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Well it has to happen at some point, does not it. After full action packed first 6 episodes one can not help but feel little bored with the sub plots in this episode which are not only slower but also do not take any where near the main plot further except that they got a lead on the man who helped the terrorist and he got killed. Almost everyone who had been following 24 series from beginning would have as much guessed - president begging Jack to join CTU on provisional basis ( as though there is no one else - i felt it would have been better if Jack requested President that he worked till the crisis is resolved) , we are not yet sure where McGill plot is taking - somehow not caught by surprise. The girl killing the man aiding the terrorist was hardly a surprise as was the suicide of Walt.
The episode is okay but stands no where near in comparison with the earlier episodes. They made to look the scenes appear shocking while in actual they were not. Hopefully next episode picks up.

If this is the first season that you are wacthing 24, then this episode can be enjoyble, but if you are like me, that Watched all the episodes until now, you will feel like you were in boredom Kindgom.



The only problem with this episode, is the familiar territory, like the hurt girl who gets gun (how?) and shots the important lead, or Walt Cummings apparent suicide.



The writers continue to give martha a share of participation that can be boring, because her story is not important, just to fill the episodes. Even the terrorists actions or inactions in this episode allow to fill the episode.



This was the worse episode so far for this season.



Overral, too familiar and predictable.

this is another great episode. jack goes after someone who can lead him to the russians. President Logan gets another crisis in front of him as he confronts Martha over Walt's involvement with the terrorists. meanwhile, back at CTU Lynn deals with a personal crisis that gets himself in trouble. It's another fast paced action episode, things get complicated again when the terrorists gets a few steps ahead of the FBI. Jack Bauer gets reinstated by Logan so that he can deal with the problem at hand. Lynn however gets in the way of Jack Bauer. This is another fun episode.

I think the main problem with this episode was that it was so predictable.. everything could be expected and there were so many deja-vu moments, things they have already done in this serie.. like the hurt girl who gets gun and shots the important lead.. Mm.. I think we have seen it more than once..



And Cummings.. from the moment Mike asked president to come it was so sure he killed himself. And then they wanted it all to look so surprising - it did not.



And the whole thing going on with McGill.. oh.. this seems to be storyline they will use later.. promising. But that was so expected too..

Well, somebody sure flubbed up. After an awesome—and I mean, AWESOME—first six episodes, the second quarter of S5 starts quite roughly.

With the newly modified Sentox threat, Jack must do the only thing he can. Say it with me: he follows up a lead. Oh yes, it's been a "24" staple since the very first season, and it'll probably continue to be so. Therefore, I guess I'll have to live with it for as long as I keep watching the show, but that in no way means that I have to enjoy it, so there!

Moving on, the actual lead is some weirdo pedophile living in a penthouse. Aside from the underage Russian sex slave living with him, there's nothing about this storyline that we haven't seen before. And including the sex slave, there's nothing interesting.

The same can be said for the action at CTU, or lack thereof. McGill getting robbed, while having turned out to be somehow relevant to the main plot, is still pretty bland at this point.

A big misstep, the worst that S5 has to offer, though I guess that every great show is entitled to a couple of crappy episodes per season. And hey, no Kim!



Hourly Highlight:

The only thing that is interesting would be the hijinks at Logan's. But only because of the opportunity to see Cummings' hanging corpse.

This episode was good. The infultration into the old mans (Rosslo sp) was kind of weak. Taking out some cameras and going through the building so quickly was one of the more boring infultrations then what we are accustomed to seeing on 24. Marth Logan - President Logans interaction, albeit boring wasn't too terrible to watch. Watching them rekindle something that they had thought they had lost was actually kind of cool. The young girl killing Rosslo at the end was a very good ending and Im interested to see how it picks up at the start of the next episode. All in all I thought the episode was very good, one of the better ones this season.

Right after one of my favorite episodes, came this one and... it disappointed me.



This is much like season 1 to me - we just got thru a few problems(Walt, Jack being identified as Palmer's killer, Martha being transported..) and we can see that ALOT is going to happen soon...but not now. Not yet.



