Maybe I’m just a sucker for Jack and Audrey but this episode (in my humble opinion) was the best one since the opening hour…and I mentioned that to Lisa multiple times last night after watching. Maybe the reason I loved it as much as I did was that there wasn’t even a sniff of Logan this hour…how absolutely refreshing was that!! I know….
On to the fun that was “Audrey’s interrogation”….
9:00 P.M.
Buchanan asks Chloe to secretly look up Audrey’s activities over the past year and whether or not she had any connection to Henderson and Cummings.
9:01 P.M.
Buchanan takes Audrey into custody. Audrey says that Collette is lying about obtaining any information from her. When she asks for Jack, Buchanan tells her that Jack is the one who sanctioned this detention.
COMMENT: I for one sure the heck HOPE Collette is lying because like I mentioned before…I like Audrey and don’t want to see her tortured and left in a sweaty heap in the interrogation room.
9:02 P.M.
As Jack escorts Collette through CTU security, she confirms that she has met with Audrey and can identify her.
9:03 P.M.
The torture tools are wheeled into Audrey’s holding room. Buchanan argues with Karen and Miles about the extreme interrogation techniques they want to use on Audrey.
COMMENT: Let me just say this again – I severely dislike Karen and Miles. Severely!
9:04 P.M.
Jack enters and tells Karen that he will handle Audrey. She accuses Jack of always putting his feelings before work. “Is that what happened with Nina Myers?” she asks. Jack warns Karen that Audrey’s father, the Secretary of Defense, might have a problem with his daughter being tortured. Karen allows Jack to attempt to get Audrey to talk, but she will intervene if nothing comes out of it.
COMMENT: No – she didn’t go there! Nice to see Jack put her right back in her place and on the spot mentioning the fact that Papa won’t be too happy if they torture his daughter. I’d guess he could makes things really uncomfortable for Karen and her team of monkeys.
9:06 P.M.
Outside the conference room, Buchanan confesses to Jack that he doesn’t believe Audrey is guilty. Yet she might know something that can help their investigation.
COMMENT: Nice to see that Bill has his head in the right place.
9:07 P.M.
Los Angeles Police happen upon a brawl in an alley, but it’s a trap. Bierko and his men kill the cops and take their uniforms and weapons. They will use the police car to accompany the van with canisters in avoiding roadblocks.
COMMENT: Called the fake brawl immediately…it’s not rocket science you know.
9:08 P.M.
Chloe finds a connection between Audrey and Cummings. The two had stayed in the same hotel room in Maryland, which was confirmed by the manager of the hotel. Jack is shocked at this revelation.
COMMENT: She slept with Walt? Oh dear…that certainly doesn’t look good. Keep the faith!
9:14 P.M.
A techie named Shari Rothenberg reports to Chloe as Edgar’s replacement. Shari sees Miles across the bullpen. They share a look.
COMMENT: What the heck is up with that???
9:15 P.M.
Jack goes into the holding room and is abrupt with Audrey. “I have nothing to do with these terrorists,” she pleads. Jack shows her photos of Henderson and Cummings. Audrey says she only met Cummings a few times in Defense briefings. Jack brings up the hotel in Maryland, and he forces Audrey to admit that she slept with Cummings. She swears that she knows nothing else. Jack grabs her by the throat, and then stops. He turns to the security camera and yells to Karen that this is over.
COMMENT: Tough scene for the both of them. Audrey having to admit that she slept with Walt and Jack grabbing her by the throat. Fun times for all…then it went in a direction I hadn’t anticipated – Jack takes her under his wing. He still loves her!!! Well how about that…
9:19 P.M.
“If you ask me, she broke him. Not the other way around,” Karen tells Buchanan, as they watch the surveillance feed. Buchanan is certain that Audrey is innocent. Karen is not convinced, and she calls for Agent Burke to be brought in with his torture tools.
COMMENT: Did I mention how SEVERELY I dislike Karen!!! In the words of comedian Dane Cook – “Karen’s always a douche-bag. She is always a bag of douche!” (really – it’s a funny bit)
9:20 P.M.
Chloe gives Shari an assignment, and Miles accuses Shari of not being qualified. Shari confesses to Chloe that she had filed a sexual harassment charge against Miles when they worked together a few years ago.
COMMENT: Hmmm – sexual harassment. So that’s it…
9:21 P.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Karen wants to use torture on Audrey, but Jack refuses to allow it. The guards try to stop him, and Burke is forced to taser Jack. The guards take Audrey away as Jack is put in handcuffs.
COMMENT: I’ve got to learn how to take someone down with one chop to the neck. Love that stuff! Interesting that Burke didn’t even attempt to take him on by hand – instead using the tazer. Burke is just a needle wielding wuss.
9:26 P.M.
One of the snipers chasing Wayne Palmer calls Henderson. Henderson orders the man to find the missing Wayne and kill him.
COMMENT: Oh-K. So it was Henderson that ordered Brother Wayne to be taken out. Does this mean that BOB (oops – Gardner) is in cahoots (love that word) with Henderson?? Probably – huh?
9:27 P.M.
Agent Pierce repeatedly tries Wayne’s cell phone but keeps getting his voice mail. A fellow Secret Service agent tells Pierce that Wayne cleared through a checkpoint half an hour ago. Pierce wants to go look for Wayne, and asks the agent to keep it quiet.
COMMENT: Yeah! Aaron to the rescue.
9:28 P.M.
Jack insists to Karen that Audrey is innocent. He thinks Henderson gave Collette Audrey’s name in order to mess with Jack. They are wasting time when they should be interrogating Collette, who has immunity. Jack wants to get Collette to admit that she is withholding information, which will negate her immunity deal. He begs Karen to let him and Chloe try to find something to impugn Collette.
COMMENT: Of course Jack is right and Karen is a moron. Nice that she realizes she is a moron and let’s Jack and Chloe do their thing.
9:29 P.M.
Miles tries to catch Shari breaking protocol, but Chloe steps in and accepts responsibility for her underling’s actions. Miles accuses Shari of lying about the sexual harassment charge. Chloe stands up to him, saying that their main focus is to find the nerve gas. She threatens to file a complaint if he interrupts their work again.
COMMENT: The best scene of the night – watching Chloe take Miles down. LOVED IT! Chloe rocks! (something I never in my wildest dreams ever thought I would write)
9:30 P.M.
Jack asks Chloe to help him save Audrey. He needs evidence that Henderson and Collette had direct contact.
9:31 P.M.
Both Bierko’s van and the cop car pull up to the Wilshire Gas Company. The terrorists shoot the guard at the gate and start unloading their canisters. Bierko finds the manager in charge. He makes the man escort them to the control room as the canisters are brought to the distribution tank.
9:33 P.M.
Bierko instructs the manager to reduce the pressure in the pipes so that the substance they are going to add will not become inert. The man is in fear of being killed by Bierko.
9:39 P.M.
Pierce enters the woods. Wayne orders him to drop his gun, but then realizes it is Pierce. The two run from the gunmen after Wayne.
9:40 P.M.
Burke administers a drug into Audrey’s veins, but she cries that she doesn’t know anything. Meanwhile, Chloe finds that Henderson placed eight calls to Collette’s cell. Jack tells Buchanan that this news means Collette’s immunity is voided. He wants him to get the President to null the agreement. He also demands that no more harm be done to Audrey.
COMMENT: Bravo! Audrey is cleared…Collette’s got some ‘splaining to do…and if and when Jack gets hold of Henderson….WOW – going to be one hell of a throwdown.
9:41 P.M.
Jack runs into Collette’s holding room. He accuses her of withholding information about Henderson. The Federal Marshal guarding Collette says that Jack can’t question her until the order to rescind the immunity is sent. Jack knocks the Marshal out and trains the man’s gun on Collette. Collette admits that Henderson told her to use Audrey’s name. Jack threatens to kill her unless she tells him what was inside the schematic. Collette says that it is a natural gas distribution center. She doesn’t know which one.
COMMENT: heehee….wasn’t that fun to watch.
9:42 P.M.
Jack tells Buchanan the new information. This is how Bierko is going to deliver the Sentox into people’s homes. Jack gives the Marshal’s gun back to Buchanan.
COMMENT: A subtle but very funny move with the gun.
9:43 P.M.
Jack bursts into the holding room and orders Burke to stop torturing Audrey. Jack tells Audrey that Henderson set her up to get at him. Jack apologizes and takes her in his arms. “I knew you would come,” Audrey says in tears. Jack kisses her.
COMMENT: Sorry folks but I really liked this scene. I appear to be one of the 7 people who watch the show who actually like Audrey and want she and Jack to be together. I thought after the whole throat grabbing incident that it wasn’t looking good but no – he saved her and they appear to be back to digging each other. Cool.
9:44 P.M.
Chloe brings up all the city’s gas centers. Buchanan thinks they only have fifteen minutes before detonation, and Jack heads to field ops to prepare to leave.
9:45 P.M.
Shari tells Buchanan that she was a Chemistry major and knows that the pressure index of the natural gas would have to be reduced in order to keep toxins from losing their effectiveness. Chloe pulls up PSI levels at the Los Angeles distribution centers and finds that the Wilshire Gas Company’s has just dropped. Buchanan quickly leaves to let Jack know. Shari notes that Buchanan’s hand brushed against her shoulder and that this is wrong. Chloe squirms quietly.
COMMENT: Can somebody say…WACKO! Just when I’m feeling all impressed with Shari and her chemistry skills she goes and gets all weird about Bill touching her shoulder…Welcome to a WHOLE new side of weird.
9:46 P.M.
Pierce and Wayne make their way past his flipped car. Suddenly, a missile wheezes past them. Wayne is knocked down. Pierce returns fire into the darkness at the gunmen. He puts Wayne into his car and they escape.
COMMENT: Woo hoo!! Missles!! Explosions!! Gunfire!!!...and Wayne and Aaron escape!! NICE!
9:52 P.M.
Jack, Curtis and the TAC team fly in the chopper to the Wilshire Gas Company. Chloe radios that the main control room is where the PSI level is adjusted. Meanwhile, Bierko’s men set remotes on the canisters.
9:53 P.M.
Chloe scans heat signatures outside the site, and finds the pilot a landing spot away from the two men patrolling the perimeter.
9:54 P.M.
Jack and the TAC team rappel down to the roof of the gas plant from the hovering chopper.
9:55 P.M.
Jack and Curtis make their way into the building and take out two of Bierko’s men with silenced guns.
COMMENT: Cool (giggle giggle)!
9:56 P.M.
Jack and the CTU team sneak to the control room. One of the terrorists sees them and warns Bierko, who shoots. Amid the gunfire, Bierko activates his remote and the canisters start to emit gas into the tank. Jack goes after Bierko but stops when he notices the canisters in the tank. The plant manager says that it is too late to shut power because the gas will already spread. He tells Jack that the pipeline that feeds into the tank is outside. Jack notifies CTU that he intends to ignite the natural gas that has mixed with the Sentox. He can incinerate the mixture before it leaves the plant. Curtis and the rest of the team evacuate.
COMMENT: Oh boy – this is getting good. The gas is being released. Bierko is on the run and the only solution is to blow the whole place up!!! I LOVE IT!
9:57 P.M.
Jack places the explosive on the pipe and sets the charger to blast in 30 seconds. He runs out as the explosions burst the pipe, sending flames into the air behind him.
COMMENT: Cool looking scene with Jack running back dropped by the flames…I’m just sayin’…
9:58 P.M.
Jack makes it outside, but sees Bierko fleeing. He heads back in and calls to Bierko. Bierko is slammed against the stolen cop car when a flame erupts at his back. Jack goes to pick Bierko up, and the man fights back. They throw punches at each other. The main tank explodes as Jack pulls Bierko into the car. A wave of flame blows out the car windows.
COMMENT: NICE!!! Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind that Jack is alive? I didn’t think so….and he has Bierko. Next stop – HENDERSON.
Wow – what an hour.
Thoughts –
+ Jack and Audrey prove that love conquers all. Even torture.
+ An hour with no Logan. Very nice.
+ Aaron and Wayne! The new Tango and Cash?
