Saturday, March 12, 2005
6pm - 7pm - LittleSiUK
Many thanks once again to Si for another great recap. Leave him a comment and let him know what you think!
Jack vs. McLennan Forster!
Another great episode this week, as Jack faces off against the company Marwan used to launch his attack on the power plants, Tony is put in charge of CTU, and a very welcome old face returns.....
Tick, tick, tick.....
It's 6pm and Curtis is in the lobby of the Rockland building, with the now disabled override device in hand. He is on the phone with Edgar, who informs him that using the alias, Harris Barnes, Marwan had in fact been working with McLennan-Forster on the design and development of the override. Curtis can barely believe that is possible, ordering Edgar to get the company to freeze all of their files on Marwan so either he or Jack can go check them out. Gee whiz, I wonder who that'll be? To be fair, they should go together - they make a cracking team!
Sadly, it's not up to me and after receiving the information, Jack informs Curtis he will be the one to go. He then asks him to escort Paul and Audrey back to CTU. However, when he passes this on to said couple, Paul insists on going with Jack. Apparently, his company installed MF's entire IT system and he can get them in through back doors that "they don't even know about."
Slightly suspicious, as is Audrey, Jack agrees and the two head off. Hey, this is cool, Jack and his girl's ex forced to join forces - the same guy he also tortured and thought was evil an hour ago. This should be interesting. That said - Paul could still be evil. A little too convenient he knows the MF systems inside out isn't it? We shall see....
An emotional moment now as the distraught Erin says goodbye to her daughter's body over at CTU, before it is bagged and tagged. Poor poor Erin. She tried so hard to help her daughter....and all for nothing. Surely she can't stay in command now?!
On the main floor, Sarah delivers the bad news to Edgar, who naturally is concerned that Maya was able to top herself so easily in their clinic, whilst under watch. Sarah snaps at him for asking too many questions and he tells her softly she doesn't have to be so hostile - he was only thinking out loud. Yeah Sarah, you may be very hot indeed, but Edgar stopped 104 nuclear meltdowns today, do that and you can moan at him!
She then heads into the conference area to tell Heller, just as Erin herself enters. Heller tries to comfort her and is shocked when she insists on staying. He doesn't have time to argue though, the President is calling.
Keeler congratulates both of them on a job well done and then asks for an update on Marwan. The two of them believe that now he is at large, he may try to activate his other cells - the meltdown may not have been the end-game. As far as finding him goes, they're not having much luck....
Cut to the man himself, as he bins his nifty CTU outfit and flags down a bus. The sun sets in the back-ground as he boards.....
6:09 - In a brief with the assembled CTU staff, Tony breaks down Marwan's background, including his history and employment details in London, England some years ago. They are unsure as to where and when he was radicalised, but they do know that from the moment he entered the states, everything he did was in preparation for today's attack. Sarah is still going through the files, but after establishing his Harris Barnes alias, she believes he used McLennan Forster covertly as a base for his operations. Tony questions Driscoll as to whether they should start concentrating more of the field teams out looking for Marwan on this mysterious corporation, but she is non-responsive. She then excuses herself and hurries out. Tony is clearly concerned, but tries to press on anyway. Sarah interrupts - she believes Erin should be relieved of her command. Edgar argues, the nice guy that he is, that they should cut her some slack. Before a full-blown argument erupts, Tony steps in saying it is not their decision, nor do they have the luxury of time to deal with this....
Meanwhile, Audrey and Curtis arrive back, just as Jack calls her. He requests that she go back to the hotel with a security team to rest, but she wants to stay and help her father. He relents, at which point she asks him to do all he can to take care of Paul. This is clearly an uncomfortable topic of conversation for Jack, and he agrees. When the call ends, Mr. Raines attempts to patch things up between them, saying he doesn't resent Jack but at the same time is not going to give Audrey up without a fight. He knows she still has feelings for him and is going to do his best to keep them alive. Jack simply says "You're gonna have to do what you gotta do..."
Yeah, bring it on mate!
In her office, Erin, Heller and Tony discuss what Marwan's next move might be. The Secretary believes that he will now try to make a strike as soon as possible to show they are still vulnerable. He certainly has enough cells still active to accomplish this. Again, Erin seems distant and nearly collapses, prompting Tony to call a medic. Once she is led from the room, Heller finally decides to relieve her of her command. He will ask Division to send over a replacement. Tony objects. He ran this place long enough to know how to handle this situation, and although he's not fully competent with the new systems, he believes he is capable of taking over. Heller is hesitant, as Tony isn't even officially working there, but eventually he gives his consent. However, he is still going to call Division to get someone sent over....Who could that be I wonder.....?
Just downstairs, Sarah is still filtering through all the data they have on Marwan. Curtis asks for an update and she informs him that Habib had full security clearance whilst working at MF. This is a scary thought, a terrorist with inside access to a defence contractor, as Curtis notes. He asks if there's anything else, and she pulls up some new Intel on her computer. As well as manufacturing weapons, it seems MF also trains certain clients in the use of those weapons. These include international clientele, such as the Balkans, Asia, and the Middle-East! All your favourite terrorist hot-spots then really! Curtis realises that this would have been a prime opportunity for Marwan as far as both recruitment and the retail of weapons is concerned. This threat may be bigger than they thought. Sarah is naturally unnerved, unable to dig any deeper, as only Jack can do that from within the building. Something else then hits Curtis; whatever Bauer and Paul find there, it is going to reflect badly on the company, it is likely they will not want this information leaked.....
Now, we get our first glimpse at the scary corporation, accompanied by particularly ominous music. In fact, the exterior of this place looks suspiciously like that of the District headquarters in which Palmer stayed during season 3 and the latter part of 2....
Inside, Gene McLennan, the director, is informed by John Reiss, another executive, that CTU is on their way over and that it may not be in their best interests to grant the agents with everything they need. It seems one of their employees is responsible for the terrorist attacks in the US today, and if they get full access to his files, and the true extent of his actions whilst working under the company were to be revealed, it could mean the end of them. He reminds Gene that he has put everything he has into building this company and he can't let CTU destroy it now because of this. He suggests they cover up the evidence. Gene is unsure, so Reiss implies that in the worst case scenario they could even go to jail for this........
Jack and Paul arrive outside and are granted by Dave Conlon, the head of security. The man is clearly up to no good and has his own agenda, pretending to be helpful, but obviously doing anything but. He tries to make excuses as to why Jack can't speak to Gene McLennan himself, but Kiefer just pulls his good old "don't mess with me face" and reminds Dave subtly that this is a matter of national security. Conlon goes off to see what he can do and Jack points out to Paul that something is definitely not right here.....You can say that again!
Gene consents to Reiss's plan, who promises to take care of this. Just then, Jack and Paul are escorted into the office, quickly being introduced to Mr. McLennan. Jack requests that they be given full access to the company's database and that their IT system be taken off-line so that he can look through Marwan's files. Gene agrees to give them all they want and Conlon goes to take care of it......
Back in CTU, Erin sits sobbing to herself in the clinic, when Heller enters to see her. He attempts to comfort the woman and delivers a nice piece about how he first reacted to the death of his wife, ending with - "You cry, you blame God, you blame yourself, then you cry some more and let your friends help you. It's a slow process and it is very painful.....and I am so so sorry that this has happened."
It's a very touching scene, after which Erin agrees to leave CTU....
Heller goes back to the floor now, where Curtis is rather unhappy. He is upset that, as second in command, he was passed over for the position of director by Tony. The secretary tells him that it is only because Tony has experience running this place, but this doesn't seem to appease the agent. Curtis states for the record that he doesn't like it, and then storms off. Now this is interesting, I think Curtis is great, and Tony is too obviously, yet here are two cool characters pitted against each other! Thanks writers, I don't know what to do now! Do I side with Curtis or Tony?! I suppose if you really twisted my arm I'd go with Tony, but Curtis is mightily cool. I'll be keen to see where this goes and it was a nice addition to the episode.....
In MF, Conlon shows Jack and Paul to Marwan's workstation, so that they can start their digging. Paul sets about doing so immediately and notices that a lot of the files have been deleted. As there is no time given, Jack surmises that someone could have deleted them just before they got there. Someone who didn't want them to view those files......
That someone, the naughty Reiss, is busy in McLennan's office monitoring the pair's progress on his own computer. Through this, he is able to stay one step ahead of them as they search the database and delete major files before they get to them. Gene is still very nervous, what if the men get around it and find what they are looking for? Reiss says that if it looks like that is going to happen, they'll be forced to set off an EMP to cover their tracks. McLennan is stunned, that would cripple them electronically!
"That's the point" - explains Reiss coldly.
6:38 - Erin hands her pass-codes and key-cards over to Tony, before finally making her grand exit. In true ‘someone important is leaving CTU' fashion, everyone stops and stares. What's also nice is that the track used underneath this scene is the same piece of music that accompanied Mason's exit of CTU back in season 2 ep 14. Yes, I watch 24 too much, get over it!
Tony heads over to Edgar and tells him that Driscoll said he was the most reliable person there and that he should go to him if he needed anything. The man is obviously chuffed and quite taken aback, go Edgar!
As Tony leaves though, Curtis sneakily tries to change what Mr Stiles is working on. He thinks it would be best for him to go through the satellite images taken around the Rockland building after Marwan got out. Tony notices this, and promptly stops Curtis in his tracks. The two argue, after which Tony tells him to relax - he'll be out of there soon enough, in the meantime his goal is the same.....
6:43 - Marwan meets with a man named Yosik in a dark, sinister looking alley. He tells him he is okay, but that CTU will be using everything they've got to track him now he's free. Yosik claims that their men at the air-force base are still on schedule, which pleases Marwan. Hello! What dastardly deed is this?! I'm afraid we'll have to wait at least another week for the answer to that one.....
Using those trusty back-doors he spoke of at the top of the hour, Paul realises he is actually able to rebuild the deleted files Reiss tried to get rid of earlier. Reiss is stumped by this, and concludes that Paul must know a way around the system that they do not. Gene panics, if this information gets out, it's going to look like they sold arms to terrorists! Reiss says they have no choice but to use the EMP, CTU will simply think Marwan was responsible. He calls someone in research who is taking notes alongside some sort of testing room, barred by a steel door. A sign on it reads - "Electro-magnetic shielding - Keep closed during testing". The researcher is told by Reiss to activate the EMP and to open the shield door. This is not a test. He then hangs up and looks to Gene, the bomb will take 10 minutes to charge up fully. Good, time for one more ad break then.....
On the main floor of CTU, Sarah is confused. The phone taps Edgar wanted her to put in place at the MF building aren't working because their amplitude just began to fluctuate wildly. Edgar tries Jack's cell, but apparently it is out of range. The landline also fails. Informing Tony, they attempt to send a message to Jack over the network.....
Still working at MF, a pop-up window flashes onto Paul's computer screen, displaying Tony's message for Jack. The two speak to each other using this method and try to figure out what is happening. As they do, Paul finds something on the computer, but it is encrypted. Instead, he prints it out whilst Jack checks another workstation. A warning is displayed with the words "EMP Armed" flashing on and off. Jack is shocked and warns Tony, who orders Sarah in turn to ground any choppers they have in the area, for if they are flying when that thing goes off, then they're going down. (For more information on EMP's, check out the research files on the FOX site). Edgar in the mean time tracks the source of the problem to the exact floor in the building that houses the EMP. He tells Jack, who runs to try and stop it.....
Paul grabs the printout, but is intercepted by Conlon. He asks him if they found anything useful and Paul directs him to the printer in the corner. He then makes a break for it and is pursued.....
Jack reaches the EMP room, but 3 men are guarding it. Uh-oh.....
Paul takes refuge in a darkened office room and successfully evades Conlon....
Back upstairs, Jack takes on the 3 men by himself and floors them all in quick succession. That beats the two men Curtis beat up at once last episode!
He then hurries into the EMP room and taps frantically away at the keyboard to try and stop it. It's no use. It goes off.
Paul watches in horror as the lights on the surrounding buildings go black. This is a chilling shot. He tries to run, but Conlon stops and corners him. He demands the location of the print-out.........
I actually thought Paul would be killed here, as Jack had just told Audrey he would protect him. Still, there's always next week for that........
Back in CTU, Edgar reports they have a chopper down and Tony demands medics be rushed to the scene. He then updates Heller who tells him that they have a replacement for Driscoll already. Tony is surprised, and visibly disappointed. Heller asks him to stick around anyway and help Ms. Dessler. I'm sorry, who?!?!?!?
We then get our first glimpse of the much missed Michelle, looking quite fierce actually, as she marches through CTU with two agents flanking her. Tony can't believe it!
"You know her?" Heller asks.
"I used to be married to her....."
6:59:57 6:59:58 6:59:59 7:00:00...........