Rossler is probably one of the crappiest characters on 24. I am glad he dies by the end. That was the best part.



Crap because:

1. bad actor (no offense... this role is not for him!)

2. 0 character development. What we found about him? He's rich, he's a programmer, and hes a pedo. Bah.



I felt sorry for the girl, and the ending was extremely predictable. The writers could be a bit braver and not hint at the upcoming events. It's always nice to receive a surprise.



1 thing I really LOVED about this episode... well, the way Martha slapped Logan. Hahaha. That got me! When Mike entered, I thought he was gonna slap him too! :)



But anyhow, the rest of their storyline was extremely boring, just an arguement over the speech about Walt. Although it's ironic how he's now credited as a patriot and a hero. - Didn1T he call himself that before he died?



Lynn gets beaten up by his sister's friend to get his wallett... appearently, not onyl his money was stolen, but his CTU keycard aswell.(ALthough it's still unexplained how he could enter CTU without card..)



..but that's it. Nothing too serious or breathetaking.



Expected better. By 24 standards, this episode is not too great.

Excellent episode. 24 really have quality of cinema, as much in sonorous track, as in script and performance. This episode was to take off folego, the Jack, the terrorist, the Lynn leading a beating. Another thing is President Logan, it is one pateta!Badly vejoa hour to see the new episode!!!



NOTE 9.6

One of the lesser episodes of the season. Lower tempo and a very tired old storyline brought back into play.



I liked what we saw with the Logans. I think we need to see some good sides in the president or else it will get too tedious. Good to see the two of them working together. Walt Cummings was a different story. I'm not so sure I buy that he did it to himself but then again I always lean on the paranoid side.



The real down point of this episode was the introduction of Lynn's troubled relative. Why does always one of the new characters have a troubled relative? Michelle, Erin and now Lynn. And techniaclly Jack in the first season, with troubled Kim. It's getting mighty old. Sure the twist with Lynn getting beaten up was new but that doesn't do much to rescue the storyline. I hope they're going to do something GOOD with this.



The Chloe-Edgar-Spenser triangle continues to develop. I'm starting to feel sorry for Spenser. Though Edgar seemed mighty pleased when he was escorted out of the building. And did you see that grin on his face when Chloe told him to shut up?



The weird psycho computer nerd thing was a bit odd. Especially the bit about the girl. Where did she get a gun? If she had one all along you'd think she would have killed him sooner. She's 15, I wonder if they're going to set her up with Derek... Anyhoo, this whole storyline felt off to me. I wasn't particularly interested in it. That computer nerd was loathesome and he didn't seem to have a cause which always makes it more annoying. And I can't say that I'm wondering much how they will fix the situation now that he is dead.



Are we going to get to see Kim sometime in the future? Neat.

I'm in the UK and I've been looking at other reviews of this episode seen as I just watched it last night on Sky one, and I tend to agree with a lot of them. This was more of a transition episode but I think it hints at a lot more than is first realised. We have the obvious appearance of Kim coming up, no surprises there but if you look closely at the other 'incidents' in the episode I think there's a lot more to it..



1. Cummings' hanging - I agree with the other reviewers of this, it must be impossible for him to have done this on his own, was mike involved in this or is there another 'mole' in Logans administration???



2. The attack on Lynn - I don’t believe for one minute that it was just about the money, it seemed like whoever was with his sister was looking for more than just money in his wallet, looked like he had taken a key card???



3. The killing of Rossler - Although I could be majorly wrong about this, I think Inessa is more important than just a sex slave. The way she handled the gun makes me think that she's a bigger part of whatever is going down in day 5, and she killed Rossler to prevent Jack and Curtis from getting to Erwich.



Obviously I could (and probably am) totally wrong with all of the above, and as is with 24 nothing is what is seems. Overall at first viewing I thought this episode was good, not blindingly good but good. On repeat viewings I think this episode hints at what’s to come, and gets better the more it makes you think about it. As long as they keep rolling out hours like they have been Day 5 could prove to be the best yet

Overall, pretty good episode. Plot was advanced nicely, though nothing too earth-shattering happened. I Was not pleased to see yet another annoying family member subplot rear its ugly head...but, oh well; I have a fast-forward button for a reason.



