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Season 1, Episode 7, Aired
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Jack is now under Gaines' control and is forced to sabotage operations at CTU. Nina becomes suspicious of Jack and gets in his way.''''Teri pulls a surprise attack on her kidnapper, but she makes the wrong move and finds herself in more trouble than ever.''''Palmer tries to persuade his family to go public with the story before the press can report it.moreless
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  • Full of bad holes, unrealistic, stupid even.

    1.6
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    I watched the first episode and was impressed. The second and third were pretty good. The fourth and fifth began to strain credibility. And the sixth and seventh (this) were pretty stupid.

    1) All CIA etc HQ\'s are screened to prevent any transmissions; this includes cellphones, wireless modems, and certainly tiny little earpieces.

    The abilities of the bad guys to view everything (with position-moving cameras!) is laughably stupid. The lack of organisational control is more suited to a boy scout troop than a top government agency.

    All in all, a real disappointment. It can only get worse from here. What a stink.moreless

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  • One of my favourites!!!!!!!1

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    This was the best episode in this season so far, because the build up from the previous episode.

    Every plot here plays a important role.

    Lets start with Jack. Gaines is using him, and now jack is doing things tha t will have some serious consequences this time. All the scenes with him, was very interesting. Mainly when he is forced to kill Nina, one of the best moments.

    Teri tenta escapar do allan impostor, e at consegue faze-lo bem, mas depois quando chama CTU, revelado afinal quem o impostor dentro da CTU. Uma optima forma de revelar algo a audincia.

    Kim and Rick tried to escape, and they could have escaped, but her mother's timimg to be capture suited when she tried to flee.

    Palmer plot this time is more slower and calm, since maybe he will be murdered, but since this plot is unfinished, this may be impossible.

    Tony is gaining momentum.

    Overral, all the scenes have their importance, with everyone making their move, we have more surprise and suspenseful moments, which make this episode one of the best in this season.moreless

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  • Jack under control

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    Oh.. I cannot say it was easy to watch this episode and saw how Jack was used and how he had to handle everything knowing probably where it will leave. I was so sure after the shots on Nina that he really killed it but later.. at least we have no sorted out who is on whose side. It is not Tony but Jamey and.. now they have Teri too and Kim has not gotten out.

    I think this episode really lowered it all to the family and Jack under control - it really makes thing very impossible. I am eager to see how he finds way out.moreless

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  • The MOLE…for real

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    Again, Jack finds himself inside CTU, but things are way more interesting than the last couple times he was there, in that he's secretly following Gaines' orders to sabotage the investigation. But along with Jack being a makeshift CTU mole, the actual mole that Richard Walsh discussed in the pilot is revealed here, and plays a large role in bringing Teri to Gaines' compound.
    Despite all that, this episode does seem like filler, since some of the characters spend their time doing things that either turn out to be useless or could be done in a matter of minutes. Kim especially, since she and Rick look for an opportunity to escape, and when Teri arrives at the compound, they stupidly decide to stay. I think Steven Hyde could put it best: "Dumbest. Babies. Ever." I didn't have as much of a problem with this kind of storytelling formula in "4am - 5am" because that episode still retained a lot of mystery.
    While Palmer tries to get Keith and Nicole to accompany him to the upcoming breakfast conference, Nina steadily finds out what Jack's up to, and he must forcefully take her to an isolated outdoors area and kill her. That's what Gaines think he did, anyway
    I think this episode's main purpose is to gear things up for the next episode, where things continue to unravel and come to a head.

