24 News and Notes - Season 6 blurb

Before I go in and do my final recap of the year I just wanted to pass along some information I just read at TVGuideOnline.com regarding Season 6...

24 Isn't Ordering Chinese
Despite how Monday's season finale left off, the sixth season of Fox's 24 will not pick up with Jack Bauer riding a slow boat to China as a political prisoner. "I don’t think much of the story will take place in China," executive producer Howard Gordon tells the trade mag TV Week. "It's just an impractical thing given the real-time constraints, because it would take Jack 16 hours — three-quarters of the [season] — to get back to L.A." If Jack's imprisonment isn't the hook for 24's January '07 return, what is? Howard shared no details, noting, "I just started writing the first [episode] this morning" — meaning only two or three main characters have been killed thus far.

Interesting....

24 News and Notes / 4am-5am

In the words of the near immortal Rod Stewart…”Tonight’s the night!..” As has been my M.O. the last few weeks I am waiting until only hours before the latest episode to do the recap…Sorry. So – how about I just blast through this so you can all be ready for the big battle tonight 20,000 leagues under the sea…


4:00 A.M.
Chloe sets up a feed to the Attorney General and to Congress. Yet when she tests the recording, there is nothing but white noise. Chloe remembers that Miles came in, claiming that Karen had him check up on her.

COMMENT: Oh dear....Maybe Jack should have played the thing for SOMEBODY!!!!!! As for Miles – he has been placed on a tee and is all set to be slammed! Let's get to it now shall we?

4:02 A.M.
Jack heads to the bullpen, and Karen calls for security to stop him. Jack punches the guard. He then grabs Miles by the throat and accuses him of obstructing the case. Karen orders Jack to let him go.

COMMENT: LOVED the shot to the solar plexes. When are they going to realize what it takes to bring down Bauer…Come on Karen - let Jack strangle the life out of him!!! Or at least draw blood…We’ve been waiting weeks for this confrontation!!

4:03 A.M.
Miles says that he has been transferred and Karen asks where. “The White House,” Jack sneers. Miles’ silence serves as an admission. Karen threatens to investigate, and Miles informs her that he now works for the President. Karen slaps him hard on the face. He leaves CTU.

COMMENT: Come on Karen you can do better than a little slap to the face…Ball up that fist and punch him!! Or even better would have been a nice swift kick to the old bait and tackle!!

4:05 A.M.
Karen sends Chloe to try to restore the tape.

COMMENT: Yeah – good luck with that Chloe…Have fun..

4:06 A.M.
Logan quizzes Karen about a conference call with the Attorney General, but she claims it was a mistake. Logan wants to suspend the arrest for Jack because the evidence he has is “inconclusive.” Jack knows that Logan intends to make him an unobstructed target.

4:07 A.M.
CTU gets word that Bierko escaped from the transfer to District. The one agent who survived the attack on the van heard Bierko mention a nerve gas canister and tell his men that they “are not finished.” CTU had assumed all the canisters were destroyed in the gas plant explosion. Karen makes finding Bierko the new priority.

4:08 A.M.
Bierko’s man shows him the one canister kept in reserve.

4:13 A.M.
Martha gives Pierce’s cell phone to an agent on duty in hopes that it will be returned to him in Washington where he was transferred.

4:14 A.M.
Logan comes to see Pierce in the stables at the retreat. Pierce has been beaten and his hands are bound. Logan tells him that the tape recording no longer exists. Logan threatens him to save his own career in the Secret Service. Pierce calls Logan a traitor and a disgrace to the office.

COMMENT: Perhaps the finest line of the entire season…”You’re a traitor and a disgrace to the office. Is there anything else CHARLES??” CLASSIC!!! This is why we LOVE Agent Pierce.

4:16 A.M.
An agent named Adams tells Logan that Pierce is loyal to Palmer. Logan doesn’t say anything, and Adams understands what to do.

COMMENT: Wait a minute – Agent No-Neck is really going to whack Aaron?? NO WAY JOSE!

4:17 A.M.
Logan calls Graham and lets him know that the recording has been destroyed and Pierce is being taken care of. The arrangements to take out Jack have been put into motion.

COMMENT: Isn’t the Putz just little Mr. Efficient…

4:19 A.M.
Novick brings the President news that Bierko escaped and is planning another attack. Logan is furious.

COMMENT: It’s soooo funny watching him react to this stuff. He’s like an 8 yr old – wait that would be an insult to the 8 yr old…but I think you get the point.

4:20 A.M.
Chloe cannot find any trace of Bierko on satellites or security cameras. Karen and Buchanan suggest offering a deal to Henderson in return for information on Bierko. Jack is adamant that they don’t because Henderson killed Palmer. Yet with no other option, Jack relents.

4:21 A.M.
Jack goes to Henderson in the holding room and tries to appeal to his patriotic sense. Henderson can tell Jack is not happy to be offering full immunity. Henderson’s only protection was that tape and now it’s gone. He will be killed if he is set free. Henderson offers to help Jack catch Bierko if they allow him to go underground with his wife

COMMENT: Jack and Henderson eh? Never thought that would happen…this should be interesting as Jack fights every fiber of his being to stop from shooting him somewhere vital.

4:29 A.M.
Henderson gives up fourteen names that he thinks Bierko will contact. Jack has Chloe run a search.

4:30 A.M.
Jack tells Audrey that Henderson is helping them find Bierko. Audrey is angry that the man who tried to kill her father was offered immunity. Jack apologizes to her.

COMMENT: Come on – let Audrey at him!! She’s like a Bengal tiger these days…!

4:31 A.M.
Chloe finds that Victor Malina, one of the people on Henderson’s list, just got a call from a payphone in Van Nuys which was then called by a GSM satellite phone. Henderson warns them that it will take too long to roll Malina. He suggests that he go and talk to Malina himself. Jack knows Henderson can’t be trusted, but Karen and Buchanan decide that they have no other choice. Karen orders Jack to accompany Henderson. Jack threatens to kill Henderson if something goes awry.

4:33 A.M.
Martha is outside smoking a cigarette when she sees a government sedan pull into the stables.

COMMENT: Martha the Sleuth is IN DA HIZZY!! Let’s see what she uncovers shall we?

4:34 A.M.
Agent Adams exits the sedan with a gun. The trunk of the car is lined in plastic. He takes the bound Pierce from the stable, but Pierce fights back. Martha walks in and surprises Adams with Pierce. Adams cannot shoot the First Lady, and this allows Pierce to kick him. Adams loses his gun. Just as Adams is about to hit Pierce with a tire iron, Martha grabs the gun and shoots Adams. She is in shock and drops the gun.

COMMENT: Everybody run…the medicated First Lady has a gun!!...and she doesn’t appear to be afraid to use it…Quick call Logan!!

4:40 A.M.
Curtis drives Jack and Henderson to Victor Malina’s loft. Henderson won’t wear a wire because Malina will find it. Jack gives him only ten minutes to get information. Curtis sets teams around the perimeter.

4:41 A.M.
Henderson goes to the building and Malina lets him into the heavily-secured complex. Jack hoists himself up to the roof.

COMMENT: Heavily secured?? HA…Jack climbs on the roof (easily) and there are no sensors or anything up there to indicate he is there!!! What’s it with security this season?? First they don’t look on the top of the truck at the airport. Now Jack has easy access to this “heavily secured” living space by climbing on the roof and going in from there? Come on!