The one thing that really bothered me about this episode was the way Cummings died. Where the hell were the Secret Service agents who should have been watching him? He arranged the assassination of a U.S. President for crying out loud!!! He would not have been left alone in a hallway for the 15 to 20 minutes it would take for him to hang himself until dead!



And how exactly did he hang himself? There was nothing to stand on in the hall. So he had to jump up and hang from the sprinkler spigot by one hand while tying his necktie to it with the other...while wearing the necktie!!! Impossible!!!



Why didn't he grab a guard's gun while in holding and turn it on himself? It would have been so much more believable and could have added some action to an otherwise tame episode.



Oh well....except for these minor items, it was an enjoyable episode.

Unfortunately, as 24 isn't planned extensively in advance, we have episodes that don't add much to the plot, essentially setting up the next big pay off. Such episodes are transitional, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Most of the storylines this episode are fine. However, they find themselves stuck using a lame plot device for some unknown reason. There are some cracks evident in this episode, but nothing too crippling, which isn't hindering this season yet.



As they talked about the ramifications of Jack's survival in the last episode, it makes sense that they would explore how this would affect Kim. Jack is right to keep Kim unaware of it because she shouldn't have to deal with the loss again. However, mentioning how much Jack wants to keep his faked death a secret from his daughter is obviously setting us up for Kim finding out in the least comfortable and appropriate way possible.



Having Kim on his mind sets us up for the raid on Rossler's penthouse suite and the discovery of Rossler's sex slave, an underage girl named Inessa. They teased at a surprise behind Rossler's bed both on the show and in the previews, making some fans believe it was someone we know. Thankfully the woman behind the bed wasn’t Mandy, because that would’ve been too obvious, or Kim, because that would've been too absurd even for 24. Instead, it is something unexpected and sleazy, which revolts Jack beyond words and places him in an unusual position.



It starts when Rossler remains tight lipped despite the torture, and Jack is forced to put that poor girl in a situation where she has to be near that scumbag, even though Jack would intercept Rossler once he served his use. Jack clearly despises Rossler for what he has done to Inessa, and that adds to the savagery of his torture, evidenced in his line "you're gonna wish you felt this good again" after Jack jabbed Rossler's fresh bullet wound.



What I do wonder is why Jack didn’t assure Inessa that he would make sure that Rossler would never get away with her. We know how Jack wouldn’t do that to an innocent person. In season two, when Wallace demanded Kate go with him, Jack had a tracking chip so they could track him and make sure she never got away with him (not that that mattered with the following gunfight). All of this is to get Inessa to gun down Rossler, destroying the one link they had since they apparently aren't too concerned with Nathanson anymore and to make Jack's return to obscurity harder to do.



Nathanson's role, now that Cummings has been exposed, should've been explored more in this episode. Since Cummings no longer has anything useful to offer the investigation, wouldn't it be fitting that they aggressively pursue where Nathanson is? Nathanson actively contacted the terrorists so he would've been CTU's closest connection to the nerve gas before Erwin contacted Rossler. All Walt says is that Nathanson went dark and that is that. It leaves something to be desired, even if CTU finds Nathanson's body in that black void he operated.



Unfortunately, we’re stuck with another side story that doesn’t add to the plot; Lynn’s encounter with his sister Jenny whose male friend mugs him. What is this doing here? Every season has their share of lame plotlines (Michelle and Carrie fighting, Chase’s baby, Maya Driscoll, etc.), but it doesn’t make it any easier when they pop up (and somehow we're never prepared for them). I thought Lynn’s storyline was fine with the generation gap between him and Buchanan. Perhaps this will pay off later, but like many of these subplots, it doesn’t fit in well with the rest of the show.



Apparently, the rest of Spenser's storyline wasn't about his guilt at helping a sociopath connected to terrorists as much as it was another step in the Edgar/Chloe dynamic. However, Edgar getting a kick out of Chloe turning Spenser away was a highlight of the episode. Edgar and Chloe are the new Tony and Michelle.



