Season 3, Episode Recaps, 1pm - 9pm
Below are just the episode recaps without all the extra blathering and tangents I tend to take off on :)
1pm - 3pm
Right so.. I'd better catch up with the first 2 episodes of season three then go from there eh? I should start by saying that this blog's gonna be spoilerific so if you aren't watching, are waiting for the DVDs or are unfortunate enough to be living outside the states where 24 hasn't aired yet, you might want to avoid reading all of this.
Anyway, after an agonizing wait, Season Three began (and I have to say the wait was even more torturous with that stupid Ford short in front of it. Urgh!) and I am happy to report that it did not disappoint at all. I can even buy Kim at CTU because let's face it, ridiculous situations or not, she always managed to get out of them and keep her cool. Besides, the writers make no bones about the fact that she got the job because of Jack. Hell even Jack says as much while explaining to Chase why she was at CTU.
Speaking of Chase - phwoar! He needs a bit more hair but other than that I like him so far. He's not afraid to stand up to Jack. Actually, I wasn't all that sure I'd like Jack having a partner but so far so good.
Tony and Michelle married... Well that's pretty cool actually. They seem happy together and neither of them are really field agents so the danger element isn't there as much as it is for Jack. I wonder if they'll be more tension between them as Michelle circumvents Tony and helps Jack out. Or maybe they're not doing much this season other than handling Intel. We'll see...
Palmer's dating the doc. Good for him! She's hot, smart, and so far doesn't seem to have ulterior motives although last week's cliffhangar leads me to wonder if she's all that she seems to be. I hope she's not a baddy, I like the actress. I do not like Palmer's kid brother. He's a bit of a wanker. Novick gone bad and kicked up a notch. Should make for some great desk-pounding from Palmer as he gets frustrated by Wayne's dirty politics. It's so hard to be honorable.
And Jack.... and Jack. Oh that poor guy. I was gobsmacked at the end of the first episode - the intensity, the hopelessness... I was a bit confused however when Chase was telling him to 'get his head straight' because it never occurred to me that he was basically telling Jack to take a hit. Looking back it's blatantly obvious that's what he was doing, but when I first saw it, I admit I thought he was telling Jack to cut it out and then of course Jack doesn't listen and gets his gear out anyway. How stupid am I? Don't answer that. I like that Chase knows about Jack's smack habit and wants him to just do it and get it over with because frankly, it really is the wrong day to be stubborn about it and quit. BUT - Jack saved the vial so maybe we'll get to see Kiefer do some great drug acting. He better get the feckin' Emmy this next year. Chiklis has enough of them.
Best line of the show so far? Shutup stupid.
3pm - 4pm
They finally Tony out of CTU and what does he do? He goes and gets himself shot. Tsk tsk. But how great was that anyway? When Salazar's thug started walking toward Kyle after hanging up on Gael, I thought, how can he grab the kid without attracting attention from Tony and the guards? He'd give himself away. I never saw him shooting Tony coming.
Now, I'm writing this after just finishing tonight's episode, so everything's a little blurry because I can't for the life of me remember who the blonde doc was with Jack who called him on his addiction. If I remember right, it's someone who's known Jack for a long time, but I'm not clear on her professional role. I'll have to go watch it again.
Anyway, I think Chase is almost mad enough to tell Kim about Jack's heroin addiction. He nearly did it tonight damnit. I wanted to see her reaction. I'm starting to be a little irritated with her because I thought she was meant to be low-level, bottom of the ladder analyst. What's she doing sitting in on department head meetings and running traces? And handing med kits to Jack and Chase? Surely they could still run her storyline of dating Chase yet keep her at a proper job level. I don't know, it's just a bit much for me to handle. Though I'm still not as pissy about her role on the show over all three seasons as some people are. She's not all bad :)
I think it will also be fun to watch Jack struggle between wanting the dope and fighting it with his strong will. It's going to be wonderful to see Kiefer play both of those sides of his character. Giving Jack a huge private demon to deal with was a brilliant idea and I'm so looking forward to watching everything unfold.
Off to replay the show.
4pm - 5pm
Holy shit. I think every 24 epi blog will end up starting like that. It's a 'holy shit!' kind of show you know?