4:42 A.M.
At the door, Malina x-rays Henderson over the Backscatter monitor. There is nothing on him, and he is allowed entry.

COMMENT: Cool x-ray gadget…too bad Jack’s on the roof!!!!

4:43 A.M.
Jack affixes a sonar device to the skylight over Malina’s loft. He hears Henderson tell Malina to secure-cache his files because Jack and CTU are outside. Jack radios Curtis to move his teams in because Henderson welched on his promise.

4:44 A.M.
Malina starts crashing his own system as Curtis’s teams blast through the building entry. Jack breaks in from the roof. Henderson takes Malina’s gun and ducks. Malina fires at the TAC team, hitting Curtis in the shoulder. Jack shoots Malina and he makes Henderson come out from hiding.

4:46 A.M.
Jack accuses Henderson of trying to play him, but Henderson says that he was getting Malina to drop the firewall and download all his files onto a flash drive. Jack came in too soon and now the files are all decrypted on the mainframe. Jack doesn’t know what the truth is, but sends Chloe the files from Malina’s computer.

COMMENT: Ooops…good job Jack. Not that I trust Henderson but give the guy a break. You had the whole building surrounded. Where the heck was Henderson going to go even if he was playing you?

4:52 A.M.
Pierce tells Martha that Logan ordered Adams to kill him. Martha says she knows about the whole plot, but she can no longer remain silent. Pierce needs Logan to believe that he’s dead, so he has her go back inside and pretend nothing is different. Pierce asks her to tell Novick.

COMMENT: Great!! They’re finally going to get Sherlock Novick involved??...and good luck trying to get Martha to act like there’s nothing wrong. I think you’re going to need much more medication!

4:54 A.M.
Chloe uncovers Defense documents on Malina’s computer for a Russian submarine that is in America for inspection by the Navy. Karen explains that the Logan treaty called for the sharing of technology. Henderson confirms that the sub named Natalia would have multiple, non-nuclear warheads.

COMMENT: A Russian submarine eh? Hmmm – let the Hunt for Red Bierko begin!!

4:55 A.M.
Jack has Audrey contact the ranking U.S. officer on the Russian sub. Jack takes Henderson with him in a helicopter. He needs Henderson because he knows the weapon systems.

4:56 A.M.
Audrey connects Jack to the U.S. Navy officer aboard the submarine Natalia. Jack orders the Lieutenant to lock down the weapons system because the Natalia might be under siege by terrorists who will try to apprehend its missiles.

4:57 A.M.
The Lieutenant goes through the top hatch and Bierko shoots him. Jack hears the gunshots and has Audrey warn Defense.

COMMENT: What part of LOCK DOWN THE WEAPONS SYSTEM means open the hatch to the outside of the sub?? Come on!!! Seal the damn sub up and don’t allow anyone access to the darn thing….Nah – I think I’ll just go topside and take a look around…AND don’t even get me started as to how Bierko and his band of flunkies are able to just wander in and end up on top of a NUCLEAR SUBMARINE!!!!!!! I don’t care if it’s Russian or not. Those darn things are guarded like Fort Knox…because they have NUCLEAR WEAPONS on board!!!!! I’m very disappointed at the little plot twist. Not very well thought out…Thank god the end is near…I can stop yelling at the tv!

4:48 A.M.
Bierko drops a Sentox canister into the hatch of the sub and releases the gas. The crew of the submarine falls to their deaths.

COMMENT: Of course they do…so disappointing.

4:59 A.M.
Bierko and his gas-masked men board the sub. Bierko plugs a code that he got from Malina into a console. This allows him to take control of the sub’s weapons system.




So WADDA YA THINK folks??? Things look interesting for the season finale??

So many loose ends to tie up…I’m sure they will come up with something.

Questions -

Will someone important die?
Will Aaron and Martha end up happily ever after?
Will Jack and Audrey?
Will Bill and Karen?
Will Chloe ever get to punch out Miles?
Will we ever find out who the heck the Bluetooth Group are??
Will they face justice or will the end up getting away to wreak havoc another day??
Will Brother Wayne ever show his face again? We last saw him being dropped off at Bill’s place – then nothing.
Will we get to see Toonces the Secretary of Defense to confirm he is actually alive?

I expect answers to all (or maybe some) of these questions this evening. Should be one hell of a two hour ride to the finish!!!

Chat soon – y’all!

24 News and Notes / 3am-4am

No excuse – lazy yet again. How about I blame it on the heat??

The hour…

3:00 A.M.
As Evans prepares to land the plane, Jack calls Karen and tells her he has the recording. He doesn’t want anyone loyal to the President to interfere with his taking it back to CTU. Buchanan assures Jack that a team will be there to escort him.

3:02 A.M.
Curtis comes into the clinic to let Audrey know that Heller survived the car crash and is being treated. She is elated that her father is alive.

COMMENT: Daddy Defense is ALIVE! Apparently the man can swim…

3:03 A.M.
Karen orders Curtis to pick up Jack at the Van Nuys Airport. He must make sure that Jack and the evidence are protected from Logan’s militia.

3:04 A.M.
Graham informs Logan that his people can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear that there is a hijacking. This will give the President legal reason to have the plane shot down. Logan is reluctant to kill innocent people, but he knows there is no other choice to protect himself.

COMMENT: They can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear there is a hijacking?? No comment…

3:06 A.M.
Miles is alarmed to see Buchanan and Karen walk out together from the holding room. Karen says that new intelligence has emerged, but she won’t tell Miles what it is.

COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHA…love the mental torturing of Miles.

3:07 A.M.
Novick reports to the President that a hijack distress call came from Jack’s plane. There is a possibility it will target something on the ground.

3:08 A.M.
Logan and Novick are briefed by Admiral Kirkland from the Point Mugu Command Center. Logan feigns shock and horror that Jack would be in control of the plane. Kirkland advises him to bring down the plane. Novick doesn’t believe that Jack would use the plane as a weapon against civilians, but Kirkland insists there is no time to make another decision. Logan overrules Novick and authorizes the Admiral to have his F-18 fighter shoot down the plane.

COMMENT: For Logan – mission accomplished.

3:10 A.M.
Karen gets word of the alert to shoot down the plane and she calls Jack. Jack asks Buchanan to find a stretch of freeway to touch down.

3:14 A.M.
Miles watches with mounting dismay as Chloe is brought into CTU. Buchanan and Karen give her the news about Jack’s plane and ask her to find out exactly how much time he has before the F-18 reaches him.

COMMENT: Giggle…

3:16 A.M.
Jack has the flight attendant prepare the passengers for an emergency landing. Buchanan gives him a freeway where he can land. Evans is hesitant to land on the road, but Jack forces him to obey.

COMMENT: Jack does a lot of that forcing to obey stuff eh?

3:17 A.M.
Karen calls Curtis and redirects him to the freeway where Jack will land.

3:18 A.M.
Admiral Kirkland patches the President through to the pilot of the F-18.

Chloe taps into the radar feed and finds that the missile from the jet will hit Jack before he can land. Jack orders Evans to descend faster, even if it means the landing will be jeopardized.

3:19 A.M.
The passengers scream when the plane lunges. With the F-18 almost within missile range, Jack makes Evans continue pushing the plane downward. Jack sees the freeway out the cockpit window. He tells Evans to level off, but the plane is not able to pull out of the dive.