+ So what is Wayne’s big secret?? And what the heck does Marty’s assistant have to do with it??
+ Did I mention the whole SEVERE dislike thing for Karen and Miles?
+ Chloe – YOU ROCK! (wow – twice in one post…)
+ Shari the Techie – WACKO!
Now what?? I can’t wait to find out!
Have a great week everyone!!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
WOW
Just got done watching tonight's episode of 24 and all I can say is - I'm officially re-hooked! Excellente!! Bravo. *big smile*
More soon.
24 News and Notes / 8pm-9pm
Sorry for the delay getting this up…been a busy week.
8:00 P.M.
As the medic workers wrap up Tony’s body, Audrey comes to tell Jack that Henderson has escaped. However, Chloe was able to decrypt a file on his computer and she found an intelligence broker named Collette Stenger who is a known associate of Bierko.
COMMENT: So much for the slim possibility that Tony didn’t die….DAMN.
8:01 P.M.
Jack tells Curtis that he wants to accompany the tactical team going to look for Collette at the hotel she has checked into.
8:02 P.M.
As Logan prepares to formally declare martial law, Martha comes in and dismisses Gardner from the room. She lets her husband know that Novick found out that CTU has a lead on Bierko. Logan believes CTU cannot handle anything at this point. Martha suggests that Gardner’s true intention is to see Logan go down. The President does not respond.
COMMENT: Someone needs to remind me again how Logan got himself into a position of power. The man is more spineless than a jellyfish…(sorry that’s the best analogy I could come up with)
8:04 P.M.
Logan goes to the press podium and announces that Los Angeles will be under a curfew enforced by the military. Bierko watches this on television.
COMMENT: Good times in LA!
8:05 P.M.
Karen Hayes and Miles Papazian enter CTU. Karen wants all able workers of CTU to still be operating. Homeland will assume full control after the nerve gas canisters are found.
COMMENT: The CTU-Homeland security battle has begun.
8:06 P.M.
Buchanan greets Karen, who informs him that the White House wants an assessment of how Homeland can assist them. She orders Miles to check out CTU’s networks.
COMMENT: Could Miles be any more un-likeable?? Not a chance.
8:07 P.M.
Miles approaches Chloe and asks for Edgar’s work station because it is empty. She is disgruntled when Miles takes her keycard. Chloe sees him place it into a box on the desk.
COMMENT: The first Chloe-Miles battle…was it me or did Miles get a look on his face like he had never been talked back to in his life??
8:08 P.M.
As the President and Vice President watch news coverage of the martial law movement, Martha eyes Gardner warily. She walks outside mutters “I don’t trust him” to Agent Pierce under her breath.
COMMENT: This is going to get GOOD!
8:09 P.M.
Pierce gets a call from Wayne Palmer on his cell phone. Wayne knew that his brother trusted Aaron, and he asks if he can come there to give him something from the former President. Pierce agrees to find a discreet place to meet.
COMMENT: BROTHER WAYNE!!!! Welcome back!!
8:10 P.M.
When news commentators suggest that the enactment of martial law might be an illegal action, Logan becomes angry. Gardner assures him that he is in control of the situation.
Buchanan briefs Karen about the threat assessment on Bierko. He is confident that CTU will soon be back at full speed.
COMMENT: Why are there only two Logan’s – Angry Logan and Stupid Logan?? *argh*
8:11 P.M.
Stoller asks Collette about her business, but she is adamant to not reveal anything. She kisses him goodbye and says she will meet him at the airport.
8:12 P.M.
Collette calls Bierko and tells him that she is on her way there with the information he asked for. Although their new target, the Distribution Center, might prove difficult, it will allow the Sentox gas to be released on 200,000 people.
8:17 P.M.
Buchanan accuses Karen of preparing to shut CTU down. She admits that CTU is being absorbed by Homeland Security, which puts her in charge of it. Buchanan argues that his staff is not demoralized or beaten. Since the decision has already been made, she wants the news kept under wraps.
COMMENT: ‘bout time it’s all out in the open. I just don’t see Bill going down without a fight. He’s a scrapper!
8:18 P.M.
Audrey asks Buchanan why Homeland is aggressively surveying the workers. He says it is only a formality.
COMMENT: Come on Bill – gotta let Audrey know what is going on…she’s D.O.D not CTU.
8:19 P.M.
Jack, Curtis and the TAC team go to Collette’s hotel room, but it’s empty. Curtis heads to the roof, where he is attacked by Stoller and loses his gun. Jack arrives and there is a standoff. Stoller sees their CTU bags and then identifies himself as working for the German Federal Intelligence Service. He asks Jack to leave so that his cover isn’t blown.
COMMENT: Desmond!!! You go running off into the woods and the next thing we know you show up as a German Federal Intelligence Agent…how’d you get off the island? Sorry folks – had to run with the LOST reference right there. I’m not getting the feeling that Jack is going to just “leave”.
8:22 P.M.
Jack calls Chloe, who confirms Stoller’s claim. Stoller refuses to lead them to Collette because it would jeopardize his undercover operation to expose the terrorist cells she is connected to. Jack explains that hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake, but Stoller’s allegiance is to his own country.
8:23 P.M.
Although Stoller has been granted permission by the U.S. government to conduct his investigation, Jack takes him into custody.
8:28 P.M.
Collette pulls up to Bierko’s safe house in a red sports car. She is frisked.
COMMENT: How frisky….
8:29 P.M.
Buchanan and Karen explain to Jack that Logan could not get in touch with the German Chancellor to expedite the matter. Audrey says that German intelligence won’t order their agent to cooperate. Jack thinks he can change Stoller’s mind, and he asks Curtis to leave him alone with the man.
COMMENT: Loved Curtis’ comment - “what are you doing Jack?”….ah – the endless possibilities.
8:30 P.M.
Jack offers Stoller something more valuable to the Germans than Collette. He says he can provide the United States government’s roster of all known terrorist suspects around the world. The Germans have requested this WET list many times before. Jack doesn’t work for CTU and can give it up. Stoller agrees to the trade, and says he will be able to spot a fake list because he knows several names on it.
COMMENT: Ahhh – the wet list. Doesn’t Ethan Hunt still have that thing???
8:31 P.M.
Jack calls Chloe and asks her to use the CTU backdoor to NSA’s mainframe to get him the WET list. Chloe can’t because Homeland took away her keycard, but she will figure out something.
8:32 P.M.
Chloe goes to Miles at Edgar’s old desk. She pretends to stumble and knocks over his cup of coffee onto him. Miles goes to the restroom to clean himself off and Chloe steals her keycard out of the box on the desk. She pops it into Edgar’s computer and calls up the NSA list. She calls Jack and uploads it to his PDA.
COMMENT: HAHAHAHA – I think Chloe should just keep spilling stuff on him for the rest of the day.
8:33 P.M.
Chloe quickly clears the screen and replaces the keycard back into the box. Miles returns to his desk and sees right away that the box is slightly askew. It’s something only he would notice. He opens it up to find Chloe’s keycard on top of the pile. He looks at Chloe suspiciously.
Stoller confirms that the WET list is legitimate, but Jack takes the memory card from him. He will give it back once Collette is in custody. Stoller says he is supposed to meet Collette in the parking lot of Van Nuys Airport. He and Jack leave the hotel.
COMMENT: Yep – you guessed it…no Van Nuys airport. Oh well.
8:34 P.M.
Collette readies her overseas bank for the money transfer and hands Bierko a thumb drive. Yet when he tries to open it, the file is encrypted. Collette won’t budge and orders him to transfer the funds. Bierko does and Collette tells him the decryption key. A schematic of a gas distribution facility becomes visible on the computer screen. Bierko has his men torch the safe house as they move out.
8:40 P.M.
An aide warns Gardner that Wayne Palmer has arrived at one of the roadblocks established during martial law. Wayne is claiming to have high-level clearance and is there on official business. Gardner is concerned over this development.
COMMENT: What is Gardner up to???...and why exactly does it seem like Garnder is now in charge? Oh yeah – because LOGAN IS THE PRESIDENT!!!!
8:41 P.M.
Wayne is cleared for passage and is let through the roadblock.
8:42 P.M.
Jack sits in the back of Stoller’s car in the airport parking lot. Curtis waits in position for Jack to confirm Collette. Stoller asks Jack if he has ever grown attached to a woman while working undercover. Jack’s silence confirms this.
COMMENT: Hmmm – interesting exchange…Yes we all remember Clow-dia.
8:43 P.M.
Buchanan asks Chloe to come into the situation room. She is ambushed by Karen and Miles, who have proof of her hacking into an NSA file and sending it to Jack. They force Chloe to admit that she passed him the WET list. Karen is furious. “And you expected us to give your agents a chance?” she sneers at Buchanan.
COMMENT: This would have been the perfect time for Chloe to drop an F-bomb on the room…
8:44 P.M.
Jack’s cell phone rings, and Stoller orders him to put it on speaker because he doesn’t trust him. It is Karen and Buchanan. She demands that he get the WET list back from Stoller, but Jack refuses because it will endanger the mission. Karen threatens to retrieve it, but Jack says that she will be responsible for every life lost in the next attack. Since this will diminish the United States’ ability to prevent terrorist attacks in the future, they will need the President’s authorization. “Get it!” Jack insists.
COMMENT: Does Karen have any idea what the hell she is doing???? WOW!
8:45 P.M.
Curtis radios that a woman fitting Collette’s description is circling the lot in a red sports car. Jack asks Karen to quickly make her decision. She has no other choice but to let him proceed. “I promise you, there will be repercussions,” she snaps. Stoller is assured that he will get the WET list.
COMMENT: My gosh – Ryan Chappelle is back!!! Why is it the higher ups are never thinking of the big picture?? Makes for better storytelling that’s why!!
8:46 P.M.
Collette parks near Stoller’s car. Jack watches from the mirror as Stoller approaches her. They kiss. Jack radios to Curtis that he has a positive identification and that teams should move in.
8:47 P.M.
Jack gets out of the car and holds Collette at gunpoint. She is shocked, and looks sadly at Stoller who has betrayed her. With the WET list, Stoller gets in his car and drives away. Jack frisks Collette and puts her in handcuffs. She remains silent when he asks where Bierko is.
8:48 P.M.
As Stoller drives, he calls someone to warn them that he is about to upload something. He places the memory card into his PDA and presses a few buttons. Suddenly, smoke and sparks emanate from the device. Jack calls Stoller and apologizes. He promises to help him rebuild his investigation when this is all over. “I had your word,” Stoller says. “Now I know what its worth.”
COMMENT: Nice Mission Impossible move there Jack!!! Question – does this mean both the Chinese AND the Germans are going to be after him now??
8:54 P.M.
In a nearby hangar where the TAC team has set up a staging area, Curtis reports that Collette has nothing on her that reveals what she sold to Bierko. Jack tells Collette that Stoller is German intelligence. She is surprised and assumes he sold her out for a price. Collette admits that she had feelings for Stoller, and never suspected him because she believed he had feelings as well. Jack presses her on Bierko’s whereabouts. She wants to talk to him alone.
8:55 P.M.
Collette asks Jack what his price is, but he replies that he is not for sale. In order for her to divulge anything, Collette demands full immunity signed by the President. Yet she doesn’t know where Bierko is because he was already leaving the safe house to carry out the attack. Collette is unaware what kind of schematic she sold him because her source encrypted the files and didn’t tell her what was in it. She will give up her source in exchange for immunity.
COMMENT: Here we go with the immunity angle yet again….
8:56 P.M.
Jack calls CTU and lays out Collette’s demands. Karen has Miles call Novick to start the immunity paperwork. Jack explains that he programmed the memory card with the WET list to self-destruct. He couldn’t tell them before because he had Stoller in the car. Buchanan notes to Karen that this is proof that CTU is doing its job and should maintain its autonomy.
COMMENT: The best scene of the night….Karen freaks on Jack because he sold the wet list. Jack explains that he programmed the wet list to self-destruct. Karen asks him why the hell he didn’t say something?? I WAS IN THE CAR WITH STOLLER AND HE WAS LISTENING!!!! What part of that comment was confusing…Just great – Karen is an idiot paper pusher…..
