24

Things are looking good this week. Jack finally got rid of the Killer Kanisters by blowing up the gas works. Granted, the explosion probably killed everybody within a 50-block radius, but as the old saying goes, "you can't make an omelet without leveling a large sector of Los Angeles." The important thing is, the Kanister plot line, which was a total snore-a-palooza, is DEAD. Tragically, Audrey is not, but we can't have everything.

With the Kanisters gone, we can now get to the REAL plot, which probably has something to do with the Big Secret being carried around by deceased-ex-president Allstate's brother Wayne. Last week Wayne was being chased by bad guys through the vast Central Los Angeles Forest. Wayne was rescued by Agent Pierce in an exciting scene, which is described as follows in the official 24 web site episode guide (the entry for 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.

Yes! A wheezing missile! Probably the deadly AsthmaSonic 2000.

In other news:

Chloe has a new sidekick, Shari, who is competent, dedicated, and, in accordance with the Counter Terrorism Unit's strict hiring guidelines, insane.

Edgar is still dead.

We didn't see the President last week, but we're sure he's still a huevos-free zone.

So that's about it for the plot as we... No, wait! We almost forgot! Jack might be dead. At the end of last week, he disappeared in a ball of flame with the evil terrorist leader Bierko. They didn't show Jack in the previews for this week. Is he dead? Is the season over? We will just have to wait and see!

Also we have a minor conflict caused by the fact that the NCAA, which is apparently run by idiots who did not have the simple human decency to check the 24 schedule, decided to hold the national college-basketball championship game tonight. We here at the blog may have to cut away from 24 from time to time to monitor the game, because we have strong ties to the University of Miami, which means we have to root for the Florida Gators to fail. It’s not personal, Gators fans! It’s just that we hate you.

UPDATE: Audrey sure recovered quickly from extreme torture.

UPDATE: JACK! What a shock.

UPDATE: They do not make terrorists the way they used to, when they made Marwan.

UPDATE: Jack thinks this is bigger than anything they ever imagined! That's pretty big, for a show that had Edgar in it.

UPDATE: Who are these sneaky people?

UPDATE: Mrs. Logan's assistant! That bitch!

UPDATE: They took Evelyn's daughter? Does anybody have ANY idea what's going on? No? Me either. At least there's no canisters.

UPDATE: Evelyn's going to give them the evidence!

UPDATE: Chloe and Shari are so busy THEY CAN'T EVEN SIT DOWN WHEN THEY TYPE!

UPDATE: A unit-wide backslash protocol! Those bastards!

UPDATE: Who are these greasy quiet-talkers? What do they want with Audrey?

UPDATE: Did Wayne say he wants to meet Jack in an old barn? In Los Angeles?

UPDATE: They really want us to like Audrey. WHY??

UPDATE: Jack needs the satellite, dammit!

UPDATE: Audrey must be sleeping with the scriptwriters. All of them.

UPDATE: UCLA 2! Gators NADA.

UPDATE: UCLA 3, Gators 2.

UPDATE: UCLA 4, Gators 4.

UPDATE: The Gators have obviously bribed the refs.

UPDATE: The UCLA cheerleaders are a great deal more attractive than the Gators cheerleaders.

UPDATE: Chloe is gonna deck that woman.

UPDATE: This kind of reminds me of "Days of Our Lives."

UPDATE: They're patching Jack in...

UPDATE: There is nothing lower than kidnaping a child actor.

UPDATE: Chloe's re-tasking the satellite for a full infrared sweep. That is why we love her.

UPDATE: We have no update at this time from the UCLA game.

UPDATE: There's the old barn, such as you find all over the LA area.

UPDATE: Chloe can't BELIEVE the vice president is involved.

UPDATE: I want a PDA like Jack's.

UPDATE: President Handbag! I kind of missed his huevos-free self.

UPDATE: It's almost go time...

UPDATE: Chloe has a nice set of schematics.

UPDATE: The idiot NCAA can't even time the commercial breaks right!

UPDATE: OK, I am going to have to estimate here: UCLA 78, Gators 14.

UPDATE: One down.

UPDATE: Jack has the PDA of DEATH.

UPDATE: Wayne! You go!

UPDATE: Jack is showing a full range of lethality this evening.

UPDATE: Henderson is the Marwan of this season.

UPDATE: It's NOT the vice president! IT'S THE HANDBAG!

