24

This is it, 24 fans. Tonight is the night. Hard to believe, isn't it? Months ago, when we embarked on this staggering waste of time exciting group adventure, we were just a ragtag bunch of misfits. But today, after 22 hours of collectively watching Jack Bauer race all over the greater Los Angeles perimeter shooting, choking, stabbing and yelling at people in his relentless and desperate quest for a plot, we are something more: We are pathetic no-life losers a highly disciplined viewing unit. And I am darned proud to be part of it.

Of course we are not done yet: We have two hours to go. At the end of those two hours, we will at last be able to heave up our dinner a sigh of relief as Jack punches the time clock (or shoots it in the thigh) to conclude another hard-workin' day of corpse-producin'. After that we assume Jack will spend a minimum of three hours in the bathroom.

But first Jack has some business to attend to. Here is the situation on the ground and in the water as we enter the home stretch:

Last week, the terrorist Bierko, a.k.a the Kanister King, escaped from CTU custody. This was not surprising, as CTU has established itself as a federal agency so astoundingly incompetent that even FEMA makes fun of it. After Bierko got away, he managed -- in less than one hour -- to use his remaining Killer Kanister to take over... a Russian submarine! And if you are wondering what a Russian submarine was doing in Los Angeles with almost nobody guarding it during a major terrorist alert and citywide curfew, there is a very logical explanation, which is: Look, over there! Something shiny!

So anyway, now the terrorists have missiles, and it is up to Jack, with the assistance of Chloe and Jack's trusty PDA, to thwart them. Jack will also have to deal with the president of the United States, who wants Jack dead. Of course, he has wanted Jack dead for something like 17 consecutive episodes now, so it's hard to see this as much of an obstacle, but still. The President is still being controlled by the evil bald puppetmaster, whom we cannot stand because (a) he is evil, and (b) he wears one of those stupid bluetooth ear things.

Meanwhile the First Lady is totally wasted disgusted with her husband and has definitely porked  joined forces with the loyal Aaron. The First Lady shot a secret service agent last week and will probably need a drink.

In other developments:

Audrey has totally recovered from losing 53,000 pints of blood and continues to cling to the plot like a barnacle. Her father, Secretary of Defense William Devane, was brought back from drowning two weeks ago, presumably so he can do something tonight, although it's possible that the writers, who obviously have a lot on their minds, have forgotten about him again.

Edgar is still dead.

Among the questions that we hope will be resolved tonight are:

-- Whatever happened to Jack's hot new girlfriend? Some of us can't believe she is gone from the plot while Audrey is still in it.

-- What about the German agent, whom Jack fooled with the old exploding-memory-card trick?

-- And what about Ross, the drunk who got serially tasered by Chloe in the bar? I miss Ross.

Whatever happens tonight, I want to thank all of you who have participated in the 24 effort this year -- especially the commenters, and especially the amazing Steve and his amazing plot summaries.

I believe that, together, we have demonstrated the true potential of the Internet. Any day now they're going to shut this thing down.

UPDATE: Everybody go to the bathroom now.

UPDATE: Nerve gas all gone! That was quick.

UPDATE: I love the way the terrorists declare their intentions in English. Very thoughtful.

UPDATE: Audrey is now running the country.

UPDATE: Jack has visual contact with the sub. Which means he can see it.

UPDATE: They think Jack can't get on the sub! Man, people can be SOOO stupid.

UPDATE: Petty Officer Rooney is 11 years old.

UPDATE: Just KILL him, Rooney! These kids today, I swear.

UPDATE: Our Air Force must have the slowest planes in the world if they can't get to a submarine in Los Freaking Angeles within 20 freaking minutes.

UPDATE: Petty Officer Rooney has one of those Cingular undersea phones.

UPDATE: Jack is so fatherly.

UPDATE: "His status is: dead." Good job, Petty Officer Rooney! You will get a merit badge.

UPDATE: Looks like they're launching the missiles with Windows ME.

UPDATE: Death by steam! A new one for Jack! This is excellent.

UPDATE: AND death by thighs.

UPDATE: The old no-bullets trick. Har! Henderson fell for it!

UPDATE: This is looking to be a very productive night for Jack.

UPDATE: Dang, we love Chloe.

UPDATE: You THINK it's over, Handbag.

UPDATE: The First Lady is going to help Mike put his finger on it.

UPDATE: Agent Adams? He sleeps with the Fix-a-Flat.