8:57 P.M.
Wayne is driving along a deserted road when a black van speeds up behind him. Masked gunmen in the van shoot at his wheel. Wayne spins out of control and his car flips over a small ridge. The gunmen head towards the accident. Wayne manages to kick open the car door and climb out. His hand is bleeding. Wayne runs into the woods to escape.
COMMENT: “Less than 10 minutes left in the hour – time for them to kill a major character…” The words have just left my mouth when the black van shows up behind Wayne and shoots at him….I’m getting SO tired of this…
8:58 P.M.
On the phone with her lawyers in Europe, Collette confirms that her immunity has been granted. She tells Jack where Bierko’s safe house is and that she received her information from Audrey Raines at the Department of Defense. Jack slams Collette against the wall and accuses her of lying. “Apparently, she had a price,” she says about Audrey
COMMENT: AUDREY??? Come on! You have got to be joking. Isn’t this going to be fun…
So Audrey’s a traitor and Brother Wayne is on the run from who knows what. They are running out of major characters to either kill or turn. Let’s see – the good guys are now Jack, Bill, Curtis and Chloe. Everyone else is either dead or questionable. Just spectacular!!
What about tonight?
+ Jack roughing up Audrey. I guess love doesn’t conquer all.
+ Lots of canisters just waiting to be opened.
+ Did I mention Jack and Audrey?
+ Henderson is still on the loose. Is his wife still bleeding?
+ Wayne on the run. What is his big secret?
+ VP Gardner…Hey look – there – in the mirror. It’s BOB.
+ I like that they are getting Aaron involved. How soon before he dies or is revealed as a traitor?
+ Have Kim and Barry made it out of LA?? Does anyone really care?
+ Logan – still searching desperately for a clue.
Onto 9PM!
8:00 P.M.
As the medic workers wrap up Tony’s body, Audrey comes to tell Jack that Henderson has escaped. However, Chloe was able to decrypt a file on his computer and she found an intelligence broker named Collette Stenger who is a known associate of Bierko.
COMMENT: So much for the slim possibility that Tony didn’t die….DAMN.
8:01 P.M.
Jack tells Curtis that he wants to accompany the tactical team going to look for Collette at the hotel she has checked into.
8:02 P.M.
As Logan prepares to formally declare martial law, Martha comes in and dismisses Gardner from the room. She lets her husband know that Novick found out that CTU has a lead on Bierko. Logan believes CTU cannot handle anything at this point. Martha suggests that Gardner’s true intention is to see Logan go down. The President does not respond.
COMMENT: Someone needs to remind me again how Logan got himself into a position of power. The man is more spineless than a jellyfish…(sorry that’s the best analogy I could come up with)
8:04 P.M.
Logan goes to the press podium and announces that Los Angeles will be under a curfew enforced by the military. Bierko watches this on television.
COMMENT: Good times in LA!
8:05 P.M.
Karen Hayes and Miles Papazian enter CTU. Karen wants all able workers of CTU to still be operating. Homeland will assume full control after the nerve gas canisters are found.
COMMENT: The CTU-Homeland security battle has begun.
8:06 P.M.
Buchanan greets Karen, who informs him that the White House wants an assessment of how Homeland can assist them. She orders Miles to check out CTU’s networks.
COMMENT: Could Miles be any more un-likeable?? Not a chance.
8:07 P.M.
Miles approaches Chloe and asks for Edgar’s work station because it is empty. She is disgruntled when Miles takes her keycard. Chloe sees him place it into a box on the desk.
COMMENT: The first Chloe-Miles battle…was it me or did Miles get a look on his face like he had never been talked back to in his life??
8:08 P.M.
As the President and Vice President watch news coverage of the martial law movement, Martha eyes Gardner warily. She walks outside mutters “I don’t trust him” to Agent Pierce under her breath.
COMMENT: This is going to get GOOD!
8:09 P.M.
Pierce gets a call from Wayne Palmer on his cell phone. Wayne knew that his brother trusted Aaron, and he asks if he can come there to give him something from the former President. Pierce agrees to find a discreet place to meet.
COMMENT: BROTHER WAYNE!!!! Welcome back!!
8:10 P.M.
When news commentators suggest that the enactment of martial law might be an illegal action, Logan becomes angry. Gardner assures him that he is in control of the situation.
Buchanan briefs Karen about the threat assessment on Bierko. He is confident that CTU will soon be back at full speed.
COMMENT: Why are there only two Logan’s – Angry Logan and Stupid Logan?? *argh*
8:11 P.M.
Stoller asks Collette about her business, but she is adamant to not reveal anything. She kisses him goodbye and says she will meet him at the airport.
8:12 P.M.
Collette calls Bierko and tells him that she is on her way there with the information he asked for. Although their new target, the Distribution Center, might prove difficult, it will allow the Sentox gas to be released on 200,000 people.
8:17 P.M.
Buchanan accuses Karen of preparing to shut CTU down. She admits that CTU is being absorbed by Homeland Security, which puts her in charge of it. Buchanan argues that his staff is not demoralized or beaten. Since the decision has already been made, she wants the news kept under wraps.
COMMENT: ‘bout time it’s all out in the open. I just don’t see Bill going down without a fight. He’s a scrapper!
8:18 P.M.
Audrey asks Buchanan why Homeland is aggressively surveying the workers. He says it is only a formality.
COMMENT: Come on Bill – gotta let Audrey know what is going on…she’s D.O.D not CTU.
8:19 P.M.
Jack, Curtis and the TAC team go to Collette’s hotel room, but it’s empty. Curtis heads to the roof, where he is attacked by Stoller and loses his gun. Jack arrives and there is a standoff. Stoller sees their CTU bags and then identifies himself as working for the German Federal Intelligence Service. He asks Jack to leave so that his cover isn’t blown.
COMMENT: Desmond!!! You go running off into the woods and the next thing we know you show up as a German Federal Intelligence Agent…how’d you get off the island? Sorry folks – had to run with the LOST reference right there. I’m not getting the feeling that Jack is going to just “leave”.
8:22 P.M.
Jack calls Chloe, who confirms Stoller’s claim. Stoller refuses to lead them to Collette because it would jeopardize his undercover operation to expose the terrorist cells she is connected to. Jack explains that hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake, but Stoller’s allegiance is to his own country.
8:23 P.M.
Although Stoller has been granted permission by the U.S. government to conduct his investigation, Jack takes him into custody.
8:28 P.M.
Collette pulls up to Bierko’s safe house in a red sports car. She is frisked.
COMMENT: How frisky….
8:29 P.M.
Buchanan and Karen explain to Jack that Logan could not get in touch with the German Chancellor to expedite the matter. Audrey says that German intelligence won’t order their agent to cooperate. Jack thinks he can change Stoller’s mind, and he asks Curtis to leave him alone with the man.
COMMENT: Loved Curtis’ comment - “what are you doing Jack?”….ah – the endless possibilities.
8:30 P.M.
Jack offers Stoller something more valuable to the Germans than Collette. He says he can provide the United States government’s roster of all known terrorist suspects around the world. The Germans have requested this WET list many times before. Jack doesn’t work for CTU and can give it up. Stoller agrees to the trade, and says he will be able to spot a fake list because he knows several names on it.
COMMENT: Ahhh – the wet list. Doesn’t Ethan Hunt still have that thing???
8:31 P.M.
Jack calls Chloe and asks her to use the CTU backdoor to NSA’s mainframe to get him the WET list. Chloe can’t because Homeland took away her keycard, but she will figure out something.
8:32 P.M.
Chloe goes to Miles at Edgar’s old desk. She pretends to stumble and knocks over his cup of coffee onto him. Miles goes to the restroom to clean himself off and Chloe steals her keycard out of the box on the desk. She pops it into Edgar’s computer and calls up the NSA list. She calls Jack and uploads it to his PDA.
COMMENT: HAHAHAHA – I think Chloe should just keep spilling stuff on him for the rest of the day.
8:33 P.M.
Chloe quickly clears the screen and replaces the keycard back into the box. Miles returns to his desk and sees right away that the box is slightly askew. It’s something only he would notice. He opens it up to find Chloe’s keycard on top of the pile. He looks at Chloe suspiciously.
Stoller confirms that the WET list is legitimate, but Jack takes the memory card from him. He will give it back once Collette is in custody. Stoller says he is supposed to meet Collette in the parking lot of Van Nuys Airport. He and Jack leave the hotel.
COMMENT: Yep – you guessed it…no Van Nuys airport. Oh well.
8:34 P.M.
Collette readies her overseas bank for the money transfer and hands Bierko a thumb drive. Yet when he tries to open it, the file is encrypted. Collette won’t budge and orders him to transfer the funds. Bierko does and Collette tells him the decryption key. A schematic of a gas distribution facility becomes visible on the computer screen. Bierko has his men torch the safe house as they move out.
8:40 P.M.
An aide warns Gardner that Wayne Palmer has arrived at one of the roadblocks established during martial law. Wayne is claiming to have high-level clearance and is there on official business. Gardner is concerned over this development.
COMMENT: What is Gardner up to???...and why exactly does it seem like Garnder is now in charge? Oh yeah – because LOGAN IS THE PRESIDENT!!!!
8:41 P.M.
Wayne is cleared for passage and is let through the roadblock.
8:42 P.M.
Jack sits in the back of Stoller’s car in the airport parking lot. Curtis waits in position for Jack to confirm Collette. Stoller asks Jack if he has ever grown attached to a woman while working undercover. Jack’s silence confirms this.
COMMENT: Hmmm – interesting exchange…Yes we all remember Clow-dia.
8:43 P.M.
Buchanan asks Chloe to come into the situation room. She is ambushed by Karen and Miles, who have proof of her hacking into an NSA file and sending it to Jack. They force Chloe to admit that she passed him the WET list. Karen is furious. “And you expected us to give your agents a chance?” she sneers at Buchanan.
COMMENT: This would have been the perfect time for Chloe to drop an F-bomb on the room…
8:44 P.M.
Jack’s cell phone rings, and Stoller orders him to put it on speaker because he doesn’t trust him. It is Karen and Buchanan. She demands that he get the WET list back from Stoller, but Jack refuses because it will endanger the mission. Karen threatens to retrieve it, but Jack says that she will be responsible for every life lost in the next attack. Since this will diminish the United States’ ability to prevent terrorist attacks in the future, they will need the President’s authorization. “Get it!” Jack insists.
COMMENT: Does Karen have any idea what the hell she is doing???? WOW!
8:45 P.M.
Curtis radios that a woman fitting Collette’s description is circling the lot in a red sports car. Jack asks Karen to quickly make her decision. She has no other choice but to let him proceed. “I promise you, there will be repercussions,” she snaps. Stoller is assured that he will get the WET list.
COMMENT: My gosh – Ryan Chappelle is back!!! Why is it the higher ups are never thinking of the big picture?? Makes for better storytelling that’s why!!
8:46 P.M.
Collette parks near Stoller’s car. Jack watches from the mirror as Stoller approaches her. They kiss. Jack radios to Curtis that he has a positive identification and that teams should move in.
8:47 P.M.
Jack gets out of the car and holds Collette at gunpoint. She is shocked, and looks sadly at Stoller who has betrayed her. With the WET list, Stoller gets in his car and drives away. Jack frisks Collette and puts her in handcuffs. She remains silent when he asks where Bierko is.
8:48 P.M.
As Stoller drives, he calls someone to warn them that he is about to upload something. He places the memory card into his PDA and presses a few buttons. Suddenly, smoke and sparks emanate from the device. Jack calls Stoller and apologizes. He promises to help him rebuild his investigation when this is all over. “I had your word,” Stoller says. “Now I know what its worth.”
COMMENT: Nice Mission Impossible move there Jack!!! Question – does this mean both the Chinese AND the Germans are going to be after him now??
8:54 P.M.
In a nearby hangar where the TAC team has set up a staging area, Curtis reports that Collette has nothing on her that reveals what she sold to Bierko. Jack tells Collette that Stoller is German intelligence. She is surprised and assumes he sold her out for a price. Collette admits that she had feelings for Stoller, and never suspected him because she believed he had feelings as well. Jack presses her on Bierko’s whereabouts. She wants to talk to him alone.
