That climactic "twist" about Audrey is still exploited to the max, so there's one thing I can enjoy. Yes, she finally undergoes what many a viewer have been waiting to see her undergo for far too long: an "aggressive approach"; a "medical interrogation"; a TORTURE SESSION! I think the sight of Jack choking her was satisfaction enough, but whatever works. Mwahaha!
There's that, and there's Bierko about to execute his plan to kill the Los Angeles civilian population via a natural gas distribution center. Call me dense, but this is something else that I didn't really see coming this season. Despite my best efforts, I couldn't figure out how releasing all the remaining Sentox in one place would cause much damage, and watching this episode, I almost smacked myself.
Meanwhile, Wayne and Pierce are chased through the woods by Henderson's men. The reason? We won't find out until the next one. Good to see the writers actually planning ahead somewhat.
But the hour proves to be quite productive indeed, with Jack getting Collette to reveal Bierko's location (so someone gets their immunity revoked, for once? Neat-o!), and still leaving about ten minutes to cram in a nice, explosive action scene at the gas plant. They could have left the plant raid for the next episode, but I guess they just wanted to end the Sentox threat quickly and devote the next hour to the new threat… Wait, that's called "getting ahead of oneself." The final act of this episode is quite something to see, though nobody bought into the so-called cliffhanger, and who's to blame them?
Hourly Highlight:
Now you know, folks: Jack Bauer can outrun FIRRRE!!!!!!!