UPDATE: What happened to Aaron's injuries? Oh, hell, never mind.

UPDATE: KISS HER, AARON!

UPDATE: Mike and Aaron burying Agent Adams! This is getting really good.

UPDATE: The old digital-uplink trick! It just might work...

UPDATE: Morris? Who the hell is Morris?

UPDATE: Chloe's ex-husband is selling women's shoes in Beverly Hills? But now, suddenly, he's in CTU? With a British accent? And he's a communications expert? OK! Fine!

UPDATE: "Will he hurt him?" What, Jack, hurt somebody?

UPDATE: Help me out here, during the commercial: Has Morris been on the show before? I don't remember him. On the other hand, I don't remember anything.

UPDATE: Aaron wonders how Jack is going to get on the heavily guarded helicopter transporting the president. Aaron is SO naive.

UPDATE: If she engages in acts of nookie with the Handbag, I am gonna puke.

UPDATE: I miss the submarine.

UPDATE: Yeeccchh.

UPDATE: OK, it got a little slow near the end of the hour, but so far things are looking pretty good.

UPDATE: Previously? You mean, like, just now?

UPDATE: THAT was quick.

UPDATE: Oh, right, Jack can pose as a new co-pilot ON THE PRESIDENT'S HELICOPTER. Sure! Whatever!

UPDATE: "Hey there, new guy co-pilot who has not shaved in 24 hours! Welcome aboard the president's helicopter!"

UPDATE: Mr. President, I'm Jack Bauer, and I will be your FLIGHT ATTENDANT FROM HELL.

UPDATE: Doesn't the presidential helicopter always have Air Force escorts? Wouldn't they immediately notice that it has changed course? What the hell, never mind.

UPDATE: Morris, heading back to the shoe store with a funny story to tell.

UPDATE: I remember when Burt Reynolds was a huge movie star. And now... Miller Light commercials.

UPDATE: Ooooh, the Handbag thinks he's tough.

UPDATE: This sure is a lot of talking.

UPDATE: I believe this is a trick by Jack.

UPDATE: THE PEN! THE PEN IS A TRANSMITTER!

UPDATE: Or maybe the phone.

UPDATE: Regarding the new Microsoft slogan, "Software for the People-Ready Business," my only question is: Huh?

UPDATE: Edgar is in the casket; that's why they need all those guys to carry it.

UPDATE: The First Lady is always a lot of fun.

UPDATE: They are definitely going to need counseling. Too many marriages are destroyed by nerve gas.

UPDATE: Chloe is very serious.

UPDATE: Nailed by the First Lady! So to speak.

UPDATE: OK, I am not an expert on constitutional law, but can the attorney general, who works for the president, order the president to be searched? Aw, what the hell, never mind.

UPDATE: Not Audrey and Jack in a Tender Moment! NOOOOOO.....

UPDATE: "Jack, when I heard you kidnapped the president, I... I paused as the script told me to, waiting for your line of bad dialogue."

UPDATE: YES! MORE VIOLENCE! Just when we thought there was going to be a Tender Daughter Moment!

UPDATE: Bill and Karen, sitting in a tree?

UPDATE: Awwww... Edgar.

UPDATE: "Give me three men on the perimeters." These guys will NEVER learn.

UPDATE: The Chinese subplot. Damn. We canNOT get rid of it.

UPDATE: They can't kill him. He just signed a three-year contract.

UPDATE: A happy ending, with Jack on a cruise!

UPDATE: OK, we are not even going to ask how the Chinese happened to have a team in place to kidnap Jack at the end of the episode, when nobody, including Jack, could possibly have known where he was going to be. We are going to say good night. Take it, Steve.

Comments

[Catherine]

I am gonna miss you guys in the worst way. Mondays have NEVER been so much fun. EVER! I'm on the West Coast, so I usually wait til it's all over, then come read you Krazy Kids. But tonight I thought I'd get a head start. Steve, you rock, Haiku Guy, you rock, Dave, such a pleasure. My favorite thing? Character photo links: OOOooo, what kinda handbag will Manilow be this week!! Pink? Pastel? Bows? Spangles? I fairly wrung my hands and salivated in anticipation. The Mantis (Audrey)? Absolutely poetic. You Rule. Jeez, how am I gonna make it till January?! Take care :)

[Catherine]

Btw, 1209th and 1210th!

[AnotherBob]

Best. Recap. EVAR!