UPDATE: UCLA 173, Gators 6.

YOUR OFFICIAL FINAL SCORE: UCLA 687, Gators minus 14.

Comments

[Jomo]

Like we didn't see THAT coming from Slick Willy ...er Weenie...er Darth!

[shane]

Jack ends up holed up in a bank next week?

It's like Dog Day, err, Hour.

[JT]

A tank? They're going after Jack with a tank???

Oooohh, now he's gonna be insulted...

[bilbo]

Holy Crap!!

How many did Jack just take out with the sniper rifle??...

...don't you think they should drop the F bomb in the finale?

[Suzy Q]

*snork* at bizrey for the daylght savings comment

* still swooning over the twist*

[bizrey]

Jack survived a nuke, do they think a measley .50 cal machine gun is gonna phase him?

[Boom daisy's guy cat]

Sh*t, again. 18 on the simulpost at 9:57.

[Glow]

And Dave is pouting because I just checked the scores and the Gators is up by 100!

[Gretchen]

That was so fun! I was just about over 24 until now. Thanks guys!

[Steve]

Ack! It's not letting me post because it thinks I wrote comment spam!

[Boom daisy's guy cat]

How could Gators be 30 & UCLA 22?

(that's what I get for believing Dave)

[Glow]

I think next week Chloe is going to have to arm herself and get out there and save Jack!

[Steve]

Oh oh, we get local channels on the dish... Apparently the local channels on the dish are on strike (including 24!) because 167 hours of SpongeBob per week, and the local channels feel neglected. Either that, or it was that storm last night.

I called the provider, whose initials are D.I.S.H., and they said that the local channels weren't on yet because of clouds. Or a bird. Maybe even the wind. I'm still thinking it's SpongeBob. I'm gonna have to watch this over-the-air without TiVo.

Anyway. this is my really long-winded way of saying that I'm going to be summarizing without a net tonight, so if this is a bit inaccurate, if I miss a few people that get shot, or if it's got really really lame jokes, then everything is normal.

[Glow]

Whatevah will Madame Kanister do when she finds out? Or is she part of this, huh? Huh?

[Suzy Q]

Whoa! Whew!!

*takes deep breath*

First time watching and blogging simulataneoulsy...er ..at the same time.

*pant, pant*

What a workout!! :)

[Glow]

Steve, I think Chloe borrowed your satellite dish.

[spikesmydog]

OH JOMO - THE PRESIDENT HAS AS MUCH IN COMMON WITH PRESIDENT BILL......AS YOU DO!

THE ACTOR HAS SAID THAT HE IS USED NIXON AS A MODEL, ONE OF YOURS...

[Jomo]

Don't shout Spike sheesh ;)

[Suzy Q]

Ok, the ENTIRE world is coming to an end. Steve's NOT GIVING UP A RECAP??

*waah*

[Betsy]

Steve...Just do your best. Your best is approximately 7,000 times better than anything I ever glean from actually watching the show.

[daisymae]

Suzy...he said he's going to do it, but sans net.

[Betsy]

omg...Steve is working without a net!!!

[Suzy Q]

Ok, I've calmed down and re-read his post. Steve is recapping but not with TiVo, which is my bestest friend, so I kinda feel his pain. Steve, wanna come over?

[bizrey]

Steve, we'll get Chloe to retask a satellite for you! Sit tight!

[Sean]

I think they need to sign up Eddie Murphy for next year and call it " Another 24 Hours".. And he would be President Kill My Landlord.. Or president Gumby..

[Steve]

10pm - CTU. Everyone's panicking. Without Jack, there's no CTU, and worse, no season next year.

10:01 - Jack's OK! That was the scariest minute of their lives. Jack is carrying IEST. Audrey looks like she's going to cry.

10:02 - Interrogation of IEST begins, which involves Jack yelling really really loudly, because that always works. They're taking IEST to the top place to treat the injuried....CTU.

10:03 - Jack wants to know where Robocop went, and Bill doesn't know. Jack thinks Robocop is working on a bigger subplot.

10:04 - Scary's on the phone with Haig, and wants her to jump through hoops. He realizes it's Haig, not the ahem...real number...he wanted to call.

10:05 - Creepy Home Security Guy thinks he can work his Creepy magic on Audrey to turn her against CTU. Probably the same magic he worked on Shari.

