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March 22, 2010

24

Here is where we stand:

Last week CTU headquarters was blown up by a bomb hidden in a car driven by Generic Islamic Republic President Sham's daughter Kayla, who was guided straight from the terrorist hideout to the CTU entrance tunnel by the crack CTU team. That's right: The agency responsible for protecting the nation from terrorism, through its own cluelessness, managed to get itself incapacitated by a terrorist bomb.

So now, with CTU even more dysfunctional than usual, there is nobody to stop the terrorists from bringing the Lethal Atomic Rods of Doom into Manhattan except our boy Jack Bauer, who has fully recovered from being stabbed in the stomach by his girlfriend Renee three hours ago and is now, we hope, going to swing into action, by which we mean something more than shouting into the phone.

Speaking of the terrorists: Kayla's boyfriend Tarin is apparently still one of them, since he set Kayla up to be disintegrated, although she managed to get out of the car just in time, so maybe they will still have Feelings for each other.

In subplot action:

Bill Prady, the world's most diligent parole officer, is hanging around asking Dana pesky questions about her ex-boyfriend Kevin. We have no idea where this subplot is going, but it refuses to go away, so we're starting to wonder if maybe Agent Walsh is a mole, seeing as how CTU is required by law to always have one on the payroll.

Edgar is still dead.

Be sure to stay tuned in the comments section after the show for the traditional impossibly quick analysis by The Amazing Steve, who we suspect is using time travel. Meanwhile, here's a scientific poll:

Do you think Dana is a mole?
No.
Yes, but you can't see it unless she removes her... Oh, IS a mole. Yes.
If they use the mole plot twist one more time, I am going to shoot the writers in the head.
Not that this would cause them to suffer any serious damage.
Montpelier.
  
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UPDATE: The terrorists set off a Dramatically Sparking Wires Bomb.

UPDATE: "Agent Skaggs?"

UPDATE: Phil can shut down all bridge and tunnel traffic into the city. Phil has that power.

UPDATE: Those terrorists are some BAD shots.

UPDATE: I love when they tell where the bad guys are using the o'clock system.

UPDATE: That guy is SO clearly fake that only a moron, or Hastings, would believe him.

UPDATE: Unless I am wrong.

UPDATE: This here is some really bad acting.

UPDATE: Check out Jack's tasteful bachelor apartment!

UPDATE: YES! CHLOE!

UPDATE: The lesson: Never get between a woman and her trunk line.

UPDATE: Meanwhile, Jack and the terrorists are setting a world record for Most Missed Shots.

UPDATE: It's a good thing everybody thought to bring along 67 million bullets.

UPDATE: Chloe has taken precautions.

UPDATE: Hastings does not appear surprised that a probation officer from Arkansas would appear at CTU headquarters at 5 a.m. during a terrorist attack.

UPDATE: Jack is hit! But it's only a bullet wound. He will be fine. This is the shootingest episode EVER. But it does lead one to ask how come Renee could find Jack in, what, 11 minutes, while CTU had to wait for Chloe to get into the trunk line.

UPDATE: Agent Walsh is definitely not following normal agent procedures.

UPDATE: Well knock us down with a feather. Agent Walsh IS a mole.

UPDATE: Next week: Jack is fine! And of course more shooting. Take it, The Amazing Steve.

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I think the Stooges saw Kayla's picture.

Hahaha!!! I missed the Manilink tonight! :D Yay, me!

However, the mole link MORE than made up for it. >< *gagretch*

Hi Diva!

Hi, Cassie!! *waves*

Diva,
Have you started Gennita's books yet? ;-) OMG, she wasn't kidding with her Virtual series. So hot.

If 24 doesn't get better, I swear, 10 or 11 more episodes and I am giving up!

Hi homey. I'm in to the end.

I'm sure Kayla stil has "feelings" for Tarim...and Tarim had better hope Jack finds him before she does.

As for tonight's jpoll question, Dave, I'd suggest not wasting ammo on the scriptwriters. As you say, shooting them in the head wouldn't really hurt them...and it's a waste of ammo sorely needed for dealing with the current crop of fools, knaves and poltroons we call "Congress."

*snork* @ homey WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL CAPS MARCH??

Cassie - I have a couple other things on my list first because I'm helping a friend out with her reading list for her new books committee at the library. BUT ... I might have to take a hiatus and sneak in one of Gen's. :)

*seconds Wes vehemently*

Checking in. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Oh, wait, the show hasn't started yet.