Well, see you all next year, or, you know, in other threads. >_>

Here's to hoping there's another horribly cliche show we can make fun of until S6!

[daisymae]

Snork @ JT

Night all.

[dorkafork]

I did some 24 songs myself. With a visual aid. Includes such classics as "The rain! In Spain! I repeat, the RAIN in SPAIN! There’s no time… to EXPLAIN!

[captain_laredo]

Spurs lost everybody!...oh wait...that's not what we were watching?

[Annie Where-but-here]

Steve, on a scale of 1-24, you're (not yore) a 25. You'd be a 26, but you earwigged me with that damn 'Favorite Things' tune.

[Val]

"I did some 24 songs myself"

Tomorrow's a year away - lol!! Love it!! And love the "picture" of Chloe :)

[homeybeef]

so....should we meet back here wednesday for lost? anyone? anyone?

[Riteaidbob]

Oh SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Make me have to WAIT until next season.

The B@stards!

[Mike Antonucci]

"24" Season-Ending West Coast Post-Game Recap

Hat tip to Steve! He's the best.

* I thought I had accidently tuned in to the "Petty Officer Rooney Show."

* Jack tells Rooney, "Cut him deep and cut him fast...then fill him with a nice cornbread stuffing."

* Jack tells doomed redshirt, "Signal me with the mirror." What, no aldis lamp?

* Jack saves the day by stealing plot devices from several movies:

1) While wrestling with a terrorist, Jack makes one bad guy shoot another, just like the Nepal bar fight in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

2) He strangles Bierko with his legs, like Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon."

3) He uses the old empty gun trick. Everyone thinks he got this from "Die Hard," but come on! Jack is definitely old school and he got the idea from Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco in "Key Largo."

4) Finally noticing that the bad guy is Robocop, Jack goes into Clarence Boddicker mode and shoots Robocop way more times than necessary.

* Jack tells the Navy guy, "I need access to a vehicle." I desperately wanted the Navy guy to bring him a Vespa.

* Mike Novik is the first Presidential chief of staff to personally drag a body into a field and bury it in a shallow grave... I hope.

* Chloe was married to a genie!?!

* Jack tells the First Lady, "You have to find a way to stall him." All we were missing was some cheesy jazz music. Wah-wah-wa-wah-waaaah...

* There's something wrong with the co-pilot's packet. It makes sense that he has to go to the out-building to have it taken care of.

* Isn't it great how on TV bullets work on doors just like keys? Shoot the lock, and the door opens. Go inside, shoot the lock, and the door can't be opened.

* The President tells Jack, "You'll go down in history with John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald." Jack doesn't shoot him because he doesn't want anyone to know his middle name is Bertram.

* Jack empties the President's pockets and notices the Prez's Starbucks coffee card is full. Jack takes it so he can cash it in for a free caramel macchiato.

* All right! A Presidential eulogy in front of a C-130!

* The late Walt Cummings got elected to the Senate? Well, Mel Carnahan did it.

* The evil Chinese guy tells Jack, "You're far too valuable to kill, Mr. Bauer." By which he meant, "Where else can racial/ethnic minorities get steady work on network television?"

* The writers learned the major problem with writing a Chinese subplot is that a season later, you feel like writing it again.

See you next season, West Coasties!

[ArcticAl]

I had to watch the finale out here with the west coasties instead of back in eastern canister time where I usually reside. I read the comments in delayed time, only scrolling down to where the show was at that moment. It still was a complete blast! Thanks so much to all of you guys for the many laughs and snorks, especially the one and only Steve, and his able assistants and understudies, Ford79 and Mike A. Well done all!

[rachelnewbie]

Ok. I just read on another blog/message board... that on the picture with Chole and Edgar, it said Jack is Dead. Did anyone else catch this? It was spelled backwards....

Hmm. Edgar not really dead? Someone giving clues to Chole?

[ShyJan]

I've never watched 24, but got hooked on it reading The Blog. Go Dave. Long time fan. Anyway, I don't post, but I feel like I know all of you long time bloggits. Thanks for a great season. Especially the great Steve.

[Dave (but not the real one)]

You guys aren't thinking. Jack had just been released from custody, presumably on the orders of the Atty General, when he met with Audrey. It would've been easy for someone with access to the highest levels of gov't to know where Jack was. Who both had that access and wanted Jack dead? Why, the evil bald guy, of course!