[Suzy Q]

You go, Steve!! *smooch*

[Steve]

10:06 - Robocop has henchmen too!

10:07 - Secret Service guy got Wayne back to retreat, and he wants to know what's going on too. Evelyn (Mrs. Manilow's assistant) was giving out information that got President AllState killed!

10:08 - Mrs. Manilow wants to talk while Evelyn just wants to get the heck out of there.

10:09 - Wayne catches up with her, and confronts her about the messages. He tells her that unless she lets him know what was in those messages, he'll tell everyone she's been hanging out with Mrs. Manilow.

10:09 - Yikes! They kidnapped Evelyn's little girl!

10:11 - She'll give up the evidence if Wayne can get her daughter back. Someone better tell Jack. He's good at this sort of thing.

Commercial.

10:16 - Insane Shari and Chloe see the Homeland Security people walking in, as if they were those girls from Deal or No Deal. Without the money. Or Howie.

10:17 - They're taking over CTU! Madam Haig invoked with Backslash Protocol! Which is much worse than the Frontslash Protocol.

10:18 - Creepy Home Security guy invites Audrey into another room.

10:19 - Jack's on the phone with Wayne. Wayne gives him the story.....and tells Jack! Woo hoo! That kid is as good as saved.

10:20 - They go to leave, but decide to separate...after all, the bad guys wouldn't suspect that the woman they want and the guy they were just trying to kill would be talking to each other....noooooo.

10:21 - Creepy is talking to Audrey, and he wants her to sign something that blames CTU for everything that happened. Creepy tries to tell Audrey that her career is on the line, if she doesn't sign that thing. She goes to sign it....and NO...Creepy is denied.

10:22 - Jack calls Audrey, and Jack gives her Wayne's story. Audrey tells him about the CTU take over. Audrey reminds him that Madam Haig is "in charge here". Jack thinks Creepy and his padwans are in on the plot. He wants Audrey to get Chloe back on.

10:23 - Whoa! Audrey goes to Madam Haig to sign the papers! That's how she'll get Chloe back. Creepy doesn't want to go along with it, but Haig goes for it. Foolish Mortals. They know nothing of Chloe and her leet haxor skillz.

10:24 - Robocop tells his henchmen that Evalyn will be leaving the presidential retreat soon, and that he'll take care of the little girl.

Commercial

10:29 - Evalyn's at her car. Secret Service guy and Wayne get caught by the Emperor..er, I mean Scary VP. They make up a story about picking something up at the retreat, and Scary tries to use his mind powers to find out why he's there. Doesn't look like Scary bought the story.

10:33 - Bill tells Chloe that everything will be OK. Creepy tells Bill and Chloe about the paper, and Audrey tells Bill that she agreed with what she signed. Bill looks at her like he just found out that he could have been paying less for his car insurance.

10:34 - Wayne and Evelyn are driving on the road. She probably wouldn't be in the car if she knew about Wayne's LAST ride in a car. She's upset about President All-State still. She gets a phone call from Robocop, and Jack's on the line listening.

10:35 - Robocop knew that Wayne was there, but lets Amy (the daughter) talk to Evelyn. He wants her to go to 40615 Tarpen Street, stop at the local McDonald's for a Happy Meal, a big Mac, and one of those yummy cherry pies....and to bring some information.

10:37 - Jack calls Audrey with the address. Audrey and Bill exchange looks, and Bill looks like he found out that he won't be back next season and is almost in tears. This Audrey crying thing must be catching. Audrey goes to talk to Chloe who doesn't EVEN look in the mood to talk. Audrey tells Chloe why she signed the paper (to get Chloe back near a CTU computer).

Commercial

10:41 - Creepy farm house exterior, with Wayne and Evelyn inside. Someone drives up....good thing they thought to hide in a barn in the middle of no where. They hide behind a board, because boards in barns are bullet proof. It's just Jack...who enters from the back of the barn. Wayne looks like he feels silly for forgetting the old "Sneaking in the back entrance of the barn" trick.

10:43 - Jack makes a phone call on that "never looses a signal" phone, and calls Chloe. Chloe uploads real-time information to Jack's super PDA.

10:44 - Wayne wants to go with Jack, and WAYNE looks like he's going to cry when Jack says no. Audrey's disease strikes again, so Jack changes his mind since Audrey has that effect on him.