Initially, Logan is willing to accept responsibility for his actions, but during the hour, he learns that coming clean won't be as easy as he thought. We can see why Martha was friends with David Palmer; coming clean to the media is exactly what Palmer would do. Logan didn’t do anything wrong, but he would be if he tried to cover up the truth. However, when Walt commits suicide, the situation becomes more complicated. Such a shock may cause Logan to revert to his old ways instead of finding redemption. It'll be tough to explain the death of his chief of staff, much less keep it concealed for long. Logan's situation now places him in a situation where the need to confront this issue is extremely important.



Who hasn't wanted to slap Logan at some point during his tenure on 24? Thankfully, Martha is now able to prove that she is a capable member of Logan's inner circle. Both she and Novick can give Logan the Cliff's Notes on David Palmer and what it takes to be a great leader. We can only hope that she'll steer him in the right place now that they have to deal with Walt's suicide.



As custom with traditional episodes, the characters are usually doing something that could be contained in an act or so, an odd change from last week's charged episode. For our terrorists, they spend it coercing a hapless mechanic to cut open the canisters so they can reset the detonators or something (poor Cal; you have to feel bad for the civilians who are caught in the crisis on 24). Why didn't Erwin find out how to reverse what Schaeffer did from Schaeffer before they killed him? He was at Erwin's mercy before he died, it could've been easy to find out, if there was a way.



Having Erwin take on the role of head baddie feels a little awkward to me. This stems from when we first saw him, as the plant among the hostages in the airport terminal. Had the airport terminal situation not played out in his favor, the operation would've lost their leader. He may be willing to die once their attack is done, but to die before they can achieve their endgame doesn't feel right.



This episode is a typical transitional episode, a showing of the shortcomings the show has with the real time format. While it helps create suspense and intensity, when they make mistakes with storylines, they have to stick with them and write their way out of it. However, I have been enjoying this season a lot to cut the show a little slack (see my rating). In addition, they're heading towards something big soon because of the terrorists have almost everything they need to release the canisters in America. I hope that this episode earned the grade I'm giving it.

Logan is a bastard - calling on Jack's sense of patriotic duty to continue to serve with CTU. His self-deprecating comment about not being naive enough to think there was any sense of personal loyalty was enough to make me laugh - talk about stating the obvious...



Lynn and Jenny - that must have caused some confusion at roll call in elementary school... How dumb is Lynn? His sister is a junkie - did he really believe she wasn't up to something when she asked to meet him somewhere? Granted, she did originally ask to meet him at CTU, where she would have had a hell of a time getting her friend inside to beat the hell out of Lynn, so that part was his own stupidity, but still...



Patrick Bachau - nice to see him again. Really liked him in The Pretender. Too bad he's playing a slimy, creepy old man with a penchant for underage Russian girls.



Chloe going to bat for Spencer - wonder if that's because she just wants to get laid again. Then again, since she just dismissed him, I suppose not. I think Edgar was jealous of him - that little smirk as he was led out was priceless.



Oh God, it's the return of Kim - it was nice not having her around for the last while, I must say. She served her purpose in the first season, but after that was really not a very good character to have around - poorly written storylines, and her acting was reduced to looking stunned and pursing her lips. I suppose that's all right if you're in the 18-34 male demographic, but really does nothing for me. Also, whoever decided on Kim's hairstyle in season three ought to be given an equally bad cut and left to fend for themselves in the world. Truly was an awful cut for her.



Well done, Martha - Logan deserved that slap, and a hell of a lot more. Is she back on her drugs, cause she's sounding awfully lucid at the moment, and Mike is looking pretty worried - probably waiting for her to blow up in their faces.



Jack's getting pretty brutal on the non-combatants - bashing the security guard the way he did.



Why did Spenser and Chloe not see the second person in the penthouse with Rossler? They had such detail otherwise, it's hard to believe that they missed her.



Why did Logan have to see Cummings had hung himself? If you have someone who is a traitor the way he was, would you not put him in a secure location and take away something like the tie, so he couldn't do what he just did?