Will we ever see the evil bald guy again? Logan will go down with the ship for them. Maybe not. My guess is that he's some guy who still lives with his parents.

[Laura]

This Chinese subplot is NEVER going to end.

I think the Bald Puppetmaster is gonna turn out to be working for Carmen Sandiego.

[MJ]

Just wondering if anyone else noticed this....

On the back of that photo of Chloe and Edgar, it had some weird stuff written on it.

First, the fan phone number ---310-597-3781
But the most interesting thing?

"daed si kcaj" Which is "Jack is dead" backwards.

Hahaha....ok not funny.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Bravo, Steve and everyone.

All through it I kept thinking the same thing that I know Dave was thinking: "You guys think you're bad but you're (not your) no Marwan."

Bierko, minor league; bluetooth baldies, yawn; Chinese, please.

BRING BACK MARWAN!

[slyeyes]

* The writers learned the major problem with writing a Chinese subplot is that a season later, you feel like writing it again.

snork

[O. the U(manity)]

Um ...

Wowser!

[tropichunt.com guy™]

Oh, wait. I get it now...

"You're far too valuable to kill, Mr. Bauer."

It's the same reason a lot of companies are worried to do business with China: theft of trade secrets!

What do I mean? A lot of companies worry that China will duplicate what they make...I think they're going to CLONE JACK!

[puppytoes]

okay! so i raced through dave's riveting account of last night's 2 hour finale of 24, skimmed past most of these 1,228 comments, until i reached steve's unparalleled breakdown, which i, naturally poured(ish) over, and, i actually watched the last 5 minutes of the show--which, it should be noted, ended much the same as the last 5 minutes 2 seasons ago. so i think i'm "good to go" the next round. or not.

now, will dave and/or steve please do a summary of the sopranos in two weeks? because i've been watching and watching and watching, and all i can say is: ack! and, huh? (thank god and/or HBO Deadwood starts next month.)

[Jeff Meyerson]

puppytoes: other than the first episode, The Sopranos has sucked (no offense to you-know-who intended) this season.

Next week: Rescue Me.

[Reddsuss]

Thank you Steve. Brilliant.

[puppytoes]

Jeff: so glad i'm not the only one who thinks the spranos have sucked (in more ways than we care to mention.) this season. and, yep, there are a few decent programs on the summer viewing horizon, for those of us pathetic enough to actually care... sigh

[Pat]

I just discovered this blog 2 days ago (yes, I've been living under a rock). Wish I had known about it for the past 5 years! You guys are hilarious.

But now I'm bookmarked and pining for January--can't wait.

[Leetie]

Hmmph. I think I liked the cheezy "Jack walking into the sunset" ending better than the slow boat to China. Poor Jack. I hope he gets to change his underwear soon.

Just goes to show you Audrey is a bloodless whore that won't die.

Posted by: Troy | 09:48 PM on May 22, 2006

*snork*

Kim meets mountain lion = shark jump

Posted by: PoorMartha | 09:58 PM on May 22, 2006

JU said the exact same thing last night.

[Johnnie]

See what I'm sayin'?! How could the only brother on the show with anything resembling a significant role not appear at all in the entire two hours!!!!! (He didn't appear, did he? Or did I just miss him?) Alas poor Curtis, we missed ye!

And where was Wayne and Prez Palmer's kids when he casket was being moved? And he sure ended up in that casket fast! They performed an autopsy, prepared his body for burial and everything in less than 24 hours!!!!

[liz]

Constant reader and occassional blogger, me. This site has made "24" worth watching. Since it is taped, I don't see it until the a.m. My suggestion for next season is to hire the lot of you to write next season's episodes...maybe you can explain who the hell the bald bad BAD EVIL DOER who seemed to be behind the whole bloody plot (??????) was and what was his purpose. And how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

[24-aholic]

2 phrases I never want to hear Jack say again - "I love you" to Awdrey and "Just kill me"

[Johnnie]

Jack's just gotta stop kissin' that pony.

[Betsi]

before I read all your comments, I realize this is the morning after and nobody is reading anymore, but three things to say from the West Coast:
1) it was very nice to have almost a half hour with no commercials.
2) After shooting Henderson, Jack just couldn't quite pull off the manly stalking away with his manpurse on his hip.
3) Um, I guess that was only two things.

[Laura]

2 phrases I never want to hear Jack say again - "I love you" to Awdrey and "Just kill me"

I agree. It's worse than watching Jack crying!