10:45 - Scary VP sneaks up on President Manilow, who's self congratulating himself about the day. Scary finds out that Evelyn and President All-State where buddies... oh oh... not good info to tell Emperor Scary.

10:46 - Jack tell's Evelyn to be careful and she drives off for that McDonald's happy meal.

10:47 - Chloe uploads MORE information to Jack's super PDA (this thing must have 50gig on it), and pinpoints a bad guy for Jack to shoot. He looks happy, but disappointed that he'll have to wait to do that until after the commercial.

Commercial

10:52 - Abandoned factory....Robocop is there with his henchmen. Wayne and Jack find someone to shoot, and Jack does so.

10:53 - Jack outsources one of his henchmen kills to Wayne, and Jack looks disappointed.

10:54 - Chloe's on the phone with Wayne. Wayne shoots the guy he's supposed to, but doesn't look like he wanted to....

10:55 - Jack's sneaks up on one of the henchmen and kills him. Jack screws around with the walkie-talkie they were using, and disguises his voice so he can talk to Robocop. He picks up the gun with the scope and aims it at Evelyn's car that just pulled up.

10:56 - Robocop gives Evelyn instructions and heads out to meet Evelyn at the car. Evelyn ducks, and Jack starts shooting. Wayne and Jack shoot everyone else including Evelyn, but miss Robocop, who gets away.

10:59 - Evelyn tells Jack that it WASN'T Scary that was behind this whole plot. It was MANILOW!

11:00 - Time's up!

[Steve]

Phew...got it posted. I had to change a couple of words to get it to post. Sorry it was split up.

[Suzy Q]

GREAT recap Steve!!! *more smooches*

[Steve]

Oh man...I had a thought. Dish goes down, no Tivo.... having problems posting....

Creepy Homeland Security Guy is watching this blog! Everyone in Flank Two position!

[Suzy Q]

aaaaaand she goes to bed.

Good night, all!

[Bucket]

Bravo Steve! extra points for using dark-age technology.

[Jeff Meyerson]

packsaddle: LTTG but congrats!

How about Palmer? or Manilow? or Marwan?

So President Handbag is pulling a Reagan? Pretending to be a total doofus while really pulling the strings on the evil plot?

Sorry, I don't believe it.

[mellio]

Oh, no, I can't take anymore of this. Now the Bad Guy is President Handbag??? Sorry, I'm not buying it for a second, he's a panty-waist if there ever was one. The real Bad Guy is either the First Lady, or it's Barry Manilow. That is just all there is to it...

And what's with the tanks? Huh? My first thought was "jeebus, the gubmint thinks they need tanks to take out Jack Bauer? Holy crap!"

And then my response to that thought was "dang STRAIGHT it will! And he'll probably take them all out before he's done! With a 9mm!"

BTW, how does one drop a tank?

[Jeff Meyerson]

Insane Shari and Chloe see the Homeland Security people walking in, as if they were those girls from Deal or No Deal. Without the money. Or Howie.

Excellent as usual, Steve.

Sorry about the Gators, Dave. Looks like they're (not their) kicking UCLA butt.

[Glow]

Thanks, Steve! I'm hoping someone will explain when Wayne was outfitted with the Sekret Jack Microphone. Must be from the Jack Sack.

I think everyone is just going nuts because they can't believe they can't go to the Big Dance in LA because there's a curfew. And they can't even TIVO the game because Chloe is busy with it, okay?

[Desert Rose]

Reading the blog and the comments is much more fun than watching the show, and the blog doesn't have any commercials.
Packsaddle- Congratulations! How about James? Jimmy, for short? That's my favorite boys' name.
Other suggestions- Richard, Liam, Brian [King Of Ireland and legendary Irish Hero], Sean, Orlando, Niall or Neil [First King Of Ireland], Alain, Ruari or Rory [means "Red-haired" in Gaelic], Anthony, Antonio, Lorenzo, Arthur, William, Diarmuid or Dermot [another legendary Irish hero], Fionn or Finn [after yet another legendary Irish hero, Fionn MacCumhaill or Finn MacCool], Llewellyn or Llew [several legendary Welsh heroes and Princes Of Wales], Owain or Owen [after a legendary Welsh hero of the highest renown, Owain Glyndower], Gwyddion [another Welsh hero], Rhys or Reece [yet another Welsh hero, they just have cool names], Connor [several Irish and Scottish heroes], Duncan [several Scottish heroes, including one of my ancestors] Charles [after Bonnie Prince Charlie, a Scottish hero]or Keith, the Stones' lead guitarist.