When Jack says that something is going to be fine, you just know something has to go wrong, and there, it did. Good girl, shoot the bastard - raping and beating a fifteen year old girl - that's just so wrong. I'm surprised Jack would even consider allowing her to go with Rossler, no matter what was said about it being a deal-breaker for Rossler.

Don't get me wrong, I love 24 but this episode was no more than a filler. It would've scored even lower were I not so confident we are being set up for greater things in further episodes. I appreciate not every episode can be action packed and I just hope some of the events in this episode play a large part in the plot as a whole.



Another thing that annoyed me about this episode was the story with Lynn McGill and his sister. Every season in 24 we are given a scenario where a character has a sick / drugged up / kidnapped / psychotic (delete as appropriate) sibling. I just hope that when Kim appears next episode she doesn't follow this trend.



Anyway 24 rocks and is easily the best show on TV. 6.5 is probably a bit harsh but i'm only judging it against the wealth of other amazing episodes the writers keep churning out. Roll on the next installment!

I usually don't watch the "Next week on 24" promos, but since the whole Palmer/Walt storyline seemed to end with last week's episode, I decided, why not? It looked exciting with Jack and Curtis storming the penthouse, and the mysterious person behind the bed.



Anywho, I don't want to say I'm disappointed by this episode, but the ending didn't seem to match the climax of the last two episodes with the Walt Cummings discovery at CTU and Jack's interogation of said perpetrator. That said, I was a bit excited this week when Jack said that the operation was gonna be "covert." This threw me back to the Chinese embassy episode of season 4; Li Dong; yenno, that whole shpiel. But it ended up being lackluster. The sneaking into the elevator thing was good, but then they just went blazing guns on the penthouse level, and as with previous seasons, the gun action of 24 is never quite as good as it is during its premieres and finales. I think that if they would've dragged on the Metal Gear style stealth scenario a bit more, it would've been more thrilling.



I just hope this season doesn't taper off. Maybe Kim will give the show the boost it needs.



By the way, the 15 year old girl reminds me of Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Only more Russion looking of course.

The cliffhanger at the end was awesome. I was surprised when the 15 year old girl shot the old guy.



There was no important event in this episode though, unlike the last 6, but it's still good, mainly because you get to see more human interaction.



The addition of Lin's (can't spell) sister to the story is good. I can't wait to see what happens with them.

This episode seemed to be recycling old ideas from previous seasons. The only reason they brought in Lynn's sister was to get him out of CTU so that when something goes wrong and they need him, he won't be there. Then CTU will lose a lead and Jack will have to save the day again. This episode was totally predictable and unsuprising. The torture scene was lacking the regular 24 grittyness and shock value that viewers have come to expect. It was exciting to hear that Kim is coming back. After she left in season 3 they never really explained what was going on with her. I think that this year her storyline could actually get interesting.

This episode was basically a transition episode for the episodes to come. For a transition episode, it did an excellent job. We were introduced the new plotlines and conflicts. Hopefully, this starts a string of amazingly awesome episodes.



High Points

- Jack contemplating whether to stay and help CTU or disappearing again.



- Kim, Baby! I know some people may have negative feelings toward Kim but whenever she is around Jack, it just makes him look all the more human instead of being a stone cold killer all the time (not that there\'s anything wrong with that). I\'m glad they are slowly bringing her character back into the storyline instead of just throwing her in.



- Team Jurtis (Jack and Curtis). Their assault on the Penthouse was intense. Jack Bauer Body Count: 10...I think. My prediction is 26 dead bodies for Day 5.



- The ads made the person behind the bed to be significant but I was more confused than surprised. It was probably more the ad\'s fault than the show.



- Please tell me it wasn\'t Novick\'s idea for Walt\'s \"incident\" We can only forgive you so much, Mike.



- Edgar and Chloe will most definately hook up this season. The smirk on the "big man's" face was priceless once Spenser was forced to leave.



- I want the wrath of Tony.



Best Line

\"You don\'t want to go down this road, trust me.\"- Jack Bauer, ready to dish out some pain for information.



