Recap

Yawn, this was the dullest episode ever.

Dammit =1
Women proven stupid =1 (Samantha)
Women proven evil = 0
Perimeter = 0
Improbable one on one Presidential foreign policy conversations = 1
Predictions true = 1 (Tai, she called that Brian was eeeevil)
Predictions false = 2 ("A", she thought that Brian was adorable! and that Samantha was evil!)
Dead Black men = 0
Bauer kill count = 0
Bauer faux kill count = 1
Resurrections = 0

No Chloe, no Bill, no Karen, no Eggar Curtis or Nina! No Kim, or other Bauer spawn (i.e. the nephew/son).

I can barely keep my eyes open. (Hopefully Renee won't have the same issue.)

And Craig, "M" and I are remarkably juvenile, but we are Gen Y (sounds better to me than middle aged): we don't ever remember the entire country being so uproarious about an inauguration. A neighbor who was in high school when Kennedy was elected said that she doesn't remember the country being this excited then. "M" is deciding to watch at home or office, and I'm going to City Hall in NYC, to watch on a big screen TV hopefully in the City Council hearing room. More likely on the front lawn, freezing my tuchas off!

God Bless America!

"M", anything to add?

Yes, "M" is actually GenX and was very happy to watch inside in our new little "CTU" room at work in the basement. I think it was the ENTIRE WORLD that was uproarious about this. I did find myself trying to make a 15 year old care last night..... The Faux kill was my favorite for the episode. She's not dead, she will be able to unearth herself, much like Buffy did in Season 5. I believe.

"A" adds, Freudian Slip, we are both Gen X. And haha, "M", another good Buffy tie in. You know who should have played Janeane/Janis? Eliza Dukshu! aka Faith. "M" adds, yes she would not be so mopy and kick total @$$

Split Scren Montage

The last 30 seconds were awesome!

It's Just A Flesh Wound

Jack used that gun like a scalpel...

The ditch...

I cannot stop laffing. That is the perfect place for a faux execution!!!!!!!!!!

Slap him!!!!

Come On, Renee!

Jack's gonna kill you!

Efficient, and Effective

The hand of justice moves pretty quickly, this whole torture investigation has been mounted and really gained some steam in the last hour!

And they can hear the call between the terrorists like 15 minutes after it happened!

Life is good in the 24 verse.

And they know that there is a leak!

12:51?

This is the least action packed episode ever.

This little ethics discussion is making me feel like yawning...

oooo a cuppa joe for a weapon

I never saw that coming!!!!!!

Maybe he will carve Brian;s initials in the carpet with his almost paralyzed fingers

Tai, You Were So Right!

The First Man, I suspect, will have to die. Brian is a bad guy!

And we were right, too. Samantha is eeeevil, too!

Or maybe not...it looks like we were wrong. She's gonna get set up?

But how will Brian be off the hook? Didn't he have to sign out with the First Man?

And, Samantha is proving that she's stupid. "You can't call until you're locked down, ma'am."

Ayup.

Um, DUH

It's obvious that he has feelings for Renee!!! There is always an inappropriate romance. Janis is so right. Leave it to a man to be so oblivious!

Renee, You'll Be Sorry

You shouldn't have doubted Jack. (He's gonna have to faux kill you and dump your body.)

Then how will you live with yourself?

Another Scorecard Category

I'm going to start counting improbable one on one policy discussions between the President and staffers. Like she's gonna decide about an invasion just after talking with (Maybe Evil) Ethan.

And again, on the briefing: she knows who Tony is and that he's not dead -- and we've only known this for like 3 hours or so. Information knows know boundaries in the government of the 24-verse.

(and more signs of the inappropriate relationship between Renee and her boss...she's been insubordinate and rogue, but he's all moony about her...)

Brian!

Tai, you may be on the money. Who is Brian's "friend"?

Brian, you are a cipher!

Check With Your Source At The Bureau

Whadda blabbermouth. Yeah, they will interrogate Renee. But will it be a medical interrogation?

Danger Room

would have been a better name for the safe room.

Dammit! The good looking bad guy got the drop on Renee. I'm imagining some kind of Patty Hearst masquerade, sort of attempt to assimilate with the terrorists.

Or not.

Janeane/Janis

I'm frankly stymied by her character. There is no there there.

What the heck is she doing on this show? She had better turn out to be a truly dastardly evil mastermind. It will be annoying if she is just stupid

On another matter, wouldn't they put gas masks into a safe room?

Obameter

Here's a site that is going to track Obama's record on his campaign promises. (I suggested that they make a counter, like the Bush countdown clock, which we're gonna have to replace...)

Jack's Been Briefed on FBI Procedures

He knows all about where Tac teams are dispatched from -- even though it is not his coast, and he's been on the run for how long? And has been on trial?

Jack reigns supreme! (And the good looking head terrorist seems to trust him, too. He thinks that one of his formerly loyal (now dead, but probably still good looking) guys rolled on them to the FBI.)

"M" went to some kind of meeting on daycare (send "j" to college already! he is advanced, after all) and will be joining us shortly.

Renee! Get Back Here Now!

She's not only going rogue, but she seems to have had time to reapply her makeup.

Getting Ready for Some Action

Hoping to see our friends Tai and Craig stop in (and we miss our old blogging friend LPK more than we miss Eggar.) (And Craig, please tell MacKenzie that "M" and love to craft, too!)

Questions for tonight: will Ethan be good (per Craig) and Brian be eeeeevil (per Tai)? What did Chloe and Bill do with Karen? What about Jack's nephew/son from last season? Is the First Man stupid or evil?

What about TEYOP, or have I forgotten that he's dead?) Will the writers go back to their habit of killing all black men (we miss Curtis!) -- this seems particularly unfair when one of the story lines is about Africa.

And, with less than 15 hours to go before the inauguration, will "W" take the only step he can possibly take: pardon Jack Bauer!

And now, in honor of our first Black president, David Palmer: