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Jack is forced to free Tony in order to save his daughters life and is then taken hostage to be used to create more of the bio-weapon. Jack is brought to a warehouse where he is strapped to a table face down and has fluid drawn from his spine. In the end Jack is able to flee his captors taking out the ones who drew the fluid from this spine. Tony insists on being let into the circle of individuals that is responsible for all of the attacks and creating the bio-toxin. He is to meet with the ringleader, and to be killed if not thought to be good enough for the group



Kim is being closely watched by a couple of operatives of the ring and they have orders to kill her if Jack doesn't free Tony. Kim gets suspicious and ends up blowing their cover and they try to kill her but fail however, they take out several security guards in the process. The lady is killed but the man gets away but is shot and killed when his car blows up. Kim gets his laptop after a struggle so it can be used to find out where their orders were coming from.



Olivia Taylor is questioned by the justice department in the death of Jonas Hodges. During the questioning, a suspicious Aaron Pierce contacts Ethan Kanin to come to the White House and access the hidden voice activated recording system in the Chief of Staff's office. Olivia catches Ethan in her office and he tells her he has only come for files he forgot. Olivia sees the recording system behind the picture after Ethan leaves and calls to have him detained. Ethan is searched and a data cartridge is found but it is a blank one. The real one was given to Aaron Pierce who gives it back to Ethan. Ethan listens to the cartridge and is shock to hear that Olivia setup the murder of Jonas Hodges.



This was an exciting and dramatic episode with many things happening and the setup of a showdown between Jack and Tony in the final episode.

Jack is forced to free tony or Kim will die. Tony makes a mastermind plan to harvest jack s to collect the pathogen.



8/10- tony/jack s story was too brief [ probably because the writers did not know what to add to that story. but it was interesting and good twist at the end with jack killing 8 or so lab doctors.



Aaron and Ethan works together to bring Olivia to justice.



9/10- This was a fun white house story and had some good action. Good to have ethan back, and i loved aaron and ethan working together. even though it did not have typical action.this story shows the other side of action.



Kim learns about the truth of her unsuspecting friendly people, and finds out that they are terrorists.



8/10- the story was good, the action was a little bit stale and the car exploding was the best part.

Let’s talk about Kim scenes, which were the best scenes in this episode, simply or almost perfect and very satisfying. Before, Kim was an innocent girl, immature and without life experience. In this episode, things changes and Kim actually not only was responsible for the deaths of two Tony assassin´s, thanks to her, Renee Walker was able to find Jack location.



The phone call to Kim, the gun fights, Kim being smart since she had a knife with her , she was following the other Tony terrorist which remembered me Teri following Nina which leads to her dead, but she was smart and called for help, that police man was able to shoot the remnant assassin and this lead Kim to rescue that laptop to find her father, so her scenes was pure suspense/tension.



Jack scenes was the beginning of some little action, dealing with another impossible situation, Tony is playing with both sides, his objective now starts to be more clear. Jack being infected reach is payoff, now it is clear for what purpose the writers did that.



The white House scenes were predictable but nicely done, with some suspense when Ethan was caught.



Presentation Phase - » (9/10), Complication Phase - » (10/10)*2, Ending - » (9/10), Time and Scene Management - » (10/10), Plot Details/Holes- » (10/10), Surprises/Shocks/Twists - » (8/10), Suspense/Tension - » (10/10), Drama - » (7/10). Action - » (9/10). The first episode of the season finale was nicely done, since the episode predictability was well handled.

I didn't like so much Tony's explanation about Alan Wilson. How many men were behind Charles Logan? I prefer Jonas Hodges but they killed him!!! He seemed that he was above them all. Well, that's because of the great Jon Voight...



As for Tony; he's not good, neither bad. He's an almost crazy man, a man who's desperate for revenge and he's willing to do everything to take it. The information of Michelle's pregnancy was great. Don't get me wrong, I liked it because it was great for dramatic reasons and only for that... Also, it was the best excuse for Tony's actions.



One of the best scenes was the one with the Muslim priest; He prayed for Jack and Jack thanked him... It's like 24 tried to redeem itself for any misunderstood... they proved that it's not a show for racists. They don't want to satisfy them and I'm very pleased for that. They're not all of them (the Muslims) bad as all the Americans, all the Greeks (and so on) are not good. We mustn't put labels on people based on their religion, their nationality or whatever else... it's not that simple and it's not fair for anyone, it's only bad and very stupid.