Well, Monday night looms ever closer and going by the teasers, ep 13 is going to be another scorcher! I can't wait........
Also worthy of note, is how the writers have yet again done what they do so well and completely changed how we perceive a certain character. I actually quite like Paul now!
Stay tuned for 7pm - 8pm.......
Jack vs. McLennan Forster!
Another great episode this week, as Jack faces off against the company Marwan used to launch his attack on the power plants, Tony is put in charge of CTU, and a very welcome old face returns.....
Tick, tick, tick.....
It's 6pm and Curtis is in the lobby of the Rockland building, with the now disabled override device in hand. He is on the phone with Edgar, who informs him that using the alias, Harris Barnes, Marwan had in fact been working with McLennan-Forster on the design and development of the override. Curtis can barely believe that is possible, ordering Edgar to get the company to freeze all of their files on Marwan so either he or Jack can go check them out. Gee whiz, I wonder who that'll be? To be fair, they should go together - they make a cracking team!
Sadly, it's not up to me and after receiving the information, Jack informs Curtis he will be the one to go. He then asks him to escort Paul and Audrey back to CTU. However, when he passes this on to said couple, Paul insists on going with Jack. Apparently, his company installed MF's entire IT system and he can get them in through back doors that "they don't even know about."
Slightly suspicious, as is Audrey, Jack agrees and the two head off. Hey, this is cool, Jack and his girl's ex forced to join forces - the same guy he also tortured and thought was evil an hour ago. This should be interesting. That said - Paul could still be evil. A little too convenient he knows the MF systems inside out isn't it? We shall see....
An emotional moment now as the distraught Erin says goodbye to her daughter's body over at CTU, before it is bagged and tagged. Poor poor Erin. She tried so hard to help her daughter....and all for nothing. Surely she can't stay in command now?!
On the main floor, Sarah delivers the bad news to Edgar, who naturally is concerned that Maya was able to top herself so easily in their clinic, whilst under watch. Sarah snaps at him for asking too many questions and he tells her softly she doesn't have to be so hostile - he was only thinking out loud. Yeah Sarah, you may be very hot indeed, but Edgar stopped 104 nuclear meltdowns today, do that and you can moan at him!
She then heads into the conference area to tell Heller, just as Erin herself enters. Heller tries to comfort her and is shocked when she insists on staying. He doesn't have time to argue though, the President is calling.
Keeler congratulates both of them on a job well done and then asks for an update on Marwan. The two of them believe that now he is at large, he may try to activate his other cells - the meltdown may not have been the end-game. As far as finding him goes, they're not having much luck....
Cut to the man himself, as he bins his nifty CTU outfit and flags down a bus. The sun sets in the back-ground as he boards.....
6:09 - In a brief with the assembled CTU staff, Tony breaks down Marwan's background, including his history and employment details in London, England some years ago. They are unsure as to where and when he was radicalised, but they do know that from the moment he entered the states, everything he did was in preparation for today's attack. Sarah is still going through the files, but after establishing his Harris Barnes alias, she believes he used McLennan Forster covertly as a base for his operations. Tony questions Driscoll as to whether they should start concentrating more of the field teams out looking for Marwan on this mysterious corporation, but she is non-responsive. She then excuses herself and hurries out. Tony is clearly concerned, but tries to press on anyway. Sarah interrupts - she believes Erin should be relieved of her command. Edgar argues, the nice guy that he is, that they should cut her some slack. Before a full-blown argument erupts, Tony steps in saying it is not their decision, nor do they have the luxury of time to deal with this....
Meanwhile, Audrey and Curtis arrive back, just as Jack calls her. He requests that she go back to the hotel with a security team to rest, but she wants to stay and help her father. He relents, at which point she asks him to do all he can to take care of Paul. This is clearly an uncomfortable topic of conversation for Jack, and he agrees. When the call ends, Mr. Raines attempts to patch things up between them, saying he doesn't resent Jack but at the same time is not going to give Audrey up without a fight. He knows she still has feelings for him and is going to do his best to keep them alive. Jack simply says "You're gonna have to do what you gotta do..."
Yeah, bring it on mate!
In her office, Erin, Heller and Tony discuss what Marwan's next move might be. The Secretary believes that he will now try to make a strike as soon as possible to show they are still vulnerable. He certainly has enough cells still active to accomplish this. Again, Erin seems distant and nearly collapses, prompting Tony to call a medic. Once she is led from the room, Heller finally decides to relieve her of her command. He will ask Division to send over a replacement. Tony objects. He ran this place long enough to know how to handle this situation, and although he's not fully competent with the new systems, he believes he is capable of taking over. Heller is hesitant, as Tony isn't even officially working there, but eventually he gives his consent. However, he is still going to call Division to get someone sent over....Who could that be I wonder.....?
Just downstairs, Sarah is still filtering through all the data they have on Marwan. Curtis asks for an update and she informs him that Habib had full security clearance whilst working at MF. This is a scary thought, a terrorist with inside access to a defence contractor, as Curtis notes. He asks if there's anything else, and she pulls up some new Intel on her computer. As well as manufacturing weapons, it seems MF also trains certain clients in the use of those weapons. These include international clientele, such as the Balkans, Asia, and the Middle-East! All your favourite terrorist hot-spots then really! Curtis realises that this would have been a prime opportunity for Marwan as far as both recruitment and the retail of weapons is concerned. This threat may be bigger than they thought. Sarah is naturally unnerved, unable to dig any deeper, as only Jack can do that from within the building. Something else then hits Curtis; whatever Bauer and Paul find there, it is going to reflect badly on the company, it is likely they will not want this information leaked.....
Now, we get our first glimpse at the scary corporation, accompanied by particularly ominous music. In fact, the exterior of this place looks suspiciously like that of the District headquarters in which Palmer stayed during season 3 and the latter part of 2....
Inside, Gene McLennan, the director, is informed by John Reiss, another executive, that CTU is on their way over and that it may not be in their best interests to grant the agents with everything they need. It seems one of their employees is responsible for the terrorist attacks in the US today, and if they get full access to his files, and the true extent of his actions whilst working under the company were to be revealed, it could mean the end of them. He reminds Gene that he has put everything he has into building this company and he can't let CTU destroy it now because of this. He suggests they cover up the evidence. Gene is unsure, so Reiss implies that in the worst case scenario they could even go to jail for this........
