24
Here is where we stand:
We honestly have no idea. Last week the plot collapsed like a lawn chair under a Harley owner. Consider:
-- We no longer have to worry about the dirty bomb made from the Lethal Atomic Rods of Doom, because the terrorists traded it for President Sham.
-- We no longer have to worry about President Sham, because the terrorists sentenced him to Death by Webcast.
-- And we no longer have to worry about Agent Dana Walsh, because CTU finally figured out that she's a mole, possibly because she devoted her entire working day to killing people and making phone calls to terrorists.
-- Finally, we don't have to worry about Edgar, because he is still dead.
So as far as we can tell, the only thing left to worry about is the Peace Process, which is a big deal to President Woman President, but which we frankly do not care about. We prefer the Violence Process, wherein Jack Bauer, having overcome numerous fatal wounds, engages hostiles by shooting them and/or impaling them with screwdrivers.
The question is, which hostiles are next on the agenda? We're thinking it's the Russians, who popped up briefly last week. Also disgraced former President Handbag Logan apparently is going to make an appearance this week, although we have no idea why. Maybe tonight's episode will clear things up. Although we doubt it. Be sure to stick around in the comments afterward for keen observations by The Amazing Steve. Meanwhile, here's a scientific poll:
UPDATE: Is there ANYBODY who's not working for the terrorists?
UPDATE: Never trust a bald Russian.
UPDATE: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
UPDATE: "What is it that you wish to talk to me about?" Who writes this stuff?
UPDATE: This here is some Mel O'Drama.
UPDATE: So... President Sham's widow can just decide she's running the country now? Democracy!
UPDATE: CHLOE IS IN CHARGE!! GET OUT THE TASERS, BABY!!!
UPDATE: They are so high over the shark now that they can't even SEE the shark.
UPDATE: Does Hastings know he still has that idiot Bluetooth thing in his ear?
UPDATE: I can't believe Jack was able to execute a kiss without first downloading the schematics.
UPDATE: Jack apparently is not suffering too much from his stab and bullet wounds.
UPDATE: Was that SEX???
UPDATE: OK, can ANYBODY explain why we care so much about the Peace Process? No? I didn't think so.
UPDATE: I think they should go back to the Sex Process.
UPDATE: "...what an honor it has been to serve with each and every one of you. Even the 17 of you who are moles."
UPDATE: Get the jumper cables!
UPDATE: They need a bigger table.
UPDATE: Hey, if you can't trust a lying criminal scumball who won't tell you what he plans to do, who can you trust?
UPDATE: Jack and Renee shot each other several times in intimate places.
UPDATE: I've had NYC cab drivers like that.
UPDATE: Aw.
UPDATE: It seems like only yesterday that Renee was young and vibrant and cutting off that guy's thumb.
UPDATE: Jack vs. Dana. Hot. Take it, The Amazing Steve.

Rampage, rampage, rampage. Lotsa Russkies are gonna die.
Posted by: Loudmouth | April 12, 2010 at 09:56 PM
Jack cries...
Next week. Jack is WAY pissed!!!
Posted by: Siouxie | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Less crying, more killing. And was it the bullet wound that killed Renee or...
Posted by: exs120 | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
silent clock, of course...
Posted by: The Dead Henchman | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
DAMMIT! FRECKLES!!!!!
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Well that was fast...Rest in Peace, Freckles...sniff, sniff. Poor Jack.
Posted by: Bnatral | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Another silent clock!
Two weeks in a row has to be a record.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
*sigh* Goodnight, Freckles. *sniff*
Posted by: Diva | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
If Jack Bauer is crying, somebody is gonna die. I'm just saying . . .
Posted by: Chris | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Jack crying?
iz dey serious?
Posted by: emj | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
I'm guessing we're jumping over to a vengeance plot, which has a lot more action potential. Freckles sacrificed herself for us all.
Posted by: Kate | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
What happened to Renee? The same thing that happens to everyone who stabs Jack Bauer!
What do ya say, everyone? Silent clocks for the rest of the season?