8:55 P.M.
Collette asks Jack what his price is, but he replies that he is not for sale. In order for her to divulge anything, Collette demands full immunity signed by the President. Yet she doesn’t know where Bierko is because he was already leaving the safe house to carry out the attack. Collette is unaware what kind of schematic she sold him because her source encrypted the files and didn’t tell her what was in it. She will give up her source in exchange for immunity.
COMMENT: Here we go with the immunity angle yet again….
8:56 P.M.
Jack calls CTU and lays out Collette’s demands. Karen has Miles call Novick to start the immunity paperwork. Jack explains that he programmed the memory card with the WET list to self-destruct. He couldn’t tell them before because he had Stoller in the car. Buchanan notes to Karen that this is proof that CTU is doing its job and should maintain its autonomy.
COMMENT: The best scene of the night….Karen freaks on Jack because he sold the wet list. Jack explains that he programmed the wet list to self-destruct. Karen asks him why the hell he didn’t say something?? I WAS IN THE CAR WITH STOLLER AND HE WAS LISTENING!!!! What part of that comment was confusing…Just great – Karen is an idiot paper pusher…..
8:57 P.M.
Wayne is driving along a deserted road when a black van speeds up behind him. Masked gunmen in the van shoot at his wheel. Wayne spins out of control and his car flips over a small ridge. The gunmen head towards the accident. Wayne manages to kick open the car door and climb out. His hand is bleeding. Wayne runs into the woods to escape.
COMMENT: “Less than 10 minutes left in the hour – time for them to kill a major character…” The words have just left my mouth when the black van shows up behind Wayne and shoots at him….I’m getting SO tired of this…
8:58 P.M.
On the phone with her lawyers in Europe, Collette confirms that her immunity has been granted. She tells Jack where Bierko’s safe house is and that she received her information from Audrey Raines at the Department of Defense. Jack slams Collette against the wall and accuses her of lying. “Apparently, she had a price,” she says about Audrey
COMMENT: AUDREY??? Come on! You have got to be joking. Isn’t this going to be fun…
So Audrey’s a traitor and Brother Wayne is on the run from who knows what. They are running out of major characters to either kill or turn. Let’s see – the good guys are now Jack, Bill, Curtis and Chloe. Everyone else is either dead or questionable. Just spectacular!!
What about tonight?
+ Jack roughing up Audrey. I guess love doesn’t conquer all.
+ Lots of canisters just waiting to be opened.
+ Did I mention Jack and Audrey?
+ Henderson is still on the loose. Is his wife still bleeding?
+ Wayne on the run. What is his big secret?
+ VP Gardner…Hey look – there – in the mirror. It’s BOB.
+ I like that they are getting Aaron involved. How soon before he dies or is revealed as a traitor?
+ Have Kim and Barry made it out of LA?? Does anyone really care?
+ Logan – still searching desperately for a clue.
Onto 9PM!
Saturday, March 18, 2006
24 News and Notes / 7pm - 8pm
Let me just start by saying I am officially pissed!! That is all we get from Tony??? He gets blown up, spends hours unconscious, lives through the crushing revelation about Michelle and then gets absolutely no revenge?? Such a totally lame way for one of the great 24 characters to bow out.
The show is gaining some spunk but at the expense of its core…is Chloe next??? Onto the show….
7:00 P.M.
Jack, Audrey, Kim, Chloe and Barry wait in the sealed conference room. Buchanan is protected in his office, as is Tony in medical. They are saddened to see their dead co-workers in the other offices.
COMMENT: That must totally suck….I’m just sayin’
7:01 P.M.
Buchanan calls Curtis, who is on his way back from the hospital with the chemical response team. It may take thirty minutes to get the team to CTU.
COMMENT: Looks like Curtis is getting off easy…
7:02 P.M.
Buchanan calls the conference room and lets Jack know that he can find Henderson by pulling up a building grid. All of CTU’s gas masks and Atropine medication are in contaminated areas.
COMMENT: Am I crazy or shouldn’t they be in the first place that seals up??
7:03 P.M.
Chloe is in a state of shock. Jack needs her to work, but Chloe can’t move. Barry, who is a clinical psychologist, thinks he can help her. Barry pulls Chloe away from the window facing Edgar’s body and tries to steady her nerves.
COMMENT: 1 point for Barry…but he’d better not push it.
7:05 P.M.
McGill, who is sealed in the holding cell, confesses to the guard watching him that the nerve gas being released was his fault. “I didn’t want anyone to know I got beat up,” he sighs. “So we’re all gonna die because you got embarrassed?” the guard asks incredulously.
COMMENT: Clearly the best line of the whole night. A McGill sidenote: My wife Lisa asks – If you need your keycard to have access into CTU, and Lynn got beat up and lost his, how exactly did he get back in the building?? Hmmmm?
7:06 P.M.
Tony gets up from his hospital bed and sees the dead bodies outside the medical area.
7:07 P.M.
Jack calls down to the medical unit. The doctor tells Jack that Agent Burke got Henderson secured in time. Tony hears that Henderson is in there with him, and he knocks the doctor unconscious. Tony hangs up on Jack.
COMMENT: Oh boy – Tony’s going to have some CTU play time with Henderson…
7:08 P.M.
Tony sees Henderson lying groggily on a bed and he grabs Burke’s gun. On the video feed, Jack sees Tony holding Burke at gunpoint. Tony wakes Henderson and blames him for taking Michelle’s life. With tears streaming down his cheek, Tony threatens to kill him. Jack tries to calm Tony down over the intercom. He can sympathize because he lost Teri in the same way. They need Henderson to save thousands of lives. Tony understands and backs off.
COMMENT: Damn – come on Tony. Least you can do is shoot him somewhere non-vital…we want blood!
7:09 P.M.
Burke continues injecting Henderson with the pain-inflicting hyoscine-pentothal. Despite this, Henderson refuses to say anything about Bierko or his computer password.
COMMENT: How very Robocop of him…
7:10 P.M.
Logan and Vice President Gardner grill Karen Hayes over the phone about the hit on CTU. Karen is a high-ranking official in the Homeland Security office in Los Angeles. Karen suggests an emergency restructuring that would put Homeland Security in charge of finding the terrorists over CTU. Gardner gives her approval.
COMMENT: Oh man – this can’t be good…just another lame storyline we are going to have to put up with…like I was saying…I’m pissed.
7:11 P.M.
Gardner presses the President to enact martial law because it is the effective solution, but Logan insists that his advisors believe it will only create mayhem. Gardner notes that, with only military personnel on the streets, the terrorists would not be able to move freely. Logan is indecisive.
COMMENT: Indecisive?? What a surprise…Gardner is well past beginning to bug…
7:12 P.M.
Bierko instructs his operative to move all of the nerve gas to the new target.
7:17 P.M.
Jack pushes Barry aside and pleads with Chloe to help decrypt the files from Henderson’s computer. She doesn’t want to. “We do not quit until it’s over,” Jack presses. Barry interjects that Jack is only making it worse. He then accuses Jack of never being there for others when they need it the most. Jack angrily walks over to Barry and grabs him by the throat. Jack reproaches him for taking advantage of Kim. Kim steps in and explains that Barry helped her deal with suicidal thoughts. Chloe breaks the tension in the room by announcing that she will get back to work.
COMMENT: Clearly the best scene of the episode…since we have all been wanting Jack to do that since Barry arrived on the scene.
7:18 P.M.
Suddenly, an alarm beeps. Chloe discovers that the seals on the protected rooms are breaking down. The nerve gas must have been laced with a corrosive acid that is eroding the partition seals. She thinks they have about twenty minutes before the gas permeates the isolated zones.
COMMENT: Good times!!
7:19 P.M.
Martha overhears Novick defend himself to Gardner about usurping his position. She is surprised that her husband is allowing Gardner to create policy. Martha knows that Gardner wants Logan to fumble so that he can assume the Presidency. Novick begs her to intervene, alluding to past events where Gardner took credit for success and left Logan out to dry on failures.
7:21 P.M.
Buchanan warns all workers in the protected areas that the nerve gas is eating away at the seals. They need to figure out a way to flush the gas out of the contaminated zones.
7:22 P.M.
Jack confides to Audrey that he persuaded Kim to stay at CTU for his own benefit. It will be his fault if something happens to her.
COMMENT: Yeah that’s all Jack needs – to feel even more guilty about his family.
7:23 P.M.
Chloe thinks that she may be able to flush out the contaminated areas with air conditioning. Yet she is being blocked by a program set up on another computer that she cannot access from a remote. Jack wants to go behind the cleared wall of the conference room to get to that computer. He will have to hold his breath when entering the ventilation room where the computer is. Jack pulls off one of the wall panels and climbs inside. They replace the panel once he is in.
COMMENT: Well we all know Jack isn’t going to be the one making the “ultimate sacrifice” so there’s going to be more to this…
7:28 P.M.
Jack shimmies his way along the crawlspace and reaches a storage area. He tapes over the door he entered through to create an airlock to the conference room.
COMMENT: So duct tape can seal the conference room off but the safety seals – nada…Gotta love duct tape!!
7:29 P.M.
Jack radios Chloe to say that he is about to head into the ventilation room. He says he will tap his comm unit three times when he is back inside the safe room. Jack pulls up his jacket hood and sucks in one last big breath.
7:30 P.M.
Jack steps over the dead bodies in the hallway. He removes another wall panel to discover iron bars blocking his entrance to the ventilation room. Jack can see the computer running the program that Chloe referred to. He hurries back to the storage area.
Back in the conference room, Chloe sees that the seal corrosion is now rapidly increasing. Kim nervously asks if they can do anything to help Jack. Chloe quickly shoots her down and they argue. The three taps from Jack echoes on the radio when he arrives in the storage room. He waits twenty seconds for the room to clear of any residual gas. As Chloe monitors the storage room’s air, they all wonder aloud what Jack’s quick return means.
7:31 P.M.
After the twenty seconds, Audrey gives Jack the signal to breathe. He tells them that he was unable to get to the computer because of a security grate but he did see the program running. Chloe learns that the grate was a new addition that someone neglected to file properly. The only way to enter the ventilation area is through the holding room where McGill is being kept.
COMMENT:
7:32 P.M.
Jack calls McGill and explains the situation. He is the only one alive who can get to the computer. Unfortunately, there is no way to airlock the holding room once he has exited it. This means that both he and the guard will die. McGill rationalizes to the anxious guard that they have no other choice. McGill tells Jack that he will do it.
7:39 P.M.
Kim apologizes to Chloe for snapping at her. She asks if Chloe had contact with Jack while he was gone. Chloe admits that she sent him information about Kim’s life -- including her breakup with Chase and her depression.
COMMENT: So there!!! Cut Jack some slack huh Kim???
7:40 P.M.
Jack returns to the conference room and he has Chloe pull up the feed to the holding room.
7:41 P.M.
McGill watches as the guard says goodbye over the phone to his child. McGill lets Chloe know that he is ready. McGill takes a deep breath and opens the door. He runs upstairs and turns off the program on the computer. McGill runs back out.
COMMENT: It got a little dusty at casa de 24geek during this scene. Doesn’t help to have a young daughter…
7:42 P.M.
When the air conditioning finally responds, Chloe starts the vents. Although the air won’t be clear for another fifteen minutes, this will help slow down the rotting of the seals.
McGill returns to the holding room and shuts the door behind him. He and the guard hear Jack thank them over the intercom.
7:43 P.M.
The guard exhales and is relieved. “I’m okay,” he exclaims. Two seconds later, he convulses and keels over. McGill gasps for air and dies too. Jack and the others watch this helplessly from the conference room.
COMMENT: Bummer…going to stay away from the strawberry whip and chill for a while…not a very fun way to go.
7:45 P.M.
Jack orders the medical room’s security feed pulled up. He sees Burke prepare another syringe as Henderson still refuses to confess. “You’re wasting your time,” Tony says bluntly.
7:46 P.M.