Keep the Clock Ticking. Next week, hour 8.

This episode was very disapointing for me. It definately was the definition of Filler Show. It just didn\'t seem to go anywhere and a couple of the things that happened seemed to be just re-hashes from things that happened last year.



Lynn\'s drugged out sister = Erin\'s psycho daughter

Russian girl shoots Rossler = Behrooz shoots Navi



For me, 12:00pm - 1:00pm = LAME



Plus I can\'t believe they\'re bringing Kim back. Is it just me or does anyone else remember how annoying she was?!? Maybe they\'ll do like M*A*S*H and have her chopper go down over the Pacific Ocean.



Hopefuly next we can get back on track.

I thought that episode was pretty good for a filler episode. Howerver Jack came out with some great one liners, such as

"Trust me, you dont wanna go down this road with me"

The terrorist told Jack to go to hell and he says

"That is exactly where i'm gonna send you unless you start to cooperate"

and when curtis crunched Rosslers leg

"By the time i'm finished with you, your gonna wish you felt this good again"



Although this was a good episode, it was let down by the story of Lynn and his sister, i mean what was the point in showing that. I suppose it could be about developing Lynn's character but i personally thought it was stupid

Ok, so i know that this is a filler episode, but Kim was supposed to be back already!! And WHEN is Tony going to wake up????

This show is no fun when Tony is out of the picture. I know they need him comatose a little longer, he probably knows something that can help, but he's unconscious.... yea. And we do need to give the writers time for him to have a great break-down scene. I mean, he was willing to commit treason to save Michelle, how is he going to react ( i mean, he did have a "reaction" in the premiere, but it lasted for only seconds before he was comatose)

Does anyone else think that Kim is going to be the person to bring a kid into CTU this season??? A kid has come in every season so far... someone's family... What if Jack is a Grandfather!!!!!!!!

Definately the worst episode this year. The last six have been tremendous. But with Lynn's crackhead sister and too much time at Rossler's, I don't care. I want to get to the nerve gas. Too much time was spent on filling time, the terrorists pliot made sense, so did Logan's, it moved smoothly. But Jack's plot was entirely dragged out and it also didn't make sense. Why would Rossler keep a gun in the same room where he abuses a girl? Why didn't the CTU Tactical Teams do a sweep and get rid of that gun. It was a serious plot convience. 24 is my favorite show and there is always one bad episode in each season and I hope that this was the only one.

Well, the big threat of Walt is dealt with in a surprising fashion as I didn't expect him to actually kill himself. Still, fits with his cowardly nature and solves some problems for Logan.



It was good to see Logan and his wife working so well as we see just how good a team they are and confirm the idea that she helped him along quite a bit over the years. And it was nice for her to give him that slap as payback for his mistreatment of her.



Also great to see Martin Bachau around at his oily best and loved some old school Jack interrogation of him. I did not see the part with the slave girl coming or her suddenly shooing Bachau in the last minute just as it seemed the episode was ready to end, proving once again how you can't take this show for granted.



The part with McGill's sister seemed to not make sense but I highly suspect it will play into the season with his wallet (no doubt containing some important data) finds its way into the wrong hands. It was good to see Chloe give Spencer the smackdown before sending him off although I do wonder if he'll back soon.



So this is a sort of "transistion" ep to move from one threat to the next and does it well, setting up the next few hours of fun thrills as only this show can do.

The past two episodes have been largely transitional, as the plot turns away from Walt’s attempt to use terrorism to destroy terrorists towards something a bit more chaotic. Getting to the point where the plot can take a meaningful turn is a time-consuming process, and it often leaves the writers with a bit too much times on their hands. Since the writers notoriously choose not to plan things out ahead of time, the results can be a muddled mess.



The previous episode was nearly derailed by this problem, but in the end, a focused theme of “necessity vs. morality”, the “24” staple, kept the episode afloat. This installment was not so fortunate. While there were some interesting scenes in which Jack had to choose between following orders (sorta) and following his conscience, on the whole, the episode was tracking time.