COMMENT: Ooopsie…guess that’s one way to get the plane on the ground eh?

3:20 A.M.
Jack demands that Evan lower the landing gear, even though they are at one thousand feet above the ground.

The F-18 pilot notifies Logan and Kirkland that the plane is landing on the freeway. Kirkland recommends to the President that they abort, but Logan is adamant that they shoot it down anyway. Novick implores him to reconsider. Logan realizes that he has been outmaneuvered and agrees to abort. Yet he demands that Marine units apprehend Jack on the freeway.

COMMENT: Wow that Mike Novick is soooo convincing…YAWN.

3:21 A.M.
Although the plane is still going too fast to land, Evans completes the descent and the plane slams down on the freeway. It screeches to a halt just before its wings reach an overpass.

COMMENT: Phew.

3:22 A.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Curtis will be there to pick him up. Jack instructs the passengers to exit at the back while he goes to the side door and climbs down from the wing. Jack breaks into a run on the ground.

3:27 A.M.
Graham chides Logan for not following the plan. Logan answers that he had no pretext to shoot the plane, and reassures Graham that Marines will pick up Jack before he escapes.

COMMENT: Must be pretty easy being the Bluetooth Group…Do this! Do that!! While they are comfortably hidden from inquiring eyes.

3:28 A.M.
Jack hides below the overpass and calls Curtis, who is approaching from the opposite side of where the Marines are posted.

3:29 A.M.
Jack gets in Curtis’s car and they hit a roadblock. Curtis identifies himself to the Marines, and he says he is there to apprehend Jack. The Marines have orders to detain everyone, but Curtis claims that they are wasting time. He says they can shoot at him even though he is a federal officer. The Marines wave the car through.

COMMENT: Nice effort Curtis. Would have been fun to watch Jack take them all out single-handily BAUER-STYLE!!! I can dream right?

3:30 A.M.
Curtis calls CTU and says he will head in using back streets to avoid more roadblocks. Buchanan is sure that the Marines are under direct orders from Logan.

Miles calls Karen in the conference room and demands to know what’s going on because he is watching her work with two people that were under arrest for aiding a fugitive. He threatens to call someone else for answers. Karen agrees to talk to him. She explains to Buchanan and Chloe that Miles has been loyal to her and she has no choice but to trust him.

COMMENT: There is no way bringing Miles on board is going to end well. Too much of a weasel in need of some TAZER action!!

3:31 A.M.
Karen tells Miles that Jack retrieved evidence implicating Logan. Miles is hesitant and tries to play devil’s advocate. They are interrupted by an agent informing them that Bierko is ready to be moved. Karen urges Miles to keep this a secret.

COMMENT: Oh yeah – Bierko’s in the building…Remind me again why he needs to be moved?? Oh yeah – so he can conveniently escape…my bad. *sheesh*

3:34 A.M.
A bruised Bierko is brought out in shackles. They are transferring him to a holding facility at District.

3:35 A.M.
Bierko is loaded into a transport van. He nods to the driver, who nods back.
COMMENT: Yeah – ok. Somehow the driver is working with the bad guys…Whatever…if they are going to have something improbable happen make it a little better than this…

3:40 A.M.
Logan is alarmed to find out that Jack was not taken into custody by the Marines. This hits Logan like a death sentence. Novick notices that this reaction is odd.

COMMENT: Sherlock Novick is at it again… *sigh*

3:42 A.M.
Logan sees on his cell phone that Graham is calling. He doesn’t pick up.

3:43 A.M.
Curtis brings Jack to CTU. Jack hands the tape recorder to Chloe so that she can prepare it for the Attorney General.

COMMENT: How about playing the darn thing for Karen and Bill – JUST TO SEE IF THE THING STILL WORKS!!!!!! Then you can give it to Chloe to have it “prepared” for the Attorney General…

3:44 A.M.
Jack goes to see Audrey in the medical unit and kisses her. He tells her that they got the evidence. “It’s over,” she sighs. Jack sits with her in silence.

COMMENT: NOOOOOOOO – please don’t say “it’s over.” It’s the kiss of death…Audrey Raines you should know better than that!!!!

3:45 A.M.
Logan opens a wooden box in his office. Inside is a .45 caliber pistol. He calls Graham and lets him know that Jack escaped. Graham knows that the Attorney General received a call from CTU, so the recording must be in their hands. “I still believe we were right,” Logan says. “I still believe that we acted in the best interests of the country.” Graham notes that the murder trial of a sitting President would devastate the country. Yet there cannot be a trial without a defendant. Logan confirms that neither Graham nor his associates will be implicated in anything. Logan hangs up, explaining that he has some things to take care of. He loads the pistol.

COMMENT: NO WAY! He isn’t going to do this now is he??

3:51 A.M.
Logan goes to see Martha, who is watching news broadcasts alone. He apologizes for hurting her but she doesn’t respond with sympathy to give him the closure he’s seeking. Martha says that she had no idea he was such a good liar. “If I wasn’t so horrified by the fact that I’m married to you, I might actually be impressed,” she says coldly.

COMMENT: Loving drugged out-I don’t give a crap about you Marty. She gets all the good dialogue now…

3:55 A.M.
Logan walks back to his office, defeated. He quickly knocks back a glass of scotch for liquid courage and takes the pistol from the box. The office phone rings, and the operator informs the President that he has an urgent call from Miles about Jack. Logan takes the call.

COMMENT: This can’t be good…

3:57 A.M.
From a darkened corner of CTU, Miles explains to Logan that Jack delivered a recording which could compromise national security. Miles feels compelled to intervene and wants Logan’s approval. Logan smiles like a drowning man who’s just been thrown a safety line. He gives Miles his private number and asks him to keep him abreast of the situation. When Logan says he will not forget this favor, Miles is pleased. Logan puts away his gun.

COMMENT: That weasely son of a B! Come to think of it – he and Logan deserve each other. It will be fun watching Jack and Chloe wreak their revenge on Logan and Miles (you just know that’s how it is going to play out)!!

3:59 A.M.
Miles goes into the conference room where Chloe is working on the tape. He leans on the table next to her and innocently asks if she will be ready for the teleconference. Chloe cannot see that he is holding a black device that flashes next to the tape recorder. Satisfied with what he has done, Miles leaves.

COMMENT: AH hello – Chloe! Didn’t Jack say don’t let anyone in the damn room. What’s with you letting Miles “hover” like that…Where was that TAZER you used so effectively at the hotel bar??


…and just like that we are back to square one.
…and I have NO IDEA where the heck they go from here. Strange.

Questions and Comments?
+ Heller is alive. I’ll believe it when I see it.
+ Looks like a bloody Aaron returns tonight. What’s that all about?
+ Told ya Miles would screw everything up – didn’t I?
+ Please please please tell me that Jack traces the mess with the tape back to Miles. Please.
+ Audrey – no more comments about how everything is over/finished.
+ Who is the darn Bluetooth Group?? Still wondering…

Sorry to say my attention will be elsewhere this evening at 9pm. NO – it has nothing to do with our own President Putz and his address but rather – the 2hr season finale of Grey’s Anatomy is tonight at 9pm as well and after last night’s stunning ending I will be on the edge of my seat. For all (or rather any) of you Grey’s watchers out there I have only one question…

IZZY – WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU POSSIBLY THINKING?