Jack asks Chloe to keep working on hacking into Henderson’s computer because the seasoned former agent will divulge nothing. Jack asks Kim to stay when the gas is exhumed because they still need to talk. She says that she loves him but doesn’t want to be around him. “Every time I am, something horrible happens. People die,” she adds. Jack is heartbroken and he begs to spend a little time with her. She refuses, and goes to Barry’s waiting arms. Audrey takes Jack’s hand in comfort.
COMMENT: Kim – your dad is a CTU agent…what the hell do you think he does??? Once again it is all about you!!! Go one – head out of LA with Barry…lets see how long that mess lasts…
7:51 P.M.
Novick and Martha review the press statement that Gardner has drawn up. Logan stands behind what it says. Novick leaves the room, dejected.
COMMENT: Wonderful – Logan has found a new person to bend over for…it would be nice if Gardner wasn’t such an opportunistic prick…Someone needs to tell me how these guys picked their running mates…
7:52 P.M.
Martha tells her husband that she will support his decision but that she won’t stand by and watch Gardner promote his own agenda. Logan breaks down to her. “I don’t know how much more of this I can take,” he says, referring to Palmer’s assassination, the hostages and the nerve gas. “I almost lost you,” he cries. Martha assures him that she is still here with him.
COMMENT: Touching scene but it still doesn’t change things. Gardner is going to completely screw things up.
7:53 P.M.
Bierko phones a European woman named Collette Stenger and asks for the high-security schematics he is paying her for. She says she is not ready and hangs up on him.
COMMENT: Hmmm? Who is this latest diabolical minx?
7:54 P.M.
Collette returns to bed with her lover, Theo Stoller, without telling him what she is working on.
7:55 P.M.
Karen Hayes calls Buchanan to inform him that she is heading to CTU with a team. System analyst Miles Papazian sits beside her in the car. He informs his boss Karen that he has re-formatted CTU servers to Homeland Security specs and routed their tactical protocols through him. Karen gives him authority to replace CTU personnel with some of his own because they won’t be in any shape to continue working. She explains that Buchanan will no longer be in charge and that CTU ceases to be an operational entity. All the people there will now report to the two of them.
COMMENT: Oh man – this is going to suck. I can see Miles and Chloe in a fight to the death. It’s not enough to have to deal with the terrorists – now CTU has to deal with Homeland Security…wonderful.
7:56 P.M.
The sealed doors raise on the CTU contained offices as the nerve gas is stripped out by the air conditioners. Jack says goodbye to Kim before heading out. Jack orders Barry to take her out of Los Angeles.
7:57 P.M.
Henderson’s nervous system shuts down. When Jack calls the medical room, Tony tells him that Henderson is in a coma. “You’ve had your chance, he’s mine now,” Tony says, clutching the gun. As he runs through the halls toward the medical unit, Jack urges Tony not to do anything to Henderson because it won’t make him feel better about losing Michelle. Tony ignores his plea with renewed determination.
COMMENT: Yeah!!! REVENGE!!!
7:58 P.M.
Tony knocks out Burke. He prepares a syringe and holds it over Henderson, but Tony can’t kill him. Suddenly, Henderson awakes and grabs Tony’s wrist. He forces Tony to stab himself in the chest. Tony’s face goes white and he falls to the floor. Henderson gets up off the table and grabs the gun. Although he is weakened, he runs out.
COMMENT: He IS Robocop…what part of “his nervous system shuts down” led any of us to believe he would just wake up, kill Tony and be on the run. Come on 24 writers…can’t you do just a little better than that…
7:59 P.M.
Jack enters the clinic and finds Tony and Burke on the ground. Gasping his last breath of life, Tony tells Jack that he couldn’t do it. Jack clutches Tony’s head. Tony dies, and Jack cries with him still in his arms.
COMMENT: As I said before – you have got to be kidding me!! I get the feeling that the only tool the writers feel that they have at their disposal to up the excitement is killing off main characters…it’s pretty sad.
Observations and Questions -
+ So long Tony. We will miss you and your soul patch!!
+ You think Jack is pissed??? If he gets hold of Henderson – watch for the fireworks. I don’t see him having any kind of problem doing a lot of painful things to him.
+ No more Kim and Barry?? My guess is they have a little problem getting out of LA.
+ Bye Samwise. We’ll miss you and your insecurities. That will teach you to lie about losing your keycard.
+ Do Jack and Audrey get out of this day alive and together. I for one hope so.
+ Homeland Security vs. CTU…this is going to be quite the battle. It’s a battle I have no desire to see.
Any idea where they go from here??? There will be the inevitable Jack-Henderson showdown…but there is still the little problem of the canisters of nerve gas and martial law in LA.
Waiting patiently to see where they decide to go with things.
That’s all I’ve got…
Monday, March 13, 2006
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Sunday, March 12, 2006
24 News and Notes / 6pm - 7pm
6:00 P.M.
Osrtoff takes the CTU keycard before leaving Jenny’s apartment where the bodies of Jenny and Dwayne lie. He reprograms the keycard so that his photo shows up on the CTU security system instead of McGill’s image.
COMMENT: Wait – it’s that easy?? All it shows is his photo but with all of McGill’s info?? Surely the crack security staff at CTU will not be so easily fooled…think again.
6:03 P.M.
Buchanan and Audrey tell the President that they have no idea where the terrorists will strike next with the nerve gas. Their only lead is Henderson.
6:04 P.M.
Kim Bauer arrives at CTU to meet Audrey. She is with a man named Barry Landes. Kim doesn’t know that Jack is alive.
COMMENT: Kim’s back!!! And hello C.Thomas Howell!! Looking positively creepy.
6:05 P.M.
Audrey asks Jack whether she should tell Kim before he arrives to soften the blow. Henderson, who is in the backseat of Jack’s car, says that Kim was depressed when Chase left her. Henderson and his wife Miriam were there for her when Jack wasn’t.
COMMENT: Henderson needs to just shut his trap. I’m surprised that Jack didn’t stop the car and pop him just for spite.
6:06 P.M.
Kim is unnerved being in CTU because this is where both of her parents died. Audrey tells her about Jack and explains that he kept her in the dark in order to protect her. Kim is speechless.
COMMENT: Interesting point that I hadn’t considered about her parents. Yes she is speechless now but it doesn’t take her long to make things all about her…what a surprise.
6:08 P.M.
Novick is surprised when Vice President Hal Gardner turns up at the retreat because Logan asked for his help dealing with the nerve gas. Gardner doesn’t agree with CTU’s existing plan and he proposes a more sweeping one, much to the disdain of Novick. The Vice President wants to ignore the law by not obtaining Congressional approval for declaration of martial law in Los Angeles. He and Novick argue over casualty estimates. Novick tries appealing to Logan, but the President wants to follow Gardner’s plan because it would make him appear in control of the situation.
COMMENT: VP Gardner is certainly the anti-Logan…and he has TROUBLE written all over him. Hello Ray Wise!! How have things been since Twin Peaks??
6:11 P.M.
As they enter CTU, Henderson tells Jack that he is only trying to protect the country. “You don’t want to know what I know,” he says evasively. Guards take him into holding.
COMMENT: Ahh – cryptic dialogue. My favorite.
6:12 P.M.
Ostroff is cleared for entry into CTU with his forged keycard.
COMMENT: So let me get this straight. At CTU they only look at the photo but at Henderson’s company you have to give a thumb print to confirm who you are. What’s wrong with this picture?
6:17 P.M.
Jack quizzes Audrey about Kim’s reaction to his being alive.
6:18 P.M.
Jack goes to Kim. “I don’t know what you expect me to say,” she stoically greets him. Jack tries to explain why he didn’t tell her the truth and Barry interjects. Kim asks Barry to give them some privacy. She tells Jack that she leaned on Barry when no one else was available. Jack says that it was more painful to leave Kim then to lose Teri. Kim doesn’t know how to come to terms with his being back. He apologizes and begs her to stay because he has more to say to her.
COMMENT: Wait – Barry interjects??? Who the hell does this guy think he is?? I thought Jack was going to squash him like a bug….and of course leave it to Kim to turn the whole thing around and make it all about her. I’d forgotten how annoying she was. Welcome back Kim.
6:22 P.M.
Armed with a schematic of CTU, Ostroff finds an air duct.
6:23 P.M.
Writhing in pain, Tony questions Buchanan about why Michelle was killed. Buchanan can’t tell him anything because it is classified information and Tony no longer is an agent at CTU. Tony feels that, with all his years of service, he deserves to know. Buchanan admits that her death was part of a larger terrorist plot and that Henderson was involved. Tony warns Buchanan not to let Henderson cut a deal.
COMMENT: What was with Buchanan holding back?? Tony is/was one of them and he deserved to know everything there is to know about why Michelle was killed. Nice to see him come to his senses.
6:25 P.M.
Audrey tells Jack that Barry is a clinical psychologist and that Kim might have been his patient. Henderson is clamped down in the interrogation room. Jack is confident Henderson will undergo extreme torture to keep his secrets secure.
COMMENT: Ooooh torture time!!! Cool. This season has been a little light on the torture. They need to get Audrey’s brother back for another go round.
6:26 P.M.
Jack tells Henderson that the hyoscine-pentothal being injected into him is creating the pain. They will inflict him with more unless he tells them what they need to know. Henderson refuses. An agent named Burke gives him another dose, and Henderson winces immediately.
6:32 P.M.
Novick catches up with Martha as she is having a cigarette. He encourages her to stand by her husband’s side because he needs her. Novick was there when Logan prayed for her safety and anguished over the decision. Martha sees through his manipulation and asks Novick straight out what he wants her to do. He confesses that Gardner is advising the President to declare martial law. Novick needs her to counter that argument because her husband trusts her judgment. Martha says that Logan may not be as much of a pushover as they all believe him to be.
COMMENT: A pretty cool scene if you ask me.
6:35 P.M.
Ostroff hacks into the CTU mainframe and shuts down the air ventilation system. Techie Carrie Bendis sees an error in the environmental system and lets Edgar know. He brushes her concern off and says he doesn’t have time to deal with it. Edgar tells her to check it out herself.
COMMENT: Uh oh…we all know what’s going to happen to Carrie.
6:36 P.M.
Martha finds Logan outside, alone in his thoughts. Although Martha is still angry with him, he is relieved when she puts her hand on his shoulder. She tells him that she has not stopped loving him. “You have to get back to work,” she says. “The country needs you more than I do.”
COMMENT: Another cool scene. Nice to see Marty snap to her senses.
6:37 P.M.
Carrie goes into the electrical room to see if anyone is doing tests on the air system. She sees the canister and immediately starts to warn someone with her cell. Ostroff stabs her in the neck before she connects the call.
COMMENT: Explain to me why the hell she didn’t just run the heck out of the room screaming her head off…it would make her more difficult to be killed I guess.
6:43 P.M.
Ostroff sets the canister inside the ventilation’s fan and sets the timer to detonate in fifteen minutes.
6:44 P.M.
Chloe tells Kim that, of the four people who knew Jack was alive, two are dead and Tony is in serious condition. The only reason Chloe is still alive is because Jack saved her. Chloe suggests that Kim try to cut Jack some slack.
COMMENT: Thank you Chloe! The voice of reason…nice to see Kim have things put into perspective.
6:45 P.M.
Buchanan gives McGill the bad news that his sister and her boyfriend were found murdered. McGill is shocked. Buchanan asks whether they were involved in drugs or organized crime because the killings seemed like the work of a professional. McGill confesses that Jenny had stolen his CTU keycard.
COMMENT: Nice of him to mention things now…McGill you schmuck.
6:47 P.M
Buchanan calls Chloe to see if security has been breached with McGill’s keycard. She sees that it was used by someone less than an hour ago. Buchanan orders a lockdown of CTU.
COMMENT: So Chloe could see that it was McGill’s card but Joe Security couldn’t?? Lovely.
6:48 P.M.
Even with an increase in dosage Henderson still won’t talk. His vital signs begin to crash and Agent Burke tells Jack that he needs to stabilize him. Suddenly, the building alarm sounds and Buchanan lets Jack know that someone stole a CTU access card. Jack tells Burke to stabilize Henderson.