Posted by: homeybeef | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Jack crying = 200 good guys getting shot (psychologically)
Posted by: LeDud | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Have there ever been two silent clocks in a row before?
Posted by: The Dead Henchman | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Okay, silent clock. But only 3 seconds!? She deserved 10, minimum.
Posted by: danceswithvowels | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
Poor Freckles. And it wasn't Chloe who did her in.
Posted by: tropichunt.com guy™ | April 12, 2010 at 09:57 PM
I have to say those doctors don't waste much time trying to save people. The didn't even intubate her or put in a chest tube or an I.V.!
Posted by: nursecindy | April 12, 2010 at 09:58 PM
Dammit. I called Renee getting hers as soon as I saw them in bed.
All I can say is: a LOT of people are going to die...
Posted by: H. Fisher | April 12, 2010 at 09:58 PM
Jack somehow needs to be named President by the end of the day and he needs to nuke everyone.
Posted by: T-Mill | April 12, 2010 at 09:58 PM
Renee isn't made of JackStuff after all, or she'd have healed by now.
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 09:58 PM
Jack's gonna go all HULK on them Ruskies.
Posted by: Siouxie | April 12, 2010 at 09:58 PM
Next week: Jack releases the Kraken.
Posted by: Wes S. | April 12, 2010 at 09:59 PM
yea - Jack for President! Whole new show in that one...
Posted by: Phil | April 12, 2010 at 09:59 PM
Oh, there will be sacrifices alright. Muahahahaha.
Posted by: Kate | April 12, 2010 at 09:59 PM
Jack, Mutha of all Rogues.
Posted by: Loudmouth | April 12, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Dang. Did they have to go and kill off Freckles at the height of tax prep time? It's too much, I tell ya!
Posted by: danceswithvowels | April 12, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Grrr... I won't be able to blog next Monday... work... grrr..
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:01 PM
Wes spelled Kraken correctly 2 weeks running. Impressive
Posted by: LeDud | April 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Castle yummy Nathan
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM
There will probably be a lot more shooting next week. Jack looks mad.
Posted by: nursecindy | April 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Wes, do you really think the Kraken could do the damage that jack is about to?
Posted by: homeybeef | April 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM
I think the last time Jack cried on this show was all the way back in Season Three, when Kim announced that she was marrying Chase.
But those were tears of relief, IIRC.
Posted by: Wes S. | April 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Why do I get the feeling we're going to be having a lot of silent clocks in these last six episodes?
Posted by: KJP | April 12, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Cassie....you have to prioratize. It thats actually spelled correctly.
Posted by: LeDud | April 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Metaphor, Homey. Metaphor.
Posted by: Wes S. | April 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM
I guess the Amazing Steve will have to take some time to compose himself before his recap since Freckles is dead.
Posted by: nursecindy | April 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM
nursecindy, it was kinda half hearted. We had a medical emergency "drop-in" (airline talk) about 10 days ago. A 65 year old female in cardiac distress. She was resuccitated at the hospital but only long enough for her family to fly in for the final goodbye before life support was withdrawn.
Posted by: Mitch | April 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Yeah, Jenn. Also, made of JackStuff, she wouldn't
behave been so much fun to touch. Just, um, thinking out loud here. IYCMD.Posted by: danceswithvowels | April 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Yeah for Chloe!!!
In charge of CTU!
Now, she is a bit overwhelmed by all this...
I mean...
who do you start Tasering first?
Posted by: funnyman | April 12, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Castle!!! YUMMO!!
Posted by: Siouxie | April 12, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Well, I came home in time to see some shooting, anyway. But sad shooting. Poor Renee.
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:04 PM
Jack is so going to torture Dana. And Handbag is still weaseling his way to getting shot himself.
Too bad Martha didn't finish the job.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 12, 2010 at 10:04 PM
LeDud,
When I have to work on Mondays, I read the blog at the same time I run 24. Almost like live.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:04 PM
That was a short cameo.
Posted by: Siouxie | April 12, 2010 at 10:05 PM
cindy, I can just imagine you rolling your eyes at all the "accurate" medical stuff.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 12, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Fred Willard is one of the funniest guys around.
