Sunday January 14, 2007
6AFF02
Jack tries to locate Assad in hopes of warning him about the impending air strike. Assad agrees to help Jack locate Fayed, but Jack worries that he’s forgotten how to do his job.
Ahmed finds he must take drastic action when his role in the attacks is discovered.
President Palmer’s sister, Sandra, goes a long way to defend her principles when she finds herself and her civil rights organization to be a target in an FBI investigation.
Another great episode, that the only letdown is some fillers like Sandra Palmer and this Ahmed plot, but at least, Ahmed plot is well tied to the main plot, so it became interesting. hide show
Presentation Phase - » (8/10). Jack try to convince the President by telling him who is been responsible for the attacks, but nobody believe in him.
Complication Phase - » (8/10). Jack has to save Assad, because the President doesn´t believe that Fayed is the man responsible for the terrorists attacks, later Jack as to prevent another Terrorist attack.
Climax Phase - » (10/10). Jack has to prevent one of the three attacks, good action and this was unique, fighting a bomb suicidal.
Suspense/Tension - » (10/10).Great tension in the train. Also the scene when Jack came to save Assad was great too.
Drama - » (8/10). Jack psychology states is more explored here. Ahmed betrays is supposed friend.
Action - » (10/10). You have a fight and explosions, I think this is enough for this episode.
Ending - » (9/10). The ending was good, but I think what is great here is there was more successful suicidal attacks and Jack was the only one that prevented one attack. I like when the characters are knowing that they were wrong.
Surprises/Shocks/Twists - » (8/10). Sandra Palmer appearance and More successful suicidal attacks.
Time and Scene Management - » (9/10). All Jack scenes was necessary to the Main plot. Until now, only Sandra Palmer scenes is pure filler, even Ahmed filler role here is important here because is well tied to the main plot.
Plot Details/Holes- » (8/10). Fayed lets jack escape but that was justified for now. Sandra Palmer attitude was justified too. Only the situation in the train (about the explosion) was unreal, because it could be worse.
What I liked -» All Jack scenes, even this new filler family drama became interesting.
What I Didn´t Liked -» The filler scenes like Sandra Palmer, nothing to do with the main plot, only tied because Wayne is her brother.
Another great episode, that the only letdown is some fillers like Sandra Palmer and this Ahmed plot, but at least, Ahmed plot is well tied to the main plot, so it became interesting.
So, Jack is right - he said Assad is not behind it and he manages to find him, reveal the traitor and get out before the attack. But CTU ofcourse finds out that Assad was not killed and they are confused until they get that Jack was there.. but he is doing good job - following the lead of a terrorist who has bomb with him - they end up in metro and in a train where Jack has a great fight.. and he worries he do not know how to do it.. and in the end, even CTU gets who was behind the attacks.
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Picks right of and is still going great.The abrupt action continues on 24 during the second hour of the workday. Jack has intel that Assad has flipped as a good guy and Jack is able to convince and befriend the former-terrorist by preventing the president ordered attack and eventual destruction of Assad's now anti-terrorist headquarters in an Inglewood ghetto. Together the two now have to track down Fayed as quickly as possible and end the bombings.
Jack, in this episode has convinced everyone that 20 months of torture cannot keep him from the fight. Although it is a little fetched that one man is able to prevent terrorist attacks, disprove government information and remember the longitude and latitude of a location overheard while being tortured, I think we can all agree that Jack also shows human qualities other than his conviction to the protection of humanity.
During the getaway, Jack faces a challenge that has not experienced. He finds that he cannot torture that well anymore. He doesn't know if he can do 'it' anymore. But two years in a Chinese prison will make you second guess yourself here and there. Thankfully he has his new former terrorist buddy is there to give him the self confidence he needs. That's what friends are for right.
It is very gutsy for the writers and producers to have half a dozen fictional attacks on American soil within the first couple of hours of one fictional day. I can't remember any other television show or movie that created such a threat to the standard of living in America that was not based on true events. The only thing that comes to mind is The Sum of all Fears. What will they do next to the people of 24? Perhaps block all wireless connections west of the Colorado River?
Gotta love fraternization hide show
The promise of Jack being the hunted rather than the hunter is fulfilled for a good three or four minutes. But afterwards, he's out of Fayed's reach and free to save Assad. And go rogue, natch. Following the tense race against the air strike (and the explosion that caps it off--yeehee!) is the tense race against Fayed's next attack (and the explosion that caps it off--yeehee!). Fayed's after the American citizens, Jack & Assad are after Fayed, CTU & the White House are after Jack & Assad, and Tom Lennox is after a little civil rights destruction.
The Oval Office accentuates the contrast between the President and Jack, to an extent not seen before on "24". I guess that's unintentional, because why wait six years? But now that the room is finally being shown to us, the scope of this season somehow feels larger.
Something about Wayne's sister.
The writers are just biding their time before getting down to the actual threat at hand (ain't they always?), but they weave in the obligatory plot threads that'll take us through these next few hours. Not to mention the edginess between the new allies Jack and Assad. This is something else that the show hasn't done to such an extent before, and the fascination is all too irresistible.
Hourly Highlight:
*kick* *shatter* *KABOOM!* Yeehee!
A great episode, with a really interessting storyline and a good and focused cast. And like all episodes it has it's great wave in the storyline and a good cliff hanger at the end. A great episode, with a really interessting storyline and a good and focused cast. And like all episodes it has it's great wave in the storyline and a good cliff hanger at the end. A great episode, with a really interessting storyline and a good and focused cast. And like all episodes it has it's great wave in the storyline and a good cliff hanger at the end.
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