6:52 P.M.
Buchanan details Jack to a corridor to find the suspect, and Jack heads out. Edgar locates Ostroff on surveillance cameras and runs facial recognition. Buchanan notices that Carrie is not at her desk.
6:54 P.M.
Edgar goes to look for Carrie. Meanwhile, Ostroff tries to make his way out of the building, taking a guard hostage. He kills the guard and takes his radio.
6:55 P.M.
Jack comes upon the dead guard and sees that his walkie is gone. Jack radios that the suspect is in the stairwell, but sends a hand signal to an overhead surveillance camera that this is not true. Buchanan plays along. Ostroff overhears this communication and thinks he is in the clear.
COMMENT: Loved that move by Jack.
6:56 P.M.
Jack comes up behind Ostroff, who tries to shoot him. Jack kills him first and takes the timer with a relay switch. He also sees finds a PDA with a schematic of CTU’s ventilation system. Jack suspects there may be nerve gas in the building. Buchanan immediately orders an evacuation. Edgar calls Chloe from the electrical room and she yells for him to get out of the building. Edgar sees Carrie’s body but he doesn’t notice the canister begin to emit gas towards the fan.
COMMENT: Oh dear…it’s really going to happen..WOW.
6:57 P.M.
As Audrey runs out with Kim and Barry, they see workers in the other offices collapse. Chloe tries to lock down some doors to slow the rate that the gas will reach the rest of the building. Chloe manages to contain certain rooms, and the group heads to the situation room for safety. Jack orders Burke to take Henderson to the clinic isolation room and seal it off.
COMMENT: In all the excitement it still hasn’t clicked that Edgar isn’t with the rest of the gang.
6:58 P.M.
Chloe closes off all the safe rooms with biohazard strips. One of the techies is locked out, and Jack tells her to try to find another exit. They watch as the woman and the rest of the people outside fall down to their deaths.
6:59 P.M.
Edgar comes running into the bullpen from the electrical room. He sees Chloe in the situation room and calls to her. She watches helplessly as Edgar falls to his death. Chloe’s eyes tear up.
COMMENT: WOW..they killed Edgar…in an extremely powerful scene no less. The look between he and Chloe was so touching. I can’t believe he is going to be gone.
Observations and questions:
+ So who is going to make the “ultimate sacrifice” next week?? I’m certainly hoping its Barry.
+ Nice to have Kim back…and as annoying as ever. You’d think she would grow up at some point.
+ Where does Barry get the stones to talk to Jack like that? Guess he doesn’t know Jack.
+ Where do they go from here? How will they escape from CTU??
+ Is Logan going to step up and put down the VP?
+ Will Aaron and Marty engage in the forbidden love?? Magic 8Ball says “Highly Doubtful”.
+ What is Henderson’s big secret?
+ Will he live long enough to tell anyone anything now that he’s stuck in the med-lab with Tony?
It’s going to be one heck of a ride…
Osrtoff takes the CTU keycard before leaving Jenny’s apartment where the bodies of Jenny and Dwayne lie. He reprograms the keycard so that his photo shows up on the CTU security system instead of McGill’s image.
COMMENT: Wait – it’s that easy?? All it shows is his photo but with all of McGill’s info?? Surely the crack security staff at CTU will not be so easily fooled…think again.
6:03 P.M.
Buchanan and Audrey tell the President that they have no idea where the terrorists will strike next with the nerve gas. Their only lead is Henderson.
6:04 P.M.
Kim Bauer arrives at CTU to meet Audrey. She is with a man named Barry Landes. Kim doesn’t know that Jack is alive.
COMMENT: Kim’s back!!! And hello C.Thomas Howell!! Looking positively creepy.
6:05 P.M.
Audrey asks Jack whether she should tell Kim before he arrives to soften the blow. Henderson, who is in the backseat of Jack’s car, says that Kim was depressed when Chase left her. Henderson and his wife Miriam were there for her when Jack wasn’t.
COMMENT: Henderson needs to just shut his trap. I’m surprised that Jack didn’t stop the car and pop him just for spite.
6:06 P.M.
Kim is unnerved being in CTU because this is where both of her parents died. Audrey tells her about Jack and explains that he kept her in the dark in order to protect her. Kim is speechless.
COMMENT: Interesting point that I hadn’t considered about her parents. Yes she is speechless now but it doesn’t take her long to make things all about her…what a surprise.
6:08 P.M.
Novick is surprised when Vice President Hal Gardner turns up at the retreat because Logan asked for his help dealing with the nerve gas. Gardner doesn’t agree with CTU’s existing plan and he proposes a more sweeping one, much to the disdain of Novick. The Vice President wants to ignore the law by not obtaining Congressional approval for declaration of martial law in Los Angeles. He and Novick argue over casualty estimates. Novick tries appealing to Logan, but the President wants to follow Gardner’s plan because it would make him appear in control of the situation.
COMMENT: VP Gardner is certainly the anti-Logan…and he has TROUBLE written all over him. Hello Ray Wise!! How have things been since Twin Peaks??
6:11 P.M.
As they enter CTU, Henderson tells Jack that he is only trying to protect the country. “You don’t want to know what I know,” he says evasively. Guards take him into holding.
COMMENT: Ahh – cryptic dialogue. My favorite.
6:12 P.M.
Ostroff is cleared for entry into CTU with his forged keycard.
COMMENT: So let me get this straight. At CTU they only look at the photo but at Henderson’s company you have to give a thumb print to confirm who you are. What’s wrong with this picture?
6:17 P.M.
Jack quizzes Audrey about Kim’s reaction to his being alive.
6:18 P.M.
Jack goes to Kim. “I don’t know what you expect me to say,” she stoically greets him. Jack tries to explain why he didn’t tell her the truth and Barry interjects. Kim asks Barry to give them some privacy. She tells Jack that she leaned on Barry when no one else was available. Jack says that it was more painful to leave Kim then to lose Teri. Kim doesn’t know how to come to terms with his being back. He apologizes and begs her to stay because he has more to say to her.
COMMENT: Wait – Barry interjects??? Who the hell does this guy think he is?? I thought Jack was going to squash him like a bug….and of course leave it to Kim to turn the whole thing around and make it all about her. I’d forgotten how annoying she was. Welcome back Kim.
6:22 P.M.
Armed with a schematic of CTU, Ostroff finds an air duct.
6:23 P.M.
Writhing in pain, Tony questions Buchanan about why Michelle was killed. Buchanan can’t tell him anything because it is classified information and Tony no longer is an agent at CTU. Tony feels that, with all his years of service, he deserves to know. Buchanan admits that her death was part of a larger terrorist plot and that Henderson was involved. Tony warns Buchanan not to let Henderson cut a deal.
COMMENT: What was with Buchanan holding back?? Tony is/was one of them and he deserved to know everything there is to know about why Michelle was killed. Nice to see him come to his senses.
6:25 P.M.
Audrey tells Jack that Barry is a clinical psychologist and that Kim might have been his patient. Henderson is clamped down in the interrogation room. Jack is confident Henderson will undergo extreme torture to keep his secrets secure.
COMMENT: Ooooh torture time!!! Cool. This season has been a little light on the torture. They need to get Audrey’s brother back for another go round.
6:26 P.M.
Jack tells Henderson that the hyoscine-pentothal being injected into him is creating the pain. They will inflict him with more unless he tells them what they need to know. Henderson refuses. An agent named Burke gives him another dose, and Henderson winces immediately.
6:32 P.M.
Novick catches up with Martha as she is having a cigarette. He encourages her to stand by her husband’s side because he needs her. Novick was there when Logan prayed for her safety and anguished over the decision. Martha sees through his manipulation and asks Novick straight out what he wants her to do. He confesses that Gardner is advising the President to declare martial law. Novick needs her to counter that argument because her husband trusts her judgment. Martha says that Logan may not be as much of a pushover as they all believe him to be.
COMMENT: A pretty cool scene if you ask me.
6:35 P.M.
Ostroff hacks into the CTU mainframe and shuts down the air ventilation system. Techie Carrie Bendis sees an error in the environmental system and lets Edgar know. He brushes her concern off and says he doesn’t have time to deal with it. Edgar tells her to check it out herself.
COMMENT: Uh oh…we all know what’s going to happen to Carrie.
6:36 P.M.
Martha finds Logan outside, alone in his thoughts. Although Martha is still angry with him, he is relieved when she puts her hand on his shoulder. She tells him that she has not stopped loving him. “You have to get back to work,” she says. “The country needs you more than I do.”
COMMENT: Another cool scene. Nice to see Marty snap to her senses.
6:37 P.M.
Carrie goes into the electrical room to see if anyone is doing tests on the air system. She sees the canister and immediately starts to warn someone with her cell. Ostroff stabs her in the neck before she connects the call.
COMMENT: Explain to me why the hell she didn’t just run the heck out of the room screaming her head off…it would make her more difficult to be killed I guess.
6:43 P.M.
Ostroff sets the canister inside the ventilation’s fan and sets the timer to detonate in fifteen minutes.
6:44 P.M.
Chloe tells Kim that, of the four people who knew Jack was alive, two are dead and Tony is in serious condition. The only reason Chloe is still alive is because Jack saved her. Chloe suggests that Kim try to cut Jack some slack.
COMMENT: Thank you Chloe! The voice of reason…nice to see Kim have things put into perspective.
6:45 P.M.
Buchanan gives McGill the bad news that his sister and her boyfriend were found murdered. McGill is shocked. Buchanan asks whether they were involved in drugs or organized crime because the killings seemed like the work of a professional. McGill confesses that Jenny had stolen his CTU keycard.
COMMENT: Nice of him to mention things now…McGill you schmuck.
6:47 P.M
Buchanan calls Chloe to see if security has been breached with McGill’s keycard. She sees that it was used by someone less than an hour ago. Buchanan orders a lockdown of CTU.
COMMENT: So Chloe could see that it was McGill’s card but Joe Security couldn’t?? Lovely.
6:48 P.M.
Even with an increase in dosage Henderson still won’t talk. His vital signs begin to crash and Agent Burke tells Jack that he needs to stabilize him. Suddenly, the building alarm sounds and Buchanan lets Jack know that someone stole a CTU access card. Jack tells Burke to stabilize Henderson.
6:52 P.M.
Buchanan details Jack to a corridor to find the suspect, and Jack heads out. Edgar locates Ostroff on surveillance cameras and runs facial recognition. Buchanan notices that Carrie is not at her desk.
6:54 P.M.
Edgar goes to look for Carrie. Meanwhile, Ostroff tries to make his way out of the building, taking a guard hostage. He kills the guard and takes his radio.
6:55 P.M.
Jack comes upon the dead guard and sees that his walkie is gone. Jack radios that the suspect is in the stairwell, but sends a hand signal to an overhead surveillance camera that this is not true. Buchanan plays along. Ostroff overhears this communication and thinks he is in the clear.
COMMENT: Loved that move by Jack.
6:56 P.M.
Jack comes up behind Ostroff, who tries to shoot him. Jack kills him first and takes the timer with a relay switch. He also sees finds a PDA with a schematic of CTU’s ventilation system. Jack suspects there may be nerve gas in the building. Buchanan immediately orders an evacuation. Edgar calls Chloe from the electrical room and she yells for him to get out of the building. Edgar sees Carrie’s body but he doesn’t notice the canister begin to emit gas towards the fan.
COMMENT: Oh dear…it’s really going to happen..WOW.
6:57 P.M.
As Audrey runs out with Kim and Barry, they see workers in the other offices collapse. Chloe tries to lock down some doors to slow the rate that the gas will reach the rest of the building. Chloe manages to contain certain rooms, and the group heads to the situation room for safety. Jack orders Burke to take Henderson to the clinic isolation room and seal it off.
COMMENT: In all the excitement it still hasn’t clicked that Edgar isn’t with the rest of the gang.
6:58 P.M.
Chloe closes off all the safe rooms with biohazard strips. One of the techies is locked out, and Jack tells her to try to find another exit. They watch as the woman and the rest of the people outside fall down to their deaths.
6:59 P.M.