Part of the problem is the usual disconnect between episodes that are written on the fly. At the end of the previous episode, Jack agreed to continue working with CTU until the nerve gas issue was resolved. This episode begins with a longer discussion on the exact same topic. It’s sometimes necessary to remind the audience where the story was going, but there’s still a feeling that the writers for the episodes didn’t hash out who was covering what!



That said, this episode brings up some of the issues that Jack must now face. In particular, Kim doesn’t know that her father is alive, and this would be a very bad way for her to learn the truth, since he can’t address the matter himself. This is one of those minor issues to be dealt with, since Jack must delegate to someone he trusts.



At the same time, the plot has to stall while these issues are addressed and further complications are introduced, so Erwich needs to deal with the fact that he can’t unlock the canisters of nerve gas. He needs new remote trigger codes, which means cutting open the canisters and getting the ID keys. This, of course, takes about an hour, and it also gives Jack someone to track down and torture. Thus begins the usual pattern: leads run out, the bad guys make a mistake, Jack tracks down the lead, that lead runs out, the bad guys make a mistake, etc.



Early-season transitional episodes wouldn’t be complete without the truly annoying addition of a CTU agent’s wacky family member. In this case, it’s Lynn and his drug-addled sister, who needs some cash and seems to think Lynn is a complete and utter moron. As it turns out, Lynn is not a complete moron; he comes in around 95%.



The writers hit a small snag when Jack’s status at CTU is reinstated. According to the dialogue, Jack has autonomy in terms of what must happen to achieve the objective. This is all well and good, but where does that place him in the chain of command? Is he answerable only to Logan? It’s not at all clear, and that makes the end of the episode somewhat questionable.



Equally questionable is the relative ease by which CTU intercepts Erwich’s call. Granted, CTU ought to have the ability, but it seems incredibly convenient within the context of the story. It’s really just a way to give Jack someplace to go. Even worse, the security system in Rossler’s building is so state-of-the-art that Chloe and Edgar can’t break in down; only Spenser, the annoying dupe, can do it. Thus, of course, tossing him back into Chloe’s orbit for a little while.



For very different reasons, Jack and Logan turn to the only people they can trust at the current moment. Jack asks Audrey to contact Kim and give her the news, which demonstrates how much Jack still regards Audrey as a part of his life. In a similar sense, Logan defers to Martha’s judgment in terms of how to explain recent events to the public. This is an odd comparison, especially since Jack and Logan are as different as two people could be.



The middle of the episode is devoted to the assault on Rossler’s building, which is a nice little action sequence, but nothing special (unless one counts the shot that Curtis takes). Things get a lot more interesting when Jack finds Rossler’s underage sex slave Inessa. Considering that Jack has Kim on his mind (and family in general), this is not something that makes him happy.



Of course, the moral dilemma arrives when Jack’s usual torture tactics don’t work fast enough. This leads to the problem presented by Jack’s reinstatement. Bill and Lynn both tell Jack to cut a deal with Rossler, which means sending Inessa back into the perv’s clutches. But Jack supposedly had autonomy to pursue the investigation and operation as he saw fit. So why is Jack required to defer in this matter?



This would seem to suggest that Jack himself recognizes the necessity of placing one young woman back in risk for the sake of saving millions. But he could have easily gone in his own direction if he wanted to continue with the torture as a means of gaining cooperation. Thus Jack is the one making the call, which gives the end of the episode a very different context, since he is, in fact, using Inessa for his own interests. One has to wonder: would it have been different if Jack took a moment to explain to Inessa what they were trying to accomplish?



In the midst of the most interesting part of the story, the writers take a moment to have some guy beat the snot out of Lynn. As fun as that was to watch, one has to wonder if there’s a point to it. Will this turn out to be the impetus for Lynn’s departure at some point in the season? Or was it just some vain attempt to give the audience a reason to feel bad for him? Whatever the case, it’s an oddly paced moment.



Things need to get complicated, and a showdown between Erwich and Jack needs to come within the next episode or so in keeping with the usual three-act structure of the typical “24” season, so of course the stage is set for a meet between Rossler and Erwich. That’s the moment when things get a lot more complicated.