Posted by: Loudmouth | April 12, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Dances,
JackStuffing is FUN!
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Guess it's back to DWTS for him.
Posted by: Siouxie | April 12, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Too bad this is the last season ... otherwise, "Freckles" could pull a Tony and rise from the dead ...
Posted by: BarryS | April 12, 2010 at 10:08 PM
I'm hoping someone would inject Renee with that same stuff they gave Dark Tony Zombie.
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:08 PM
So I'm guessing Jack's not gonna pull the "OMG, it was all a dream" at the end of this season.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:10 PM
Jeff,
Mrs. M. picked some good authors.
Can't wait for Lover Mine. OMG, John Matthew.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Cassie, Well...he needs to shower to do that!
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Maybe Jack Kraken can finish First Ex-Lady Ram-Parts' job for her. By stabbing Prez. Spiro T. Handbagger in the thigh. Exit wound in the armpit. Employing one of Agent Dana's femurs as the weapon. While she's still using it.
Posted by: danceswithvowels | April 12, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Probably not ... but be on the lookout for a "shower scene" a la "Dallas".
Posted by: BarryS | April 12, 2010 at 10:14 PM
True Gennita, but he could also be waking up from his coma from last season.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:15 PM
my ctu crystal ball shows Jack cutting the damcommie EMT's entire hand off with a saw...
Posted by: texxasredd | April 12, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Dammit, I was going to work on my script for Script Frenzy, but Freckles dying has pissed off my muse.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:16 PM
True, Cassie! His daughter's spinal juice gave him hallucinations!
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:18 PM
snork@Gennita
It's all VR. ;-)
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Well, I should hope so, GLow! I was only saying that I, personally, wouldn't be nearly so attracted to a Jack with his The Nakeds kit on, as compared with, say, Renee. NTTAWWT. But, Other Perspectives, yes. Floating boats, and all. ;-)
Posted by: danceswithvowels | April 12, 2010 at 10:19 PM
I can see the series finale now- Jack cuts a bloody swath through Russia with his newly recruited partner, Tony....Soprano. The screen cuts to black as Journey's Don't Stop Believin' plays in the background.
Posted by: rockin01 | April 12, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Just connecting the
dits dots with my gigantic crayon....President Sham is dead. We haven't seen his "American"
golldriend. We do know she is blond, based on Tarin's and others anti-Western rants.
Suppose she was Dana? And they paid her to "seduce Sham"? it wouldn't be the first time there was a "sham" for money....
Posted by: funnyman | April 12, 2010 at 10:20 PM
No way... Rick you did! Dammit.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Castle got laid. Sex on Mondays, I guess!
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Jack wakes up in bed next to...Teri!
Posted by: K-Doc | April 12, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Ahhh! Some funnyman is slashing through everything! Blood and guts everywhere!
Oh, wait, it's just strikethroughs. No worries, then.
Posted by: danceswithvowels | April 12, 2010 at 10:22 PM
I'm wondering if Rick was thinking about Kate.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:23 PM
Sorry but the strike-thru's were supposed to end
after the "dits". I think it's broken.
Posted by: funnyman | April 12, 2010 at 10:24 PM
rut roh
Posted by: Siouxie | April 12, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Umm, why is TypePad sentences have a strike through them???
Cassie, VR sex can be hawt, and youknowit!
Dances, Renee's sheet turned you on, eh? :)
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Castle got a little Jacktion
Posted by: Loudmouth | April 12, 2010 at 10:25 PM
Nice chest, Castle boy :D. Now we need you to be jealous when Kate does it.
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:26 PM
Snork @ Loudmouth's Jacktion. Heeheehee. That deserves a shot.
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:27 PM
TypePad has been taken over by the molls --er moles--
and they are slashing prices faster than a WalMart
commercial!