Jack and Paul arrive outside and are granted by Dave Conlon, the head of security. The man is clearly up to no good and has his own agenda, pretending to be helpful, but obviously doing anything but. He tries to make excuses as to why Jack can't speak to Gene McLennan himself, but Kiefer just pulls his good old "don't mess with me face" and reminds Dave subtly that this is a matter of national security. Conlon goes off to see what he can do and Jack points out to Paul that something is definitely not right here.....You can say that again!
Gene consents to Reiss's plan, who promises to take care of this. Just then, Jack and Paul are escorted into the office, quickly being introduced to Mr. McLennan. Jack requests that they be given full access to the company's database and that their IT system be taken off-line so that he can look through Marwan's files. Gene agrees to give them all they want and Conlon goes to take care of it......
Back in CTU, Erin sits sobbing to herself in the clinic, when Heller enters to see her. He attempts to comfort the woman and delivers a nice piece about how he first reacted to the death of his wife, ending with - "You cry, you blame God, you blame yourself, then you cry some more and let your friends help you. It's a slow process and it is very painful.....and I am so so sorry that this has happened."
It's a very touching scene, after which Erin agrees to leave CTU....
Heller goes back to the floor now, where Curtis is rather unhappy. He is upset that, as second in command, he was passed over for the position of director by Tony. The secretary tells him that it is only because Tony has experience running this place, but this doesn't seem to appease the agent. Curtis states for the record that he doesn't like it, and then storms off. Now this is interesting, I think Curtis is great, and Tony is too obviously, yet here are two cool characters pitted against each other! Thanks writers, I don't know what to do now! Do I side with Curtis or Tony?! I suppose if you really twisted my arm I'd go with Tony, but Curtis is mightily cool. I'll be keen to see where this goes and it was a nice addition to the episode.....
In MF, Conlon shows Jack and Paul to Marwan's workstation, so that they can start their digging. Paul sets about doing so immediately and notices that a lot of the files have been deleted. As there is no time given, Jack surmises that someone could have deleted them just before they got there. Someone who didn't want them to view those files......
That someone, the naughty Reiss, is busy in McLennan's office monitoring the pair's progress on his own computer. Through this, he is able to stay one step ahead of them as they search the database and delete major files before they get to them. Gene is still very nervous, what if the men get around it and find what they are looking for? Reiss says that if it looks like that is going to happen, they'll be forced to set off an EMP to cover their tracks. McLennan is stunned, that would cripple them electronically!
"That's the point" - explains Reiss coldly.
6:38 - Erin hands her pass-codes and key-cards over to Tony, before finally making her grand exit. In true ‘someone important is leaving CTU' fashion, everyone stops and stares. What's also nice is that the track used underneath this scene is the same piece of music that accompanied Mason's exit of CTU back in season 2 ep 14. Yes, I watch 24 too much, get over it!
Tony heads over to Edgar and tells him that Driscoll said he was the most reliable person there and that he should go to him if he needed anything. The man is obviously chuffed and quite taken aback, go Edgar!
As Tony leaves though, Curtis sneakily tries to change what Mr Stiles is working on. He thinks it would be best for him to go through the satellite images taken around the Rockland building after Marwan got out. Tony notices this, and promptly stops Curtis in his tracks. The two argue, after which Tony tells him to relax - he'll be out of there soon enough, in the meantime his goal is the same.....
6:43 - Marwan meets with a man named Yosik in a dark, sinister looking alley. He tells him he is okay, but that CTU will be using everything they've got to track him now he's free. Yosik claims that their men at the air-force base are still on schedule, which pleases Marwan. Hello! What dastardly deed is this?! I'm afraid we'll have to wait at least another week for the answer to that one.....
Using those trusty back-doors he spoke of at the top of the hour, Paul realises he is actually able to rebuild the deleted files Reiss tried to get rid of earlier. Reiss is stumped by this, and concludes that Paul must know a way around the system that they do not. Gene panics, if this information gets out, it's going to look like they sold arms to terrorists! Reiss says they have no choice but to use the EMP, CTU will simply think Marwan was responsible. He calls someone in research who is taking notes alongside some sort of testing room, barred by a steel door. A sign on it reads - "Electro-magnetic shielding - Keep closed during testing". The researcher is told by Reiss to activate the EMP and to open the shield door. This is not a test. He then hangs up and looks to Gene, the bomb will take 10 minutes to charge up fully. Good, time for one more ad break then.....
On the main floor of CTU, Sarah is confused. The phone taps Edgar wanted her to put in place at the MF building aren't working because their amplitude just began to fluctuate wildly. Edgar tries Jack's cell, but apparently it is out of range. The landline also fails. Informing Tony, they attempt to send a message to Jack over the network.....
Still working at MF, a pop-up window flashes onto Paul's computer screen, displaying Tony's message for Jack. The two speak to each other using this method and try to figure out what is happening. As they do, Paul finds something on the computer, but it is encrypted. Instead, he prints it out whilst Jack checks another workstation. A warning is displayed with the words "EMP Armed" flashing on and off. Jack is shocked and warns Tony, who orders Sarah in turn to ground any choppers they have in the area, for if they are flying when that thing goes off, then they're going down. (For more information on EMP's, check out the research files on the FOX site). Edgar in the mean time tracks the source of the problem to the exact floor in the building that houses the EMP. He tells Jack, who runs to try and stop it.....
Paul grabs the printout, but is intercepted by Conlon. He asks him if they found anything useful and Paul directs him to the printer in the corner. He then makes a break for it and is pursued.....
Jack reaches the EMP room, but 3 men are guarding it. Uh-oh.....
Paul takes refuge in a darkened office room and successfully evades Conlon....
Back upstairs, Jack takes on the 3 men by himself and floors them all in quick succession. That beats the two men Curtis beat up at once last episode!
He then hurries into the EMP room and taps frantically away at the keyboard to try and stop it. It's no use. It goes off.
Paul watches in horror as the lights on the surrounding buildings go black. This is a chilling shot. He tries to run, but Conlon stops and corners him. He demands the location of the print-out.........
I actually thought Paul would be killed here, as Jack had just told Audrey he would protect him. Still, there's always next week for that........
Back in CTU, Edgar reports they have a chopper down and Tony demands medics be rushed to the scene. He then updates Heller who tells him that they have a replacement for Driscoll already. Tony is surprised, and visibly disappointed. Heller asks him to stick around anyway and help Ms. Dessler. I'm sorry, who?!?!?!?
We then get our first glimpse of the much missed Michelle, looking quite fierce actually, as she marches through CTU with two agents flanking her. Tony can't believe it!