Hopefully this question (and many more) will be dealt with this evening.

24 News and Notes / 3am-4am

No excuse – lazy yet again. How about I blame it on the heat??

The hour…

3:00 A.M.
As Evans prepares to land the plane, Jack calls Karen and tells her he has the recording. He doesn’t want anyone loyal to the President to interfere with his taking it back to CTU. Buchanan assures Jack that a team will be there to escort him.

3:02 A.M.
Curtis comes into the clinic to let Audrey know that Heller survived the car crash and is being treated. She is elated that her father is alive.

COMMENT: Daddy Defense is ALIVE! Apparently the man can swim…

3:03 A.M.
Karen orders Curtis to pick up Jack at the Van Nuys Airport. He must make sure that Jack and the evidence are protected from Logan’s militia.

3:04 A.M.
Graham informs Logan that his people can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear that there is a hijacking. This will give the President legal reason to have the plane shot down. Logan is reluctant to kill innocent people, but he knows there is no other choice to protect himself.

COMMENT: They can arrange a distress signal from the plane to make it appear there is a hijacking?? No comment…

3:06 A.M.
Miles is alarmed to see Buchanan and Karen walk out together from the holding room. Karen says that new intelligence has emerged, but she won’t tell Miles what it is.

COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHA…love the mental torturing of Miles.

3:07 A.M.
Novick reports to the President that a hijack distress call came from Jack’s plane. There is a possibility it will target something on the ground.

3:08 A.M.
Logan and Novick are briefed by Admiral Kirkland from the Point Mugu Command Center. Logan feigns shock and horror that Jack would be in control of the plane. Kirkland advises him to bring down the plane. Novick doesn’t believe that Jack would use the plane as a weapon against civilians, but Kirkland insists there is no time to make another decision. Logan overrules Novick and authorizes the Admiral to have his F-18 fighter shoot down the plane.

COMMENT: For Logan – mission accomplished.

3:10 A.M.
Karen gets word of the alert to shoot down the plane and she calls Jack. Jack asks Buchanan to find a stretch of freeway to touch down.

3:14 A.M.
Miles watches with mounting dismay as Chloe is brought into CTU. Buchanan and Karen give her the news about Jack’s plane and ask her to find out exactly how much time he has before the F-18 reaches him.

COMMENT: Giggle…

3:16 A.M.
Jack has the flight attendant prepare the passengers for an emergency landing. Buchanan gives him a freeway where he can land. Evans is hesitant to land on the road, but Jack forces him to obey.

COMMENT: Jack does a lot of that forcing to obey stuff eh?

3:17 A.M.
Karen calls Curtis and redirects him to the freeway where Jack will land.

3:18 A.M.
Admiral Kirkland patches the President through to the pilot of the F-18.

Chloe taps into the radar feed and finds that the missile from the jet will hit Jack before he can land. Jack orders Evans to descend faster, even if it means the landing will be jeopardized.

3:19 A.M.
The passengers scream when the plane lunges. With the F-18 almost within missile range, Jack makes Evans continue pushing the plane downward. Jack sees the freeway out the cockpit window. He tells Evans to level off, but the plane is not able to pull out of the dive.

COMMENT: Ooopsie…guess that’s one way to get the plane on the ground eh?

3:20 A.M.
Jack demands that Evan lower the landing gear, even though they are at one thousand feet above the ground.

The F-18 pilot notifies Logan and Kirkland that the plane is landing on the freeway. Kirkland recommends to the President that they abort, but Logan is adamant that they shoot it down anyway. Novick implores him to reconsider. Logan realizes that he has been outmaneuvered and agrees to abort. Yet he demands that Marine units apprehend Jack on the freeway.

COMMENT: Wow that Mike Novick is soooo convincing…YAWN.

3:21 A.M.
Although the plane is still going too fast to land, Evans completes the descent and the plane slams down on the freeway. It screeches to a halt just before its wings reach an overpass.

COMMENT: Phew.

3:22 A.M.
Buchanan tells Jack that Curtis will be there to pick him up. Jack instructs the passengers to exit at the back while he goes to the side door and climbs down from the wing. Jack breaks into a run on the ground.

3:27 A.M.
Graham chides Logan for not following the plan. Logan answers that he had no pretext to shoot the plane, and reassures Graham that Marines will pick up Jack before he escapes.

COMMENT: Must be pretty easy being the Bluetooth Group…Do this! Do that!! While they are comfortably hidden from inquiring eyes.

3:28 A.M.
Jack hides below the overpass and calls Curtis, who is approaching from the opposite side of where the Marines are posted.

3:29 A.M.
Jack gets in Curtis’s car and they hit a roadblock. Curtis identifies himself to the Marines, and he says he is there to apprehend Jack. The Marines have orders to detain everyone, but Curtis claims that they are wasting time. He says they can shoot at him even though he is a federal officer. The Marines wave the car through.

COMMENT: Nice effort Curtis. Would have been fun to watch Jack take them all out single-handily BAUER-STYLE!!! I can dream right?

3:30 A.M.
Curtis calls CTU and says he will head in using back streets to avoid more roadblocks. Buchanan is sure that the Marines are under direct orders from Logan.

Miles calls Karen in the conference room and demands to know what’s going on because he is watching her work with two people that were under arrest for aiding a fugitive. He threatens to call someone else for answers. Karen agrees to talk to him. She explains to Buchanan and Chloe that Miles has been loyal to her and she has no choice but to trust him.

COMMENT: There is no way bringing Miles on board is going to end well. Too much of a weasel in need of some TAZER action!!

3:31 A.M.
Karen tells Miles that Jack retrieved evidence implicating Logan. Miles is hesitant and tries to play devil’s advocate. They are interrupted by an agent informing them that Bierko is ready to be moved. Karen urges Miles to keep this a secret.

COMMENT: Oh yeah – Bierko’s in the building…Remind me again why he needs to be moved?? Oh yeah – so he can conveniently escape…my bad. *sheesh*

3:34 A.M.
A bruised Bierko is brought out in shackles. They are transferring him to a holding facility at District.

3:35 A.M.
Bierko is loaded into a transport van. He nods to the driver, who nods back.
COMMENT: Yeah – ok. Somehow the driver is working with the bad guys…Whatever…if they are going to have something improbable happen make it a little better than this…

3:40 A.M.
Logan is alarmed to find out that Jack was not taken into custody by the Marines. This hits Logan like a death sentence. Novick notices that this reaction is odd.

COMMENT: Sherlock Novick is at it again… *sigh*

3:42 A.M.
Logan sees on his cell phone that Graham is calling. He doesn’t pick up.

3:43 A.M.
Curtis brings Jack to CTU. Jack hands the tape recorder to Chloe so that she can prepare it for the Attorney General.

COMMENT: How about playing the darn thing for Karen and Bill – JUST TO SEE IF THE THING STILL WORKS!!!!!! Then you can give it to Chloe to have it “prepared” for the Attorney General…

3:44 A.M.
Jack goes to see Audrey in the medical unit and kisses her. He tells her that they got the evidence. “It’s over,” she sighs. Jack sits with her in silence.

COMMENT: NOOOOOOOO – please don’t say “it’s over.” It’s the kiss of death…Audrey Raines you should know better than that!!!!