Despite my whinging about accidentally reading spoilers online I was still thrown for a loop by tonight's twist which made me very happy. I love it when I can't see it coming. But it was a slower-paced episode for the most part tonight, at least until the final fifteen minutes or so. Michelle might not be acting on full capacity as she worries over the fate of Tony who's in surgery for a gunshot wound to the neck. Gael made a small play for taking over operations at CTU which would have been disasterous. But Michelle opted to stay put and run things so we'll have to see how she holds up under pressure. I wonder how long Tony will be out for. Doesn't seem like he could make much of a recovery in 24 hours if they're doing vascular work on him.
Kyle Singer and his girlfriend were captured by the baddies and chucked into a bio-hazard room of some kind. Palmer backs out of blackmail which makes me happy because I was quite shocked last week when he said he'd go through with it to protect Anne. Good on Anne for talking him out of it and for being brave enough to stand up to the scrutiny. And I still don't like Wayne much. Wanker.
And finally... my boy Jack. The second call to Palmer about knocked me over. Breaking Salazar out and convincing everyone he's gone over to the baddies is going to be a toughie. I thought he killed Chase as well which would have been a shock and a half if he had. But then his mini-reconciliation with Kim when he apologised for not being supportive when she tried to talk to him about Chase would have been so bittersweet if he'd offed Chase. But now we get to have a showdown between the two next week it looks like.
Yes I fecking watched the previews for next week show damnit. I couldn't help it. It's that part of me that HAS to know that wins over every time. It's easier to resist reading about it online but not so easy to resist when it's in your face during the credits. Especially after they blindside me with those gorgeous blue promo shots of Kiefer Sutherland looking so damn hot it's criminal. Curse them!
5pm - 6pm
God I wasn't kidding when I said this is a 'Holy shit' show. I blabbed it out loud twice during this episode. I have no fingernails left. My heart is racing. This was an incredible hour and I can't believe how many emotions coursed through me during the show tonight.
Kyle and Linda... Poor hapless Kyle seems like the kind of guy that trouble just finds. He has a good heart I think, but not a lot going on in the common sense department. Tonight, when he saw Linda's reaction to being thrown into the weird chamber thing, he finally had the right idea. I will admit that I didn't see him trying to hang himself on those wires coming. I thought he was trying to somehow get the guards to open up the door or something. I'm not very good at predicting what's coming actually, so I spend a lot of my time being pleasantly (or unpleasantly, as it happens) surprised. So his attempt to take his own life was my first Holy Shit moment of the show. I was glad Linda saved him though, that was a nice touch. I think she's a pretty tough chick. Besides, Kyle's kinda cute.
The great debate... I think this was sort of underplayed and I'm still a little muddled about it. Keeler let loose his accusation yet Anne seemed taken aback by it. Why? She said she was ready for whatever got thrown at her and she had the advantage of knowing what was coming during the debate. Why was she so shocked? Maybe because Palmer seemed a little befuddled by the attack? I don't know, not enough time was spent on it for me.
And so Jack's big secret is out. I'm really warming up to weird Chloe and how abrasive she can be without meaning to. Another sort of hapless person who's big on smarts, low on common sense or tact. I like the way Kim found out about the smack and she dealt with it as emotionally as I would have expected her to. Well done Elisha :) And kudos to Adam for not being a complete twat to her and actually understanding her precarious position now that it's also known she inadvertently helped Jack start the prison riot.
The riot.. God the other and biggest Holy Shit moment. Leonard Roberts, the actor who played the guard Jack played Russion Roulette with, was amazing. His absolute fear and tension displayed on his face that completely *made* the moment for me. That's the thing about this show that I love so much - as an american used to typical television shows taking the easy way out emotionally of tough situations, it was a complete shock to me when 24 took the hard way out of the guard who was forced to roulette himself. I was so gutted when the poor bastard got the bullet. Tears formed, heart pounded, and I felt wrenched when I saw Jack's face. One more death that he has to add to his conscience to go along with his wife, the officer from season one and who knows who else. That was just such a brilliant scene I can't stop thinking about it.
The rest of the episode had me on the edge of my seat. Good on Kim and Adam for tracking down that truck, though I did wonder how Kim knew what Kyle was wearing. but I'm assuming a full description of him went out all over the place so that's not a nitpick :P I'm also wondering what Claudia is playing at. Why is she going to try and play the brothers off each other? Does she want out of her situation? Does she pout enough with those poofy lips? I don't know... Hector kind of annoys me so I'm a little glad he wasn't in this episode much. Anyway, they got Kyle but just not in time - and this is where my fingernails went. The Jack and Chase standoff was excellent and I'm glad he was smart enough to figure out what Jack was really up to. So now he knows Jack hasn't really switched sides. I could kill Jack though for disabling the com in the chopper. Argh!