Edgar comes running into the bullpen from the electrical room. He sees Chloe in the situation room and calls to her. She watches helplessly as Edgar falls to his death. Chloe’s eyes tear up.
COMMENT: WOW..they killed Edgar…in an extremely powerful scene no less. The look between he and Chloe was so touching. I can’t believe he is going to be gone.
Observations and questions:
+ So who is going to make the “ultimate sacrifice” next week?? I’m certainly hoping its Barry.
+ Nice to have Kim back…and as annoying as ever. You’d think she would grow up at some point.
+ Where does Barry get the stones to talk to Jack like that? Guess he doesn’t know Jack.
+ Where do they go from here? How will they escape from CTU??
+ Is Logan going to step up and put down the VP?
+ Will Aaron and Marty engage in the forbidden love?? Magic 8Ball says “Highly Doubtful”.
+ What is Henderson’s big secret?
+ Will he live long enough to tell anyone anything now that he’s stuck in the med-lab with Tony?
It’s going to be one heck of a ride…
24 News and Notes / 5pm - 6pm
Okay – 24 is officially BACK!!! The return of Tony, Kim and the shocking departure of everyone’s favorite CTU geek Edgar has left us all stunned and excited at the possibilities of what comes next.
For now onto hour one of last Monday’s rockin’ 2 hour extravoganza.
5:00 P.M.
Buchanan is summoned to the medical area because Tony has woken up and is asking for Michelle. The doctor fears that Tony’s condition will destabilize if told the truth about Michelle’s death.
COMMENT: Nice to see Tony back in the world of the conscious. Let’s see what happens next.
5:01 P.M.
Buchanan tells Tony that he thinks Michelle will be fine. Tony demands to immediately speak with Jack. He also wants Michelle to know that he is alive.
COMMENT: Lying to Tony about Michelle…No matter what way you slice it - not a good idea.
5:02 P.M.
Amid the wreckage of the motorcade, Martha cries to Agent Pierce that her husband knew about the attack and didn’t do anything about it. Pierce doesn’t understand why the President would give the Suvarovs’ route to the terrorists. The Marine One helicopter arrives to pick them up.
COMMENT: Marty – how about keeping your darn trap shut…How have they managed to turn her into such an annoyance?
5:03 P.M.
Bierko has his technician Viktor arm the canisters. He wants it placed in an area that will inflict the maximum casualties.
COMMENT: Maximum casualties eh? That would be bad.
5:04 P.M.
Bierko calls one of his men, Ostroff, who is on his way to pick up a keycard which is crucial to their plan.
COMMENT: So THAT’S the significance of The Thug stealing the keycard. Interesting…
5:05 P.M.
Ostroff phones Jenny McGill’s boyfriend Dwayne to arrange the tradeoff for McGill’s CTU keycard. Dwayne and Jenny use the keycard to cut up lines of cocaine.
5:06 P.M.
Logan worries about what he will say to his wife. He second guesses the decision to give in to the terrorists.
COMMENT: This is a reunion I cannot wait to see.
5:07 P.M.
Jack calls CTU to report that Christopher Henderson was responsible for handing over the nerve gas. Henderson covered up his involvement by blowing up the Omicron servers and then escaping. Chloe tells him that Henderson’s computer has been exchanging data with his home system. Buchanan wants to send backup, but Jack thinks he needs to go to Henderson’s house alone. The former agent will recognize being ambushed by a tactical team.
5:09 P.M.
While driving, Henderson calls his bank in Buenos Aires and asks for access to his safety deposit box.
After examining corpses of the terrorists from the motorcade attack, Curtis finds a schematic of a ventilation system. He tells Buchanan that it might be the location of a possible nerve gas target. It has a time of 6:00 on it. Curtis sends the map to Chloe for analysis.
5:10 P.M.
When the doctor has no news on Michelle’s condition, Tony becomes suspicious. He removes his IV tubes, gets out of bed and peels the bandage off his burned face.
COMMENT: Tony - looking no worst for wear after dancing with a car bomb. Nice to see.
5:11 P.M.
Tony sneaks into the medical office and types Michelle’s name on the system search. Buchanan comes in as he Tony learns that Michelle is listed as deceased. He collapses in sadness.
COMMENT: Just a devastating scene.
5:17 P.M.
The chopper carrying Martha and the Suvarovs lands at the retreat. Logan goes to apologize to his wife, but she is angry that he didn’t stand up to the terrorists. She walks away.
COMMENT: What- no face slap?? She does need to grow up a little though. He’s the President. He may not be good at it but he is expected to make tough decisions.
5:18 P.M.
Logan pulls Suvarov aside to tell him he only just learned about the nerve gas threat. Suvarov grants the United States access to Russian intelligence to stop the separatists. Suvarov also says that he noticed Martha’s strange behavior when she first got into the limo. Logan blames this on her medically-treated depression.
COMMENT: Oh man – The Putz just threw Marty under the bus. WOW! I didn’t think he had it in him.
5:20 P.M.
McGill asks Buchanan for permission to contact his sister regarding a personal matter. Buchanan allows him the use of a phone.
5:21 P.M.
McGill calls Jenny, looking for his keycard back. He threatens to call the police. Dwayne won’t give the card to Jenny because he claims to be getting $20,000 for it.
5:22 P.M.
Logan goes to see Martha, but Evelyn refuses to let him in on order from the First Lady. Martha asks Evelyn to bring Pierce to her.
COMMENT: Wait, Evelyn won’t let him see her?? HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!! He doesn’t need her permission to see his wife. Get the hell out of the way and let him in…I can’t believe him. Argh.
5:23 P.M.
Edgar finds the building depicted in the blueprint that Curtis uncovered. It is a hospital, and Buchanan notifies them to evacuate.
COMMENT: Nice job E!
5:24 P.M.
Inside that hospital, Bierko’s henchman Viktor is dressed as an orderly. He pushes a gurney that hides the nerve gas canister.
5:29 P.M.
Jack sneaks into the backyard of the Henderson house. He sees Henderson’s wife Miriam in the window.
5:30 P.M.
In the CTU chopper, Curtis calls the hospital’s security officer, Wegman. He warns the man about the urgency of the nerve gas situation.
5:31 P.M.
Jack surprises Miriam Henderson, who thought that Jack was dead. She says that her husband is still at work and hasn’t called her. With his gun trained, Jack demands to see Henderson’s computer. He explains what Henderson has been up to, but Miriam doesn’t believe him. Jack forces her to the den and he puts away his gun. He sits down to Henderson’s computer as Chloe begins to help him hack into it.
COMMENT: So is Miriam in on the gig or not?? We just don’t know. Probably not…but you never know.
5:32 P.M.
Martha warmly takes Pierce’s hand while thanking him for saving her life. Novick sees this and dismisses Pierce. Martha tells Novick that she doesn’t want to see her husband. As Novick is leaving, Pierce tries to explain himself. “Whatever did happen, make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Novick sneers.
COMMENT: What a weird scene all the way around…Is Marty hitting Aaron? Is Aaron hitting on Marty? Is Aaron letting Marty hit on him?? Why did Aaron look so guilty?? Why the hell did Mike freak out?? Like I said..weird.
5:35 P.M.
As patients are evacuated from the hospital, Curtis arrives on the scene and meets up with Wegman, who says that a number of ICU patients cannot be moved. Curtis dispatches his teams to find high-risk areas in the building.
5:36 P.M.
Viktor notifies Bierko that the hospital is being evacuated and surrounded by police. Bierko pulls up the building’s schematics and instructs Viktor to another entrance that might not be guarded. “I need you to finish this task,” Bierko implores. “Even if it means you don’t get out.”
5:41 P.M.
Audrey gets Bierko’s name from Russian intelligence and tells the President that they believe he is financing the entire terrorist attack himself.
5:42 P.M.
Miriam thinks Jack has some sort of hatred for her innocent husband. Chloe uncovers a list of satellite phone numbers on Henderson’s hard drive, but there is a password protecting it. Miriam says she doesn’t know the password.
COMMENT: Miriam is clueless. Not sure if this is good or bad. I’m sure we will soon find out.
5:44 P.M.
Wegman finds surveillance images of Viktor dressed as an orderly. Curtis sends teams to that area and has CTU run a face match.
COMMENT: Convenient….and you know how I HATE convenient.
5:45 P.M.
Edgar finds Viktor’s identity as a Russian criminal. Curtis gets confirmation and sets off to find the man.
5:46 P.M.
In the subbasement, Viktor arms the canister. Curtis comes upon him and shoots him.
COMMENT: Wait – Jack can shoot a guy in the knee while diving into a room but Curtis can’t shoot this guy without killing him?? I guess that’s why he not Jack Bauer!
5:47 P.M.
Donning a gas mask, Curtis sees the detonated canister and calls for the chemical response team.
COMMENT: Question from Lisa…where’d they pull those masks from? I guessing their CTU utility belts…of course.
5:52 P.M.
As the people continue to flee the hospital, Curtis waits for help with the gas. Buchanan orders a mandatory evacuation of the entire downtown corridor.
Chloe determines that the encryption on Henderson’s computer will take half a day to crack. She apologizes to Jack and lets him know about the canister at the hospital.
5:53 P.M.
Henderson returns home. Jack knocks him down and handcuffs him. Henderson feigns ignorance about the nerve gas. Miriam screams for Jack to leave him alone. Jack opens Henderson’s briefcase which contains stacks of hundred dollar bills. Miriam is shocked, and she questions whether her husband has been lying to her. Henderson claims he is serving his country, and taunts Jack to shoot him because he knows nothing.
COMMENT: Jack should have punched Henderson out of principle after he tried to blow him up…but shooting him would be nice too.
5:56 P.M.
Instead of firing at Henderson, Jack shoots Miriam in the leg above the kneecap so that she will still be able to walk. Miriam cries out in pain and begs her husband to tell Jack what he wants to know. “Forgive me, Miriam, I can’t,” Henderson says to both Jack and Miriam’s horror. Jack calls for an ambulance. He also has CTU ready an interrogation room with hyoscine-pentothal prepared for Henderson.
COMMENT: Clearly the best move of the hour! The move was so Jack!! My favorite part – listening to Jack scream at Henderson that he shot her above the knee so that she’ll be able to walk again…priceless.
5:57 P.M.
Buchanan calls Curtis, who has found a timer on the canister. Since it will detonate in a minute, the bomb squad won’t have time to stop it. Curtis picks the canister up and runs out of the basement into the hospital wards. He speeds out the door and gets the canister to the tac unit’s truck where it is sealed into a chemical container. They lock it in as the trigger detonates. The nerve gas is contained and the hospital is saved.
COMMENT: Nice. The scene was tense and effective. It had the expected result but it was ultimate nice across the board.
5:59 P.M.
Ostroff kills Jenny and Dwayne. He calls Bierko to let him know that he has the CTU keycard.
COMMENT: So much for Jenny and Dwayne the Thug. Thank god we are done with them. So now the terrorists have a CTU keycard…this will not bode well for the gang at CTU.
Observations and questions…who cares!! Onto hour number two!!
For now onto hour one of last Monday’s rockin’ 2 hour extravoganza.
5:00 P.M.
Buchanan is summoned to the medical area because Tony has woken up and is asking for Michelle. The doctor fears that Tony’s condition will destabilize if told the truth about Michelle’s death.
COMMENT: Nice to see Tony back in the world of the conscious. Let’s see what happens next.
5:01 P.M.
Buchanan tells Tony that he thinks Michelle will be fine. Tony demands to immediately speak with Jack. He also wants Michelle to know that he is alive.
COMMENT: Lying to Tony about Michelle…No matter what way you slice it - not a good idea.
5:02 P.M.
Amid the wreckage of the motorcade, Martha cries to Agent Pierce that her husband knew about the attack and didn’t do anything about it. Pierce doesn’t understand why the President would give the Suvarovs’ route to the terrorists. The Marine One helicopter arrives to pick them up.
COMMENT: Marty – how about keeping your darn trap shut…How have they managed to turn her into such an annoyance?
5:03 P.M.
Bierko has his technician Viktor arm the canisters. He wants it placed in an area that will inflict the maximum casualties.