"You know her?" Heller asks.
"I used to be married to her....."
6:59:57 6:59:58 6:59:59 7:00:00...........
Well, Monday night looms ever closer and going by the teasers, ep 13 is going to be another scorcher! I can't wait........
Also worthy of note, is how the writers have yet again done what they do so well and completely changed how we perceive a certain character. I actually quite like Paul now!
Stay tuned for 7pm - 8pm.......
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Friday, March 11, 2005
Transcript Update
The very awesome Dan Smith has sent me his transcript of the first episode of Season Four and it's now online for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy and be sure to pop Dan an email and thank him for his hard work!
Don't worry though, he's still toiling away on Seasons 1, 2, and 3 so keep coming back!
Don't worry though, he's still toiling away on Seasons 1, 2, and 3 so keep coming back!
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
5pm - 6pm - LittleSiUK
Put your hands together for season 4!
This season is getting better and better, literally by the minute! I think the show has really benefited from the later start this year, allowing for a much more cohesive and smoother running story. Personally, I am lovin' it, episode 11 especially, for reasons that will soon be made clear!
Anyway, just what have Jack and co. been up to lately? Last time we saw them, Audrey was led to believe her husband was a terrorist, Jack arrested him, Curtis was kidnapped, Marianne was shot, and good ol' Tony was reinstated! YAY!
So, without further ado, let the clock start ticking as we roll on past 5pm.....
We are in Mr. Raines hotel room as the latest hour kicks off, and he remains unconscious and tied to a chair, after Jack happily landed a punch on his face last episode. Before he questions him, Mr. Bauer suggests to Audrey that she leaves the room as he will do "Whatever I have to...." To get Paul to talk. Lol, he's never said that before.....
Anyway, Audrey insists she will stay, obviously having not spoken to Syed Ali, Tomas Sherek, or Marshall Goren about her boyfriend's interrogation techniques.
About this time, Paul is roused from his slumber by Jack smearing cold water on his chest and head with a sponge. He firmly denies all knowledge of the building in Chatsworth where the terrorists planned today's attacks, and of which he apparently signed the lease. It's pretty convincing actually, to the point that I'm thinking maybe this guy is innocent. Oh well, just to be sure, Jack uses the electrical cord from a table lamp to electrocute Paul into telling the truth. Audrey is naturally shocked by this, for the first time seeing a much darker side to the man she fell in love with. He even shouts at the distressed woman when she intercedes. To be fair though Audrey, he did tell you to leave. This was a small but nice moment between the two characters, where it is suggested that maybe she'll be put off Mr. Bauer having seen this....
Back to the story though, as Paul has finally cracked and whilst remaining adamant he remembers no such building, tells Jack that all of his corporate records are on his laptop. If he is allowed to access it he should be able to get the information they need....
At that point we head over to downtown LA, in a place called the Rockland building, where Marwan has just arrived in the elevator. He liaises with his friend Ali, who is worried CTU's programmers might actually be able to stop the meltdowns. Habib is more confident, claiming they knew that CTU would try as much, and that they are prepared for it. If he can have direct access to the override for at least 45 minutes, he can ensure the remaining plants hit critical on schedule. Ali directs him up to his workspace on the IDS systems floor, where said override is hidden under his desk. He informs Marwan that his co-workers simply think he's from IT, and that he is there to fix the computer.....
5:08 now and Curtis Manning is unconscious in a similar predicament to Paul. He is surrounded by goons and the Peter Kingsley look-alike Forbes tells them to dump the body. He then heads off, not bothering to watch his men follow through with their orders, instead choosing to assume it all went to plan. Having made his token bad guy mistake the goons now make theirs, by not killing Curtis before they move the body. Why bother? He's unconscious and not restrained at all! It'll be fine. Obviously they didn't read my last episode guide where I believe I made it clear that Curtis kicked quite a bit of ass, which he proceeds to do so. The sneaky agent was merely pretending to be out for the count and rewards his captor's stupidity by killing them both in a bout of fisticuffs that would impress even Jack Bauer himself. Those two would make a nice field team. Which is funny because in around 30 minutes.....
Sorry, I get ahead of myself. Anywayz, Curtis escapes and takes a gun from one of the men; before he searches the floor of the building he is on, only to find that all doors are locked by a key code. He is trapped. Oh and uh, did I mention he's in the same building as Marwan........
Back at the hotel, Paul uncovers his records on Galaxy Financial services, who apparently leased the building to the terrorists. He digs deeper and finds that 51% of the company's shares were bought by the now-director, Harris Barnes. Jack has Sarah do a background check then leaves the room long enough for Paul to turn to Audrey and say quite a cool line: "Your boyfriend is just a thug with a badge."
Said boyfriend re-enters and Sarah calls back with the Intel he wants, Harris Barnes is an alias that popped up on their radar about 2 years ago. According to Interpol, the last man to use it was a Habib Marwan. It seems he used the same name to lease out some office space at the Rockland building downtown. That's the same address where Marianne led Curtis not so long ago. Bingo!
5:16 and Sarah warns Erin she has been unable to reach Curtis. Well, I say warns, she just sort of mentions it in passing really, neither of them seeming to be that bothered. Uhhhh, active CTU agent heads for what you thought was a trap less than an hour ago anyway, his cellphone isn't being answered, what do you think he's doing Driscoll?! Having a barbeque?! Still, I suppose if they got worried at this stage, another field team would be sent in and Jack wouldn't get any action when he inevitably arrived. I'm assuming it finally clicks right about when our hero gets there! Lol.
In the interrogation room, Dina is now in the hot seat, being questioned by the now reinstated Tony Almeida, who happily did drunken slobs everywhere a service by regaining his job in a mere 4 hours! Fantastic! So, he's in there with Dina having some quality lines chucked his way by the writers. The best one comes when Dina claims to have only known what her husband told her – "Yeah, that's a bunch of crap!" Great delivery by Mr. Bernard.
She eventually caves to the soul patch and writes down a series of names for him to check out; of the other members in their cell. Erin now interjects, ordering Tony to ask her about Marwan. She flinches at his name, but tries to hide it, claiming she barely knew him and that he is just an engineer of some sort.....
