Monday, January 30, 2006

Boy, You've Got a Lot of Nerve Gas

This week's random thoughts on 24:

Behold the demonstration of how deadly this new nerve gas is! The only way it could be more lethal is if it killed you before you even opened the container!

Now wait... you're circulating descriptions of the nerve gas containers, but not telling anyone what's inside to avoid a panic? Don't you think the big biohazard symbols on the top are going to tip anyone off? ("Ah, they're just... empty. They're... uh, movie props! Yeah, that's it! But still, just for fun, don't open them. No, seriously, do not open them.")

Dear God, Diane and Derek are still there? Somebody tell them they gotta get out of there before they wind up dead!

So, Martha Logan went to hide in a very ironic place -- the stables.

Ooo... Aaron Pierce has been around since year one. Is he finally going to get some significant action and/or drama tonight? (He did! He did!)

Wow, here's a twist: the mole confesses! Of course, he was already basically found out anyway, but I was expecting at least one episode of him fidgeting around trying to escape his impending caught-age before that plot came to a head.

Jack is manly enough to totally pull off the "man bag." (And when it's Jack Bauer carrying it, I believe it's a "man bag" and not a "man purse.") And it's a brilliant writing device cribbed from classic cartoon characters. If they're in a bind a few episodes down the road and have to suddenly equip Jack with some random item, he can just reach in the bag and "have had it all along."

Holy crap, Buchanan! Way to tell off that nassty hobbit!

How is Evelyn not fired at this point?

Man, an eye-ectomy would have been a really bitchin' way to earn that "graphic violence" warning this week. But then, I'd have totally caved, too.

When I saw that CTU team starting to raid the shipping container, conspicuously missing Curtis (or anyone else we know from CTU), I was pretty convinced that something was going to go horribly, horribly wrong for them. Another good bait-and-switch this week.

Weird... Diane and Derek get their own "box" at the end of this episode? Oh well, I guess at least now we know for sure that they finally made it out of CTU alive.

Tune in next week when we find out what consequences "Badger" (see that actor's appearances on Firefly) was referring to.

5 comments:

Jono said...
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Jono said...

(sorry, had to delete original message)

Personally I loved how the "mole" confessed. It made perfect sense in that he turned a sure disadvantage (Bauer coming to reveal the truth) into an advantage (he pretty much would have controlled the office of the President from then on).

Only through the Secret Service trusting Bauer did the mole's back-up plan go to crap.

BTW... anyone have any idea who the man in the shadows on the other end of the mole's phone might be? I'm sure by like hour 15 we'll find out what the REAL terrorist plan really is with him. (chuckle)

Anonymous said...

And we also conclusively learned that last week when Chloe's boy toy was taken into custody...CTU does in fact have Red Shirts for their security guards. Poor bastards...

Anonymous said...

aawww... I wanted to see Jack torture somebody! they are really teasing me with these weak confessions! I did like how Jack flaunted his reputation in Walt's face "surely you must have read my file..."

go Pierce! that guy is awesome. despite how he's been in every season, Jack only sorta-knew him. cute moment: "you're... Pierce, right?"

the verbal hobbit beat-down was fun. that decisive pause was well done. just when you think he's gone all jerky, he switches right back to cool. I hope they can keep it up.

pres Logan's bit was great. too much to descibe, what a rollercoaster he went through in such a short time!

the mole

thisismarcus said...

The fact that they resolved the airport so quickly and then two moles in two episodes gives me faith that they've got a lot more good stuff to come. LOL about the stables BTW!