Martha goes outside, and argues with Novick and the agents holding her back. She refuses to tell them what is so urgent and asks to see Logan when he is done.
COMMENT: You’d think at least a couple of the crack reporters would have noticed the First Lady freakin out off in the distance…Nah – they are just mesmerized by President Putz and his amazing oratory skills.
7:37 A.M.
Jack speeds to the refinery and knocks out a rescue helicopter pilot. Derek has followed him because he is worried about his mom. Jack takes Derek at gunpoint and forces him onto the chopper.
COMMENT: My first thought when Jack arrived at the refinery – he stopping by for his final check?? I need to learn how to knock people out with just one punch. Seems like a handy skill to have. Smart move Derek – you’ve just left Frank’s World and entered the Land of Jack Bauer. Hang on for the ride.
7:39 A.M.
Tony is wheeled into CTU on a gurney. He suffers from head trauma that has affected his speech. Curtis shows Buchanan that Tony’s phone records prove he spoke to Palmer on the day Jack was killed. The transcript files have been corrupted.
COMMENT: Why does that seem so strange?? Is it that outrageous an explanation that Tony knew that Palmer and Jack were friends and wanted to let him know he was dead?
7:40 A.M.
Logan comes to see his wife and she apologizes for making a scene. Martha thinks that Palmer was killed because of her. She explains that Palmer had called her yesterday and wanted to meet about something involving national security and Logan. The President wonders why Palmer didn’t call him directly, but Martha points out that he shut Palmer out of the White House. She was his only access. Martha realizes that her husband doesn’t believe her. “I am not crazy!” she exclaims. Logan promises that he will have Cummings look into it. He sweetly asks her to get ready for the Russian president’s visit.
COMMENT: These two are quite a pair…Chuck and Marty! How the heck is this guy running the country? More importantly – there was an issue of national security and Palmer felt the need to share it with a woman who suffers from “meltdowns” and has to be reminded to take her medication. I thought he was a little bit smarter than that.
7:42 A.M.
Logan tells Cummings that Martha is suffering from another one of her delusions. He recounts what she told him about Palmer. Logan doesn’t want Cummings to do anything about her claims.
COMMENT: Oh dear – delusions too? Think she was delusional when she decided to marry Chuck? Sorry – unsolicited shot at President Putz…
7:43 A.M.
Aboard the helicopter, Jack assures Derek that he is not being kidnapped. He only wants to prevent him from going to the police. When Derek asks who he is, Jack answers: “Someone who’s not supposed to still be alive.”
7:44 A.M.
Jack calls Diane and instructs her to pick up her son in Los Angeles. She is freaked out, but he asks her to trust him. Jack explains to Derek will be freed once he’s completed his task in Los Angeles.
7:50 A.M.
Edgar is worried about Chloe because she hasn’t arrived or answered her cell phone. Spenser assures Edgar that Chloe is fine because he saw her earlier. Edgar realizes that they are dating.
COMMENT: Poor Edgar…took a little while for the light bulb to come on. Wasn’t Spenser supposed to keep his mouth shut about the whole “dating Chloe” thing? Ooops.
7:52 A.M.
Chloe arrives by taxi at the oil refinery to meet Jack. Her jacket gets caught in the fence and she leaves it. Chloe thinks she can tap into the CTU mainframe from the research library at Cal Tech. With no car, they get back in the helicopter.
COMMENT: Was it necessary for Chloe to cut her side on the fence?? I think we could all see how tough it was for her to get through. Maybe its all part of the “show more Chloe skin” campaign since Kim is no longer in the picture to prance around in a tank top and low rider blue jeans. We’re off to a blazin’ start!
7:53 A.M.
As Jack starts the engine, a car pulls up. He realizes that the men have been following Chloe. The helicopter cannot achieve enough speed to take off. The van and another car approach. Jack throws smoke bombs in front of the chopper, and has Chloe take Derek to hide. Haas and his team cannot see through the smoke. Jack takes the team down one by one.
COMMENT: Proof that you don’t want to mess with Jack. Nice to see the skills haven’t suffered during the 18 months working on the oil rig. I guess knifing someone to death is just like riding a bike.
7:54 A.M.
Haas approaches where Chloe and Derek are hiding. Jack shoots him in the leg. Chloe quickly plugs rounds into Haas, but Jack yells for her to hold her fire.
COMMENT: NICE! Chloe plugging him in the gut. Looks like you don’t want to mess with Chloe! She’s growing on me by the minute…
7:55 A.M.
Jack orders Chloe to walk away with Derek. He tells Haas that he will only receive medical attention if he confesses why they are after him. Haas says that Palmer was the primary target and the others were just a diversion to make it look like Jack did it. Haas doesn’t know who hired him. When Jack learns that this is the man who killed Palmer, he shoots him. Chloe and Derek wince as they watch.
COMMENT: You just KNEW the guy was doomed once Jack found out that he was the one who killed Palmer…A little street justice never hurts! Interesting twist that they are framing Jack for the murder(s)…
Quite an exciting hour #1.