Pre-emptive zzzzs are the new black.

Thanks, Diva!

...Of course you know: Now the Secret Service will be coming after both of us... ;)

Well Diva, I got yelled at a bit last week for the caps lock. Now I turn it off when I'm here even though it looks like yelling and this show needs more yelling.

In other news: HI DIVA.

Ready to go! I'll post about an hour after the show is over. Or maybe yesterday. This time travel thing is confusing.

Hey Wes. I wonder how many of those in Congress are going to be re-elected this year. Hopefully very very very few.

IT TOTALLY NEEDS MORE YELLING, HOMEY. ESPECIALLY "DAMN."

*waves @ Andy*

Steve, you got a DeLoren that goes 88 mph? ;-)

You guys are the only reason to watch really.

*SMACKS* Andy! wake up!!!


WINE ready!

ANY OBJECTIONS TO CAPS LOCK MARCH?

Hey Andy and Pat

Steve, clearly you need a hot tub. For the time travel, I mean.

Wow, that's Loudmouth. I miss you all when I have to work Monday nights.

please insert "right" before Loudmouth.

Cassie, I don't, but I may have a Chevy that can do *maybe* 19.

Siouxie, did you bring enough for everyone? ;-)

NOT FROM ME, HOMEY!

*switches channel from DWTS*

House is looking scummier than ever.

HOMEY, COMMENCE THE MARCH!

OK GUYS, DIVA SAYS IT'S COOL. SO TO GET STARTED I HAVE ONE QUESTION:

THE RODS?

Cassie, I have lots and lots of boxes-o-wine!!

CHEERS!!

BLEEP! BLOOP! BLEEP! BLOOP!
Ron? I have a name it's Dorothy. It's not Tootsie or Toots or Sweetie or Honey or Doll.
BLEEP! BLOOP! BLEEP! BLOOP!
No. I don't have the right shoes for it, I don't like the way the horizontal lines make me look to hippy, and it cuts me across the bust.
BLEEP! BLOOP! BLEEP! BLOOP!
I think I'm gonna give every nurse on this floor an electric cattle prod, and just instruct them to just *zap* him in his badoobies.
BLEEP! BLOOP! BLEEP! BLOOP!
You slut.

*The 1984 version of "Meet the Mets" begins playing*

(Shoot the Mets! Shoot the Mets!
Shoot the Mets! Shoot the Mets!)

Shoot the Mets! Shoot the Mets!
Head for the park and stab the Mets.
Nuke rods, otters all out at Shea,
Guaranteed to have a really bad day.
Because those Mets are really dyin' and all,
Throwin' those body parts over the wall.
Long Island, New Jersey, Brooklyn, Queens, Uptown and Down,
"Shoot the Mets!" That's the cheer all over Generic Islamic Republic town.

(Shoot the Mets! Shoot the Mets!
Shoot the Mets! Shoot the Mets!)

Shoot the Mets! Shoot the Mets!
Head for the park and stab the Mets.
Nuke rods, otters all out at Shea,
Guaranteed to have a really bad day.
Because those Mets are really dyin' and all,
Throwin' those body parts over the wall.
Long Island, New Jersey, Brooklyn, Queens, Uptown and Down,
"Shoot the Mets!" That's the cheer all over Generic Islamic Republic town.

JACK BAUER POWER HOUR!
JACK BAUER POWER HOUR!
JACK BAUER POWER HOUR!
JACK BAUER POWER HOUR!
JACK BOWAH POWAH OWAH!
J A C K B A U E R P O W E R H O U R !

Brought to you by: JackSack™ ("JackSack™'s loves a good game of ball...") and ChloeSack™ ("ChloeSack™ doesn't like foul balls...just clean ones.")

LET'S GET READY TO ROOOOOOOOOOOOOMBLE!

This season's "24" intros are brought to you in memory of my dear friend Michael "Sparky" Bushaw, who passed away the day after this past Christmas. Sparky, my fraternity big brother, best man at my wedding and best friend for the last 20 years, was the one person with whom I watched "24" when it originally premiered on Fox. Always a fan of the show, I believe it fitting to dedicate this season in his memory. Rest in peace, brother...I miss you!

Previously on 24: We were never so thankful for terrorists.

The question is, is this season a lost cause or is there any chance whatsoever it will get better?

And second, will Milton get his stapler back?