3:45 A.M.
Logan opens a wooden box in his office. Inside is a .45 caliber pistol. He calls Graham and lets him know that Jack escaped. Graham knows that the Attorney General received a call from CTU, so the recording must be in their hands. “I still believe we were right,” Logan says. “I still believe that we acted in the best interests of the country.” Graham notes that the murder trial of a sitting President would devastate the country. Yet there cannot be a trial without a defendant. Logan confirms that neither Graham nor his associates will be implicated in anything. Logan hangs up, explaining that he has some things to take care of. He loads the pistol.

COMMENT: NO WAY! He isn’t going to do this now is he??

3:51 A.M.
Logan goes to see Martha, who is watching news broadcasts alone. He apologizes for hurting her but she doesn’t respond with sympathy to give him the closure he’s seeking. Martha says that she had no idea he was such a good liar. “If I wasn’t so horrified by the fact that I’m married to you, I might actually be impressed,” she says coldly.

COMMENT: Loving drugged out-I don’t give a crap about you Marty. She gets all the good dialogue now…

3:55 A.M.
Logan walks back to his office, defeated. He quickly knocks back a glass of scotch for liquid courage and takes the pistol from the box. The office phone rings, and the operator informs the President that he has an urgent call from Miles about Jack. Logan takes the call.

COMMENT: This can’t be good…

3:57 A.M.
From a darkened corner of CTU, Miles explains to Logan that Jack delivered a recording which could compromise national security. Miles feels compelled to intervene and wants Logan’s approval. Logan smiles like a drowning man who’s just been thrown a safety line. He gives Miles his private number and asks him to keep him abreast of the situation. When Logan says he will not forget this favor, Miles is pleased. Logan puts away his gun.

COMMENT: That weasely son of a B! Come to think of it – he and Logan deserve each other. It will be fun watching Jack and Chloe wreak their revenge on Logan and Miles (you just know that’s how it is going to play out)!!

3:59 A.M.
Miles goes into the conference room where Chloe is working on the tape. He leans on the table next to her and innocently asks if she will be ready for the teleconference. Chloe cannot see that he is holding a black device that flashes next to the tape recorder. Satisfied with what he has done, Miles leaves.

COMMENT: AH hello – Chloe! Didn’t Jack say don’t let anyone in the damn room. What’s with you letting Miles “hover” like that…Where was that TAZER you used so effectively at the hotel bar??


…and just like that we are back to square one.
…and I have NO IDEA where the heck they go from here. Strange.

Questions and Comments?
+ Heller is alive. I’ll believe it when I see it.
+ Looks like a bloody Aaron returns tonight. What’s that all about?
+ Told ya Miles would screw everything up – didn’t I?
+ Please please please tell me that Jack traces the mess with the tape back to Miles. Please.
+ Audrey – no more comments about how everything is over/finished.
+ Who is the darn Bluetooth Group?? Still wondering…

Sorry to say my attention will be elsewhere this evening at 9pm. NO – it has nothing to do with our own President Putz and his address but rather – the 2hr season finale of Grey’s Anatomy is tonight at 9pm as well and after last night’s stunning ending I will be on the edge of my seat. For all (or rather any) of you Grey’s watchers out there I have only one question…

IZZY – WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU POSSIBLY THINKING?

Hopefully this question (and many more) will be dealt with this evening.

24 News and Notes / 2am-3am

Look at this. I did it again. After only being mildly entertained by the latest hour I again have waited until the day of the next hour to get this done. I have an excuse this time – no laziness. Lisa was off at science camp this week with her students so it was just Chelsea and I for the week….then this past Saturday I ran an 18 mile training run in preparation for the SF Marathon in July. Long story short – I’m not a slacker – just had a busy week.

So on to Terror at 36,000 feet…


2:00 A.M.
Karen hears from Buchanan that Chloe is leaving and that Jack stowed away on a diplomatic plane where a passenger has the recording. Miles comes in as she is on the phone. Karen orders him to handle the Buchanan house ambush in the situation room instead of her office.

COMMENT: Nice to see Karen continue to descend into the Land of Bauer.

2:03 A.M.
Karen lets Buchanan know that he will be arrested as a suspect. She wants Chloe to contact her on a dry channel. Buchanan sends Chloe out and directs her to walk to a nearby hotel.

2:04 A.M.
The Homeland Security team knocks on Buchanan’s door. He stalls as much as possible and tells them he will only speak to Karen. Karen orders Buchanan be brought into CTU and that they set up a search for Chloe’s car.

COMMENT: Those Homeland Security dudes are just a bunch of laughs huh?? That disheveled shirt really threw them Bill…Nice!

2:05 A.M.
Miles has reservations about Karen’s decision to not interrogate Buchanan on site. She is emphatic that she wants to do it herself.

COMMENT: Oh Miles…go do something useful with yourself…just get the hell out of the way of progress!!

2:06 A.M.
Chloe enters the hotel and sets up her laptop at the lobby bar. She calls Karen and instructs her to look up the manifest of the flight that Jack is on. Karen puts the data on a shared file so that Chloe can access it.

2:07 A.M.
Jack sits in the plane’s cargo area. Chloe calls him and explains that Karen is secretly helping her. Jack asks her to get the air marshal’s seat number and to cross examine the passenger list against Henderson.

2:08 A.M.
Chloe gives Jack the air marshal’s name and seat number.

2:09 A.M.
Jack opens up the cargo door leading to the floor of the plane’s galley. He climbs out unnoticed. Jack goes to the row where the air marshal is and sits down. He knocks the air marshal out with his elbow, then props a pillow under the man’s head to give the appearance that he is asleep. Jack takes the air marshal’s gun.

COMMENT: As always – love Jack and his flying elbows. That air marshal never new what hit him.

2:14 A.M.
Chloe gives Jack the identity of their suspect on the plane. Hans Meyer is a German connected to Henderson through Omicron.

2:15 A.M.
Jack approaches Meyer, pretending to be the air marshal. He asks him to identify his baggage because there is something suspicious. Meyer complies and follows Jack to the galley. Jack knocks him out and dumps him through the cargo door. He climbs in and shuts the door.

2:16 A.M.
Martha asks the Secret Service agent outside her bedroom why she can’t have her medication. He has been instructed not to give it to her.

COMMENT: Oh boy – Martha’s asking for her meds…she has fallen off the Pharmaceutical Wagon.

2:17 A.M.
Martha summons Novick to her room and demands her pills. She won’t say why she needs them so badly, but she is visibly upset. Novick promises to try to help her.

COMMENT: Mike needs to head to the store and GET A CLUE!!! It seems like he is a half step behind on everything today.

2:20 A.M.
Graham calls Logan, who says that Jack has not been found yet.

2:21 A.M.
Novick warns the President that Martha is agitated and wants her medication. Logan is angry and refuses. “Is there something going on that I should know about?” Novick asks pointedly. He says that Martha would not tell him anything. Logan assures him that it has nothing to do with national security and is merely a personal matter. The couple has come to the conclusion that their marriage is over. Novick apologizes, and Logan allows him to give Martha her meds.

COMMENT: Yet again the Putz is quick on his toes and comes up with a plausible (slightly) answer to appease Mike.

2:22 A.M.
Jack wakes Meyer up. Meyer insists that he has not seen Henderson in months. Jack forces him to open up his luggage.