[yoyo]

next week: Jack vs. the army

[Ziggy]

Will someone PLEASE bitch slap the greasy Homeland Security guy.... I bet he screams like a porn star!

[NYC Conservative]

I think this started as a plot by Handbag so he could save the nation, earn the admiration of the world's leaders, and earn his rightful place in history. No one was supposed to get hurt.

Then Jack Bauer and Co took the threat seriously, and things went awry (from Handbags point of view.)Boy, is Mrs. Handbag going to be disappointed in him when she finds out!

[packsaddle]

hey, thanks guys!

after perusing the 340+ posts, you have narrowed the field to one of the following:

Gator
Chloe
Prez
Holy Crap

either way, it appears our son will have ZERO friends.

[daisymae]

Thanks, Steve. It's excellent as usual.

[sparrow]

tornado watches are being issued here and the house is starting to shake but I felt like I had to comment anyhow...

*sees rest of family going to the basement*

first of all: Congrats to Packsaddle! Possible names: Shawn (my favorite nephew), Joshua, Addison (favorite nephew's 7 month old son), Seth, Matthew James (baby just born across the street), Evan, any of the names from Desert Rose's list, she's got some great ones, pariculary Liam...

As for Jack - I think the whole US gov't is in on it other than maybe the VP, First Cleavage (and I'm not sure about her anymore), Palmer and that Secret Service guy who was with him. I really am totally confused.........

[Justin G.]

OH MY GOD!!! The bad guy isn'tn Scary Vice President, it's PRESIDENT Wiener McTool! Boy, do I ever feel like a handbag right now...

Although, I would probably have been more surprised if they hadn't made the idea of Scary Vice President being bad so painfully obvious. Still... Wow.

Boy... I can't wait to see the First Cleavage's reaction when she learns that her husband is a terrorist-helping, wife-not-believing, let's-kill-the-Russian-president-as-a-coverup-for-my-treachery jerk! President Bad Guy isn't getting any for a loooooonnnng time.

[Betsy]

I think that the entire CTU is one of those Terrorist House Parties, where everyone is given a slip of paper and told who/what they are/doing at any given moment. Except that they receive their instructions through their headphones and/or PDA's. The assignments are spit (spat?) out by the Random Plot Generator, so at no time does anyone ever know whether he/she is a Good Guy or an Evil Terrorist, or who his/her friends/enemies are.
As long as I can maintain this belief, I don't have to feel so incredibly stupid that hara kiri is the only honorable way out.

[O. the U(manity)]

D'Rose -

Wowser! That's quite a list ... you forgot Cuchulain tho ... and Michael Collins ...

(packsaddle -- name him Michael Collins, and then you can call him "The Big Fella" and it'll be perfectly fitting ...)

[slyeyes]

*returns home from meeting*

Did I miss anything tonight?

[Glow]

Pack, I would name him Jack Bauer. Just saying. And buy him a baby hoodie.

Just came back to lord it over Dave that the Gators won by 1000 points. Nyah nyah.

[Desert Rose]

I did leave out a few good Irish names, but I thought they'd be too hard for people to say or spell, e.g., Conochbar (Kon-OCH-Var, High King Of Ireland), Naoise (Nessa, and yes, it's not only a guy's name but a hero's, and he gets the most beautiful woman in all Ireland for his lady-love), Findhabhar(FIN-the-Var, a great Irish Hero)and of course Cu Chulainn (Koo-Kullen or Ke-Koolen, I've heard both)one of the two greatest Irish heroes of all time. However, Gaelic can be somewhat formidable to pronounce, and Cu Chulainn has _two_ andaiths ("length-mark", the accent mark used on some Gaelic names), one over the first "u" and one over the "a". Even one would freak out most Americans trying to get someone's name right.
Actually on topic for once, I know how Jack Bauer has survived all these attempts to kill him, and I've uncovered the Real Shocking Plot Twist That Will Explain Everything. Jack is actually Cu Chulainn, which is how he's able to do all this cool stuff as if by magic, and never get so much as a scratch. What's made him so ticked off is that evil terrorists have stolen his andaiths, so everyone's getting his name wrong, and that makes him so mad he has to go around shooting people in the thigh until they get it right. The even more shocking secret is that Audrey is actually a Gaelic language scholar, which is why he hasn't killed her yet. Unfortunately, Chloe can't just download some more andaiths to Jack's PDA of Doom, because she realizes that trying to create a Gaelic language program would cause the entire CTU to crash the second it tried to reconcile Gaelic spelling with pronounciation, of course, if the CTU crashes, the Free World would be in even more peril than it is now. *snork*

[Edgar Greenberg]

Wait a minute. You're telling me that the Gators creamed UCLA and not the other way around like Dave said. (I only care so it looks like I know what I am talking about tomorrow.) How could Dave get something like this wrong?