Meanwhile, Sarah tries Curtis again with no luck. That must be a great barbeque; I wish I was there, she thinks. Over at the Rockland building, Forbes discards Curtis' ringing phone and goes to check on his men. Oops, they're both dead. If only I hadn't assumed it had all gone to plan said Peter...sorry, I mean Forbes, to himself. He informs Ali, assuring him that as all doors are still locked he can't have escaped. Ali in turn alerts Marwan who is busy in the crowded IDS office doing anything but fix a computer. He orders Ali to disconnect the hardlines so Curtis can't make a phone call, and looks about nervously. Whilst he does as he's told, Ali doesn't realise Curtis is watching him.....
We return to the schizo daughter now, as Erin visits Maya in the CTU clinic. This is actually quite an emotional little piece, the daughter suddenly turning against her mother, telling her to go about her "important business" before asking the doctor to get "that" out of here. Ouch, and the look on Erin's face. You can't help but feel bad for her and that's never good – we all felt sympathy for Chappelle, Mason, Chase's hand, and look what happened! Always beware when this show starts piling on the sympathy vote for a character.....
5:22 – On their way to the Rockland building, Jack, Audrey and Paul sit together sharing a long and unpleasant silence. Sarah butts in and informs Jack about Curtis' lack of contact. Jack concludes he must be in trouble – finally! He tells her to prep Castle and his team and then hangs up.
Audrey and Paul meanwhile are confused as to why the terrorists would have used Paul in their plans at all, as he didn't know where they were this morning and it can't have just been for the corporate shell. Jack thinks that perhaps he was used for his connection to Heller because of a contingency plan of some kind. Mmmm, what indeed the audience wonders.....
Paul then apologises to his EX wife – yes, your EX wife Paul – for being so careless, at which point Audrey tenderly touches his shoulder to comfort him, Jack watching in the mirror. Another very nice moment here, coupled superbly with the shouting back in the hotel room.....
Back at CTU, Tony, having done some checking, finds out that all names given by Dina lead to Marwan. He has to be the leader, which means she's lying. Erin gives him permission to go as far as he has to, which he happily does. Dismissing everyone, including her, Tony drags Mrs. Araz into the observation room to prove they are alone. He then shoves her roughly into the wall and tells her that if she doesn't talk, the pardon she got for her son will be ripped to shreds and Behrooz will go to jail. He then says something so cool I'm going to transcribe it for you:
"And let me tell you, I know a little something about prison, and based on the conditions of his confinement, I'd give Behrooz about 3 months before he commits suicide! And by the way, I'm gonna make it my personal mission to ensure you don't hear word one about what happens to him....ever!"
That told her and she promptly starts to talk. Habib is indeed the head honcho and he indeed is in possession of the override. Tony asks her if he is at the Rockland building and she confirms that he is.....
Hurrying off to phone Jack, Erin briefs the assembled staff on his findings. It's all down to Jack again, and maybe Castle, but he is lame. Oh, wait, Curtis is there too! This can't fail....
Without further ado then, we go back to Curtis who catches up with Forbes and throws him around a bit until he admits Marwan is in the building and in possession of the override. Curtis cold cocks him and takes his phone and key card.
Elsewhere, Marwan and Ali worry incessantly, none the wiser to the net that gets ever tighter around them.
Curtis calls CTU and updates Sarah as Jack arrives outside, amongst some nicely framed shots of the sun setting on the horizon. Telling Audrey and Paul to stay with the field team, he formulates a plan, before Curtis is put through to him. He tells him where he is and they arrange to meet outside the main elevator. This sequence has a cool split screen bit where Jack is looking up at the building, as he talks with Curtis in the other screen. The setting sun is reflected perfectly in the glass too..... which is nice.
Still not having much luck with her daughter, Driscoll is now informed that the doctors want to move her to a private hospital because they are not equipped to handle a patient like that. Erin tries a different tactic to calm her daughter down, and is surprisingly firm with her, something that is obviously hard to do. Maya sobs and says she just wants to go home.....
Some more cool sunset shots now as Jack rides the elevator and meets up with Curtis who has already taken a man down. Bauer orders Castle and his men to hang back so they don't raise the alarm with Marwan, then heads up a floor to the IDS offices with Curtis, to look for the pesky terrorist. So much for that plan, the office floor is literally flooded with people and they don't have a clue which is Marwan.....
Cue final ad break....
Then back we go, into one of the nicest and tensest moments of season 4 thus far, consisting of Jack and Curtis searching the office for the override and its owner. After nearly shooting a guy playing solitaire (slacker!), they continue to scour the assorted employees.....
On the floor below, Ali has a run in with Castle's team, just warning Marwan in time before he is riddled with holes. Habib looks up and he and Jack make eye contact. Kiefer at this point pulls a BRILLIANT "Do not mess with me" face and shouts to Curtis. After peeing his pants at Jack's hard-man face, Marwan fires a shot in the air, throwing the poor people of IDS systems into a blind panic. He then loses the two agents in the crowd. Jack goes after him as Curtis retrieves the override......
He calls resident CTU hero Edgar who tries to talk him through the shutdown process. However, the workstation is locked and he can't access the program. Edgar gets around it and Manning sends the data to his workstation. Cue tense music, split screen of the plants, and what is actually quite an edge of your seat scene considering there can only be one real outcome. With a leap of triumph and a cry of yes! Edgar saves the day yet again. The threat is over!
What a legend he is!
It's not all good news though; Erin has been told there is another problem with her daughter. Rushing to the clinic in fear, she finds the doctors all huddled around the bathroom. Uh oh..... She pushes them aside and.......holy crap dudes! The girl is dead! She slit her wrists! Erin drops to the floor in shock, (this is excellently and very chillingly played), as we shrink down to a box for the last time in this hour.....
Full screen please maestro and we find ourselves following Jack down the darkened hallways of the Rockland building. He stops dead when he sees an agent's legs protruding motionlessly from a stairwell door. Warning Castle, Jack checks the body, only to discover the agent's body armour and helmet is missing. Marwan is impersonating a CTU officer!!!!!!!
Sadly, agent Solarz could've done with knowing this earlier. Marwan surprises the man and shoots him dead.....
6:00:00
A bloody superb episode all round really! And it gets better! Stay tuned for episode 12 folks!
This season is getting better and better, literally by the minute! I think the show has really benefited from the later start this year, allowing for a much more cohesive and smoother running story. Personally, I am lovin' it, episode 11 especially, for reasons that will soon be made clear!
Anyway, just what have Jack and co. been up to lately? Last time we saw them, Audrey was led to believe her husband was a terrorist, Jack arrested him, Curtis was kidnapped, Marianne was shot, and good ol' Tony was reinstated! YAY!
