So, it appears that the 24 writers are following the plot structure of season four, as we saw the "main bad guy to this point" killed at exactly the 1/3 mark through the day, exactly like last year. Enter new main bad guy. Season four was my least favorite overall to this point, so I must say I'm a little unsure of this development.
Logan is really putting the "pot" in POTUS -- as in pot calling the kettle black: "Take responsibility and do your job."
And Lynn is turning into a Logan himself, ordering Jack out of the field during a crisis, and yelling at the people working under him.
Only 24 could make a tense sequence out of deleting files from a computer. (Kudos to composer Sean Callery, who always ups the ante with his music on stuff like this.)
This Nathanson guy is totally playing Doom. He starts with a pistol, picks up a semi-automatic, and is forced back to the pistol before the fight is done. I swear, if he hadn't been killed first, we'd have seen him pull out a chainsaw or some sticks of dynamite.
Jack proves his badassness this week by taking out a helicopter with his pistol. Oh, don't get me wrong -- I totally believe Jack could do it.
In your pocket? What, is that 19 canisters of nerve gas in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Oh... okay, a chip.
That Steve... always dialing the wrong extension.
"Data mining" is totally this season's "opening a socket." (That is, it's the vogue bit of CTU tech-speak.)
If Martha Logan thinks her husband will grow a spine if she puts herself in harm's way... well... I think she's probably right.
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I think that Martha's plan is to divert the Russian motorcade so they wouldn't get kilt. This show is so hackneyed but I still watch it and get excited every week.
What was "the twist you won't believe" at the end of the show? Martha getting in the car? Jack choking Curtis? An angry Hobbit? I was kinda looking forward to a twist.
I didn't care if Logan's wife put herself in harm's way. but Pierce! argh he better not be doing the "jump in front of the bullets" thing. that really helped bring up the tension level... they've killed enough been-around-for-a whiles this season.
Lynn made a massive swerve from cool to jerky this week. he finally mentions his missing keycard. his ...precious... keycard. can't he just get another one and invalidate whatever codes were on the missing one? I know.. quit nitpicking... :-P
Jack taking out the Boss-Character helicopter was freakin sweet! let's hope they put that in the video game!
and we got a few refreshing Chloe-isms this week! yeah!
the mole
Nice cliff-hanger made juicier by Martha's lack of knowledge re:protocol... now Aaron is along for the ride!
Nathanson and his pursuers were spraying the room with bullets and managed to hit nobody for a really long time.
Other than that, a lot of boring office politics this week. This must be the slump you told me about.
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