Disappointed that Palmer and Michelle have been taken out…
A great base for the next 23hours.
President Logan is such a PUTZ.
On to hour #2.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
5.....5? Stunning.
5 turnovers. That says it all.
Doesn't matter that the Patriots clearly outplayed the Broncos for the majority of the game. Their fate was sealed by 5 turnovers.
Brady looked uncomfortable - something that we had never seen before in the playoffs. They just didn't make the plays we have grown accustom to watching them make again and again.
They had their chances and they fumbled them away.
I do have to mention one last thing - PASS INTERFERENCE???? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING!!!
You all know EXACTLY what I'm talking about.
So there'll be no 3-peat. Back-to-back will have to do.
Oh well.
See ya in September (where I expect them to return WITH A VENGENCE!
Friday, January 13, 2006
24 New and Notes - Yet another article...
This time from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Everywhere you look and read they are saying the new season is going to ROCk!
Have I mentioned the number of the day???
2.
Everywhere you look and read they are saying the new season is going to ROCk!
Have I mentioned the number of the day???
2.
24 News and Notes - CHLOE interview
From TVGuide online - an enjoyable interview with Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe)...
Can We Get 24's Chloe to Break?
by Matt Webb Mitovich
That glorious glowing digital clock is about to start ticking away again, as Fox's 24 returns with a two-night, four-hour Season 5 premiere airing Sunday at 8 pm/ET, and continuing Monday at the same time. TVGuide.com invited quirky little Chloe, aka Mary Lynn Rajskub (rhymes with "rice cub," says the actress), to leak to us some top-secret vittles.
TVGuide.com: So what am I missing by not bothering with the Season 5 "prequel" packed in the newest 24 boxed DVD set?
Mary Lynn Rajskub: Oh, you're missing both of our hairdos — Jack Bauer has a great hairdo, and my hair is down, which is exciting. OK, it's not really that exciting. I just get to have a different outfit for a minute. It all just kind of tips off the new season, which I guess is coming up pretty fast.
TVGuide.com: You bet it is. This, by the way, is where you tell me, "It's going to be the best season ever."
Rajskub: Well of course it is! I don't know how they do it, but they're managing to keep the show going and keep it good.
TVGuide.com: Much has been said and teased about the season opener. Is it that action-packed?
Rajskub: It's sort of exhausting, yeah. You might want to take a, uh, little vacation after you watch it.
TVGuide.com: Four hours of 24 over two nights is a lot to take in.
Rajskub: I was reading this quote from [24 writer] Howard Gordon, and I was like, "Yeah, that's exactly it" — it's always a question of how Jack can save the world every time. There can only be so many ways a terrorist can attack you, so I think they've had to come up with different ways [to make the threats] "smaller," in some sense, or more character-oriented — and they've done a pretty great job of that.
TVGuide.com: Is this the season the terrorists go around handing out Ashlee Simpson CDs?
Rajskub: [Laughs] Woo-hoo!
TVGuide.com: How does it work at the start of each season? Does [24 creator] Joel Surnow gather the cast around a table and say, "OK, you live... and you die... live, live, die, live... "?
Rajskub: Not at all. Never! When I first showed up on the set, it pretty much felt like a movie set. You just showed up with your lines memorized....You get your script a week ahead of time, and it usually changes quite a bit....
TVGuide.com: So you only know your character's longevity a week at a time?
Rajskub: Yeah, pretty much!
TVGuide.com: On a scale of 1 to 10, let's say Chloe's computer aptitude is a 17. What is Mary Lynn's?
Rajskub: Um, I'd say about a 3? [Pauses] 2?
TVGuide.com: A 2?! So if I asked you to call up a real-time thermal satellite image of my cubicle, you'd be at an utter loss?
Rajskub: I know people in high places — it is Hollywood — so I could call somebody who could call somebody.
TVGuide.com: What are you at liberty to say about what's ahead for Chloe?
Rajskub: I take off my clothes halfway through, when I have to make a tourniquet. And then I also find a way that the fibers can be useful in my computer.
TVGuide.com: What?!? That's...
Rajskub: I just made that up.
TVGuide.com: [Grumbling] Not nice.
Rajskub: That was pretty good, though! I almost had you believing that.
TVGuide.com: I was going to say, that's very MacGyver-ish. So, no more AK47-toting?
Rajskub: Well, I do start in the field in the first couple episodes, and I have a hot boyfriend, and I do get some gun action early on.
TVGuide.com: By "gun action" do you mean firearms, or is that a euphemism for what Chloe's doing with the boy?
Rajskub: Both, both. Actual guns and... I'm too much of a nice girl to describe anything else.
TVGuide.com: Are you ever tempted to lobby the wardrobe department to make this the season Chloe spends in a nice, comfy Juicy suit?
