Day 4: 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Season 4, Episode 9, Aired
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Episode Summary

Jack and Tony are able to trace Dina's location, but Behrooz slips through their fingers. Dina demands a full pardon for her son in exchange for information on the override device.
''Edgar wrestles with his emotions when his mother is trapped in the path of the nuclear fall-out.
''Behrooz turns to his uncle for help, but Navi closes in on him before he can get away.moreless
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  • Some insight on Edgar that moved me, and a wonderful painted-into-a-corner scenario which 24 does so well.

    6.5
    "Fair"
    This episode was interesting to me. The characters from two of the major storylines met and locked. 24 is at its best when it's painted itself into a corner, and it seems like that's where they are now with the Araz situation.
    We got to learn more about Edgar in this episode. I really like Edgar; he's a really good guy and very loveable. I had tears in my eyes when he spoke with his mother on the phone. I hope Audrey can come through for him. I liked that he gave her a little something to think about when he said that if his mother had been rich or a politician they would have found a way to save her. Some people's lives are worth more than others apparently; Edgar is spot on with this and it seems that the thought has never occurred to Audrey before.
    I was shocked to see that one of the reactors had a melt down. Usually in 24 they come very close to disaster but it's averted at the last minute. Like when the bomb in season 2 went off in the desert, and the virus in season 3 was only unleashed in one location. But this time around they actually had a disaster, one that will affect people's lives for generations to come, that was a bold move.
    What I'm mainly wondering is what more the terrorists have up their sleeve. If the reactor threat is over and done with in another two hours then they must have something else to cover the rest of the day. I'd hate to think what that could be that tops a nuclear melt down.
    I'm still wondering what happened to Driscoll's daughter by the way.moreless

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  • The Meeting!!!!

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    This episode is more about details then anything else.

    When a treat like this one happens, there are some details you can add to make the treat more real. As usual, they buy some time with Behrooz (not Navi that I was talking in the past reviews), its necessary that he turns to his uncle, to allow navi to caught his son alive e to make one more problem for jack.

    Edgar drama is sad and was the only scene that make you feel how bad is this threat.

    Jack interrogations are repetitived but necessary because os the details, however, with dina, it ends in a different way.moreless

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  • Hey, look, plot convergence

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    Jack finally meets the Araz Family in this superior episode. The collision of these two plotlines brings CTU in as well. And one of the nuclear reactors melts down. This is not an hour to be taken lightly.
    There is some filler when Edgar's mother, who lives close to the reactor, decides to commit suicide. But it's not that cringe-inducing; I was almost kinda moved slightly.
    Navi has an amusing little scene as he continues the search for Dina and Behrooz. Yes, infidelity is abominable, but filicide, uxoricide, political homicide, nuclear genocide, and Latinos portraying Middle Easterners are a-okay. Hotcha.
    The episode provides great insight into the characters of Jack and Dina as they sit down for some uneasy conversation and negotiate a deal to stop the meltdowns. The deal involves an immunity grant for Behrooz, which Keeler reluctantly hands over. There's something about a non-binding detail for that grant, but it's never brought up again, so let's forget it. Likewise, Behrooz is developed more when he works up the balls to tell Navi what a loathsome sack of garbage he is. A good episode that advances both the characters and the Override arc very well, and sets up key plot elements for the next couple of hours.

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    Navi crashing into Jack, which to Jack is apparently no worse than a frisbee to the head.moreless

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  • Clash over Behrooz

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    So, when CTU gets to Dina it comes to simple solution - they have to get Behrooz out of it and Dina will tell them everything she knows and will help them to get the control mechanism. But it does not go easy - Behrooz is trying to get pain meds to her mom and Navi appears and it all ends is shooting and the way the all end up in the basement and it now sure - after Dina's very powerful speech why she helps them that if they can get Behrooz out alive, they have hope.

    Also Edgard talking with her mother.. beautiful scene.moreless

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    8.4
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    Not so much a filler episode as much as it was an episode that had a lot of information and a lot of storylines come together at once. Jack and Tony were able to get to Dina and Behrooz, all though Behrooz was able to get away just in the nick of time. The scenes with Bauer and Dina got a little dragged on at a point, but everyone always wants to be pardoned (in this case Dina wanted her son to) so even though it seems repeative the writers at least keep it in the aspect of realism. The scene with Edgar and his mother was nothing but a filler. With the other two storylines needing to come together, the Araz family storyline stopped and his began a little. I hope it doesnt affect him too much in the episodes to come, as I think it would continue to slow down the plot. Overall it was a good episode - setting up the next couple of hours more then being an episode that I will remember.moreless

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    • Throughout the season, several characters mispronounce nuclear as 'nucular' including a tv news reporter and, as sad as it may be, Jack Bauer himself. Edit
    • Naseem should know that cell phones can't be used in hospitals because they work at the same frequencies as some of the machines, and therefore could make them malfunction. Edit
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    • Lana Parrilla does not appear in this episode. Edit
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    • Dina: I believe in our cause, and if you can't save my son, I am happy to see the reactors melt down. Edit
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