What a fecking awesome show. That is all I have to say. For now. I'll be back to blather on some more later.
6pm - 7pm
And the award for Most Awkward Hug goes to.... Ryan Chapelle and Michelle Dessler! That was hilarious actually.
Yes Chapelle has made his snakey little appearance to take over CTU as Division wanted a senior official in charge during the crisis. Michelle seemed a little irked about that but gamely jumped back into doing her normal job. Tony's out of surgery now and will make a full recovery. Reiko's really getting some great scenes in this season and I'm impressed with her stoic portrayal of Dessler. She allows Dessler to furtively show her relief at Tony's prognosis, but only to herself. Her game face is always on when she's dealing with the job. I am enjoying her storyline such as it is.
Chase guilted Chapelle into getting the President's approval before he ordered the military to shoot Jack's chopper down. I knew the little man would see it Chase's way. Chapelle is a by-the-book kind of guy. He would be too afraid to take a chance and make a decision that might ultimately seriously piss off the Commander-in-Chief.
I thought the dramatic way Palmer left the debate was a great idea because I'm sorry, that was as dull as a very dull thing. But his abrupt departure added some tension I was happy with. However I find I'm still looking for the decisive, I'll-listen-to-what-you-say-but-I'll-make-my-own-decision-anyway President from last season. So far, I'm getting the feeling that Palmer has lost his edge. The betrayals of Sherry, Novick and his own Vice-President combined with the stress of the assassination attempts and nuclear bomb have changed him. He's allowing his wanker brother to lead him around like a dog on a leash. Dr. Packard looks like a really strong woman so I'm hoping that her strength helps Palmer regain some of his edge.
Kyle Kyle Kyle... The actor really reminds me of Joaquin Phoenix for some reason. I don't know why I mention that now, I'm just typing random thoughts. Anyway, I boo-hoo'd during his goodbye scene. That was pretty powerful at least to me. I know what it's like not to be able to say goodbye to loved ones so anytime that happens in a show or film, I lose it. I've seen the Kim/Jack goodbye scene in the plane several times and it never fails to gut me. I digress though. Kyle is not infected. I knew he wouldn't be - not because I guessed but because I read a fecking spoiler on accident. Argh. But anyway I'm really wondering if it was all a huge bluff to get Salazar, or if someone else is really infected... What if it's Jack? :( God I'm so worried they're going to off Jack somehow. But they can't do it so early in the season. That would be the stupidest thing ever done by a television series.
And what a comedy of errors going on with Jack. He takes off in the helicopter *just* as Chase learns they have Kyle Singer. He *just* manages to evade a target lock and makes it over the city in time to avoid being shot down. He and Salazar land and run away *just* as Chloe figures out the hailing whatchamacallit so Chase can again attempt to tell him his crusade is pointless. Argh! Tense tense tense. I think I literally said, 'Argh' when they showed Jack and Ramon running away from the chopper. So they melt into the hustle and bustle of L.A., steal a hot car, and then somehow Jack has a secure cell phone to call an airplane that's circling the city so he can send the plane to another airfield.... yeah.. I got a little lost there. But anyway, I gasped when Salazar came to his evil senses and nearly killed Jack right there on the airstrip. Now we get to see the wrath of Ramon and I bet he takes it out bigtime on Jack who's been knocked unconscious and dragged on board the waiting plane. And now we're off to Mexico!
Oh yes... Kim... I think she is showing some of Michelle's stoic attitude right now, but with the anxiety of a 21 year old, if you get my meaning. She's under pressure right now and I wasn't sure she'd handle discovering her father used her and heroin very well but she held up well. I think she also remembered Gael acting suspiciously earlier which is what propelled her to check out his screen. So now she knows her father's a hostage - but in true 24 style, Gael remembered that he didn't close down his file properly and came back just in time to find Kim about to blow the whistle on him. I saw someone on a forum complain about Gael not closing out that file and how could a tech like him forget something so simple. But I'd say he had no time to shut it down because Adam and Kim were coming into the room just then. Either way, Kim's a hostage too. How ironic :)
Fabulous show all in all. Not quite as gasp-worthy as last week's show, but I still had my 'Oh shit' moment when Salazar held the gun to Jack's head. CanNOT wait for next week's ep!