Rajskub: Like, a Juicy sweatsuit? You know, that's a whole other show. You can't just, like, cut to me in the CTU wearing that.
TVGuide.com: Sure you can — she was called in from a weekend furlough or something.
Rajskub: I love that! But I would need ass padding and breast padding.
TVGuide.com: Now, now. Do you know about the Chloe-Edgar fans out there?
Rajskub: What are they doing?
TVGuide.com: I guess a few folks want you two kids to hook up. Me, I don't. Dude is so not worthy.
Rajskub: Thank you very much. I think he's worthy, I just think that would kind of ruin it. I like that people are even thinking that's a possibility, but for me, I see it like we are actually friends, even though I'm totally mean to him all the time. But that's only because I want him to be better. I watch out for him.
TVGuide.com: He's not going to still be whining about Ma getting killed last season by the melted-down nuclear reactor, is he?
Rajskub: No, I think he's learned to live with it.
TVGuide.com: From where you sit, who is the most interesting new character this season?
Rajskub: You know who I've been working a lot with lately is Sean Astin, because he's done a lot of stuff with us in the CTU. I thought that was really interesting casting because he looks kind of boyish, and they cast him to be the top authority over [CTU director] Bill Buchanan, who is an older man and very authoritative. All of the sudden this young guy comes in during the middle of this crisis, and they gave him the name Lynn McGill, so we're all like, "Who is this guy?" I love how they sort of cast against type like that.
TVGuide.com: I couldn't believe it when I saw they named this new hot shot "Lynn."
Rajskub: I love that! For being such a serious show, there are little moments like that. "We're going to put a guy named Lynn in charge of everybody!"
TVGuide.com: Does Sean regale you with bawdy Lord of the Rings backstage anecdotes?
Rajskub: He doesn't really talk about it that much — and nobody really asks him.
TVGuide.com: You haven't even seen any of the Lord of the Rings, have you! To be fair, I haven't; they're all just so damn long.
Rajskub: I couldn't agree with you more. They're really long!
TVGuide.com: What else do you have coming up? Is that you playing Harrison Ford's bank coworker in the trailer for Firewall?
Rajskub: Yes, that's me. That was really fun and I'm psyched about that. That's coming out in February.
TVGuide.com: Who's sexier when saving the world, Harrison Ford or Kiefer Sutherland?
Rajskub: Oh, s---, don't do that to me! Don't put me in that kind of position! I'm just lucky to be around both of them. They each know how to save the world in their own special way.
WOW. Who knew???
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Mr. Eko
...is one bad dude!
Excellent episode of Lost last night coming back out of hiatus.
Quick thoughts -
*The above mentioned Mr. Eko...don't mess with him.
*Claire - how about cutting Charlie just a teeny bit of slack....come on.
*Kate and Sawyer - cute.
*Our most detailed shot of the "monster" so far...need to go back for a closer look.
*"Jesus Stick"...heehee
*Hurley and Libby???
*Jin and Sun - nice move with Ana and the fish...she didn't mean to shoot Shannon.
*Nice to see Walt with an AOL IM hookup ;) just waiting for the first "LOL" to show up....and Michael - what the HELL are you doing??? Tell Jack.
*Charlie - what the hell are you doing??? GET RID OF THE DRUGS ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!
It definitely hasn't missed a beat....
ps. The number of the day is ... 3 (days til 24)
Sunday, January 08, 2006
7 days
7 days. One week. 168 hours.....
24 - season 5 begins.
Just saw a promo for the new season on Fox during the Carolina Panther's 23-0 demolition of the NY Giants. WOW (the promo not the game)!
Quick observation - President Logan is still a whining shmuck. Managed to get this vibe from the 2 second clip of him whining and being a schmuck.
I can't wait....
24 - season 5 begins.
Just saw a promo for the new season on Fox during the Carolina Panther's 23-0 demolition of the NY Giants. WOW (the promo not the game)!
Quick observation - President Logan is still a whining shmuck. Managed to get this vibe from the 2 second clip of him whining and being a schmuck.
I can't wait....
Saturday, January 07, 2006
A Good Start
New England 28 Jacksonville 3. CHECK.
One down - 3 to go.
Brady - efficient.
Dillon - resilient
Branch - steady
Faulk - huge
"Randy" Watson - big time
The D (with no Tedy) - getting better every game
Next up - at Denver or at Indy.
If Pittsburgh beats Cincy - we go to Denver.
If Cincy prevails - off to Indy we go for one HELL of a matchup.
The playoffs are here.
Bring it on!
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Grey's NEWS
FOr those of you out there who love both Grey's Anatomy AND Blogs - this is the site for you.....GREY MATTER
It is a blog from the writers of Grey's Anatomy. Since the show doesn't run on a continuous loop on my TV this will have to do.
Enjoy.
p.s. 11 days til 24.
It is a blog from the writers of Grey's Anatomy. Since the show doesn't run on a continuous loop on my TV this will have to do.
Enjoy.
p.s. 11 days til 24.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
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