9 - 10 PM recap

Wow, I think the season is finally picking up. New story line introducting a WMD shipement an awesome fight scene... This is what it's all about....

Jack was crying about the loss of his family, but there was no mention of the Spawn of Bauer. Did he end of being Jack's son?

Stolen classic cars = 1 I'm still trying to find what kind of car it is. it was SWEET
Hotwiring of cars = 2 (one was highly improbably since it was a newer truck!)
Dammits = 1 (agent moss is coming through for us)
Perimeters = 0 again! still think that is the reason this is going so badly for them.
New Rogues = 1 (Renee, alas she is in holding)
Resurrections =0 (I want EGGAR!)
Medical Interrogations = 0
Number of times the 25th Amendment should have been invoked = 0
On-point = 1 Go agent Moss
Kills = 2 one of which was a quality kill of Quinn
Women proven evil = 0 (my money's on Olivia)
Women proven stupid = 0 but we have a good case against the prez still
Renee/Moss arguments about Jack = 1 (sorta)
Chloe/Morris arguments about Jack = 1

'M's yoga pose of the day. Look it's the plot of 24! Take it away "A"




Heh, good yoga pose, "M". My only disagreement is on the 25th amendment. I was invoking it myself on grounds that Madame President is totally snowed by her nefarious and really nasty and lipwear-challenged daughter.

At least Tony is back in the game. (And how about Aaron, we need for him to come back soon.)

Hair gel moments =1
and I might request a new category -- lipwear continuity. (But only if I watch on my laptop again.)

(Yo, I can watch Dollhouse on the computer. That might be worth watching again, there was an excellent fight scene in that one, too. And I think that the "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill" head fake is going to be starting to unwind, can't wait to see how we start to get some of the girl power we know Joss is all about...at least my prediction, any other Joss fans out there?)

Bloop, bloop!

And one more prediction?
a) Madame President and Daddgelina have "history" (and Olivia is whose daughter?); or,
b) Daddgelina and Olivia have a thing going on.
c) the obvious "both a, and b"

Check Craig's recap of all of the cars Jack has stolen this season here...

m16's are great for home protection

Don't tell me Quinn fell for the old BullDozer over the construction trailer trick. Best fight scene yet. I might have to watch that again.

Wow that was pretty cold. He took the knife right from Quinn's chest. That was through a bullet proof vest!

I think that some of Joss Whedon's old fight choreographers must have been involved. (Didn't that remind anyone else of Buffy and Faith throwing down?)

And still with the not getting any blood on him?!

Those kids, they'll text one another to break up, why not text the location of the WMDs! And, Kevlar, it's like buttah to Jack.

Split screen montage!

(and no previews online, I don't think...)

Careless...

Jack after saying trust isn't your biggest asset, how could you NOT check the door first! You know this Quinn has these skills

"The Hubby" said that if Red from That 70s show had stayed in WI, he would not have these problems!

I thought I recognized the Senator! (Guess I don't watch enough TV.) He might be the Senator from WI! I'm sorry to see him go.

"Trust isn't my biggest asset" is a classic Jack Bauer line. Is it possible that some of the old writers are coming back?

Hair gel moment: Ethan, in the meeting with Madame President and Olivia...she sure has Madame Mom snowed!

(Can you say 25th Amendment? Where's the Veep?)

Oooo the shipment is a WMD 9:44

Sounds like a bioweapon. This does not bode well for the US if Jon V gets his hands

D'oh, Janeane/Janis is in charge of comms and credentials? (Moss is on point. Finally, someone is on point. (Sigh, I miss Curtis.)


And who else will guess with me, the Senator is gonna help Jack escape? (Duh, nobody, I'm the last person watching!)

Morris talking to the babysitter? 9:32

"Give Precott his babu? What the hell is a babu???

Janis is really blah. At least Chloe was scowly.

I think that his Babu might be a sock puppet made by Prescott's Aunt.

Blowfish 145? Isn't that the name of a band? And shouldn't he be asking for a written guarantee, rather than counting on Janeane to be a witness...or is does a secret brother and sisterhood of IT people act as enforcers in these circumstances? Hmmm.

Jack Jack... or the writers... 9:24

Oh my, this dialogue between the senator and Jack really needs help. And WOW, I'm horribly disturbed by the Taco Bell with the man masquerading as a pregnant woman to get food into a sporting event EEW on so many levels

and I'm missing the commercials, but that looks disgusting. (I thought you Tivo'd it, "M", what are you doing watching commercials?)

And what are those rubes doing giving Madame President a standing ovation less than 2 hours after she has let terrorists run amok in DC, including the 30 minute siege on the White House?

(And whatever happened to the First Man?)

And Olivia's lips change color and shininess in every shot! This is distracting -- watching on the computer adds a whole new set of dissonances to the situation. For one thing, what year is it supposed to be? (Renee telling Jack about Starkwood's corporate expansion, did she say 4 years and "while you were gone"? As if he wouldn't have kept tabs on this stuff...)

The Senator 9:21

If I wanted you kill you, you'd be dead already! You tell him Jack. Jack, you are an enigma. But I think that the Senator messed his drawers.

Uh, Senator, can't you see I don't have any blood spatter on my nice clean white shirt? (What was he wearing when he and Tony buried Renee? And where are Tony and Chloe, anyways?)

The Chief of staff 9:19

I'm surprised he was so snivel-ly

and Moss is coming thru with our Dammits!! Another heartfelt one! Jack has gone soft!

On the Paul Ekman face reading front, the nefarious daughter's emotion when talking to Madame President about the changes to the speech is "contempt".

(This could be her actual emotion, hey, I went to Yale Drama School, WTH am I doing here? We'll see!)