Sorry, but I did code my HTML correctly...TypePad doesn't like me...:(
Posted by: funnyman | April 12, 2010 at 10:30 PM
I vaguely remember Nathan as Joey Buchanan on One Live To Live. He's the one that hooked up with Dorian back in the '90s.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:30 PM
Holy Smokes, twice for Castle too! Okay, this is definitely unfair for Kate!
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:33 PM
Oh, yeah. Verrrrrry attractive sheet. I'm guessing that was at least 1200-count Egyptian cotton in that sheet.
OTOH, if Jack and Teri were to wake up with Audry and Edgar on the other side of the semiprivate hospital room, the JackStuff might peter out quickly.
Posted by: danceswithvowels | April 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM
Well that's Kimber from Nip/Tuck, Gennita. Guess she's typecast. ;-)
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:36 PM
COMMERCIAL on de udder network
DID I just understand him to say that Sprint will
hook you up with every cell phone in America?
Unless you are on the Unlimited world plan, that will
be VERY VERY EXPENSIVE.
Posted by: man | April 12, 2010 at 10:37 PM
Burn Notice Season 4 premieres June 3. I vote to live blog Mike, Fi and Sam.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Any body watching CASTLE?
Did they really kill Tom Bergeron?
And will he stay dead?
Posted by: man | April 12, 2010 at 10:40 PM
man,
Yes.
Yes.
Yes on Castle.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Damn... that's 3 for Castle. If I were Kate, I'd bust in.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:42 PM
I want those sheets off, dammit! You know what? I think Amazing Steve is sobbing. I can hear him.
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Night, all- see ya next week. Thanks for the laughs. I'll catch The Amazing's recap in the morning.
Posted by: rockin01 | April 12, 2010 at 10:45 PM
night rockin
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:46 PM
Almost done! Posting soon!
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | April 12, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Sweet Steve
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Ok Steve!!
LOL Castle's ladyfriend has been busy.
Posted by: Siouxie | April 12, 2010 at 10:52 PM
I think its technically illegal to blog on Castle on this blog. Unless......Castle becomes the new Jack Bauer after Jack succombs to the Orks...thousands of them. Back to taxes dammit.
Posted by: LeDud | April 12, 2010 at 10:56 PM
Good luck with the taxes LeDud.
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 10:57 PM
All in good time, GLow. All in good time.
Earlier is better, of course. "Now" is always good.
Posted by: danceswithvowels | April 12, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Previously on "24": We saw Lady Gaga drive away with Omar in the back of her car; We witnessed Cole's attempt to become a Scanner to blow up Dana. It wasn't working, but he did have the right facial expressions down cold; Dana got an immunity agreement, which is now as endangered as a cupcake in the middle of a kindergarten class; Omar went to great lengths not to be on the show again; Finally, we saw a number of things resolve (kind of), except for that weird smell in the heating ducts at CTU.
The following takes place between 8 am and 9 am:
8:00 am – Mrs. President gets a phone call from Jack, who gives her an apology: He wanted to kill a lot more bad guys, and save more heads of state. Jack has a wire hanging from his ear while he makes this call, but everyone is too scared to tell him about it.
In the hallway, Samir is relaxing on a gurney, with a not so relaxing Jack Bullet in his shoulder. They're going to transport him for questioning. At least most of them want to do this. Someone no one recognizes as "The New Guy" waits until everyone looks in the other direction and tries to give Samir a Botox injection. He completely misses and sticks the injection in Samir's neck instead. Realizing his mistake, he makes a quick exit, stage left.
While he's headed down the stairs, he encounters Renee. She looks at him for a second and seems to recognize him from…somewhere, but she's not quite sure where. She realizes it must be from those Brooding Seminars she's been taking, and then she goes upstairs to meet with Jack.
8:02 am – Renee tries to console Jack by telling him the number of bad guys he personally shot, but it doesn't do any good. Jack talks to Cole and tells him that he and Renee are headed home where there are (usually) a lot less terrorists.
8:03 am – Tim tells Mrs. President that the delegates have arrived, and she goes off to meet them. While this goes on, Novakovich tells Minister Jamat that he sure is sorry that Hasan died. Oh, and that he sure bets Jamat is happy that Hasan died, even though Novakovich is sorry. Jamat realizes he's talking to a crazy person, and leaves.