My West-Coast viewing group had to pause Tivo and applaud for "The Look" Ramparts and Mike gave Pres. Weenie, then we sang Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego for the "slow boat to China" line. :)

[Wes S.]

2 phrases I never want to hear Jack say again - "I love you" to Awdrey and "Just kill me"

If I ever hear Jack say "I love you" to Awwwdrey again, I'll be saying "Just kill me..."

Blecch.

[jt]

To answer all of your questions about last night's plot twists, everything can be resolved with one simple explanation: global warming.

[24-aholic]

>>Hard to say exactly when it happened... but the show has definitely jumped the shark in a big way.<<

Kim meets mountain lion = shark jump

...Are you both insane??? This was the best. episode. ever!!!

[Anil]

The president probably told the Asians that Jack was on the loose, don't ask how they tracked him

[Betsi]

by the way, where did you find that info on Edgar's photo-writing? I wanna see.

[jen]

Dear Brian Grazer,

Instead of sending you hate mail about how you owe me one entire day of my life -- like much of the rest of America is doing right now -- I’d like to offer you the following suggestions on how to make next season’s installment of 24 better.

Or, at the very least, less cringe-inducing.

Let’s be honest – 24 has jumped the shark time and time again (ask your friend Richie Cunningham if you don’t know what that means) and yet some of us would watch Kiefer Sutherland paint a garage. The show doesn’t have to be great to get me to tune in, but it would be nice to not be infinitely more stupid for the experience. And with that, I like to offer you the following fixes:

No more wrinkly old presidential sex. Ever.

Do not introduce day-saving new cast members (Morris) at the end of the 23rd hour. When a main character has to ask on-screen, “Um, who the f*ck is that, exactly?” that’s a heavy clue the writing’s sloppy. I mean, for Christ's sake, why not invent a patriotic Frankenstein monster or something if we're at the "just making stuff up" phase?

Bring back Behrooz. Make him good, make him evil, make him a combination of both – I don’t care. Just put him back on my screen.

Be plausible – even though I love the Rumsfeld-esque character William Devane plays, there’s no way in hell he could have survived a fall off the cliff. A handy rule of thumb is anything that makes me yell, “Oh, for Christ’s sake!” at my TV screen is a bad thing.

You had the Petty Officer call his submarine a “ship” and not a “boat” (what sailors actually say) thus causing my husband to let out his 1000th deeply disgusted sigh of the season, potentially sparking World War Three in my household. Please start paying attention to minor details so I don’t get divorced.

Find a way to make Edgar really, most sincerely not dead. Yes, this goes against the whole “plausibility” bit I just mentioned, but we’ll let this instance slide.

Stop casting actors who look alike. It took me ten episodes to figure out the difference between Henderson, Bierko, and Buchanan, just like it did back during Day Two with Aaron and Mike.

During Day Six, let’s kill Audrey a la President Palmer in the very first episode. We don’t need a plot-specific reason, I just think it would be nice. Ditto Kim. However, if you do knock off these two idiots, try to avoid them starring in Allstate ads during the very next commercial break.

Give Chloe a gun, like, all the time. And God help you if you harm one hair on her head.

On other “days” we had nuclear reactor meltdowns, bombs about to obliterate LA, and disease epidemics. This season we had a little gas in a food court. Yawn.

And, finally, previously Jack Bauer fought terrorists while battling a heroin addiction. This year, he ran like a girl and carried a man-purse. Next year, have him grow a set or it’s pretty much over between us.

Thanks much,

Jen Lancaster

P.S. Your wife is cool.

P.P.S. Your hair is not.

[Laura]

*snork* @ Wes S.

[24-aholic]

Dear Mr. Grazer,

That Laura is crazy - don't change 24. But please do don't make us watch Jack kiss Audrey. Bring back Texas red, please.

[24-aholic]

DOH! Don't make us watch Audrey....

[Suzy Q]

Great job, Steve! And everyone else, too. It's much fun blogging with you guys.

I want to see Awdrey one last time. In her death scene. And may it be bloody.

[Allen at Division]

Jeannie:

“Whoopie pies” sure sound a lot like Moon Pies to me—guess it’s regional.
http://www.moonpie.com/

Allen at Division

[Annie Where-but-here]

This blog HAS to become part of 24's plot. No one's done it before. Blend reality into the story! It could only mean more pr for the show. Have a secret blog that's been following Jack for years via a tiny monitoring device embedded in his handy handbag. Call it "Jacksack Lojack."

