Monday, April 19, 2010

Doing More Math In My Head

It's 10 minutes between the UN and CTU?

Hmmm.

Jack, stealing the helo!

Chloe, how did you get these mad tactical skills in IT school?

Chloe, Girl Power

You've got to go all insubordinate.

Right now!

Improbable Convo Part Deux!

Or is it part trois?

Mme. President, you're acting like a total amateur.

I'm Doing The Math in My Head

Jack and Renee hadn't seen each other in how long followed by a one day romance, he doesn't even know who her parents are, and everyone treats him like he's the grieving spouse.

Ack, Mme. President is doing the wrong thing for the "right" reasons. That never turns out well.

Nucular! Jack's going nucular on Mme. President. But she's like the uber-mommy, chiding Jack and sharing far too much information with him...and yet looking to him for affirmation.

Sad.

Mme. President, if you think you can lock Jack Bauer down, you don't know Jack.

Hahaha!

The President, coming to CTU to take a meeting with Jack.

Ooh, good evil glare from Dana over the CCTV. The poor actress who plays Bridezilla.

Maybe the President will interrogate Bridezilla, slap her around a little bit.

(There's always time for the President to make an inspirational speech to the people on the front lines.)

Improbable Convo

And yeah, I'm believing that the President will be swayed by the dishonest and evil Veep.

Ethan, you're the moral center. But Madame President, about to do the right thing? Or the wrong thing for the right reasons? Hmmm.

President Has An Office At The UN?

That ought to ire some on both edges of the political spectrum.

Yeah, That's Unexpected

Slap her around, Jack.

Ooh, that evil glance -- she's far more evil than you're possibly imagining.

Again With The Cab!

Cabs are not a seamless mode of transportation. Especially at 9am!

Take the subway, Jack!

What's going on with the ex-President and his assistant? (And that former Marine who gave the Evil Veep the fishy eyeball? I like him.)

Jack, Playing Hardball

And making deals that he can't possibly come through on...

And, it's back to Bridezilla! Well, I was wondering whether we'd see this again.

Good Soap Opera Recap

I love it when they have someone describe the action of the last 4 episodes in about 5 sentences.

Mme. President!

We think you should repeal DADT, especially for your own dealings with foreign states.

I have to salute Cherry Jones. She's gorgeous, age appropriate and clearly has had no work done. We heart her for aging like a human being.

Whoa, that's stock footage of my hood! (And actually, the courtroom looks fairly similar to the place I served grand jury duty.

Jack!

Jack would so not be at the hospital by himself. (And they'd never move a law enforcement officer along like that!)

Ah, now Jack and Chloe might go mano a mano? haha.

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.