[Graz]

So.

What's this show about?

[O. the U(manity)]

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[JoMama]

Packsaddle -- I had my baby boy 6 weeks ago and we DID name him Jack! He goes by JackJack, so he's named after multiple superheroes. Funny thing is, some friends of ours had a baby girl two weeks later, and they named her Audrey! (No, they DON'T watch 24.) So, despite my longstanding lack of affection for Audrey Raines, I was relieved that she didn't turn out to be a terrorist. Now I have to get out to the Baby Gap and get my little guy a hoodie...

[BauerPower]

Dave was off just a little bit on the Gators tonight. There's always next year...Go UM!

[goaligrltildeath]

So, since I am one of the cursed west-coast 24ers, here are my belated general observations on this episode:

Observation #1- Jack is absolutely horrible at pretending to be scared (understandably). That fake trembly-hand... I hang my head in shame.

Observation #2- Kidnapping? Are they TRYING to cover all the chapters in "Activities Appropriate For Bad Guys: A Complete Guide"??? What's next? Armed robbery, done that. Murder, done that many times. Vehicluar Homicide, yup. Drug trafficing, Kanisters of Doom cover that... sorta. Kidnapping? Haven't done that yet, let's do it! What about rape? Something for next week! Maybe they'll bring the SVU crew in... that would be interesting.

Observation #3- This DoHS guy is as slimy as they come. Why anyone would take his words at face value I will never understand.

Observation #4- When did Aaron have time to pull the trunk cover down to hide Bro Palmer? He must just be that cool.

Observation #5- Poor Bill.

Observation #6- A little static cannot mask over Jack's voice. Stupid gullible terrorist.

Observation #7- Will you lookie there. That trunk opens sideways instead of up. Convenient; it allows the sniper who should have been there to see inside, too!

Observation #8- A thigh shot and Jack didn't do it! The horrors! I don't believe it. I won't believe it!

Observation #9- Oh! Weenie-Pants! Good! This means he'll die! About damn time!

Final Observation-- What didn't they do all this back in Episode... say... 1?? Dragging on the Kanisters of Doom plot for half a day was the worst plot mistake since killing Marwan so that he couldn't live to terrorize again.

[Joeltron]

Did you guys notice that when Jack and Wayne were talking (Battle of the Raspy Voices) in the barn that Wayne was practically quoting an 80's Love song? Let's compare:

Wayne: He just died in my arms. . .could you have walked away?
-vs.-
Cutting Crew: I just died in your arms tonight. . .I should have walked away.

YOU be the judge.

[Joeltron]

Also I'd like to thank the screenwriter for the wonderful moment when Homeland Security comes in to take over. . .

Chloe: Hey, it's Jim Hill from Homeland.
Jim: Hi, I'm Jim Hill from Homeland Security.

Thank you. We'll pay attention to Jim Hill now.

[Toccata]

packsaddle--What is wrong with JACK???? Or Audrey for that matter.
All unit backslash protocol: President Weenie now has Buns of Steel??? And where was Mike this episode?
Did Pres. Allstate's brother ever take the safety off his gun before he shot the hostile? (After great anguish, of course) Jack needs better back-up in the field. Let's call for an even newer all-unit backslash protocol: resurrect Tony!!!

[uusee]

How could Gators be 30 & UCLA 22?

[Antonio]

*Bows head to mourn Gator's win*

[judi]

GO GATORS :)

signed,

gator mom

[Betsy]

gasp!!! Gator dissenssion within Blog HQ!

Think of the children, please!

(cue appropriate mournful Civil War song, like "Two Brothers")

[puppytoes]

judi: mornin'/gators rah! : )

dave: pda of death? handbags? gators-6?

bloggers: you scare me.

packsaddle: packsaddle.