7pm - 8pm
..... Ugh.
I have no clue where to begin. This episode has just flipped every damn thing around and I'm all confused (but in a good, that-is-SO-24 kind of way.) Early into the episode Gael's duct-taping Kim up and menacing her, holding her at gunpoint - though I don't know why she's so scared. It's not like she hasn't 'been there, done that' before. Just kidding :) There was another moment of 'doh!' when Adam hung up the phone into Tech One (where Gael's holding Kim) *just* as she manages to pull the receiver off the hook. I went into this episode thinking that possibly Gael will hold Kim hostage throughout the show while fending off overly curious Adam. I was so wrong. I told you I was terrible at predicting stuff.
So Adam, who might just have the beginnings of a crush on Kim (who knows, I can't predict remember?), goes looking for her just when Gael's being briefed by Michelle. She's leaving the building you see, to go be with her husband. Michelle needed to hand off her duties to Gael I guess. I'm a little hazy about when Michelle suggested Chloe can help look after her things and Chapelle says poor socially inept Chloe is a pain in the ass, but it made me giggle :) I digress. But Michelle's off to see Tony, Gael's about to be handed the keys to CTU and we're all going 'Noooooo!' in our heads - or out loud depending on whether you're alone or not. But that wacky Adam. He's got to find Kim because his logs are backed up and she's supposed to be sorting that out. So to my surprise, he finds Kim all tied up quite early in the show. The jig is up for Gael and he does a runner. I'm sorry, but when he's about to get away, the scene with Michelle walking towards him, unafraid of being shot and with no fear - well that was cool as hell. Michelle is rocking my socks this season. So it's off to the torture room for Gael.
Cut to the Palmer plot. Where did they go? They left the college campus and debate. Are they now back at L.A. headquarters whatever-it-was from last season? I don't know. Anyway, wanker brother tells Palmer he needs to let Jack go because he's got bigger fires to put out. And it seems like he's going to do just that. We'll have to wait and see because that was pretty much it with David for this hour. He had a quick moment with Anne as he walked into the building, and then listened to wankerboy tell him to distance himself from Anne right now because he's used up his untrustworthy significant other card with Sherry and that the public is not going to care whether Anne's innocent of Keeler's allegations. Cut to Anne and she gets a call from her ex-husband. He wants to meet her at his office to give her documents that prove her innocence. Why? He would have taken a payoff from Palmer earlier and now suddenly he's grown a conscience and wants to make it right? I don't get it. Maybe that story's about to flip me next week but right now I don't care all that much.
Jack. Oh Jack you poor thing. Unconscious on a plane with a man who can't stop looking towards you with death in his eyes. Loved seeing Salazar playing pimp daddy with the obligatory scantily clad babes and wretched Cucaracha music. But I loved the looks he kept shooting towards Jack throughout the flight. I really thought he'd give in and off him. But for nearly the whole hour we know that Hector wants Jack alive and Ramon can't fathom why. Neither could I. But as Ramon goes off to play with the babes, Jack's left alone with Pedro the guard - whom he obviously knows and tries to talk his way out of the situation. To no avail. And then oh the shakes come. Withdrawals are at last hitting our beleaguered hero bigtime... or are they? Just as Pedro comes over to see if Jack's ok, Jack wraps those lethal legs around the boy's neck and kills him. Whahey!!! (Oh shit moment!) Now Jack's free and armed, just how we love him.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Hector's loading up a small army of his men to go and meet the plane. He hurriedly says goodbye to Claudia's lips and rushes off.
At CTU, Chapelle begins to interrogate Gael. He gets his flunky to inject Gael but they never really say what the junk is. Must be painful though because Gael was crying like a baby. But he wasn't giving any info up. Michelle greets Tony who's groggily waking up in recovery and as a true professional, after the mushy hello, he asks for an update. When he learns Gael's been busted as a mole he struggles out of bed and forces the doctor to release him immediately. Now, I love 24. I love the show beyond any show I've ever seen in my life. And I'm willing and able to bend the rules of believability moreso than others are in order to just enjoy the ride. But how can the boy be up and walking and talking and turning his head etc. so soon after what seemed like a major surgery? Only on TV it seems. I might do some looking up on vascular surgery and see if it's possible. Was the bullet in him? Or did it pass through? I can't remember. Anyway, I'm digressing again.
