Previously On 24: 8am - 9am

Ok, I'm still not watching live these days -- it's all on "M"!

Last week. Let's see, the peace agreement is on the verge of salvage, as POTIR's flawless widow has been persuaded to take his place. (His spoiled daughter, Faline, seems to have lost sight of the fact that she's partly responsible for dad's death...)

This starts to unravel the fact that the Russians (hah, those wily and evil folk) are not actually on board, the Prime Minister tells Mme. President that the Russians won't recognize POTIR's widow and won't sign the accord, per the order of Russian President Suvarov. (Remember him?) Apparently Suvarov only person in the universe who isn't on Mme. President's speed dial.

And it turns out that the Russian prime minister is in cahoots with the bad guys. He's got a connection who seamlessly dresses up like an EMT and moves to the scene of POTIR's death and dispatches with Samir, who dies an unpleasant looking death back in the CTU medical suite.

From there, the Faux EMT's plan is to follow Renee and Jack, who have decamped in a cab -- Jack having had yet another convo with Mme. President and once again resigned from CTU -- and kill them both.

Hastings has been removed from his posting as head of CTU. His replacement (wait for it) Chloe, is quick to request a toxicology panel for Samir.

According the resilient and recovering (Evil?) Ethan, Mme. President's only diplomatic avenue to conversation with the rotten Russkies is to engage with the criminally discredited (and then apparently pardoned?) ex-President Logan (formerly known here as the Evil Veep) who has an inside connection with them.

"M" and I predict that things will not go well for Mme. President.

Jack and Renee go back to his place for a (quick, extremely quick) roll in the hay.

The ick factor is high, extremely high.

While Jack is making coffee (WTH?), Chloe calls Jack to check in, and Renee picks up his phone. Chloe quickly informs Renee about Samir's murder (verified by the tox. panel, go Chloe) and Renee realizes that she might have recognized the Faux EMT from her old cover as a Russian mobster's moll and requests to see the files from that case.

But not before the Faux EMT kills the guy across the street from Jack's pad, watches Renee and Jack roll around (eew) and shoots Renee mortally.

Jack runs down to the street, puts Renee into a cab...because hospitals are closing all over NYC, he doesn't get her to a trauma center quickly enough and she dies.

Jack is in a World Of Pain.