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Holes from the last hour are filled in as the characters go over this big undercover operation with the Salazars and what its purpose is. But after that, Jack spends the hour getting reacquainted with Ramon and Hector (and Claudia) while going through withdrawal symptoms. Not exactly "24" at its most captivating, mind you. So Jack slept with Claudia while he was undercover? How SO shocking! And by "shocking," I mean "contrived." And by "contrived," I mean "boring as hell."
Meanwhile, Anne gets some exonerating documents from Ted, who then shoots himself. After that embarrassingly dumb scene, Anne gives the papers to Palmer, and then breaks up with him. And boy, that storyline sure went out with a whimper. Not that it was ever anything more than a whimper. At times, it was a mere squeak.
But Chase, who is unaware of the undercover op, goes to Mexico to rescue Jack, while CTU tries to get in touch and stop him from ruining everything. Okay, this part wasn't bad, especially when he arrived in Mexico and got captured by the Salazars' henchmen. And unknowingly broke Jack's transponder, leaving him alone and vulnerable. But no; accounting for the Palmer stuff, the "drama" about Tony having to keep the operation a secret from Michelle, and one ultimately useless scene where Tony has a fall in his office, this episode is subpar at best.

Hourly Highlight:
Jack "shooting" Chase.

Logic/Details - » This episode is about building up this new undercover plot, so as ridiculous as it seems, since to achieve that, there was tons of ways to free Salazar without doing all that, but ok, since this show had to sacrifice logic for emotions, it is understandable for now. Besides the ridiculous and extreme explanation, the main objective of this episode was build up the undercover plot and put every player in is place.



This is why this episode was more slower than the last episodes, but the time and scenes management was not bad. Progress -» Was just about setups and put every player in their positions. Anne Plot was ended.



Emotions/Stimulation/Highlights -» The tension in Salazar house was strong, the best part was the beginning and of course, last scene with Chase when the tension was great, this two scenes was the only highlights moments of this episode.



Ending - » The ending was good, since it shows us that things will be more complicated.



Overall - » A solid episode that make a good setup and make things more interesting. There are two scenes filled with great tension that make this episode worth watching.

Wow.. And we thought we understand what was going on - at the start of this episode they just turned everything upside down again and again we cannot be sure of anything.



Just so much happened on this episode - first the letters Anne was getting and then all the struggle with her ex-husband and the gun... then Anne leaving president. That was unexpected turn of a tide.



All thing with Chade - they trying to get him and those bad guys getting him and Tony not managing to say him what was important. Jack putting gun on Chase.. that was a great turn of plot - Jack was ready to kill him and probably live with the aftermath and the results knowing all what was between him and Kim. And that woman on Salazar ranzo. What Jack had promised to him...

This episode is most anticipated due to the BIG twist at the end of the previous episode. However, it comes out as just average. Jack's explanation to Palmer just doesn't make sense to me, I guess it's quite a lot of information to take in. But this means that all the episodes before this were pointless, just pointless. A big waste of a quarter of a season, huh.



Even though not a lot happened with Jack in this episode, it had a couple of great moments such as, when Roman nearly shot Jack; Jack and Claudia's interaction. And the last five minutes of the episode? That was superb. Jack pulling the trigger on Chase was brilliant, it was one of the best moments of the season. I wish they ended the episode right there and then though because the ending with the transponder was pretty crap.



I'm glad that Anne has gone because she annoyed me and hopefully the Palmer storyline will get better now. I was sure that Anne was going to be accused of murdering her ex husband though =/



Quote of the hour! Jack Bauer: "You should never have come down here Chase. You should have listened to me."

Now that David and Anne have called it quits, it will allow more time to be focused towards Bauer and his mission down in Mexico. I’m sure some kind of complication with interfere with an easy buying of the virus. This episode was still very good, which Jacks scenes topping all of the rest. Between getting stared down by Ramon and almost killed, Jack really put his life on the line to come down to Mexico and get this mission. I thought the drama at CTU was pretty average, with nothing really big happening there other then Tony taking a fall and the intense phone conversation with Chase. In the end - with the watch broken and the presidents drama all seeming to be over, it looks like the next few episodes will feature a lot of Bauer, which is always a good thing when it comes to this show...