Tony asks Michelle to trust him and get him to CTU as soon as possible. While they're off doing that, Jack and Ramon are nearing their destination. Ramon gives in to his base desire to kill the man who put him in prison and goes into Jack's room. Except Jack's got a gun now and ends up taking Ramon hostage. I think Ramon was gobsmacked to find that his flunkies were not just shooting Jack as he ordered them to do. But they have an agenda old Ramon doesn't know about. So Jack's able to hold Ramon at gunpoint and tell him to shutup a lot. I like Ramon :) He really is quite funny to listen to when he's under duress and has had some awesome lines this season. "You don't look so good Jack. That's a bitch." - LOL!
Oh I forgot about Chase. Chase Chase Chase.. OH! Chapelle orders Chase back to CTU, but Chase wants to follow a thread to find and save Jack. Chappelle is quite insistent Chase return and when Chase wants to know why, Chapelle drops the bomb that he knows Jack's a junkie. You know that feeling you get when you know you're in trouble, and about to pretty much get busted for something? Your heart pounds a little. Maybe some blood rushes to your head and causes your skin to flush. I had that feeling just then, when Chapelle accused Chase of covering for Jack. That was awesome :) So Chase pretty much tells Chapelle where he can go and heads off to bully some poor accountant who did business with the Salazars into giving up the location of Hector. Then he makes that accountant fire up a private jet to take him there. On the way he phones Kim and discovers Gael's been sussed out. So he freaks out and says he has to 'go dark' and Kim can't tell anyone that he called her. He tries to make her promise not to tell, but we know how well Kim keeps a secret and she doesn't promise before hanging up.
Back to Jack. They have now landed and Hector anxiously waits for his brother to deplane. Instead the pilots, the babes, and the flunkies come out looking rather flustered. Finally Jack hauls Ramon out and orders Hector's men to stand down. And this is where I totally flipped out because Ramon looks confused as hell when Hector goes up to Jack, hugs him and says, 'Good work.' Gah! What???? Jack's bad now??? Argh! I almost cried. How could he do that!
Cut back to CTU and a bedraggled Tony wanders in and interrupts Chapelle's interrogation of Gael. Tony even tries to order Chapelle out of the room. What the hell is going on?? Gael's a mole for Salazars but is really a mole for CTU (well, for Tony and Jack anyway). Holy shit! Jack's trying to get back undercover with the Salazars. And that is how it ends. And I'm left wondering wtf!
God that was a great episode. I love so much how everything just got shaken up. I also love how everything that everyone has been whinging about suddenly has a purpose and it makes me smirk :) Patience grasshoppers. Never complain until it's all over. If you're still unhappy then have at it. But right now after checking various boards here and there, I'm seeing a lot of recent naysayers completely changing their tunes :)
Fucking fantastic.
8pm - 9pm
An end (?) to the dull Palmer/Anne thing. I'm sorry. I want to love every tiny detail about this show but as much as I love me some Palmer, I haven't been able to entrench myself in this storyline with Anne. So, while I felt bad when Anne dumped him during this hour, I also felt relief, much like I'm sure Wayne will feel when he finds out Anne is gone :) it's just that I never cared at all about Anne's ex-husband so his suicide wasn't shocking or gasp-worthy to me. I don't feel that their relationship was developed enough for me to give a shit about them. Nor do I believe Wendy Crewson (Anne) was used to her fullest potential as a catalyst for Ted Packard's eventual demise. Having said that, I have faith in the writers and well, they know more than I ever will about what's to come so I don't want to diss the whole Anne thing too much :) Yes I am a weenie.
So yes, Anne was called by her ex to his office to get the papers that supposedly exonerate her from the scandal that was about to screw the Prez. When she arrived, he apologised for the mess he created and then in a not-so-subtle move went to get the papers which, surprise surprise, were near a gun that was not hidden very well under a jacket or something. So of course, Anne sees it and realises that Ted means to off himself. Her half-hearted attempt to talk him out of it was amusing to watch. I think she really felt relieved about his decision because honestly, she just didn't try very hard to stop him.