And what, does she apply extra lip gloss between camera shots? (Continuity!)

And along with the Dammit, Larry takes his shot at the "what do you see in this guy," line of dialogue.

Uh, Senator, I suspect that Jack's gonna be in your study. (Anyone but Jack would probably be helping himself to the 12 year old scotch.)

Shipment?!? 9:09ish

Is the shipment like the missles last season? Shipment, what shipment. Oh man, Jon Voight... UGH. Is he gone to throw down on his assistant? No they are getting ready for a pajama party!!!

The picture is so good on my Mac that I was afraid that Jon Voight was going to spray spit on me.

And I had to subsequently wonder why Renee's access hadn't been cut off, or her phone taken away. Banks sure know how to deal with that when someone gets fired -- and the government can't handle that? There's a comment about bank nationalization somewhere in the back of my mind, but I have had a long week and I just can't pull it off...

And finally, a first for this season -- Larry didn't engage Renee in the "what do you see in this guy" discussion. (And I couldn't hear what he said after he told her to go home and get some rest -- I listened twice. Was it "cook me up some dinner, woman?")

Mac.. oops

I think that was in his Man Purse

and I think that Janice/Janeane and Renee are wearing the same color lipstick. Who borrowed from whom, I wonder?

Does my TV stink, or is the laptop letting me see everything in HD? I could see that Morris, for example, shaves his head.

The other thing, I recently took an online course on recognizing facial emotions (from Paul Ekman). So I'm reading Janeane/Janis' predominant facial expression for this season, and it has been fear. Hmmm. Is she acting, or is Janeane wondering (as we all are) "WTH am I doing here?"

Wait, seriously, Renee's access hasn't been shut off? (And the scene of Jack downloading and uploading while driving made me a little nervous!)

Jack, you go 9:01 PM

Steal a classic car, is that a GTO?? And it has a MacBook in it. Morris is back YAY!! Who is watching the baby?????

How could he bear to break the window on that Goat? What a gorgeous car.

And Renee, I think you should call an employment attorney before you sign anything...

9 - 10 PM A little behind but I'm on TIVO

"A" is at a meeting and I'll be cathing up. Sorry everyone!

This is "A", reporting in later on. Sigh, I got my VCR setup and I can't even bear to tell you what went wrong with it. And it has been an intense week. But now I'm watching on my computer! (Shut up!) Everyone's skin looks terrible. And the previews seemed to last forever!

Ok, let's see what happens.

Previously on 24: 8pm - 9pm

OK, first of all, I don't know if the blog will be attended "live" tonight. (Head on over to Dave Barry's for that whole thing.) "A" has book club, and "M" often is reading to her son, "J"...

The improbable siege at the White House ended in an equally improbable but predictably bloody manner. Sob, Bill has gone on to his inevitable next life, obviating the need for us to wonder about what happened to Karen...and giving Jack one more thing to add to his World Of Pain.

Madame President and her potentially evil (and proven to be nasty and not all that resourceful) daughter have come to a siege-induced rapprochement (spell check, please!?) Possibly evil Ethan has been forced to offer Olivia a job as a "special advisor." She makes no bones about the fact that she's out to get him.

In all of the siege ending, Juma is killed. (Another handsome, if evil, black man down for the count.)

Aaron is injured, and possibly getting the hots for the nasty and age-inappropriate Olivia. (Or maybe he's feigning affection, because he knows that she's nefarious.)

We love Aaron, and hope that he won't fall into Olivia's thrall.

It turns out that Jon Voight (aka Daddgelina) is an evil mastermind behind this whole thing, and is in cahoots with the ex-Goldman bankers and whoever else.

No sign of Angelina. No sign of the First Man, either. He's still at the civilian hospital, although they did seem to have set up a MASH unit in the East Wing to deal with siege casualties -- maybe they can transfer him over.

Agent Moss -- yes, someone with the rank of "agent" talks on the phone with the President, and while I'm no expert, I can rely on my knowledge of the Bureau's org structure gained by repeated viewing of the X-Files (and not the later season when the Terminator guy tried to replace Mulder): wouldn't you have to be at least a Director?

But I digress. Moss and Renee have at least one more conversation revolving around Moss' incredulity about Renee's affiliation with Jack.

Larry, believe it and let it go.

Then, Moss suspends Renee indefinitely, setting the stage for her to re-rogue.

Jack is secretly approved to interrogate the ex-Goldman banker, now hospitalized. For some reason, he's allowed in the room without any backup, though he is being watched on TV. (Is that what they mean by post-modern?)

It is not a medical interrogation. But of course, Jon Voight has sent over another guy (do I recognize him from one of the soaps I watched last year when down for the count with a cold?) who crawls through the ceiling, shuts down the video feed, disables Jack with knockout gas, and whacks the banker, leaving the door locked from the inside.

Leaving Jack looking like he had really done it, now!

(Of course, Jack has no blood on him, which I assume might lend credence to his claim that he hasn't slit anyone's throat. But the soap opera guy is also bloodless, and sneaks off into the ceiling friction-free, no bothersome blood gloveprints,droplets or other forensic signs of his nefarious actions.)

Jack's only choice? Of course, he's gotta go rogue. He calls Moss to tell him that he's not guilty and still on their side.

But he forgets to ask for Renee's personal cell number.

Now, I don't have to leave for book club for another 45 minutes. Is that enough time for me to figure out how my VCR works? Or should I call the neighbors across the hall and ask if their 12 year old can come over and program it for me?

Bloop, bloop?

(And no money has changed hands for the post of, or use of, the image from the Rogue Ale website. In fact, "A" is a Bass Ale woman, and "M", I believe, prefers a lager. However, we'll have to make sure to find and drink a Rogue during at least one of the upcoming episodes.)