8:07 am - Mrs. President arrives, and Jamat insists that she listen to what he has to say: He read a fortune cookie last night that seems like it fits this situation EXACTLY, so he's pretty confident. They go off to a room to talk while the writer's make up a new subplot for them.
Novakovich gets a phone call from the New Guy that gave Samir that bad Botox injection. He's following Jack and Renee's cab. In order to not arouse suspicion, he's driving instead of trying to wildly run after them.
He reports that Jack was quite through with his shooting, except for Samir – and he's been taken care of. The only problem might be Renee, who generally ends up being a problem in most subplots anyway. He's pretty sure that he recognizes Renee from a much more interesting sounding plot which we weren't fortunate enough to see.
New Guy announces that he has a death wish and is going to attempt to have Jack shoot him while pretending that he's capable of killing Jack. Oh, and he'll kill Renee too, just so things are nicely wrapped up. Novakovich doesn't think this is a very good idea, because if New Guy gets shot, he'll bleed in Russian, and CTU will know they were involved with Samir. They decide to put off dying for a while until they get to the point where they really need something exciting to happen later on in the hour.
Commercial
8:13 am – Mrs. President comes to talk to Dahlia and Kayla again, but this time she brings Jamat. Dahlia apologizes and tells him that Hasan was "super sorry" that Jamat was arrested, which would have been handy to know a few hours earlier.
Mrs. President tells Kayla that Samir was badly wounded, but will survive unless something really crazy happens like a Russian showing up with a syringe. Mrs. President promises that Samir will get a fair trial, and then will be fairly shot.
Mrs. President sits down with Dahlia and tells her that Dahlia should be the next president of Fictional Country. Mrs. President and Jamat tell her that she's perfect for the job since she falls into the Douglas Adams category of the perfect president: She doesn't want to be president in the first place. That lasts for about a minute until she realizes all the cool perks she'll get with the office, and then agrees to do it.
She meets with Agent Tim, who asks if he can go ahead with some "big plans" for CTU.
8:18 am – Cole arrives back at CTU and tells Hastings that Jack might, for the first time in 8 seasons, sleep. He also says that Samir is still sleeping, and that there's a hole in the side of Samir's neck that should be nothing to worry about.
Chloe gets a phone call from Tim. She is surprised that Tim wants to talk to her. Tim explains that they're going ahead with the peace process and the signing. Chloe quickly realizes what Tim wants. She tells him that she can never have a half man, half machine built out of Omar Hasan in time. Tim tells her that what he really wants is to know if CTU is capable handling security for the peace agreement. He also points out that Chloe is the one person that might have a clue at CTU (and says, "Hey! That rhymes!"), so he wants to put her in charge of CTU while they look around for someone stupid to take the post. Chloe tries to convince Tim that the design of the CTU entrance, the dark lights, the glass walls – none of these things in CTU were Hastings' fault. Tim tells her that the decision has been made, and that she's in charge now.
8:20 am – Chloe goes upstairs to check out of her new office, but Hastings is still there. She tells him that she doesn't think what is happening is fair. He doesn't realize she's talking about what they're doing to her, and not to him, but he takes it that way. He tells her that it's his fault they hired Dana, and that he let the snake into the garden. Chloe thinks that Hastings might be tripping out because so far she hasn't seen a garden or a snake anywhere near CTU. They decide to review protocols, which fortunately isn't a double entendre.
8:21 am – Jack and Renee arrive at Jack's apartment. Jack thinks he might have some coffee left over from the Carter administration, and goes to look for it. Renee tells Jack that she's not going to hold him to any promises, and just as she's about to launch into a big speech he kisses her to make her shut up. They start making out like crazy and Jack carries her off-camera.
8:22 am – At a building across the street New Guy kills Old Guy (who we've never seen before), just so he can spy on what Jack and Renee are doing off camera.