Logan’s plans to disclose everything to the public are dashed when Novick finds Walt post-suicide. This will probably not go over well in general. Audrey is unable to put Jack’s fears to rest, because Kim is unavailable. Jack and his agents completely fail to do their job, and Inessa pulls out a gun and shoots Rossler dead, just before Erwich is scheduled to call back with a meeting location. (Seriously, the girl is 45 pounds in the rain…how hard is it to pat her down and find the handgun?)



This leaves Jack with a bit of a problem, since he needed the meet to grab the nerve gas and get out of the spotlight as soon as humanly possible. Now he needs to find a way to find Erwich independently of Rossler. That’s the only open question from this episode that could be considered compelling. Kim’s obviously not going to show up for a while, Lynn’s issue is hardly interesting, and Logan’s subplot wasn’t really going anywhere yet.



The problem is that this episode felt a bit muddled. The only thing that was truly interesting was the moral complication tossed in Jack’s path. Even so, the writers didn’t make it clear that the decision regarding Inessa was completely in his court. One could have easily gotten the impression that Jack was just following orders. When even the central moral conflict is a bit muddled, it’s not hard to recognize that this transitional episode is one of the weaker installments of the season.

The episode wasn't as exciting as the other episodes of 24. The president is weak and does not know what the hell he is doing. Is it just me or did they never explain how he is still the president? Did the other president die in season 4?



What was the point with the guy who was forced to help the bad guys? That the terrorists are ruthless and won't let anything stop them from accomplishing there mission? If so then I think that is pretty obvious otherwise they wouldn't be called terrorists.



Kim...ahh Kim. Please just tell me that they won't go the season one route. The girl shooting the bad guy at the end of the episode is so overdone on 24. Every time CTU is about to get a good lead some girl has to kill him out of rage. Like that would happen in real life!



What was going on with Lynn and his sister? Is she going to be a part of future episodes or what? There is not much to say.



What was Walt thinking when he hung himself? Was it because he couldn't life with himself known that he might have caused the death of so many peaple of was is he maybe murderd. Probably the former.



I kind of missed the Huxleys. I hope they will be back this season although I doubt that.



Overall this episode was one of the worst episodes of season five.

So far so good. Except the Lynn's "druggy sister story" is kinda lame. They did it something similar in season 4 (don't exactly remember what but its there).



And I also have to say that Martha is a bitch. In the first episode that was my initial reaction but then I got to feel sorry for her later on, with her being labled as 'loosing her grey cells in the head' and getting sent to a psych hospital but now I've gone back to my original reaction of what a bitch she is.



I think she may be in on all the terrorism shit. :)



Its still all good tho. :)))))))))))

I think the \\\'24\\\' series are the first TV drama that I see carefully.



and this drama is very important oppatunity to relive kiffer.



it is a point to catch the fact about why the event was made!



if you can\\\'t catch that\\\'s point, you would better go to sleep. I promise.



thanks to read. I\\\'m a FAN of 24

Good episode...but two things made me go, "Huh?"



The girl behind the bed...(I anticipated someone more surprising)



And Lynn being taken down in the alley.



I'm sure they have it all figured out somehow.



Now is it just me or does the President seem to get creepier and creepier, especially when talking to his wife. The director needs to have him calm some of his facial expressions down. It can be quite unnerving.



Yet, once again we are left at the end of an episode w/ no way out. My guess is Kim will show up at the beginning of the next episode w/ a vital piece of information that she doesn't even know about!



All in all it was good. And well old Walt just couldn't take the pressure. As Logan called him, "Traitor!"

yeah, so this episode was pretty sweet...not the best 24 weve seen, but excited to see a semi-good cliffhanger thatll definately keep people coming back for more. while the past two episodes have been more of the \'emotional rollercoaster\' types, this one is more of a \'i can barely breathe on the edge of my seat\'... although i was kind of dissapointed that the \'mysterious person\' rising from behind the bed previewed after last weeks wasn\'t anyone we know, can\'t wait for kim to come back, and what\'s up with lynn\'s sister?