2:23 A.M.
A man named Ross approaches Chloe in the bar. When she doesn’t respond to his advances, he retreats. Chloe calls Airport Customs and asks to speak to someone in passenger clearing.

COMMENT: Chloe in the bar – the beginning of the funniest moments of the entire hour.

2:24 A.M.
A flight attendant alerts the passengers to remain in their seats because they are expecting turbulence. She notices that someone is missing. Suddenly, the air marshal flops from his seat. An attendant notifies Cotter, the pilot, that the air marshal has been assaulted. Following procedure, Cotter tells his copilot to lock the cockpit door and prepare to reverse course.

COMMENT: It may have just been me but I loved the air marshal’s reaction when the stewardess tried to help him up. He kind of lashed out at her with an attitude like “take your hands off me I don’t need your help” even though he was sharp enough earlier to allow himself to be knocked unconscious…I enjoyed it.

2:25 A.M.
The air marshal warns the flight attendant that the man who was next to him has taken his gun.

COMMENT: Oooops – got your gun too huh? Where’s that attitude now??

2:29 A.M.
Novick brings Martha her pills. He wonders what she is hiding because he thinks both she and the President are covering something up. Martha claims that it is only marital problems.

COMMENT: Mike Novick – still sharp as a dull spoon.

2:31 A.M.
As Jack goes through his luggage, Meyer maintains that he is innocent. Chloe thinks Jack has the wrong guy because Meyers was in Customs for the last three hours. Jack feels the plane turning and he realizes that they know he is on board. He tries to open the cargo door, but he’s been sealed in.

COMMENT: Got the wrong guy?? I smell a lawsuit pending…(sorry I live in California – the land of litigation)

2:32 A.M.
The air marshal locks the cargo door and tells the flight attendant to signal the pilot. She is concerned that the passenger taken hostage could die, but the marshal is insistent.

COMMENT: That air marshal is a real piece of work…buddy you screwed up…stop taking out your frustration on everyone else…

2:33 A.M.
The cargo air starts to depressurize. If they can’t get back into the main cabin, Jack and Meyer will lose consciousness. Jack calls Chloe, who sees the security bulletin about the plane. She has Karen connect Jack to the pilot.

2:34 A.M.
As Chloe waits for Karen, Ross from the bar comes over to hit on her again. She zaps him with a stun gun and Ross passes out. Karen connects Cotter to Jack’s phone. Jack explains that he is a federal agent and needs pressure restored to cargo because it is a matter of national security. Cotter is skeptical of Jack’s claims, and he turns to his copilot, Evans. Evans doesn’t want to take a chance and advises Cotter not to obey. Cotter refuses Jack’s request.

COMMENT: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA – I’m sorry…the tazer gun was hysterical! As for the pilot and his skepticism – dude, it’s Jack Bauer. Do what the man says…or there WILL be consequences.

2:35 A.M.
Jack opens up a panel, exposing cables. He takes a belt from the luggage and uses it to bend one of the cables. The plane lurches and the passengers react in horror.

COMMENT: See – consequences. Didn’t know you could control the plane from baggage. Good tip to know.

2:36 A.M.
Jack tells the pilot that he will responsible if anything happens to the plane. Cotter concedes to bring pressure back into the cargo area. He orders the flight attendant to open the cargo hatch door. Jack comes out and has the air marshal locked into the baggage area.

COMMENT: Man – that air marshal cannot BUY a break! Have fun in baggage buddy!! That will teach you to be nicer to the flight attendants next time won’t it!!

2:37 A.M.
The passengers scream when they see Jack’s gun. He wants Cotter to keep the plane in a holding pattern so that he can search it. The pilot is bound by law to land the plane as soon as possible.

COMMENT: Anytime I see anyone on an airplane wielding a weapon it makes me think of 9/11. I know that this is just TV yadda yadda yadda but still – the ideas and images are there. Just can’t shake them. It just makes me think.

2:43 A.M.
Logan panics when he learns that Jack hijacked a diplomatic flight to look for the recording. He calls Graham, who instructs him to order the plane down.

COMMENT: Bluetooth Group showing NO MERCY. The Cobra Kai would be so proud. While you’re at it – SWEEP THE LEG!!

2:44 A.M.
Karen learns about Jack’s plane being forced to land. She knows that the President will take over the plane as soon as it touches the ground and she urgently needs confirmation of that tape. Buchanan is brought into CTU in handcuffs. Karen tells Miles she will handle him.

COMMENT: All I have to say about this is …”YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS YOU ARE DEALING WITH YOU LITTLE ASS-KISSER!!” Bill pretty much summed it all up for us.

2:45 A.M.
Miles calls Novick because he is concerned about how Karen is dealing with Buchanan. Novick doesn’t have time for him, and he thinks Karen’s actions are probably necessary.

COMMENT: Miles trying the end around to get Karen screwed. Sorry buddy – no go! Mike’s best move of the hour – brushing him away like lint on his jacket.

2:47 A.M.
Miles notices that Karen has shut down the feed in the holding room. She tells Buchanan that will remain skeptical until she sees the evidence against the President. Karen briefs Buchanan about Jack’s current situation.

2:48 A.M.
Karen is interrupted by a call from Logan and Novick, who want an update on the diplomatic flight’s hijack. Logan insists that Jack is a fugitive looking to escape. He wants him taken down, dead or alive. Novick is shocked by this. Karen apprehensively agrees to the order.

2:49 A.M.
Buchanan thinks that Logan wants to stop Jack from finding the evidence. Yet Karen has no authority to prevent the plane from landing.

Novick questions the President’s decision. Logan insists that Jack has been lying to them all day.

COMMENT: Come on Karen!! Don’t go and get cold feet on us now!!!

2:54 A.M.
At the bar, Ross wakes up and Chloe stun guns him back out. She phones flight operations and asks why the copilot didn’t board the plane. She learns that he was replaced at the last minute by Evans. Chloe looks up Evans’s history and sees that he was a private pilot for Omicron.

COMMENT: HEEHEE – the re-stun! Priceless. So it’s the co-pilot…this oughta be fun.

2:55 A.M.
Chloe calls Jack with the latest discovery. She patches him into the pilot and Jack explains that Evans is connected to a known terrorist. Cotter is shocked, but doesn’t say anything out loud. He feigns a cramp in his leg and gets up from the seat. When Cotter makes a move to open the cockpit door, Evans knocks him out with a flashlight.

2:57 A.M.
Jack breaks into the cockpit and slugs Evans. He trains his gun on him and demands the recording. Evans hands it over. Jack makes him get back in the driver’s seat to land the plane. He calls Chloe and warns her that he will soon be on the ground.

COMMENT: YAY – Jack has the recording back…Maybe it’s just me but I would have tried playing a little bit of it just to make sure it’s still okay…but that’s just me. Who am I to question Jack Bauer??

2:58 A.M.
A drugged-up Martha calls Logan from her bedroom. She knows he’s a good man, but doesn’t understand why he didn’t come to her for advice. Logan counters that she has been close to a nervous breakdown for the last three years. He hangs up on her to take another call.

COMMENT: The words “drugged up Martha” can only mean one thing – PURE ENTERTAINMENT!!

2:59 A.M.
Graham knows that Jack has the recording and is controlling the plane. He picked up a call from Chloe to Karen. Graham orders the President to shoot down the plane. The only other option is for Logan to go to prison for treason and murder.