Commercial
8:28 am – Mrs. President prepares to leave, and asks her assistant to bring in Novakovich. Novakovich tells her that he's surprised to hear that the peace treaty signing is going forward because he knows that Hasan's penmanship is going to be terrible. Mrs. President informs him that Dahlia is going to sign the treaty, which is going to work out perfectly. They were able figure out how to get the entire parliament out of bed at whatever hour it is in Fictional Country and they going to agree to make her the new head of government, all within the last half an hour. Mrs. President is particularly impressed by this because in the United States it takes Congress a half an hour just to decide which end of the gavel to use to start a new session. Novakovich informs her that despite all this, they didn't bring a pen, so they're not signing anything.
8:30 am – Speaking of super fast – Ethan is not only already out of surgery for a heart blockage, but he's awake enough to be riding around in a wheel chair while a doctor explains how he was able to accomplish this in less than an hour. Mrs. President arrives to push Ethan around some more. This time in his wheelchair.
Ethan likes the idea of Dahlia taking over, because "she's hot". Mrs. President tells him that she needs a way to convince the Russians to get on board with this agreement because she's already got 10,000 "Russian on Board" signs that she's been saving since the 1990's, and this might her last chance to use them. Ethan tells her that she should get former President Logan involved. She doesn't like this one little bit. Ethan says that Logan has information that might help them, and despite the fact that he's a sleazy weasel, they should listen to him.
8:31 – Hastings announces to everyone at CTU that he's gotten the honor of leaving the show early. He tells them that he's sure Chloe will get the same level of loyalty and commitment that he received. Chloe appears to be hoping for a lot more loyalty and commitment than that, but doesn't interrupt. Chloe escorts him out the door, just to be sure he really leaves.
8:32 – Chloe gets a call from Cole who tells her that Samir is going into cardiac arrest, and that's not the type of arrest he was hoping to perform. A machine next to Samir that appeared to be working perfectly well a moment before by making nice "beep beep" noises, has started giving a continuous tone. Despite their best efforts to save it by putting a lot of electricity through Samir, they are unable to restart the machine.
8:33 – Chloe arrives in the CTU medical unit and realizes that the time from her taking over as the head of CTU to the time when someone died is now a new world record, and she's not happy about it. She tells Cole that they need to run a toxicology report just in case Samir started injecting himself in his sleep.
Commercial
8:40 am – Jamat and Dahlia talk when Kayla arrives to speak with her mother about what's happening. They stand around and make severe faces at each other and talk in very various dramatic ways with several clichés thrown in for good measure. Kayla isn't happy that she's going to have to call her mom President Mom now.
8:41 am – Back at the UN, Tim tells Mrs. President they've discretely moved "The Package" into conference room 3, so no one will notice. Mrs. President tells him that she is excited to meet someone from the cast of LOST, only to realize that he meant President Logan.
8:42 am – It turns out that "so no one will notice" must mean something different to Tim, because conference room 3 has glass walls and anyone can see President Logan in there just waiting. Mrs. President arrives.
President Logan gives his heartfelt apology for Mrs. President being in yet another season of "24" and she seems to accept that. She tells Logan that she wants to talk to him alone. Logan assures her that his buddy Jason, who looks like a younger version of Jacob from LOST, is AOK and has promised not to take them to any island or make them see dead people. She'll have none of that, so Jason leaves.
8:43 am – Logan and Mrs. President talk about how the Russians won't sign on to the agreement. Logan assures her that he has ways of making them sign, and he has certain "leverage" with them. Mrs. President isn't too sure about this since Logan has been a sleazy weasel before, and is likely to still be a sleazy weasel. Logan says that all the details need to be between him and the Russians, and that in no way should be the least bit suspicious. Mrs. President thinks that Logan just wants to do this because it's the last season of 24. Logan does the unthinkable for a politician: He admits he was wrong. Logan finally convinces her that since there are only a few hours left, so she should agree. He tells her that he needs to talk to Novakovich, and that shouldn't be suspicious in the least.
