Yoga Pose of the Day: Ashtavakrasana

Improbable pretzel logic, much like what is up with tonight's show.

If this guy were in my class, I'd tell him to look down and forward to lengthen the back of his neck, and to smile to relax his jaw. But his hand position indicates good muscular action to the shoulders...and all else is more than optimal.

I'm still working on this pose -- and after my second glass of wine during 24, I busted it out (never recommended, but I am a professional) and did manage it on one side...

Will the first daughter turn out to be crazy (hence the whole attraction to Aaron) vs. stupid, evil, or Chloe? Where the heck is Tony? WTH is with Angelina's dad?

And will Madame President turn out to be the first diva-zen of 24 to be criminally stupid, and therefore evil, kind of by virtue of being so extremely stupid?

Recap: 8 PM - 9 PM

We had fun watching live today!! Here is today's recap:

Jack's World of Pain (WOP) = 1
Tender moments 2
Dammits = 1 (While it was heartfelt, it's was from Moss, not Jack. I also believe that Agent Moss has the personality that his name name reflects. Jack is the rolling stone, not Moss grows on him)
Perimeters = 0 we still think that is the reason this is going so badly for them.
New Rogues = 0 (but there is a possibility of an Agent going rogue - Renee)
Resurrections =0 (Come back, Bill and if not Bill, EGGAR!)
Stun Gunning = 0
Stun gunning of an inanimate object = 0
Medical Interrogations = Sadly, 0
Number of Tasers left still (I don't think they recharged) = 127
The possibility that the FBI would be in charge of something happening at the White House = ZERO! Secret Service is way more qualified from what I understand
Number of times the 25th Amendment should have been invoked = 2 (Jack opening the door and the President shouldn't be allowed to hire her possibly evil daughter)
Kills = many
Women proven evil = 0
Women proven stupid = 1 (The President)
Temporary command posts = 1
Renee/Moss arguments about Jack = 2

Dad-gelina

The whole Jon Voight as evil mastermind is interesting, if oddly improbable.

First Dammit! 8:59!

Hospital Technology

Electronic bolts on hospital doors?

And that makes sense, how?

Oh, no!

Eew, I couldn't watch that.

Jack, you're gonna look guilty if you follow the soap opera guy into the ceiling!

The Last Person...

...I'd never like to hear the words "wake up" coming out of Jack Bauer's mouth!

And the ex-Goldman banker is now ready to talk, as Jack had predicted. And the evil soap star is in the ceiling doing what???

The rules don't apply to you anymore, you bad banker, you!

What is that stuff?

Buh bye, banker boy!

The blunt fact of the matter is

Your mom is making me do this. We'd like you to be the nefarious special advisor to the president.

I think Ethan is going to take back his job offer. Or try.

Now who is evil? Ethan or Olivia?

Wow,

The boy, Quinn has some skills. As "A" says, IT makes the world seamless in the 24-verse.

While we are watching it together, all of our really funny comments are in person. We are cracking ourselves up!

ooo are we going to have a medical interrogation?

Oh no, someone is going to take care of Burnett. I think that Quinn is going to get a buttkicking.

Chalk up another one!

Another Moss/Renee argument about Jack.

(And another reminder that Moss is improbably in charge.)

And another reason for Renee to re-rogue. She's gotta turn in her badge so that she can go rogue with Jack.

And now Moss just just talked to Jack like he is a 3 year old!

Jealous much, Moss? You may have known Renee for 9 years, but how long have you two been (ahem) together? How well do you really know her, vis a vis her predilection for torture?

Back to "M", for now...

A "Controlled Interrogation"

Hah. Ethan is going to make sure that nobody stun guns any telephones or other inanimate objects.

"M" points out that Ethan was just talking to Agent Moss the same way that she does to her son, "J". "This interrogation will take place under my authority. Do you understand?"

Now, that hug between Ethan and Madame President, hmmm. Lasted a little longer than one between co-workers.

Now, Olivia is coming on board as a "special advisor"? Yeah, we need more potentially nefarious political liabilities in the White House.

"M" gives the mom's perspective: Olivia hasn't changed one whit. She's hearing what she needs to hear. And now Ethan is going to offer Olivia a job?"

So tender

"M" Here: Aw a tender mother daughter moment. Olivia is looking very shifty there after the tender moment.

And again, the FBI would NOT be in charge of anything regarding the Pres.

Game Over?

We have the President. And her nasty and not (as it turns out) resourceful daughter.

But who was Juma talking to? (One of the ex-Goldman Sachs bankers?)

Does Bill have to die? ("M" says that the concussion alone would have done it.)

Jack needs a hug.

We Love Aaron!

He should have his own show!

Yeah, This Would Be Happening

"M" has pointed out that there are multiple chain of command issues here, once again. An FBI man with the title of "agent" is running the White House invasion

The President of the U.S. is reading a statement forcefed to her by terrorists.

Terrorists are allowing Jack, Bill, and various other government functionaries to confer unimpeded

Billll!!!!!!!

Previously on 24

OK, we've been remiss -- we had a family thing over the weekend that brought "A" to Illinois, which means that "M" and "A" are together, blogging. (Unfortunately, "A" didn't feel like schlepping her laptop, and an IT issue at the office kept Chloe, I mean "M" from stopping at home for hers, so we're trading off our dad's laptop.)

On the "Previously" front, we didn't get far. Allow us to say that the most improbable events -- the Juma arriving in the US friction free, storming the White House via the sewer system, and then manipulating the leader of the free world to escape from her saferoom, thus ensuring that Juma is now in control...sigh.

Bloop, bloop. Time to get going.