So, without further ado, let the clock start ticking as we roll on past 5pm.....
We are in Mr. Raines hotel room as the latest hour kicks off, and he remains unconscious and tied to a chair, after Jack happily landed a punch on his face last episode. Before he questions him, Mr. Bauer suggests to Audrey that she leaves the room as he will do "Whatever I have to...." To get Paul to talk. Lol, he's never said that before.....
Anyway, Audrey insists she will stay, obviously having not spoken to Syed Ali, Tomas Sherek, or Marshall Goren about her boyfriend's interrogation techniques.
About this time, Paul is roused from his slumber by Jack smearing cold water on his chest and head with a sponge. He firmly denies all knowledge of the building in Chatsworth where the terrorists planned today's attacks, and of which he apparently signed the lease. It's pretty convincing actually, to the point that I'm thinking maybe this guy is innocent. Oh well, just to be sure, Jack uses the electrical cord from a table lamp to electrocute Paul into telling the truth. Audrey is naturally shocked by this, for the first time seeing a much darker side to the man she fell in love with. He even shouts at the distressed woman when she intercedes. To be fair though Audrey, he did tell you to leave. This was a small but nice moment between the two characters, where it is suggested that maybe she'll be put off Mr. Bauer having seen this....
Back to the story though, as Paul has finally cracked and whilst remaining adamant he remembers no such building, tells Jack that all of his corporate records are on his laptop. If he is allowed to access it he should be able to get the information they need....
At that point we head over to downtown LA, in a place called the Rockland building, where Marwan has just arrived in the elevator. He liaises with his friend Ali, who is worried CTU's programmers might actually be able to stop the meltdowns. Habib is more confident, claiming they knew that CTU would try as much, and that they are prepared for it. If he can have direct access to the override for at least 45 minutes, he can ensure the remaining plants hit critical on schedule. Ali directs him up to his workspace on the IDS systems floor, where said override is hidden under his desk. He informs Marwan that his co-workers simply think he's from IT, and that he is there to fix the computer.....
5:08 now and Curtis Manning is unconscious in a similar predicament to Paul. He is surrounded by goons and the Peter Kingsley look-alike Forbes tells them to dump the body. He then heads off, not bothering to watch his men follow through with their orders, instead choosing to assume it all went to plan. Having made his token bad guy mistake the goons now make theirs, by not killing Curtis before they move the body. Why bother? He's unconscious and not restrained at all! It'll be fine. Obviously they didn't read my last episode guide where I believe I made it clear that Curtis kicked quite a bit of ass, which he proceeds to do so. The sneaky agent was merely pretending to be out for the count and rewards his captor's stupidity by killing them both in a bout of fisticuffs that would impress even Jack Bauer himself. Those two would make a nice field team. Which is funny because in around 30 minutes.....
Sorry, I get ahead of myself. Anywayz, Curtis escapes and takes a gun from one of the men; before he searches the floor of the building he is on, only to find that all doors are locked by a key code. He is trapped. Oh and uh, did I mention he's in the same building as Marwan........
Back at the hotel, Paul uncovers his records on Galaxy Financial services, who apparently leased the building to the terrorists. He digs deeper and finds that 51% of the company's shares were bought by the now-director, Harris Barnes. Jack has Sarah do a background check then leaves the room long enough for Paul to turn to Audrey and say quite a cool line: "Your boyfriend is just a thug with a badge."
Said boyfriend re-enters and Sarah calls back with the Intel he wants, Harris Barnes is an alias that popped up on their radar about 2 years ago. According to Interpol, the last man to use it was a Habib Marwan. It seems he used the same name to lease out some office space at the Rockland building downtown. That's the same address where Marianne led Curtis not so long ago. Bingo!
5:16 and Sarah warns Erin she has been unable to reach Curtis. Well, I say warns, she just sort of mentions it in passing really, neither of them seeming to be that bothered. Uhhhh, active CTU agent heads for what you thought was a trap less than an hour ago anyway, his cellphone isn't being answered, what do you think he's doing Driscoll?! Having a barbeque?! Still, I suppose if they got worried at this stage, another field team would be sent in and Jack wouldn't get any action when he inevitably arrived. I'm assuming it finally clicks right about when our hero gets there! Lol.
In the interrogation room, Dina is now in the hot seat, being questioned by the now reinstated Tony Almeida, who happily did drunken slobs everywhere a service by regaining his job in a mere 4 hours! Fantastic! So, he's in there with Dina having some quality lines chucked his way by the writers. The best one comes when Dina claims to have only known what her husband told her – "Yeah, that's a bunch of crap!" Great delivery by Mr. Bernard.
She eventually caves to the soul patch and writes down a series of names for him to check out; of the other members in their cell. Erin now interjects, ordering Tony to ask her about Marwan. She flinches at his name, but tries to hide it, claiming she barely knew him and that he is just an engineer of some sort.....
Meanwhile, Sarah tries Curtis again with no luck. That must be a great barbeque; I wish I was there, she thinks. Over at the Rockland building, Forbes discards Curtis' ringing phone and goes to check on his men. Oops, they're both dead. If only I hadn't assumed it had all gone to plan said Peter...sorry, I mean Forbes, to himself. He informs Ali, assuring him that as all doors are still locked he can't have escaped. Ali in turn alerts Marwan who is busy in the crowded IDS office doing anything but fix a computer. He orders Ali to disconnect the hardlines so Curtis can't make a phone call, and looks about nervously. Whilst he does as he's told, Ali doesn't realise Curtis is watching him.....
We return to the schizo daughter now, as Erin visits Maya in the CTU clinic. This is actually quite an emotional little piece, the daughter suddenly turning against her mother, telling her to go about her "important business" before asking the doctor to get "that" out of here. Ouch, and the look on Erin's face. You can't help but feel bad for her and that's never good – we all felt sympathy for Chappelle, Mason, Chase's hand, and look what happened! Always beware when this show starts piling on the sympathy vote for a character.....
5:22 – On their way to the Rockland building, Jack, Audrey and Paul sit together sharing a long and unpleasant silence. Sarah butts in and informs Jack about Curtis' lack of contact. Jack concludes he must be in trouble – finally! He tells her to prep Castle and his team and then hangs up.
Audrey and Paul meanwhile are confused as to why the terrorists would have used Paul in their plans at all, as he didn't know where they were this morning and it can't have just been for the corporate shell. Jack thinks that perhaps he was used for his connection to Heller because of a contingency plan of some kind. Mmmm, what indeed the audience wonders.....