[Jill]

Yes, but does the "handbag" have matching shoes? Perhaps that is why Morris showed up to save the fashion disaster! OR maybe Jack is going to China to pick up some silk for a new purse for tomorrow's adventure. . .

[goddessoftheclassroom]

Oh. My. God.

I've had to wait all day to read this, and it was so worth it.

I haven't seen the second half of the third season or any of the fourth, so I didn't know if Maurice had been seen before (note the spelling: that's how the British spell "Morris.")

And I LOVE this new character! a Brit who isn't the villain for once!

Jen, I ditto your comment re huring a hair on Chloe's head.

If Jean Smart doesn't win the Emmy, there's no justice.

[CJrun]

LOL to fellow bloglits
Alas, I had to watch a recording
SNORK @ slyeyes. You killed me with 'Chinese take-out'
That's all folks; see you next time.

[Todd McLaren]

The evil Chinese guy tells Jack, "You're far too valuable to kill, Mr. Bauer."

Yeah...like $40 mil over the next three seasons, as I recall.

[Cricket]

*yawn*
And that was what all the excitement was about? Keifer Sutherland doing a 24 hour version of Survival?

No wonder I disconnected the cable.

[Val]

Mike A., I'm sharing your recap with some of my "24" friends. It's brilliant. It made me laugh the most I've laughed in awhile. I'm gonna miss you guys.....

[souljoy]

I know I am late but wt heck.

Chloe needs to be the one to save Jack next year.

Edgar needs to be undead.. even if it's his long lost twin brother that he never knew about...

and Kim and audreyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy need to be gone

and i predict President handbag told the chi coms where to get jack...

and bring back Aaron as a bona fide member of CTU

and bring back jacks red head g/f and son... have the son be in training at ctu b/c after all he showed cajones

thanks for a great read this season and remember january 2007!

[Malinna]

God,

I hope Kiefer reads this...

it is hysterical!!!

and, I must be pathetic - I can't wait until Jan of 07!

[taddic]

24 needs to hire Alias's out-of-work writers, so they can bring Edgar back next January, with no explanation as to how he could possibly still be alive...

[Joeltron!]

Wow!

All I can say is wow!

I usually only read Dave's stuff and maybe a few comments, but this time I read the whole thing. It took me longer than it took First Lady Clevage to delay the president...wait, that was only a few seconds (remember they had to undress *shudder* and dress, too)...it took me longer than the actual season of 24, but it was highly entertaining.

Thanks Dave (who now needs to go back and watch the first three seasons during time we have off and start commenting on them online) and everyone else on here who seems to have a lot of time (and callouses from typing) on their hands.

[Val]

Wow, this place is so empty and echo-y now that everybody's gone :(

[Brian]

Hey Dave,

I work for Neal, the guy who supplies you with your beloved pie chart. Personally I kind of like Audrey since she was written as a stronger character this year. Toward the end of the season the writers only seemed to use her as needed. Same goes for Jack if you think about it. Jack was offscreen for about half of the last episode after getting arrested. A little too much screen time went to the president in the last few hours I thought but it was still entertaining.

[Wes S.]

This thread is STILL going?!

Whoa.

Wonder if we can keep it alive until NEXT season's premiere...

[Val]

It keeps going and going and going and.... :)

[DG Thompson]

I'm new to this merry band of 24 revelers, but will be on hand next season. By the way, did any of you geniuses figure out that Jack didn't really kill Henderson. It was all part of a ploy to help his old "teacher" escape . . . . after all Jack gave him his word! I predict that Henderson will be on a slow boat to China to save his former student. Any other speculations on what might take place next season???

DG

[jm]

In the first episode of next season, pirates will intercept the "Shanghai," and we'll have an all-out battle between pirates and ninjas, which will, in the process of freeing Jack, settle the matter once and for all.

[Val]

Everybody sing...."Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour………"

Jack will be Skipper and Henderson will be his Little Buddy.....

[mellio]

*snork* at Val! HAA!

Except...you've got it backwards, I am sure of it. Henderson is much taller than Jack...

[Val]

So what the heck am I supposed to do at 9:00 tonight???????

[DG Thompson]

You might be on to something with the whole pirate thing. Perhaps Jack will actually become "Captain Jack" (aka Captain Jack Sparrow). Does Disney own 24????

[Matt]

I am the last commenter.

[Val]

Not anymore :)