[Glow]

I am visiting in the morning to re-LORD it over Dave about the Gators score of 1000 to UCLA's 5. :-P
AND checking out all the kewl names that's going to be saddled on Pack's baby. How about Two-Foh? Two Foh Packsaddle. Or TuPack. The baby could rap, you never know.

And I want to act that I know Tony and you, Wayne Palmer is no Tony.

[Glow]

Sheesh, how did the word "add" become "act"?

Must be that wonderful Gator education background....

Correction: I want to ADD that I know Tony, and you, Wayne Palmer, is no Tony!

[Leetie]

1) I'm glad I'm not the only one to see similarities between 24 and Days of our Lives.

2) Packsaddle: Hearty congrats! Are you really considering all these names being thrown at you as if you haven't thought about it at all? Ok then. Your son shall either be named Tonto, Coolio, or Gwynfyllewelyn.

3) The president? Talk about your Random Plot Generator!!! If the VP isn't involved, then why did he try to have Wayne bumped-off?

4) Robocop must have used his Oscillation Overthruster to get out of there. Or maybe it was the Flux Capacitor? Whatever... same prop, different movie. Watch out for the Red Lectroids in next week's episode.

[realart]

Summary of last night's episode for the hearing impaired via closed captioning: (all times approximate)

10:04-(cell phone ringing)
10:18-(phone rings)
10:21-(phone rings)
10:24-(sighs)
10:32-(typing)
[surprisingly little of this in tonights episode]
10:35-(cell phone ringing)
10:36-(speed dialing)
10:36-(cell phone ringing)
[starting to sound like one of my classes]
10:36-(touch-tone beeps)
10:37-(speed dialing)
10:37-(cell phone ringing)
[these are definately the sound effects for a college lecture hall]
10:41-(vehicle approaching)
10:41-(car door slams shut)
[vs. car door slamming OPEN]
10:41-(approaching footsteps)
[Jack is "footstep ventriloquist" he can throw the sound of his approaching footsteps to the front door and enter through the back][Wayne saw this barn when he passed it unconscious and locked in the trunk?]
10:43-(dialing phone)
10:45-(laughing)
10:46-(engine starts)
10:52-(silenced gunshots)
[would these matter to the hearing impaired?]
10:53-(silenced gunshots)
10:54-(silenced gunshots)
10:55-(vehicle approaching)
10:55-(garbled transmission)
[better get that approaching vehicle checked]
10:55-(static hisses)
[GNFARB]
10:56-(cell phone ringing)
10:57-(gunfire)
10:57-(screaming)
10:57-(gunfire continues)
10:57-(engine starting)
10:58-(grunting)
10:58-(gunfire)

[empirestate]

I'm thinking along the same lines as "NYC Conservative" here... I think Handbag had this idea of coming in at the last minute, saving the situation, and getting the public's love and going down in history as the president who saved the nation yadda yadda, and he had his Hobbit at CTU to handle stuff over there. But then the Hobbit dies and Jack does his thing, and the whole plot unfolds in a different sort of manner than Handbag intended.

[beaniehampton]

For all those interested (or not).

Rush Limbaugh Interview with 24

[mikeY]

forcast for next show: Jack to take on entire US army, LAPD and Homeland run CTU & win.....

[Kathy P.]

Wrong again - Gators 73 - UCLA - 57. Congrats to your team, Dave!

[Johnnie]

Three-hundred twenty-something!

Packsaddle, how about "Julian" or "Ennis/Enyce" for a name?

I wonder which brother will be killed first, the newly Rambo-esque Wayne, or the stalwart Curtis?

Why didn't they just have the satellite lazerize all the baddys, since it already had each of them pinpointed??!!!

[Jeff]

"Chloe has a nice set of schematics"

Well, doesn't quite have the same ring as Winnebagos or gazongas, but I suppose it still works...

[24-aholic]

I SO wanted Audrey to write a big F**K YOU on that paper!!!!

I like her, now

***ducks and runs for cover***

[Laura]

I just want to say that I totally called this.
Observe:
What if President Weenie is the "higher up" that Nathanson was talking about?
Maybe the whole spineless-sniveling thing is an act. Could explain why he's so quick to give in to the terrorists.
Just a thought.

Posted by: Laura | 01:16 PM on February 21, 2006

HA!!

[24-aholic]

Goaliegirl - Techinically, they have covered rape. The orginial bad dud who had the Russian girl captive, was legally a rapist as she was only 15. Just sayin'.

