Janis asks Sean to open up a "fresh socket." Ah, it's been 21 months since we've had a fresh socket.
Is it legal to "oh snap" the president's Chief of Staff?
Have you ever seen so much green in a computer room?
When you tell a terrorist "I will never do that," you're basically saying "I would like the torture now, please."
The crawl space is glowing bright green. This must be the place.
Janis doesn't need Sean's negativity today. Save it for next season.
Is it a good idea for your stealth camera to beep when you switch it on?
The bad guys have a surveillance camera that delivers pictures from 20 minutes ago? That's useful!
Tony's got a silencer on his gun, but Bill's too cool for that.
So they call up John Billingsley and say, "you remember that episode of 24 you did for us? Well we'd like you to come back again for a small part." Actually, lots of small parts.
With the CIP module destroyed and the guy who built it now dead (hey, why did Dobaku kill him anyway, when he could have forced him to build another one?), we have 15 minutes to come up with a new crisis.
Kidnapping the First Gentleman will do. He tries to slam the door on his next attacker, but it's no good because we all know the key is under the door mat.
Bill doesn't want to let the president in on the scheme. He figures working for the president will make things even more like every other season of 24.
What's the deal with the waitress? Is this a "terrorists are people too" scene?
Dobaku's day planner must look very interesting. Death, death, death, death, lasagna, death, death...
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I don't know if it's because I've seen too many action movies (they've done this before on 24, too) but I find it rather frustrating that the ONLY guy to escape the assault on the secret lair is the main villain. couldn't they have let a few more henchmen escape? I know we need to keep the story rolling with the villain, but only him? just a bit too comic-booky I think.
the highlight of the episode was my boss's cameo. well, not really, but we have a "plant manager" here named John Brunner and they said his name a dozen times it was awesome. Janis' reactions were cool drama moments (she's having a tough day!) but you gotta think at a poisonous chemical factory they would have a better method of averting disaster that doesn't involve self-sacrifice.
poor waitress girl will show up in a few episodes like "oh I'm early I just thought... uh oh...." and step in it. big time. I LOL'd when Dobaku said "it's been a long day."
the mole
I'm actually not sure which part of the scene with Dubaku escaping was more disappointing - the part where (as The Mole said) he's the ONLY bad guy to escape...
...or the fact that he escaped by walking *OUT THE FRONT DOOR* and this went unnoticed by our crack team who had everything else covered.
(cue the clown music here)
Here's the sequence:
Jack & Co. will find the waitress.
They'll learn about her connection with Dubaku.
Jack will threaten to torture the waitress unless Dubaku returns Henry Taylor.
Jack will torture the waitress until Dubaku returns Henry taylor.
Dubaku will return Henry Taylor.
People will probably get shot and die a lot in the handover.
Then, it's on to the next crisis!
(Liked you Eddie Izzard nod there...)
I love how Walker's hair looks like a shampoo commercial, even though she's been dead and buried just a couple of hours earlier.
And don't you just love big shot terrorists who ride the subway home? Awwwww.
Frankly, this episode was pretty boring. Nothing much happened, and the little that did, we'd seen it *many* times before (and not just on 24).
And what's the deal with the cliché one-liners here? Are they a dime a dozen? "Believe me, you will" or "He's the reason we got this far" haven't sounded fresh since the last ice age.
FKL
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