Commercial
8:52 – Back at Jack's place, Jack and Renee are in bed. Jack wisely gets up to get a drink, since he's thirsty. He tells her "Don't move", which is usually a bad sign. And we see that it's a VERY bad sign, since New Guy has set up a sniper rifle and intends to use it.
The phone rings. It's Chloe, who informs Renee that she thinks Samir was assassinated. Renee tells her that even though it's been six years, she's pretty sure she recognized a fake EMT and that he was Russian, because all the best fake EMT guys are Russian.
Renee walks over to try to tell Jack about the phone call, but gets shot instead, which was not part of her plan today. New Guy continues to shoot, but misses Jack completely. He grabs the phone and tells Chloe that they're going to need a medical team for Renee and some guys with bullets for the sniper. Jack grabs Renee, carries her in his arms heads for the exit of his apartment. New Guy, who has become a terrible shot, realizes he's missed his chance to kill Jack, grabs his gun and goes after them. Jack makes it all the way downstairs and gets into a waiting cab, which races like crazy to the hospital. Which means the cabbie drives like a completely normal New York City taxi.
8:56 am – Chloe tells Arlo to bring up satellite photos to see if they can find the sniper.
Jack and Renee arrive at the hospital, and Renee heads into surgery. Jack can NOT believe his terrible, terrible luck with women. He gets a phone call from Chloe. She informs him that the sniper was in the building opposite of Jack's and that the Old Guy they found dead there was unlikely to be the sniper. She tells him that Samir is dead and that Renee thinks she recognized the guy. Jack is surprised that Renee didn't tell him about this, forgetting that Renee was busy catching bullets at the time.
The doctors come out of the operating room and tell Jack that Renee will not be appearing in the "24" movie they're working on, since she's dead. Jack is pretty upset about this, and cries. No nuclear weapons detonate because of this, unlike previous seasons.
9:00 am – Time's up!
NEXT TIME ON "24": Jack grieves! Jack wants justice! Logan wants to stop Jack! Jack warns Dana! SIX MORE HOURS FOLKS! SEE YOU NEXT TIME!
Posted by: Steve (The 24 Guy) | April 12, 2010 at 11:00 PM
Taxes...UGH! I live/breathe taxes 24/7. I'm on wine break now.
Posted by: Siouxie | April 12, 2010 at 11:00 PM
"We witnessed Cole's attempt to become a Scanner to blow up Dana. It wasn't working, but he did have the right facial expressions down cold..."
"...President Logan gives his heartfelt apology to Madame President for being in yet another season of '24'..."
Ha! Thanks, Steve. I can now finally go to bed. Although it might take me a while to get to sleep, seeing as how I can't stop giggling...
...And speaking of "Scanners," you'd have thought that at some point "24's" producers would have found a role for Michael Ironside. He's one of the best screen villains out there, after all...
Posted by: Wes S. | April 12, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Thank you, Amazing Steve! I was so late but I have you :D. LOL at the observation that Hasan's penmanship is going to be terrible. At least he still had his thumb....//hangs head in shame.
As for taxes, I'll do that...umm...on the 14th.
Posted by: Gennita Low | April 12, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Back at the UN, Tim tells Mrs. President they've discretely moved "The Package" into conference room 3, so no one will notice. Mrs. President tells him that she is excited to meet someone from the cast of LOST, only to realize that he meant President Logan.
LOL! German spy Theo AKA Desmond needs to return just for fun.
Gennita, I gave my taxes to my CPA sister. :-)
Posted by: Cassie | April 12, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Great notes Amazing Steve. I think you should talk more about the "snake in the garden". Was that Freudian ? Was it a reference to a Northern Death Adder (Australia)....which..can be found in gardens and...very 24 like...is not really an adder ! (Its a cobra !)
Posted by: LeDud | April 12, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Wonderful Steve and I'm glad that someone else noticed that Ethan had the fastest recovery ever. He had a major heart attack, heart surgery, and 3 hours later he wants to go home. Usually you're still in the recovery room. 24 writers if you do medical scenes in the movie PLEASE get a real medical person to tell you what to do! You're killing me.
Posted by: nursecindy | April 12, 2010 at 11:33 PM