Milton & the Stapler WBAGNFA Saturday morning cartoon, by the way.

I think the "previously" is going to be all the action we'll get tonight.

Hi everyone! I'll be half-watching tonight as I help someone type his homework. Save the world, type my paper sort of thing.

Hi Cassie! Hi Diva! Hi Siouxie! Hi Tropic!

The Dana swing-line subplot seems to be a staple of the show. Buncha reds, if you ask me.

homeybeef,

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Hello eveyone.

Hi Jeff

Kill the redneck subplot and it might get better.

Hi Gen!!

Terrorists just took out CTU.

Good.

Maybe now Jack can DO SOMETHING!!!

Damn, those 5AM calls are a bitch.

Hi Gennita. OMG you weren't kidding about the Virtual books. Too damn hot. "... war was some macho form of arts of crafts." Bahahahahah

DOES CTU HAVE A PERIMETER AROUND CTU?

If we're lucky, maybe Timothy Olyphant will walk over here from the F/X channel and shoot the redneck subplot right in the ten ring, just like he did to Shane on "Justified" last week.

What populated areas are those Brian? The empty tunnels?

Please oh please let Jack do something other than yell into his phone.

Kayla survived Medical?? What what what?

CTU just became a runway...

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Oh wow, Hastings, that's JUST what we need to get CTU functional again: "damage assessment reports."

In triplicate, no doubt.

WELL MITCH, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, THEN I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS.

Electromagnetic pulse. I like the sound of that.

Jack doesn't have time. What a surprise!

Who's this guy?
Traffic cams? How much traffic is there at 4 am, even in New York?

Hey Gen!

It's ok..they're half-acting.

Off topic--was Chase carrying Jack's jacksack (TM)?

Siouxie, is it really that much???

CTU = Pinball Wizard??

But he already went over the Williamsburg Bridge, so he's IN THE CITY.

WTFBBQ, Jack.

ACROSS THE EAST RIVER!

Um, sorry, I got excited about the rod-truck driving across all the ex-mobster bodies.

And Kevin.

CTU is deaf, dumb, and blind. Truer words were never spoken.

Ahh... does he really love her? Damn... he's going to have a redemption arc. Gaaahhhh

Turn that frown upside down, mister.

Using Kayla. The only way to get the rods in play.

Tarin will be in his bunk. Again.

tarig has too much conscience to be a really, really bad guy.

But...he loves me...

Your boyfriend ain;t dead, lady.

She can't act at all, can she?

That's Ms to you, Mitch!

Yes send her away back the the UN. Ready the cougar trap for her.

Oh oh, underwater frogmen project again?

THE RODS

homeybeef are you using that caps lock again???? I'm 5 minutes late and look what happens.

Is Kayla really that stupid?

Uh oh. Bad guy perimeter!

Hey, maybe Kevin's body will pop up in the water.

I don't understand, Diva.

I take it back. Even at 4 am there is no way the streets are this empty. It's Manhattan, not Omaha.

Hiya cindy! I gave him the go-ahead cuz you weren't here. ;-)

*waves to cindy*

What? Jack's phone doesn't work?

Dammit! Drink!

"Dammit."

*drinks*

SORRY CINDY BUT CLM HAS BEEN APPROVED.

Jamming Jack's cell phone: DAMMIT!

12 year old agent is going to be sacrificed, isn't he?

Hi Diva. I may let him slide. A little bit. I've been painting all day and I have to say 24 makes more sense when you're high on paint fumes.

*snork* @ Kayla.

*drinks*

ONE OF THEIR BEST????

At least they're shooting. To no effect, true, but they're shooting.

And nobody calls 911.

One of their best agents?

Jeez, don't they have grenades?

Hi everyone! At least the beginning is a little more exciting this week. Now Hastings misses Chloe.

Use the force, Jack. With that automatic weapon, you can't hit anything.

WHAT IS THIS THING THAT THE TERRORISTS HAVE GOING ON HERE? IT'S LIKE THEY HAVE THEM SURROUNDED WITH NO ESCAPE...THEY SHOULD HAVE A NAME FOR THAT

Lots of gunfire. Not enough killing. Zzzzzz.

A call box? Really?

Hi Cindy!

Here, have a drink!

I'm not waiting for key words. I'm going to drink continu....ously until....the end of the s....how.

Lousy marksmanship all around.

And you'd think with all the unsuppressed automatic weapons fire going on, somebody would already have called the cops...

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