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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….