Tony is a badass! I think Jack and his skills have rubbed off on Tony. Does Tony have any special forces training? Will he be out in the field next season? I thought Chappelle might have turned good at some point, but he was just an ass and Tony put him in his place.
Jack ain't taking no sh#t from Sherry. Sherry gets shanked, I was in shock. Never saw that coming. Novack needs to get the knife!
And Kim, oh Kim! I was screaming at the TV screen, shoot him Kim, shoot him! Thank god Jack talked her ass through it. Freakin' great episode, I was marking out like a fat kid in a candy store.
I knew it was only a matter of time before Gary Matheson returned. I doubt there will be enough time left, but I would love to see the consequences once Palmer is reinstated and has to clear out all those against him. I think the season will end with the bombs being dropped, but it will be proven the recordings were fake and that there was a conspiracy to go to war. This would be a nice setup for the third season.
Awesome episode. If I were suicidal, 24 might be my reason to stay alive.
Jack looked so pissed the whole episode, wearing this expression of pure, tensely reigned in disgust and anger. I loved it. And any time someone gets pistol-whipped, I cheer.
Mike Novick seriously needs to die. Or at the very least, when Palmer gets back in office, have him placed in a white room where he can get paddled to the face like Stanton. I don't think I've hated any character on that show more than him. Every time he comes on the screen, I just want someone to strangle him. Now that there is a good heel.
Go Tony! Go Tony! I love how they've done the same thing with Tony as in season 1; they keep us waffling over and over as to whether or not we should like him, and then at the end, he pulls through and becomes a badass again.
That hacker guy is SO gonna get an ass-whoopin'. Jack already punked out the rednecks and took their shoes, maybe he'll take hacker guy's shirt or something, wearing articles of clothing of the punks who thought they stood a chance against Jack, the Almighty Ninja of Awesome.
Secret Service Agent Pierce is a true American. I salute him.
The Kim stuff was better than ever tonight. Maybe if she can always have Jack instructing her when she's doing stuff, she'll be cool one day, too.
Loved the Jack-Sherry scenes. Jack was a total badass during those scenes.
I liked Tony and Michelle's assault on Chappelle.
Even Kim was alright in this episode.
Line of the night: "I think she likes me."
Overall, another strong episode. I hope Nina makes an appearance in either next week's episode or the season finale.
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I'll agree that Kim was slightly less annoying this week. Even if she doesn't develop into a Junior Badass Bauer, she'd make a decent Mick Foleycita. She still has the lack of a "get away from bad people" gene.
And courtesy of imdb's trivia:
"Up to midnight of season 2 Kim has been held captive in one form or another a total of 8 times (if you don't count the cougur trap), and had been kidnapped 3 times"
Kate Warner seems to be begging for a heel turn.
I loved Jack's total dickish ignoring of Sherry's "Help Me" to chase the hacker.
Will Carrie be the next one to get the beatdown from the next mixed tag team champions of the world?
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Never saw the shiv coming. Oh, poor Mrs. Palmer...
I was on the edge of my seat for the entire episode trying to figure out what's going to happen next.
I was hoping Palmer would give Mike a quick shot to the head when he came in asking for the phone.
The only thing that keeps bugging me is what happened to Sherry's bodyguard. Jack knocked him out, but you can't tell me he's out for an hour?? Jack didn't have the syringe and vial like Tony. Night-Night Mr Chappelle...
I was thinking that Tony was going to steal the helicopter himself, but what actually happened was better.
Only 2 episodes left. Get that hacker Jack!!!
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Didn't Jack send Kate back to CTU for debriefing and meet up with her father? Did she blow him off? Seems kinda quick to be back soaking in the tub in less than an hour.
Now she's off to meet Kim? Setup for a dual kidnapping, perhaps? Or Kate is evil? GIMME BACK MY DAUGHTER!
Originally posted by Simba Now she's off to meet Kim? Setup for a dual kidnapping, perhaps? Or Kate is evil? GIMME BACK MY DAUGHTER!
The one thing I was wondering is when did 24 tell Kate that his daughter's name was Kim? I might have forgotten if he was on the phone with Kim while Kate was around, or maybe it was just implied that he told her, but I was all "hmmm" when she said Kim's name.
And turning Kate would be just about the stupidest thing they could do since her evil sister was about to kill her earlier in the day.
Mike Novick seriously needs to die. Or at the very least, when Palmer gets back in office, have him placed in a white room where he can get paddled to the face like Stanton. I don't think I've hated any character on that show more than him. Every time he comes on the screen, I just want someone to strangle him. Now that there is a good heel.
I totally agree. Mike has been awesome for the last few weeks. You can tell Palmer wants to punch him in the face. I hope he does.