[O. the U(manity)]

WTG Laura!

YAY!

[goaligrltildeath]

24-aholic:
I competely forgot about that. Too many random plots generated in this season to keep track of them all. Well, does that leave any more felonies they haven't covered?

[jason]

First, when we saw Logan on the phone with Henderson, was anyone else reminded of the classic 80s SNL sketch with Randy Quaid playing Reagan as this genial doddering old man in public, while plotting all sorts of geo-political activities, including fluently conversing in Arabic, in private with his aides?

Second, President Logan's compound, as established by the exterior shots is not in LA, but in the Hidden Valley area of Thousand Oaks in Ventura County.

It's right down the road from the very exclusive Sherwood CC where they host the Tiger Woods golf tournament each December. It's also the area where just about every commercial calling for a country road or rural setting is shot.

And, yes, there are several barns in the area. They just run from about $10mm up.

[Jeff Meyerson]

I think this started as a plot by Handbag so he could save the nation, earn the admiration of the world's leaders, and earn his rightful place in history. No one was supposed to get hurt.

Uh, NYC, I don't think so, since the START was killing President Allstate & blowing up Tony & Michelle and trying to kill Jack and Chloe.

Also I'd like to thank the screenwriter for the wonderful moment when Homeland Security comes in to take over. . .

Chloe: Hey, it's Jim Hill from Homeland.
Jim: Hi, I'm Jim Hill from Homeland Security.

Right, Joeltron, sort of like:

"Hi there, Eric Stratton, damn glad to meet you."

"That was Eric Stratton and he was damn glad to meet you."

jason: I said that last night, so yes.

I just want to say that I totally called this.

Laura, nobody likes an "I told you so."

But seriously...you the man!

[Desert Rose]

No, Seriously, Jason is the man, because I totally remember that SNL sketch with Reagan only pretending to be a doddering old fool and secretly running everything. "I'm the President! Only I need to know!" Reagan, who was, I believe, actually played by Phil Hartmann and not Randy Quaid.

[Laura]

I didn't mean for it to be an "I told you so" but I'm usually so SO wrong about these things that I was proud I got one!

[Desert Rose]

Good for you, Laura! So when are you going to start writing for 24?

[John T. Durkin, Ph.D.]

Well, it's pretty clear now. The whole plot this season -- the covert cooperation with Chechnyan terrorists, the nerve gas canisters, the assasination of President Palmer -- was just a ploy to get Jack Bauer out of hiding so President Handbag can deliver him to the Chinese sub-plot from Season 4.

[mellio]

Heheh...I had a vision last night that the last scene in 24 this would be Jack waking up--in bed--and having Audrey yell from the shower "Honey? Are you up yet? Hurry up, you're going to miss your van-pool..."

Wait...I'm sorta confusing primetime series again, aren't I?

[Stephen J]

This new plot is completely ridiculous.

What President would actually create a terrorist plot where none actually existed and put thousands of American lives at risk and have many people actually die and for what? Just to get re-elected????? C'mon now. Ridiculous.

And what about this Evelyn thing? Ok so if she held a secret why didn't they just do what they did with everyone else who had a secret like the former Prez and just kill her. So much easier.

[Mike S.]

Since nobody seems to like Audrey, perhaps a pair of
these would help her popularity.

[Melody]

Dave, you are so right about Audrey (whom I call the Oddity). Why is it still there? It should be gone. It's sniveling, annoying, and takes time away from the real female star of the series, namely Chloe (of course).

One of the writers *has* to be/wants to be banging Kim Raver. There's no other explanation.

Each week I watch, hoping the Thing will go away permanently.

[Skeptic]

Maybe they fingered president bobble-head because they killed off all the other characters...

Do they just make this stuff up as they go along? I suppose we can't expect a spy mystery plot the caliber of something from John LeCarre or Robert Ludlum, but c'mon - you have to have at least a tiny shred of a plotline envisioned when you start the book!

Note to Keifer Sutherland: Take some of the $40 million and HIRE SOME REAL WRITERS.

[toggle-switch]

Just found this blog from listening to Hugh Hewitt recite the "Edgar is still dead" rundown on Friday.

Liked (Miami) Dave's rundown on the NCAA championship. Nice try. UCLA was ahead for about 5 minutes. Dave, you and the other Bruins fans need to switch to crack *light*.