24 Hour 5: 10 am-11am
My TiVo missed the first few minutes. The device has served me well for years (one of the originals) so I will cut down the lashings it receives by half. I’m more merciful than Jack Bauer, but I don’t kill as many terrorists or save the world as often.
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President Wayne is in the bunker. Karen calls Buchanan to make sure snugglebunny isn’t glowing in the dark. “Be careful.”
Four other bombs are floating around.
At CTU…
Chloe, almost (key word, “almost”) emoting for the first time since Edgar got gassed: “Why do people I know keep dying?” Quit working at a place that uses lots of guns and fights terrorists.
“Massive packet loss.” Geeks’ heaven.
Jack quit? WTF? Now, I’m really mad at my TiVo. It owes me an iTunes download. No Jack, no Curtis. Great, we’ll be stuck with Milo fighting Fayed. LA’s doomed!
LA, near nuke blast…
No chaotic panic. It’s light so few know if they glow in the dark yet.
On TV why do people who jump into the street always get deer-like and stare at the oncoming vehicle? Me, I’d jump. Jack would too.
What a lovely scene: Fayed’s van pulls away to a beautiful view of a mushroom cloud floating above California palm trees. The picture will on display at the Museum of Modern Art through July.
Fayed: Oops! Bomb went off in wrong spot.
Jack’s in shock. Ends up helping the random guy who comes up to him. Random guy doesn’t realize he just got nuked. That’s got to make your bowels churn.
Jack becomes super climber heading for the crashed chopper. Jack pulls a McGyver. Cult TV fans just had an orgasm.
Absolute chaos is ensuing yet Jack gets a cell phone signal and calls CTU.
At the White House…
Admiral is set to launch attacks on multiple countries. Tosses out nuking cities and sending them back to the stone age.
President Wayne realizes he released the scientist who worked on the nuke. Can you say, “impeachment?”
At CTU…
Assad and Buchanan meed at last. Buchanan doesn’t shake Assad’s hand. He mustn’t be a Deep Space Nine fan.
DJ Chloe zones out Morris like she zones out everyone.
I miss Kumar.
Still at CTU…
Chloe isn’t comfortable running around in heels.
Milo does his best Keanu Reeves impersonation.
We’ve gone on long enough without any of Jack’s family involved. Time to bring in daddy. Jack will talk to pops.
At the D.C. Detention Facility…
Walid will be wired to find out if there’s a sleeper cell. Not sure what good a cell in a detention facility is for the bad guys?
FBI dude to Sandra Palmer: Cork it!
What did the FBI find in Walid’s wallet, a Capital One card or a really old condom?
Back in LA…
Jack’s dad has a nice crib. Jack talks to Sam the butler. No dad and Jack’s brother, Gray (I can’t figure it out), doesn’t know where he is either. We have ourselves a family affair. We just need Kim back. Maybe Jack’s mother-in-law.
Dr. Romano, the dweeby evil mastermind with the bluetooth fetish from last season is Jack’s brother. There’s plenty of sibling rivalry waiting to be unraveled in the next 19+ hours.
Romano is still bugged that his wife had a crush on Jack. The resentment and hate is pouring through him. He’s (shiny) forehead-deep into the dark side.
At the White House bunker…
Staff and the President argues over words in a speech.
Tom wants to go hardcore: detentions and all that good stuff.
Back at CTU…
Dr. Bashir doesn’t have any more good leads. For a terrorist mastermind he’s not very helpful. Bashir’s off to D.C. Buchanan finally shakes his hand.
In LA…
Gray meets Jack.
Fake hug.
Romano smarts off and gets thwacked. Time for some Jack Bauer interrogation.
In D.C…
President Wayne is scared. Tom acted semi-human.
In LA…
Jack wants to keep Romano’s head fresh. I want to do the same thing to my TiVo for missing out on the first five minutes.
INHALE…
EXHALE…
All better.
Blogs4Bauer has its liveblog up. Magic Lamp already has an episode summary. Both Wizbang and HotAir have open threads.
Jack quit about 9:58, just before the nuke went off.