Paul then apologises to his EX wife – yes, your EX wife Paul – for being so careless, at which point Audrey tenderly touches his shoulder to comfort him, Jack watching in the mirror. Another very nice moment here, coupled superbly with the shouting back in the hotel room.....
Back at CTU, Tony, having done some checking, finds out that all names given by Dina lead to Marwan. He has to be the leader, which means she's lying. Erin gives him permission to go as far as he has to, which he happily does. Dismissing everyone, including her, Tony drags Mrs. Araz into the observation room to prove they are alone. He then shoves her roughly into the wall and tells her that if she doesn't talk, the pardon she got for her son will be ripped to shreds and Behrooz will go to jail. He then says something so cool I'm going to transcribe it for you:
"And let me tell you, I know a little something about prison, and based on the conditions of his confinement, I'd give Behrooz about 3 months before he commits suicide! And by the way, I'm gonna make it my personal mission to ensure you don't hear word one about what happens to him....ever!"
That told her and she promptly starts to talk. Habib is indeed the head honcho and he indeed is in possession of the override. Tony asks her if he is at the Rockland building and she confirms that he is.....
Hurrying off to phone Jack, Erin briefs the assembled staff on his findings. It's all down to Jack again, and maybe Castle, but he is lame. Oh, wait, Curtis is there too! This can't fail....
Without further ado then, we go back to Curtis who catches up with Forbes and throws him around a bit until he admits Marwan is in the building and in possession of the override. Curtis cold cocks him and takes his phone and key card.
Elsewhere, Marwan and Ali worry incessantly, none the wiser to the net that gets ever tighter around them.
Curtis calls CTU and updates Sarah as Jack arrives outside, amongst some nicely framed shots of the sun setting on the horizon. Telling Audrey and Paul to stay with the field team, he formulates a plan, before Curtis is put through to him. He tells him where he is and they arrange to meet outside the main elevator. This sequence has a cool split screen bit where Jack is looking up at the building, as he talks with Curtis in the other screen. The setting sun is reflected perfectly in the glass too..... which is nice.
Still not having much luck with her daughter, Driscoll is now informed that the doctors want to move her to a private hospital because they are not equipped to handle a patient like that. Erin tries a different tactic to calm her daughter down, and is surprisingly firm with her, something that is obviously hard to do. Maya sobs and says she just wants to go home.....
Some more cool sunset shots now as Jack rides the elevator and meets up with Curtis who has already taken a man down. Bauer orders Castle and his men to hang back so they don't raise the alarm with Marwan, then heads up a floor to the IDS offices with Curtis, to look for the pesky terrorist. So much for that plan, the office floor is literally flooded with people and they don't have a clue which is Marwan.....
Cue final ad break....
Then back we go, into one of the nicest and tensest moments of season 4 thus far, consisting of Jack and Curtis searching the office for the override and its owner. After nearly shooting a guy playing solitaire (slacker!), they continue to scour the assorted employees.....
On the floor below, Ali has a run in with Castle's team, just warning Marwan in time before he is riddled with holes. Habib looks up and he and Jack make eye contact. Kiefer at this point pulls a BRILLIANT "Do not mess with me" face and shouts to Curtis. After peeing his pants at Jack's hard-man face, Marwan fires a shot in the air, throwing the poor people of IDS systems into a blind panic. He then loses the two agents in the crowd. Jack goes after him as Curtis retrieves the override......
He calls resident CTU hero Edgar who tries to talk him through the shutdown process. However, the workstation is locked and he can't access the program. Edgar gets around it and Manning sends the data to his workstation. Cue tense music, split screen of the plants, and what is actually quite an edge of your seat scene considering there can only be one real outcome. With a leap of triumph and a cry of yes! Edgar saves the day yet again. The threat is over!
What a legend he is!
It's not all good news though; Erin has been told there is another problem with her daughter. Rushing to the clinic in fear, she finds the doctors all huddled around the bathroom. Uh oh..... She pushes them aside and.......holy crap dudes! The girl is dead! She slit her wrists! Erin drops to the floor in shock, (this is excellently and very chillingly played), as we shrink down to a box for the last time in this hour.....
Full screen please maestro and we find ourselves following Jack down the darkened hallways of the Rockland building. He stops dead when he sees an agent's legs protruding motionlessly from a stairwell door. Warning Castle, Jack checks the body, only to discover the agent's body armour and helmet is missing. Marwan is impersonating a CTU officer!!!!!!!
Sadly, agent Solarz could've done with knowing this earlier. Marwan surprises the man and shoots him dead.....
6:00:00
A bloody superb episode all round really! And it gets better! Stay tuned for episode 12 folks!
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Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Is it just me..?
Or am I just getting better at being spoiler-free. I didn't see Michelle coming back last night at all and it was a great moment. As soon as Heller told Tony an Agent Dessler would be replacing him my jaw dropped and I went, "Uh-oh." It was a great moment. I love that feeling of not knowing and being surprised on the show.
It's come at the cost of having to avoid my favourite 24 haunts like the FOX forums and even TWoP (though I still lurk in the Kiefer thread there.) But if it means I get to experience great jaw-dropping moments like the return of Tony and Michelle, it's a small price to pay.
Wonderful ep last night. Where have I seen that security guy at the McLennan-Forster building? Seems like he's been in a lot of things and has one of those faces that make you wonder 'Where have I seen that guy before?' Driscoll surprised me at first by trying to carry on working, but no human being with an ounce of feeling could be business as usual after discovering their daughter had just slit her wrists and it was good to see that she wasn't a sociopathic robot.
Anyway, I'm hoping Alex and/or LittleSi email me more of their fab recaps so I can post them up for you so keep checking back!
It's come at the cost of having to avoid my favourite 24 haunts like the FOX forums and even TWoP (though I still lurk in the Kiefer thread there.) But if it means I get to experience great jaw-dropping moments like the return of Tony and Michelle, it's a small price to pay.
Wonderful ep last night. Where have I seen that security guy at the McLennan-Forster building? Seems like he's been in a lot of things and has one of those faces that make you wonder 'Where have I seen that guy before?' Driscoll surprised me at first by trying to carry on working, but no human being with an ounce of feeling could be business as usual after discovering their daughter had just slit her wrists and it was good to see that she wasn't a sociopathic robot.
Anyway, I'm hoping Alex and/or LittleSi email me more of their fab recaps so I can post them up for you so keep checking back!
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