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[Ingram]

If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice.

Oh and...

Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.

These are awesome.

[Julie]

My roommate and I spent about an hour last night pissing ourselves reading them.

[thirtyhelens]

And I re-iterate...

Oh, and Chloe's new "boyfriend"? Dude's a mole.

Did I call it or did I call it?

[Julie]

And I re-iterate...
Did I call it or did I call it? 

Well played. However... I knew they wouldn't let us down by making it that flat out obvious, I liked the twist that he didn't know he was doing it.
Very enjoyable episode. So glad Jack got to kick some ass again but that cracked rib is going to play an interesting part in the rest of the season. The Jack and Audrey scene nearly killed me (silly, silly girl I am) and I loved seeing Chloe emotional, even if she is socially inept. And you should have seen my roommate and I when we realized that the doctor was not a doctor but the assassin and thought he may have killed Tony... priceless. I have a feeling, however, that Walt isn't the only problem in the white house, the way his conversations with the president went lead me to believe he may also be involved somehow. Maybe he's planning on swooping in and saving Russia so he'll get the rest of the world into some sort of pact. All I know is that this is much more far reaching than it appears. And.... team.

[Ingram]

Jack Bauer is my God. What an excellent follow-up episode to the first set of four, really tied up some loose ends and made some good progress with the story. As for comments and questions:

I wonder what sort of role the 'first crazy™' is going to play because now CTU knows about the white house involvement there is nothing new for her to tell anyone important - maybe her story will act as confirmation of what Bauer will tell the President. Although next episode it is clear that Mike will be the only sympathetic character to Bauer in terms of White House staff.

I can see that there is going to be a lot more - oooh Jack we all thought you were dead - but only in order to keep to the unity of time apparent. It will get real old real fast though. Except in the case of Tony; if that dude ever wakes up then I seriously want some male bonding. Problem is unless he wakes up in the next couple of episodes it will seriously stretch believability to bring him into the story in any meaningful way.

I think I'm finally on-board with Astin's character, since he didn't try to pull any stuff with Jack I can only assume he is on the level. Aside from that the power conflict between him and Buchanan may still boil over. And we have yet to know whether he authorises any action by Jack, although intimated to it at the end of this episode.

All in all good stuff. Oh and 30H you were right...ish.

[Omniscia]

Why it there always a mole inside CTU? It's getting a little old.... And who didn't immediately figure out that the "doctor" was going to try and off Jack? I kinda wish Jack's temper hadn't flared up, though, and he'd let the guy live, and hope they could glean some information from him. If he did anything to Tony, though, he got what he deserved.

And that cracked rib of Jack's will probably just take some tape and a couple aspirin to fix. Remember his knife wound from Day Four? That didn't slow him down any...

If the First Lady winds up in the hands of the Chechens (though they still haven't been confirmed as such), I'm going to throw my hands up in defeat and just try and accept it.

Finally, do you suppose we'll see any more of Wayne Palmer? His thread was kind of left hanging...

[Ingram]

No way would that guy have known anything. It would have been a long shot.

[thirtyhelens]

I knew they wouldn't let us down by making it that flat out obvious, I liked the twist that he didn't know he was doing it. 

Yeah, pretty much the only route to go so as to prevent it from being a repeat of AIEEEEEEEE!sha from last season. Though given the fact that this time it's a fella and last time it's a chick, well there's the "Joel's a misogynist" argument again. Now, now, don't flip out all of you, I'm not championing it; like I said before, I don't know the man personally so who's to say. But he makes it SO damn easy sometimes. Oh, and I WAS right Ingram...if I had said he was an evil mole I would have been right-ish. All I said was he was a mole.

I loved seeing Chloe emotional, even if she is socially inept.

She's the most interesting character on TV at the moment, by a long shot. Not merely in and of herself but for what she brings to a show that sorely needs a dose of realism to keep it in check. (Yeah, I know, I like the implausible hijinks too, but still...)

[Ingram]

Oh, and I WAS right Ingram...if I had said he was an evil mole I would have been right-ish.  All I said was he was a mole.

No way. You were off 30H, off by a miliscule margin sure, but off nonetheless! I've come to expect a little more microscopic accuracy from your predictions.

[whitey]

saw this posted on another forum and thought it was pretty funny.

[Julie]

Superlative.

[Ingram]

Oh dear

[thirtyhelens]

Anyone who continues to insist that 24 is right-wing propaganda after tonight's episode needs a big fucking smack in the face.

They probably voted for Nader, too.

[Omniscia]

Anyone who continues to insist that 24 is right-wing propaganda after tonight's episode needs a big fucking smack in the face.

Well, as long as torture always works and always gets the critical information within the space of a minute, they'll keep saying that. I'm not saying that I feel it's propaganda, but that's a central tenet of many arguments I've heard. It's quite enjoyable as long as you keep your head on straight and never for a moment assume it's even remotely reflective of reality.

Anyway, this week was much better than last, as far as I'm concerned, although I am a bit miffed that President Logan (is his predecessor dead, or still comatose?) still doesn't have the fucking balls to rebuff Cummings. Good thing Aaron's still around. And what happened to Mike?

That said, I'm a little concerned about next week, because, if the IMDb is to be believed (I know, I shouldn't look...), Kim's back. We shall see, though.

[Kick in the Head]

Saw a trailer for the new season in the UK. Sky One - February. Does anyone know if there's a more exact date?