COMMENT: Shoot down the plane??? SAY WHAT???? Let the fun begin…


Questions and comments??

+ No word on Aquaman (I mean Heller)
+ Still no idea who the Bluetooth Group are…little help please…
+ No word on Aaron
+ Eventually Miles is going to screw everything up…just waiting patiently for that.
+ Is Marty going to OD?? Or in her “drugged out” condition end up spilling everything to Sherlock Holmes (i.e. Mike Novick)
+ Are we going to end up with another plane crash this year??

Tune in tonight for more Terror at 36,000 feet….34,500 ft…27,400 ft…

24 News and Notes / 1am-2am

First off let me apologize for taking this long to get to this. It’s been nothing but laziness on my part. I actually enjoyed the episode a lot and had a lot to say about it as it was happening but for some strange reason I couldn’t find the time during the week to put fingers to keyboard and type out my re-cap/reaction. Suddenly I realized that tonight is that night and I can’t fall behind so it was time to get to it…Thanks for your patience. I hope you have enjoyed what you’ve been reading this season. Don’t know how many of you there are out there but even if there is just one of you – it’s worth it.

With that – off we go…

1:00 A.M.
Jack stabilizes Audrey’s bleeding. A phone rings inside the hangar and Jack realizes it is coming from one of the dead agents. Heller is on the line, and he tells Jack that Logan refused to resign after receiving a call from Henderson. They failed to get Logan because Heller betrayed Jack.

COMMENT: Nice effort getting that bleeding stopped. Couldn’t really tell how much blood Audrey lost because she always looks white as a ghost. She’s a trooper though…digging that coat (not)…doesn’t she have something a little less – fuzzy? Just a reminder folks – don’t betray Jack. Only bad things can come of it.

1:02 A.M.
Jack calls Buchanan, who is with Chloe. She thinks she can use CTU’s satellite to find Henderson even though it will make her more vulnerable to being found. Chloe barks orders to Buchanan as he sets up his desktop computer.

COMMENT: Hee hee – loved watching Chloe ordering Buchanan around (apologetically) and ripping on his home computer. She’s the best (yes – I finally get it)

1:05 A.M.
Jack loads Audrey into the police car that he stole from the bank shoot out.

1:06 A.M.
Henderson lets Logan know that he has not killed Jack. He also did not destroy the tape because he wants it as protection in case something happens to him, citing Cummings’ “suicide.” Logan reminds him that he was the one who deemed that death necessary.

COMMENT: Mystery solved…So Cummings didn’t actually kill himself…nice bit of info to discover there. That makes my wife something like 47-for-47 in predicting plot twists this season. It’s a heck of a streak she has going. She’s quite good…

1:07 A.M.
Chloe notifies Jack that she found Henderson on the satellite and that he is not far from him. Jack speeds up and turns off his headlights.

COMMENT: She found him?? How convenient for everyone. I’m not even going to speculate on the whole thing because with our technology today – there’s probably someone somewhere sitting there watching me type this up for you…well maybe not live but they could be…scary.

1:08 A.M.
When his car is just behind Henderson, Jack turns on the headlights. Henderson is blinded and swerves. Jack drives him off the road. Henderson crashes into an outdoor nursery. He gets out and shoots, but the police car protects Jack and Audrey.

COMMENT: An outdoor nursery?? Come on! How about flies 100ft down an embankment driving head on into a tree?? Wouldn’t allow for the gunfight and the inevitable Jack-Henderson mini-showdown….of course.

1:09 A.M.
Jack returns fire. Henderson is out of ammo and tries to run, but Jack threatens to shoot him. Henderson says that if he dies, Heller will be killed too. His men have been tracking Heller from the retreat and will take him out if Henderson doesn’t contact them every fifteen minutes. A startled Audrey hears this. Jack has Henderson handcuff himself.

COMMENT: Henderson’s got all the angles covered eh?? Exactly how many men does Henderson have??? They are everywhere…Heller and the Big Red Dot…this should be interesting.

1:10 A.M.
Jack asks Chloe to patch him through to Heller and trace him on the satellite. She sends the feed to his PDA. Heller confirms for Jack that there is a helicopter above him and that there is a laser sight trained on him.

COMMENT: Loved him looking out the windows and spotting the helicopter…the Big Red Dot was a nice touch as well…and for the record – I’ve got to get me one of those super PDA’s Jack is using…good stuff.

1:11 A.M.
Henderson knows that Jack won’t let Heller die, and he demands to be released. Heller hears Henderson over the phone and refuses to let Jack choose him over the tape. Heller takes responsibility because he didn’t obey him earlier. “I will not allow Logan and Henderson to use me as a pawn,” Heller says. He drives his car off a cliff and lands in a lake. As the car descends into the water, the helicopter retreats.

COMMENT: SAY WHAT???? Heller just launched himself off a cliff and into a lake??? Henderson crashes into a bale of hay in a nursery and Heller drives into a LAKE?? Whoa…I thought another shoot out was possible but didn’t see the swan dive happening. The best comparison I read about this…Heller suddenly morphed into Toonces the Driving Cat before our eyes…would love to take credit for the line but its not mine…but DAMN funny.

1:12 A.M.
Jack sees the car plummet on his PDA. He lunges at Henderson, blaming his thirst for power on the deaths of two real patriots -- Palmer and Heller. “What happened to you?” Jack asks in exasperation as he raises his gun. Henderson doesn’t have the tape recording and he won’t tell him where it is. Audrey encourages Jack to kill him. Jack punches Henderson instead.

COMMENT: Someone should help Audrey clean up the venom dripping from her fangs…whoa – she went to the dark side there once her Dad took one for the team.

1:18 A.M.
Logan phones a power broker named Graham, who is surrounded by other men at computer stations. Logan wants to “cancel the action” against Henderson because the tape will be released if he is killed. Graham warns the President that Martha is suspicious and that Agent Pierce is feeding her information. Logan wants to handle his wife on his own.

COMMENT: Okay – who the heck are these guys?? No explanation AT ALL?? Come on writers – throw us a bone…or some scraps from the table…I expect that all will be revealed but who wants to wait for that to happen?? From this point forward they will be known as the Bluetooth Group (anyone who doesn’t get the joke – let me know).

1:19 A.M.
Martha questions another agent why Pierce was transferred in the middle of the night.

1:20 A.M.
Another Secret Service agent explains to Martha that it is a “sensitive issue” and that her husband wants to see her. The agent ushers her into a dimly lit room and locks her in. No one is in there and the phones do not work. Martha panics.

COMMENT: Oh dear…Marty is freaking out.

1:21 A.M.
Audrey is determined to get that tape and expose Logan in order to avenge what happened to her father. Jack thinks Henderson might have handed the tape off to someone before he captured him. He has Chloe check the satellite’s history and she finds that a car met Henderson. The car then returned back to the tarmac of the Van Nuys Airport near a plane that is preparing to take off.

1:22 A.M.
Jack asks Buchanan to have Curtis pick up Audrey and Henderson from the nursery. Although Jack wants to wait with Audrey, she begs him to go so that her father did not die in vain.

COMMENT: Less than a ½ hour ago she was bleeding and minutes from death and now she’s the brave soldier telling Jack to go on without her…pretty impressive if you ask me.