Excellent episode! I was totally into it the entire show...I just can't help thinking...Kate and Kim? Kate AND Kim? Trouble or Comedy?
Kate and Kim await the police, who eventually come, but the cop goes berzerk because he's been infected by fall out radiation from the nuclear bomb because he was camping in the area where it went off with his dog Skip. Skip is in the police car looking pretty sick and foaming at the mouth. Kim and Kate decide they need to work together as two blonde heads are better than one. Little do they know that being blonde and on 24 means they don't stand a chance. They attempt escape from the crazed officer but get hung up in the backyard because they don't know how to get around the swimming pool because there's no lifeguard or adult supervision! The crazed officer bashes into them and the three go tumbling into the pool. Meanwhile, Skip is out of the police car eating some unsuspecting kid who wandered by and saw the cute doggie in the car and opened the door because she was afraid said cute doggie would die. Skip eats the kid. Kim is later charged with that murder as well because it was...the LITTLE GIRL she used to nanny for!!! The irony in this show!!!
The two blondes and crazed officer are still struggling in the pool when Kate, in a moment of clarity so sharp the entire viewing audience cringes, suddenly yells "MARCO". The officer, even in his radiation crazed mind understands the game and yells out "POLO" and dives under the water. The two blondes climb out of the pool with Kate yelling MARCO to keep the crazed officer busy. He drowns. Kim is later charged with that murder as well because she was the nanny.
The two blondes try to climb over the fence with the help of a tree but OH NO!!! A giant anaconda has escaped the local zoo from being on tour with the "Giant Reptiles of South America" travelling exhibit! And the anaconda is HUNGRY!!! He grabs Kim pulling his body around her and squeezing her as she screams pitifully. The audience females look on with smug grins on their faces knowing the end is near for super bimbo. The male audience wonders if they'll get to see Kim's boobs.
Luckily, out of no where the infamous Crocodile Hunter appears!!! He sticks his thumb up the snake's ass a la Cartmen, and then wrestles the snake! An intense fight ensues with both snake and Crocodile Hunter falling into the pool. They both drown. Audiences rejoice world wide not only to the guest appearance of the Crocodile Hunter - but his death as well. Finally, the annoying one has died. Kim is charged for the death of the Crocodile Hunter, and fined $1 million dollars for the death of the snake and required to do 40 hours of community service in the animal community should she ever get out of jail.
Another officer finally shows up with back up. He had not been camping in the bomb blast area and he is fine. Both Kim and Kate are taken into custody. I would go on but there's only 2 hours left...
Jack was a total asshole to Sherry this week, I loved it. Especially that bit at the end where he just ran off and left her bleeding to death.
I've read pretty much every TV Guide preview so far, so I knew Gary was going to get it in this episode since he wasn't listed in the cast for next week. Still, the creative editing for the previews made this episode unpredictable. In the shots of Kim shooting and the person going to the lamp, both were shown reversed, so we wouldn't exactly see them coming in the episode.
I still think that everything that Sherry says is a lie, even in her efforts to save David, so we only got a partial truth out of her this week. I think she was meeting with Alex to make sure all evidence of her talking to Kingsley was destroyed (which includes Alex himself), but when Jack came in, she had to change her plan again and now she just wants immunity. We'll see as THE FINAL TRUTH rages on!
Tony's taking charge and running the show now. Next week, he should take out that other guy from Division and maybe even a couple Cabinet members so he can call of the strike himself. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Now that Kim's a born killer like her dad, maybe she'll shut Kate up next week. Unless Kate's the SHOCKING person behind it all...
I can't wait for next week and the season finale, where hopefully, Jack will double the kill ratio and stop World War III before it happens. If this season follows any patterns from last season, I really hope they end next week's episode with some sort of SHOCKING CLIFFHANGER to bring us into the finale.
"If you're asking if I would ever date a wrestler, certainly I would. However it wouldn't be good business for me to get romantically involved with anyone in any aspect of our business." -Stephanie McMahon (Off the Record, June 3rd, 1999)
Another great episode. One question I had, did Kim suddenly channel Nightcrawler and teleport up into that attic? She went through a dark room, into a closet, up the stairs, all silently, in a span of about 10 seconds. But at least she grew half a brain and knocked his ass out. I have no idea what they are doing with Kate for next week. DO NOT send her over there without cops.
Thank you, Jack, for continuing to be a badass. And passing it on to Tony, who I was hoping would steal the chopper and fly it himself. But what he did was cool.
-The Big Kat When you're tired of wishing on a falling star, you gotta put your faith in a loud guitar. -KISS
Quoted for truth. I would even argue that jokes should be left to the Maid of Honor and the Best Man. In the case of an MC, less is more. At our wedding, we had a DJ (who was also our MC)