Tony wakes up in sickbay and heads back to work. Palmer and Chappelle gets to see a secret message from Jack. It turns out that Ramon's escape from prison isn't accidental. Jack touches down in Mexico, he gets reunited again with Hector. Anne finally breaks off her relationship with David Palmer. This episode reveals new twists and turns, it's really an exciting episode. Things go in ways you don't expect, the writers did a good job making this episode really exciting, it's another great 24 episode. The action and the suspense are well directed, the sets and the props are amazing.

Wow this episode was crazy. i didn't expect the whole thing with the tape jack made for president palmer. like how he had been working on this plot for like a month and it was some elaborate scheme. it was kinda hard to believe. but it was still kinda cool.



chase is such a flippin loser! he's messing everything up. it was so like unexpected that jack would prove his loyalty by killing chase but he must've known the gun wasn't loaded. and that was pretty cool. it was another twists.



i didn't expect gallel or whatever to really be on our side, and one of the better guys, ya know one who jack trusted and was just doing what he thought was right with tony and jack. crazy.



and chase broke the stupid tracker! ahhh!!!!



Michelle looked pretty upset that she wasn't in on the plan with tony, jack and gallel or however you spell his name. she was a little tweaked i think.



and ann's crazy husband just had to kill himself. and there's no more Palmer and Ann! they're apart now! how sad.



so yeah, i thought this episode was pretty crazy awesome, and it ended with tony being frustrated because the tracker broke on jack's watcd and they weren't able to tell where he was. ahh what a mess!

while overally the story didn\\\'t advance much in the episode, it was interesting to watch.

2 great events:



1, Dr Anne leaving Palmer. THANKS GOD. No more annoying Dr Anne. Yeah.

2, Jack pulling the trigger on Chase\\\'s head. One of the most intense scenes ever. If the Salazar\\\'s loaded the gun.... oh my god. Jack would have killed Chase!

Incredible.



On the other hand..



Dr Anne and Ted.. Oook. Why was that neccessery? it had no point! And WTF Palmer\\\'s reaction when Anne calls him? It\\\'s like... \\\'really? he killed himself? ok..but be home soon, dinner\\\'s ready!\\\'



that whole scene was acted POORLY! It was funny. Rather funny.



Lotsa useless, filler convos between Salazars and Jack. Really useless. The mexican CTU guy couldn\\\'t locate Chase... But... How the hell did Chase get out of the plane? I mean.. that was unrealistic. Whatever.

Overally, a filler, with a good ending.

After a great Wtf moment from the previous episode, the writers had an opportunity to do something special with this episode. Unfortunately, they just turned it into another setup episode and not a very good one at that.



Pros

-Jack's video to Palmer was certainly interesting. Palmer's reaction to it was very nicely done.

-Jack barely flinching when Ramon shot at him was great.

-Jack and Claudia's interaction was interesting.

-Thank you 24 writers for realizing how stupid Dr. Anne's storyline was. Thanks for getting rid of her, albeit in the dumbest way possible.

-I really liked the introduction of Michael Amador. He was a very cool character.

-GREAT ending. One of the best of the season. Chase spitting in Jack's face, followed by the heavy score and Jack pulling the trigger on Chase...beautiful.



Cons

-Jack's video to Palmer was a nice try, but it still doesn't make any sense logically. None. Zero.

-Hard to follow beginning.

-Some shockingly bad dialogue by Jack when he was talking to Ramon about trusting him.

-SHOCKINGLY stupid scene between Dr. Anne and Ted. The dialogue and acting by Ted Packard was HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE. So so bad. Note to 24 writers: If our main heroes aren't in a scene, don't air it. Just don't air it.

-Stupid Michelle. The whole point of a top-secret mission is to tell nobody else. I mean...not even Palmer or Chappelle knew about, so why the hell should Michelle expect to know? Did Jack tell Kim about it? Did Gael tell his wife?

-Am I the only person that didn't get how in the world Chase was able to evade Gutierrez's attempt to find him? Did he parachute from the plane and remote land it?

-Again...stupid dialogue, this time by Dr. Anne while she was breaking up with Palmer.

-Could Chase have possibly been anymore annoying in this episode?



This episode suffered from some atrocious dialogue. I love you Robert Cochran and Howard Gordon, but let's have some realism in what our characters are saying. The Ted Packard suicide scene was probably the phoniest and worst acted scenes on 24 ever.