The ending was predictable but good. They didn't have any other realistic-logical choice since they took the risk to choose the "dying Jack" way... We have seen better endings (seasons 1,4 and 5) but this time it was the only way to end it and I'm fine with that.

This episode worked well. I agree with another review in saying this episode is better than the last few. The scenes at the airport (especially the thrilling shootout) were well done but there a few questions I have. How did the operatives (Who look like Courtney Cox and PJ O'Rourke) manage to get a knife and a gun past airport security? Also, airport security must have been notified that the operatives were armed so why was security not wearing kevlar? Another thing I liked was seeing Kim take some action and not be afraid to face some danger. Thrilling episode.

i really loved this first part ! , a more action ( with kim vs the two villain was awesome , and very very good , and all the action in the airport was great , and to shows how kim is still powerfull women , and really so damn HOT ! ) . and with jack ( wow he was so frekin awesome , i really petty renee she was really dipointed at jack at first then she change her mind ) . and eithan vs Olivia ( was really great , Finally eaithn get his revange ) . .

So many events in these last two episodes make no sense, and others are simply not believable. The writers assume (like Season 1) that the fans are too stupid to remember what happened in the previous 22 episodes, which may be true for some viewers, but not me.



**Spoilers** When Kim was being chased around the airport, I was screaming, "The mountain lions were actually better than this!" And I simply can't believe that Tony was a quadruple agent since I remember all the other events which happened in previous episodes. Major plot hole! And there are many little silly things in the outcome of Taylor getting caught, but whatever. It's over and I'm done with this show.



Goodbye 24!

Ok.. I think writers managed to pull themselves together and came out with really exciting storylines as everything is coming together - Ethan vs Olivia and Pierce in the middle of it, Jack acting against FBI and again, as so many times before, is forced to work with other side to save Kim. I really most say I liked that little development with her. She has never been my favorite char but this time there was little more maturity - going after that bad guy, saving laptop and all that.



But I think the major part was with Jack and Tony. When before this episode I was so sure Tony is bad for sure, then this one gave another hope - maybe not. He wishing to meet that man so badly is little suspicious and I suspected he may be there to get bigger fish.. maybe that is his play.



Paul McGillion on 24 was great too :D

I may sound like a broken record, I have reviewed all 23 eps so far and they have all hit the right spot for me. As far as action/drama TV goes 24 has been the benchmark for 6 previous seasons and the 7th has arguably produced the best season to date.



This week Jack has plans to break out Tony as Kim is being watched by operatives of Tony's organization. He breaks him out in a matter of minutes but not before he asks Renee to do all she can to get Kim to safety. Tony has other plans with Jack though, planning to use Jack as a way of retaining to bioweapon by harvesting his organs to re-manufacture it. But in true Jack fashion not everything goes the way of the villains.



Meanwhile, at the airport, Kim is unknowingly on close watch from the couple she has befriended but a call from Renee changes the mood as she attempts to remain calm before airport security forces the couples hand and a gun battle ensues leading to the death of the woman but the man manages to escape. Kim realizes that without the man she won't be able to find her father so persues him into the baggage hold area of the airport. She is able to locate the man and recover his laptop before he dies in a car explosion.



Back at the White House Aaron has suspicions that Olivia had more to do with Hodges' death than she is letting on. Aaron invites Ethan back to the White House to take the recorder taping from the Chief of Staff office. But Ethan is caught on the way out by Olivia and detained and made to give up the recording. But Ethan is paranoid and gave the recording to Aaron, a blank memory card was taken and destroyed in its place.



All of these story arcs are building to an interesting finale,(America got the finale as a 2 hour thing, being Australian I haven't seen it yet)And I really can't wait to see how all this ends.