1:23 A.M.
Jack relents and gives Audrey a gun. Henderson is unconscious and bound. Since Henderson’s men will probably come looking for him, Jack warns her to not take calls so that they can’t trace her. He kisses her cheek, saying that he doesn’t feel right about leaving her. She urges him to get the tape back. “I will,” he says confidently.

COMMENT: Wait a sec there Jack!! He is completely responsible for her father’s untimely death yet you are leaving her alone with him with a gun?? Not the best idea in the world – unless you want to see Henderson shot full of holes. Would that be so bad?? Nah – we need a big Jack-Henderson throw down in the final hours.

1:29 A.M.
Karen voices her concern to Miles. They haven’t heard anything even though they gave Jack’s location to the President an hour ago. She is suspicious, but Miles brushes this off. Karen and Miles are alerted that Chloe escaped from the holding room after having a conversation with Shari. Karen orders Miles to find Chloe by tracing her use of CTU resources. They are sure she will try to contact Jack.

COMMENT: Quick recap – Karen good. Miles – TAZER candidate. It was hysterical (for me) watching Karen give Miles the “yeah – whatever” line when he was babbling about the way he could catch Chloe. I so dislike the man (but I think that’s what the writers had in mind)…

1:30 A.M.
Shari is brought to Karen’s office and she explains that Chloe threatened to send her for a psychiatric evaluation. Shari says that Chloe claimed Logan was framing Jack and was responsible for Palmer’s assassination. This news seems to confirm the doubts that Karen’s been feeling.

COMMENT: See – told you it wouldn’t take long before Shari shared the news about Logan. Nice to see Karen doing the grade school math and putting 2 and 2 together.

1:31 A.M.
Martha pounds on the locked door and Logan comes to see her. He tells her that he had Pierce transferred back to Washington. Logan admits that he never authorized the murder of Palmer, but someone who works for him was the shooter. Martha lashes out at him and can’t believe what she’s hearing. Logan implores her to stop asking questions or talking about this to other people. If his duplicity was exposed, it would be traumatic for the nation and lessen their credibility worldwide. He begs her to keep it a secret. “You’ve broken my heart,” she says. “I look at you and I hate you.” Although she cannot forgive him, she agrees to keep her mouth shut so that the American people won’t have to suffer.

COMMENT: WOW – Chuck spilled it to Marty. Didn’t think that would happen for a little while longer. Don’t know about you but I was a bit disappointed by Marty’s response. I expected a kick to the groin or at least a slap to the face. Oh well – maybe that will come later…I can hope right?

1:40 A.M.
Graham convinces his three other conspirators to push through any doubts they have. Logan calls Graham and tells him that he will send Martha back to an institution if she doesn’t keep quiet. Graham articulates a veiled threat to Logan to control the situation.

COMMENT: So the Bluetooth Group is making threats to the President?? Okie…please explain yourselves!!! We need to know who and what you are…and what the big picture is for you all…spill it!

1:42 A.M.
Henderson tries to convince Audrey to call for help because her father might have survived the crash. She is well aware that the only reason he wants her to do that is so his people can find them.

COMMENT: SHOOT HIM IN THE KNEE AUDREY!!! NOW!!! You know you want to…Henderson needs to just shut his trap...but points to the man for the effort. Wow – no gunshots…aw man!

1:44 A.M.
Jack pulls up outside the airfield security gate and sees a private jet in the distance with a lot of security around it. He gets a call from Chloe, who informs him that the chopper following Heller is now headed toward Audrey. Curtis has not arrived there yet.

1:45 A.M.
Jack calls Audrey and urges her to get out of the nursery, but she refuses to leave the man who caused her father to die. The helicopter lands outside. She puts down the phone and trains the gun on Henderson, but she can’t shoot him.

COMMENT: Still no shooting…dang!

1:46 A.M.
As Audrey runs deeper into the building, Henderson’s men arrive and cut him free. He orders them to kill her. Audrey is rescued by Curtis. His tac team captures Henderson and takes down the gunmen. Audrey calls Jack and tells him the good news. Jack instructs Curtis to bring them back to CTU. No one else should have access to Henderson.

COMMENT: Hmmm – tricky move by Curtis. Nice effort by his team taking out the bad guys. How many more of them are there?? Only time will tell.

1:47 A.M.
Jack calls Buchanan. Chloe has learned that the jet is a diplomatic flight and is scheduled to leave at 2:00 a.m. She is having trouble breaching the State Department’s firewall to check the passenger list.

1:48 A.M.
Jack sees a fuel truck driving through the airfield gate. Unnoticed, he runs up and grabs the back ladder. He climbs to the top and lays flat as it enters into the secured area.

COMMENT: I guess this is one of those “special” trucks that they only check underneath but not on top. Maybe it was the ladder that goes up there that threw them off…COME ON writers!!! The LEAST you can do for us is have him have to do something a little more interesting than climb on top of the truck to get in…perhaps I’m asking too much. More likely I should just be quiet and enjoy the show…I choose door #2.

1:53 A.M.
Once on the tarmac, Jack jumps onto another truck. He gets a call from Buchanan, who cannot delay the plane. Chloe isn’t having any luck obtaining the passenger list either.

1:55 A.M.
Miles finally locates Chloe’s remote access at Buchanan’s house. He doesn’t know why she would be tapping into the State Department’s database. Miles dispatches a tac team that is in the area to get her.

COMMENT: Miles found her. He’s SOOOOO smart. He’s my hero…Warm up the TAZER!!!

1:56 A.M.
Karen calls Novick and asks why her orders have switched from Gardner to the President. Novick admits that he doesn’t know what the secret evidence is against Jack because Logan has been keeping his own counsel. “It’s been a strange night,” Novick sighs. They both have suspicions but are afraid to express them.

COMMENT: Welcome to the show Mike. Nice of you to join us…come on man!! Grow a set and make something happen. Something is afoot at the Circle K.

1:57 A.M.
Karen looks up Buchanan’s home number and calls him from her cell. She warns him to get Chloe out because Miles has traced her there. Karen acknowledges that she made a mistake, but things started to make sense when Shari told her what Chloe said about Logan’s involvement.

COMMENT: Alright Karen!!! Nice effort. Looks like she is on board the Bauer express.

1:58 A.M.
Although Buchanan urges her to leave, Chloe won’t stop working because Jack needs the passenger list.

1:59 A.M.
On the tarmac, Jack sees workers load baggage into the underbelly of the plane. He sneaks into the cargo door before it shuts. The plane revs its engines preparing for takeoff.

COMMENT: He’s dressed like the Unibomber running around an airport at night and he manages to climb on board an airplane. Sure that wasn’t and Invisibility Cloak he was wearing. Whatever – we’re taking the party up to 35,000 feet. This should be interesting…and thanks to my lagging you only have to wait anywhere from 4-7hrs (depending on where you are)to find out some answers.

Questions and Concerns
+ Is Heller really dead??
+ Is Aaron really on his way back to DC?
+ Will Chloe manage to make her escape from Buchanan’s?
+ Are we going to have to deal with another plane crash??
+ Will Audrey ever get her revenge on Henderson??
+ Who exactly is the Bluetooth Group?


Enjoy the show.

Issues

Having a few issues getting my latest post to publish. If you are reading this than I've probably gotten everything squared away and its all good.

Cross your fingers..