Day 4: 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.

Season 4, Episode 16, Aired
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Episode Summary

CTU raids Marwan's hideout, but he manages to slip through their fingers. Luckily, Jack locates a lead that may help him identify Marwan's next target.

Tony becomes suspicious of Michelle's personal life, while Audrey reunites with Paul and learns the extent of his injuries.

Anderson closes in on his quarry, as President Keeler searches for words that will comfort the American public.moreless
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  • After a few mediocre episodes, this one brings 24 back to life

    10
    "Perfect"
    WHOA!

    This episode has been very well done. I enjoyed the scenes at Mitch Anderson's apartment with the pretend FBI Agent, they were very good. I think that it is because there is FBI it is something more believeable than the fictional CTU - which makes me think that the new FBI storyline in Season 7 will be very successful.

    Who would of thought that Air Force One would be blown up? In hindsight, I would have to say that it was rather obvious. Stealth plane, President is in the air, "president has a tight schedule" were good indicators.

    The tense drama with the realisation that AF1 is a goner was awesome, definatly the best parts of 24.

    Overall, this episode was very, very good. Only way to make it better would have been me not knowing AF1 was going to blow up. In Australia, it was advertised as a pivitol episode that US aired again, again and again - so I wanted to know what happened!moreless

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  • Impressive

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    The really had it all back in track with this episode. It starts with big bang and ends with even bigger.

    Again, they managed to put so much in one episode. First trying to catch Marwan who luckily gets away and almost blows everyone else up. Then there is the apartment search thing and false FBI agent. I loved that storyline there.

    And then they finally figured out something that I got quite many episodes ago. Ok, we all got it I think.. it was just almost like said out.

    And between all the action, some drama too - what Tony finds out and Chloe and Edgard...

    Eager for next episode.moreless

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  • The Last Scene Saves this episode!!!

    7.5
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    In 16 episodes of 24 season 4, only 4 can be considered above the normal ou something special.

    24 format was 8 in 8 episodes we have small resolutions, with the preparation of the next threats. This episode 16 should do exactly this, however with episodes below the usual level of 24, I could not predict anything special from this episode.

    The Final Scene changed my opinion. 24 sometimes do some things that are impossible, however, sometimes this is what make an episode good or special.

    This wasnt a great episode, but you are not going to forget what happened in the final scene.moreless

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  • Diamond in the rough

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    A temporary rise in quality as the Mitch Anderson arc comes to a rousing end. The hour first follows the CTU raid on Marwan's hideout, which goes extremely well. Except that Marwan makes his second escape of the day and all the valuable information files get blown up.
    But we do get a nice action scene in the hideout, and Jack finds a thread leading to Anderson. Yes, it's essentially another new lead, but this one isn't as painfully annoying.
    It's no secret that Anderson's going after Air Force One. But the writers themselves don't seem to think the audience has gotten it by now, so there's this little attempt at humanizing President Keeler by bringing his son in. Gratuitous? Yep! Uncalled for? Indeed! An indication that Anderson will actually succeed at his mission? Quite possibly! But if you want the absolute ultimate proof that Keeler's about to go out, Vice President Charles Logan is introduced.
    Paul's out of surgery, but why discuss that? Edgar makes a mistake while silently mourning his mother, and Chloe covers for him, but who has time to care about that? Tony finds out that Michelle and Buchanan have some sort of romantic history, butokay, mentioning that was just stupid. Let's get past all that and proceed to the end. The final act is first-rate, and without it, I'd score this episode a 6, tops. Jack's little speech to Anderson is good, and just when you think Anderson might renege on this whole thinglet's just say that the last-second shocker (if you want to call it that) is not a scene to be forgotten soon.

    Hourly Highlight:
    What, are you kidding me?moreless

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  • Review

    9.5
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    I'm slightly confused to why there was no silent clock used at the end of this episode. The silent clock has not been used at all throughout the duration of season 4 and now seemed to be a pretty good time to try and use it - considering the unbelievable twist that has just been presented to us. Air Force One actually being hit was one of the biggets shocks of Season 4, maybe even of the entire series. I was impresses with the writing of this episode, something I cant say that I have been able to say much the past eight hours of Season 4. The one way conversation of Jack Bauer trying to convince Anderson to reconsider what he was about to do was brillantly done. I really liked everything that Jack said and it made me feel like he really did everything he could in order to try and get Mitch Anderson to turn the plane another way. I thought Michelles apparent involvment with Bill was kind of odd, I didnt see those two having a connection in that way. I thought that Tony and Michelle might get back together, but with only seven hours left Im not seeing that as a likely possibility. The fake agent Drake was a decent filler part of the episode and the beginning raid of Marawns hideout was also very well done. Overall it was a good episode from beginning to end, one of the best episodes of Season 4 so far.moreless

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    • When the F-117A takes off the pilot makes a call "...in the air, heading 552". Headings only range from 000 to 360. Then he gets cleared to 35000 feet, but above 10000 feet clearances are given in flight levels, not feet. The correct clearance would go to flight level 350. Edit
    • Everyone in the episode calls it a stealth fighter, but the F-117A Nighthawk can not carry any air to air weaponry, only precision bombs, so technically, it is not a fighter, but a bomber, that cannot fire onto airborne targets, although it is often called an attack fighter. Edit
    • When the doctor tells Audrey about the extent of her husband's injuries, he is in an adjoining room, awake and able to talk. It would take hours for a patient to wake up from such drastic surgery and perhaps days before they were coherent enough to communicate. Edit
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    • This episode was rebroadcast on April 8, 2005 and April 10, 2005, due to what FOX called the "most shocking and pivotal episode yet." The original broadcast aired against the NCAA championship game; an event that usually dominates in the ratings and in the fanbase of 18-49-year-old viewers that 24 usually attracts. Fox opted to continue with their "non-stop season," and broadcast two repeats that would allow viewers to catch up, rather than pre-empting the show. Edit
    • This episode marks another rare instance in which split-screens are not used to transition to the closing moments of the episode. Edit
    • Roger Cross does not appear in this episode, making it the first episode to have only 2 actors as main cast (Kiefer Sutherland and Kim Raver). Edit
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    • Jack: Was Air Force One just hit? Chloe: Escort pilots report Air Force One has suffered and indirect hit by an air to air missile. Pieces are falling to the ground on the desert. Edit
    • Chloe: We're being beaten by our own technology. Edit
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