Whle Anne was off watching some brains splatter, Palmer receives an urgent call from Almeida who then proceeds to explain that everything from the infected body, to Kyle Singer, to Jack's jailbreak was an elaborate sting operation to get Jack back undercover with the Salazars (oooer!). Actually, Jack explained it to Palmer via a pre-taped video. And man was Palmer ever pissed off at Jack and CTU. I smell less funding for CTU in the future... Apparently, and I may have this wrong, but the Salazar's never had the Corwhatever virus. That was just a ruse to set the prison break in motion because Jack had to make Ramon believe he'd flipped sides and the only way to do that is for him to believe Jack's a criminal in his own country now. It almost didn't work but I'll come to that in a minute. The virus is real though and in the hands of some Ukrainian scientists who want to sell it to the highest bidder. Jack/Tony/Gael worked under absolute secrecy to bring this together and use the Salazar money to fund a buy for the virus. I'm lost already but hopefully I'll cop on to it better when I watch the ep again.
So that's what's going on, and now all of CTU knows. Michelle is a little pissed at Tony for keeping such a big secret from her... I've already seen some people online saying 'honey, it's the JOB - duh!' but I see it more as Michelle not realising what a good liar Tony might actually be and if he's that good at something that big... what else could he lie to her about? It's a trust thing. I don't think she's mad so much about the sting op secret so much as she is about how well Tony concealed it from her. Anyway, CTU knows and is now concentrating on helping Jack. Tony asked where Chase was and Kim actually was honest about what he was doing. See? Kim has always been forthright and honest and all about doing the right thing and mad props to her for speaking up about Chase heading down to old Mexico to save Jack.
So now Tony has to worry about stopping Chase before Chase gets there and blows Jack's cover and pretty much ruins everything. Blimey. Shot (in the NECK), major sting going down and now a dumbass rogue agent to worry about. No wonder he fell down in his office.
Hey I just realised this episode was Chloe-free :(
It was also very Palmer/CTU-intensive and not so much Jack/Ramon/Hector. But damn damn damn what little there was was fantastic. Back at the ranch, Ramon is stomping around bellowing about how stupid Hector is to trust Jack. And this is where the whole thing might have gone to the dogs. Even after he learns the plan to buy the virus and potentially make themselves a cool billion dollars selling it to dodgy third-world countries, and that Jack's flipped and 'tired of putting his ass on the line for nothing' and is in this for 50 million dollars for negotiating the virus buy, Ramon is still unsure. Most of the episode in this plotline centered around Jack waiting to hear whether Ramon will let him do the deal or kill him.
So Jack's off in some dingy room under guard and beginning to succomb to the stress of the day coupled with some serious withdrawals. He's curled up in pain on a cot, sweating, shaking and just plain suffering when Claudia walks in. And here we learn that Claudia and Jack were together while he was first undercover with the Salazars. This was somewhat predictable (even by me!) but still nice to see played out. And we learn that Jack promised to get Claudia and her family out of there - but didn't. Now Claudia is pissed as hell and she taunts him. "You used to be a man Jack. Now look at you." Or something like that. Jack looks really sorry and you could see that he had some feelings for Claudia and I think he honestly felt bad for betraying her. It will be interesting to see where that goes. Maybe at the end of the day Jack will be able to find love again. Or not since he doesn't think he can be an agent and have a personal life. Who knows. Oooo but maybe Claudia is the reason he couldn't be with Kate anymore. Hmmmmmmm.....
So Chase lands near the Ranch and CTU has a Mexican Intelligence agent there to intercept him. But Chase intercepts him instead but manages to comprehend that the Mexican agent in there to stop him. So he calls CTU just as the Mexican agent is killed by a sniper and the chase (ha!) is on. Chase jumps in Mexican agent's vehicle but soon crashes before Tony can fill him in and then he's taken back to the Ranch right after Jack makes the call to the Ukranians. (Are you lost yet?)
Chase is gobsmacked when he discovers Jack has flipped and Ramon sees an opportunity for Jack to prove he can be trusted - he tells Jack to kill Chase. All I could think during this 'Oh Shit' moment was 'needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one' and I fecking knew Jack was going to do it. He was going to kill the man his beloved daughter loves and further fuck up his own relationship with her in order to potentially save millions of lives. What a guy! Jack grabs the gun, tells Chase he shouldn't have followed him down there, Chase spits on Jack, Jack holds the gun to Chases head and.... pulls the damn trigger! I think my heart stopped just then - at least until I heard the click. The gun was not loaded and Ramon had a big old laugh at that and seemed to buy Jack's loyalty.
Then they all headed off to a safe house somewhere just in case - oh yes, and Jack's sensor/tracker watch thingie got broken in a scuffle with Chase and now CTU does not know where Jack is going.. Tick-boom, tick-boom, tick-boom.
24 returns on January 6th. Wtf am I going to do until then?
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