COMMENT: Maximum casualties eh? That would be bad.
5:04 P.M.
Bierko calls one of his men, Ostroff, who is on his way to pick up a keycard which is crucial to their plan.
COMMENT: So THAT’S the significance of The Thug stealing the keycard. Interesting…
5:05 P.M.
Ostroff phones Jenny McGill’s boyfriend Dwayne to arrange the tradeoff for McGill’s CTU keycard. Dwayne and Jenny use the keycard to cut up lines of cocaine.
5:06 P.M.
Logan worries about what he will say to his wife. He second guesses the decision to give in to the terrorists.
COMMENT: This is a reunion I cannot wait to see.
5:07 P.M.
Jack calls CTU to report that Christopher Henderson was responsible for handing over the nerve gas. Henderson covered up his involvement by blowing up the Omicron servers and then escaping. Chloe tells him that Henderson’s computer has been exchanging data with his home system. Buchanan wants to send backup, but Jack thinks he needs to go to Henderson’s house alone. The former agent will recognize being ambushed by a tactical team.
5:09 P.M.
While driving, Henderson calls his bank in Buenos Aires and asks for access to his safety deposit box.
After examining corpses of the terrorists from the motorcade attack, Curtis finds a schematic of a ventilation system. He tells Buchanan that it might be the location of a possible nerve gas target. It has a time of 6:00 on it. Curtis sends the map to Chloe for analysis.
5:10 P.M.
When the doctor has no news on Michelle’s condition, Tony becomes suspicious. He removes his IV tubes, gets out of bed and peels the bandage off his burned face.
COMMENT: Tony - looking no worst for wear after dancing with a car bomb. Nice to see.
5:11 P.M.
Tony sneaks into the medical office and types Michelle’s name on the system search. Buchanan comes in as he Tony learns that Michelle is listed as deceased. He collapses in sadness.
COMMENT: Just a devastating scene.
5:17 P.M.
The chopper carrying Martha and the Suvarovs lands at the retreat. Logan goes to apologize to his wife, but she is angry that he didn’t stand up to the terrorists. She walks away.
COMMENT: What- no face slap?? She does need to grow up a little though. He’s the President. He may not be good at it but he is expected to make tough decisions.
5:18 P.M.
Logan pulls Suvarov aside to tell him he only just learned about the nerve gas threat. Suvarov grants the United States access to Russian intelligence to stop the separatists. Suvarov also says that he noticed Martha’s strange behavior when she first got into the limo. Logan blames this on her medically-treated depression.
COMMENT: Oh man – The Putz just threw Marty under the bus. WOW! I didn’t think he had it in him.
5:20 P.M.
McGill asks Buchanan for permission to contact his sister regarding a personal matter. Buchanan allows him the use of a phone.
5:21 P.M.
McGill calls Jenny, looking for his keycard back. He threatens to call the police. Dwayne won’t give the card to Jenny because he claims to be getting $20,000 for it.
5:22 P.M.
Logan goes to see Martha, but Evelyn refuses to let him in on order from the First Lady. Martha asks Evelyn to bring Pierce to her.
COMMENT: Wait, Evelyn won’t let him see her?? HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!! He doesn’t need her permission to see his wife. Get the hell out of the way and let him in…I can’t believe him. Argh.
5:23 P.M.
Edgar finds the building depicted in the blueprint that Curtis uncovered. It is a hospital, and Buchanan notifies them to evacuate.
COMMENT: Nice job E!
5:24 P.M.
Inside that hospital, Bierko’s henchman Viktor is dressed as an orderly. He pushes a gurney that hides the nerve gas canister.
5:29 P.M.
Jack sneaks into the backyard of the Henderson house. He sees Henderson’s wife Miriam in the window.
5:30 P.M.
In the CTU chopper, Curtis calls the hospital’s security officer, Wegman. He warns the man about the urgency of the nerve gas situation.
5:31 P.M.
Jack surprises Miriam Henderson, who thought that Jack was dead. She says that her husband is still at work and hasn’t called her. With his gun trained, Jack demands to see Henderson’s computer. He explains what Henderson has been up to, but Miriam doesn’t believe him. Jack forces her to the den and he puts away his gun. He sits down to Henderson’s computer as Chloe begins to help him hack into it.
COMMENT: So is Miriam in on the gig or not?? We just don’t know. Probably not…but you never know.
5:32 P.M.
Martha warmly takes Pierce’s hand while thanking him for saving her life. Novick sees this and dismisses Pierce. Martha tells Novick that she doesn’t want to see her husband. As Novick is leaving, Pierce tries to explain himself. “Whatever did happen, make sure it doesn’t happen again,” Novick sneers.
COMMENT: What a weird scene all the way around…Is Marty hitting Aaron? Is Aaron hitting on Marty? Is Aaron letting Marty hit on him?? Why did Aaron look so guilty?? Why the hell did Mike freak out?? Like I said..weird.
5:35 P.M.
As patients are evacuated from the hospital, Curtis arrives on the scene and meets up with Wegman, who says that a number of ICU patients cannot be moved. Curtis dispatches his teams to find high-risk areas in the building.
5:36 P.M.
Viktor notifies Bierko that the hospital is being evacuated and surrounded by police. Bierko pulls up the building’s schematics and instructs Viktor to another entrance that might not be guarded. “I need you to finish this task,” Bierko implores. “Even if it means you don’t get out.”
5:41 P.M.
Audrey gets Bierko’s name from Russian intelligence and tells the President that they believe he is financing the entire terrorist attack himself.
5:42 P.M.
Miriam thinks Jack has some sort of hatred for her innocent husband. Chloe uncovers a list of satellite phone numbers on Henderson’s hard drive, but there is a password protecting it. Miriam says she doesn’t know the password.
COMMENT: Miriam is clueless. Not sure if this is good or bad. I’m sure we will soon find out.
5:44 P.M.
Wegman finds surveillance images of Viktor dressed as an orderly. Curtis sends teams to that area and has CTU run a face match.
COMMENT: Convenient….and you know how I HATE convenient.
5:45 P.M.
Edgar finds Viktor’s identity as a Russian criminal. Curtis gets confirmation and sets off to find the man.
5:46 P.M.
In the subbasement, Viktor arms the canister. Curtis comes upon him and shoots him.
COMMENT: Wait – Jack can shoot a guy in the knee while diving into a room but Curtis can’t shoot this guy without killing him?? I guess that’s why he not Jack Bauer!
5:47 P.M.
Donning a gas mask, Curtis sees the detonated canister and calls for the chemical response team.
COMMENT: Question from Lisa…where’d they pull those masks from? I guessing their CTU utility belts…of course.
5:52 P.M.
As the people continue to flee the hospital, Curtis waits for help with the gas. Buchanan orders a mandatory evacuation of the entire downtown corridor.
Chloe determines that the encryption on Henderson’s computer will take half a day to crack. She apologizes to Jack and lets him know about the canister at the hospital.
5:53 P.M.
Henderson returns home. Jack knocks him down and handcuffs him. Henderson feigns ignorance about the nerve gas. Miriam screams for Jack to leave him alone. Jack opens Henderson’s briefcase which contains stacks of hundred dollar bills. Miriam is shocked, and she questions whether her husband has been lying to her. Henderson claims he is serving his country, and taunts Jack to shoot him because he knows nothing.
COMMENT: Jack should have punched Henderson out of principle after he tried to blow him up…but shooting him would be nice too.
5:56 P.M.
Instead of firing at Henderson, Jack shoots Miriam in the leg above the kneecap so that she will still be able to walk. Miriam cries out in pain and begs her husband to tell Jack what he wants to know. “Forgive me, Miriam, I can’t,” Henderson says to both Jack and Miriam’s horror. Jack calls for an ambulance. He also has CTU ready an interrogation room with hyoscine-pentothal prepared for Henderson.
COMMENT: Clearly the best move of the hour! The move was so Jack!! My favorite part – listening to Jack scream at Henderson that he shot her above the knee so that she’ll be able to walk again…priceless.
5:57 P.M.
Buchanan calls Curtis, who has found a timer on the canister. Since it will detonate in a minute, the bomb squad won’t have time to stop it. Curtis picks the canister up and runs out of the basement into the hospital wards. He speeds out the door and gets the canister to the tac unit’s truck where it is sealed into a chemical container. They lock it in as the trigger detonates. The nerve gas is contained and the hospital is saved.
COMMENT: Nice. The scene was tense and effective. It had the expected result but it was ultimate nice across the board.
5:59 P.M.
Ostroff kills Jenny and Dwayne. He calls Bierko to let him know that he has the CTU keycard.
COMMENT: So much for Jenny and Dwayne the Thug. Thank god we are done with them. So now the terrorists have a CTU keycard…this will not bode well for the gang at CTU.
Observations and questions…who cares!! Onto hour number two!!
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Daily Slice O' Life
I know you are all looking at this post screaming - "Where's the 24 update??" but there's been a lot of interesting things happening so I thought I'd throw some links at y'all for some good reading...and don't worry - the 24 update will be up soon (as in the next 24 hours).
That said - onto the show...
+ So it looks like the port deal is dead. Nice to see Dubya take another one in the nuts.
+ NASA scientists revealed that the Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of liquid water spewing from geysers on one of Saturn's icy moons raising the possibility that life may exist there. Scientists say, if the moon does harbor life, it probably consists of microbes or other primitive organisms capable of living in extreme conditions. Keith Richards has a summer home there.
+ Divers in the South Pacific discovered a new animal that resembles a furry lobster. They indicated that it tastes like chicken...
+ On Monday, baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died at the age of 45. He had been in a Phoenix, Arizona, hospital after suffering a stroke Sunday at his Scottsdale home and undergoing neurosurgery. He'll always be remembered for the energy and exuberance that he brought to the game and to life. RIP Kirby, you will be missed.
That said - onto the show...
+ So it looks like the port deal is dead. Nice to see Dubya take another one in the nuts.
+ NASA scientists revealed that the Cassini spacecraft has found evidence of liquid water spewing from geysers on one of Saturn's icy moons raising the possibility that life may exist there. Scientists say, if the moon does harbor life, it probably consists of microbes or other primitive organisms capable of living in extreme conditions. Keith Richards has a summer home there.
+ Divers in the South Pacific discovered a new animal that resembles a furry lobster. They indicated that it tastes like chicken...
+ On Monday, baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett died at the age of 45. He had been in a Phoenix, Arizona, hospital after suffering a stroke Sunday at his Scottsdale home and undergoing neurosurgery. He'll always be remembered for the energy and exuberance that he brought to the game and to life. RIP Kirby, you will be missed.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
24 stuff
Just a couple of tidbits from the latest "Ask Ausiello" at TVGuide.com.
+ You don't want to miss the back-to-back episodes next Monday. As you saw from the previews, Kim is back, as is Tony. We'll also meet Kim's new shrink friend (C. Thomas Howell), Logan's VP (Ray Wise) and Henderson's wife (JoBeth Williams).
+ Exec producer Howard Gordon says he wants to take the show on the road — i.e., outside Los Angeles — next season. "We flirted with going to London last year for six episodes," he says. "Not with Kiefer necessarily, but to tell another story in another part of the globe. That's something that I would really love to try to do next year."
So we've got some old friends on their way back to us and some fresh faces to add to the mix. Should be a blast!!
Alias Returns
ABC confirmed yesterday that Alias is returning to the airwaves on a new night and at a new time - Wednesday, April 19th at 8 pm. Anyone else out there drooling at the idea of Alias, Lost and Invasion back-to-back-to-back on Wednesday nights this Spring!!! There are eight episodes remaining.
Here's how they're being scheduled:
April 19, 8-10 pm/ET: Two-hour episode. Syd's baby is born and Vaughn's fate is revealed. Michael Vartan, Lena Olin and Greg Grunberg return.
April 26, 8-9 pm: The 100th episode. Bradley Cooper returns.
May 3, 8-9 pm: Currently in production. Devlin returns.
May 10, 8-9 pm: TBD
May 17, 8-9 pm: TBD
May 24, 8-10 pm: Two-hour finale.
Looking forward to the return of Syd and the rest of the gang!
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