    Hourly Highlight:
    Jack "killing" Nina.moreless

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  • cool episode

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    6:02 A.M.-6:05 A.M.: Jonathan dyes his hair black and puts in color contacts. Now he's Martin. He gets dressed and is told by Gaines to beat traffic as he's seeing Palmer in an hour. Gaines makes Jack retrieve a keycard he left for him under his visor. Nina inquires if Milo's gotten anything off their keycard. He says he's found a scrambled medical file, which probably means the shooter is trying to hide his identity -- or someone else's. 6:05 A.M.-6:08 A.M.: While Keith is jogging, Palmer follows him and gets out to talk to him, against the wishes of Agent Pierce. Palmer explains if he doesn't tell, Kingsley will. Palmer wants him to go to the dinner, but Keith is too angry at his father to go. Keith says he always put his career first, breaks down in tears and then runs away from Palmer. Kimberly persuades Rick to run away with her, but he thinks it's a lost cause. He also thinks Gaines will let him go now that he's buried Dan. Kimberly doesn't believe that and thinks Gaines will kill him now that Rick has exhausted his usefulness. 6:08 A.M.-6:13 A.M.: Jack arrives back at CTU. Gaines wants him to replace the keycard he left for him with the one Milo is working on. Nina sees him and tries to find out what's going on. He says Kimberly's been found and was just at a party. She says the murder victim has been identified as Alan York. Once he's away from Nina, Jack angrily asks Gaines who's with Teri then. Gaines fires a gun over the phone, saying that's the last sound Teri and Kimberly will hear unless Jack calms himself down. Jack doesn't know how to go about replacing the keycard without attracting attention. Gaines calls Kevin (that's the Alan York impersonator) to say that Teri knows he's not Alan York and he needs to be careful. His cell phone is out of range, so Gaines has to leave a message. Teri tells Kevin she's feeling sick and begs him to pull over and stop the car. He does, and she runs behind a bush to throw up. Kevin decides to check his messages while she's away, but the one from Gaines has broken up to the point it's unintelligible. Kevin pulls the keys out of the ignition and decides to go check on Teri. She takes him by surprise, bashes his head in with a rock until he's unconscious and takes the keys. 6:17 A.M.-6:19 A.M.: Teri ties Kevin, who's still unconscious, to a tree. She tries to use his cell phone to call for help, but it's still out of the range of service. Rick tells Gaines that Dan is buried and requests his money. Gaines doesn't want to pay him now and he doesn't want Rick to leave either as he's got more things for him to do. 6:19 A.M.-6:21 A.M.: Gaines tells Jack he has three minutes to make the switch. Jack attempts to write a note for his co-workers telling them he's bugged, but Gaines sees it and makes him shred it. The CTU security cameras have been intercepted, as well. Nina catches up with Jack to say Milo's about to pull a name off the card. Nina is confused when Jack requests that she make Milo stop working on the card until he gets there and talks to him personally. 6:21 A.M.-6:24 A.M.: Palmer talks with Nicole. Sherry told her what's going on. He asks her to go to the breakfast. She'll be there. He preps her that there's going to be questions about the rape, and if she doesn't want to answer them, she can just say 'no comment.' Jack goes to see Milo, who says he was waiting for him to get there. Jack yells at Milo for halting work, then knocks something over. When Milo goes to pick it up off the floor, Jack makes the switch, then orders him back to work. Milo is angry. 6:29 A.M.-6:31 A.M.: Milo realizes something is wrong when he resumes work on the card. Jamey comes over to see what's wrong with it. She thinks the sectors aren't linked. He scoffs at her but checks it anyway. That's what it is. Teri attempts to flag down a passing car. Kevin regains consciousness and warns her not to, as Kimberly will be dead if he doesn't deliver her to Gaines in half an hour. Teri threatens to bash Kevin with a rock again if he doesn't tell her where Kimberly is. She tries to get a signal on the phone, which he also warns against. 6:31 A.M.-6:37 A.M.: Gaines has Jack call in to get priority clearance to Palmer's breakfast, then has him call Division and post himself out for an hour so he can attend it. Rick returns to the shed to tell Kimberly she was right -- Gaines isn't letting him go yet. Kimberly talks him into running away with her. Rick shows her an escape route, but one of Gaines' thugs interrupts. Rick makes it looks like he's trying to rape Kimberly, so he can get a few minutes alone with her to finish the job. Milo continues to have problems with the key card. Now Nina comes over to see what's wrong. Milo knows it's not the same card. When Nina questions who could have switched it, they both realize who. Nina goes to see Jack to inquire about the card. Gaines warns him to be careful, so after playing dumb, Jack tells Nina that Division got some info that they didn't trust Milo with. Nina still wants the key card, so, facing pressure from Gaines, Jack has no choice but to draw his gun and take her hostage. He apologizes, puts a jacket on her and escorts her to the exit with the gun hidden under the jacket. Before they make it out, Tony intervenes to ask where they're going. Jack says Division called them to a meeting. Outside, Jack forces Nina into his car and makes her drive. 6:42 A.M.-6:43 A.M.: Teri finally gets a signal on the phone. She calls Jack, but since Gaines made him leave his phone behind in St. Mark's garage, the only answer she gets is from a doctor who sees it lying on the ground. When he explains how he got the phone, he says he can call the cops if she wants, but she doesn't want that. She hangs up and calls CTU. Jamey answers and says that Jack just left with Nina. Teri explains the situation with Kimberly and Kevin. Since she won't let Jamey call the police either, Jamey gets her to give her location so she can send someone from CTU to come pick her up, then writes the address down on a pad.moreless

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    • When Kim pushes Rick off of her when they are pretending to make out, he is shoved into some metal shelves and for just an instant, a cameraman is visible on the right side of the screen. Edit
    • When Kevin gets the message from Gaines on his cell phone, we see him take the keys out of the ignition. When he gets out of the car, you hear the ring that usually tells you that you left the key in the car. Edit
    • Kevin tells Teri that Kimberly will die if he doesn't bring her to Gaines in a half hour. He's been conked out, he just came to, and his hands are tied behind his back. Since his watch is presumably on one of his wrists, how does he know what time it is? Edit
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    • The billing of executive producers Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran and co-executive producer Stephen Hopkins are moved from the closing credits back to the beginning of Act I. Credits for co-executive producer Howard Gordon, producer Andrea Newman and co-producers Michael Loceff and Robin Chamberlin are moved with them. Edit
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    • Eli: (catching Rick with Kim) What the hell are you doing? Rick: Give me five minutes, dude. No one has to know. Eli Stram: (pause) I'll give you four. Edit
    • Jack: If you hurt my wife or daughter, I will kill you you son of a bitch! Edit
    • Jack: If Alan York is dead, who is the man with my wife? Gaines: He's not an accountant from the valley, thats for sure. Edit
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