(Note: This review covers the first half of the season finale event. A subsequent review will cover the second half.) Two things seem to have been in mind when constructing the final arc of this season. First, that Tony's character motivations needed to be addressed more directly, and in a way that touched directly on the overall theme of the season arc. And second, with an eighth season already a given, these events had to flow logically into the next leg of Jack's redemptive journey. Even at this point, it's fairly clear that Jack will not be cured by the end of the season and that CTU will not be restored in the final episode. Jack will be lucky if he's even conscious by the end of the season. Tony and his terrorist friends really put him through the ringer, complete with spinal taps, and he's not in a position to save himself. It's just one of the more shocking portions of the episode. The other is the writers' decision not to turn Kim into a defenseless victim, as they did all too often in previous seasons. Instead, Kim actually gets to use some of the skills she learned in her brief stint at CTU and show a bit of spunk in the process. Kim has always been treated poorly by the writers, who never seemed to figure out how to make her more than the hot little victim, so seeing them play on the expectation of further such failure was a nice touch. Ever since he killed Agent Moss, it has appeared that Tony was unquestionably one of the terrorists, and his desire to move up in the ranks appears to be a nice bit of symmetry with his activities in Emerson's crew earlier in the season. But something about the timing, as well as his strange insistence, makes it quite possible that his motives are just as murky as they were at the beginning of the season. All of which adds up to a lot of great material for the episode, which is good, considering that the subplot involving Olivia and Ethan is a bit too simple. For one thing, Olivia has the worst poker face in the history of "24", and it's hard to believe that she didn't recognize the collusion between Aaron and Ethan, when they were practically conspiring right in front of her. Why in the world would she let Ethan out of her sight before checking the data card, anyway?

Truly awful. This season finale fails to resolve 3 major plot lines that have run throughout the entire season. This is not what one expects after 6 reasonably self contained seasons. Has the format now finally run out of steam? Perhaps the most dramatic and unforeseen twist within the 24 franchise will be this disturbing format change for what was once a truly original and inspiring series. I could have forgiven the 'Die Another Day' style James Bond silliness if only the writers had been able to back up with full and complete stories. Unfortunately, it appears that 24 is destined to become another relic on the 'done to death pile'.

Day 7 has been pretty good. Had its meh moments but it had been exciting in general. Now, I really wanted to see how they conclude this season but I admit I was a little skeptical after the pre-finale. "We have Kim" thing had been done and re-done. Well, I must say it was better than I expected. Not really mind blowing but those 2hrs had some exciting, dramatic, intense and emotional moments. The highlight of these episodes for me was Tony, by far. I love the twist about him. He has been confusing this season. From bad to good to bad again. After his latest turn when he killed Larry, took the weapon and so on, way too many things didn't make sense. I took it like a situation where I should overlook some stuffs and just accept an otherwise cool twist. I was wrong. Major revelation is that he was on a personal vendetta. He wanted to kill the guy responsible of Michelle's death by all means necessary…playing for both sides. Lost faith in his country and on revenge quest. That's a plausible explanation to the different character changes this season. Loved it when he yelled at Bauer about being a coward.

The fact that they were trying to use Bauer to re-make the bio-weapon is another positive in the episode. The episode was not all about action. There were lots of emotional moments. Jack was dying…so it was redemption time for him. His conversation with Renne Walker about making the right choice was good. Having Kim as leverage to manipulate Jack is getting old now. Elisha Cuthbert is hot but the character Kim is often annoying. Well she wasn't really that bad this time, even if her decision to chase the guy trying to kill her was kind of a roll eyes moment. It was obvious she would come in the end to try to save Jack. It's a cliffhanger. Of course Jack won't die so soon but the real question is how much more time can that treatment give to Jack. Renne had her moments in the episode but her attempt to be "Bauerish" in the end was quite underwhelming. Dunno if it's the actress or character, but it just don't fit her. I like her tho and am glad she'll be back next season.



Drama at the white house was far from great. Well is it ever? Thing with Olivia Taylor is quite uninteresting but it did lead to an interesting decision. Not really believable tho cause let's face it, most people would cover up the thing. Overall a solid finale that still had its problems. Day 7 itself is a solid season. It peaked with the white house attacks, which was awesome. Better than last season I guess. Looking forward to next season, especially as it may be the last one.

Well, thank God the writing staff picked themselves up, dusted themselves down and put their collective heads together for this one; after the diabolical disappointment that was last week's '5am - 6am', 24 looked set to deliver its most worthlessly insipid finale ever, full of cougar-esque Kim chases and ludicrous FBI vs. CTU bickering. That this is not the case is a testament to David Fury and Alex Gansa's considerable writing talents, especially when one considers that a large number of the plot developments that occur in '6am - 7am' have, at their core, a rather undesirable element. A potent example of this is the game of bait and switch between Olivia and Ethan, with Aaron thrown in the mix for good measure. The story is centred on the laughable ball of convenience that is the 'digital recording device', something that, bizarrely, the new Acting Chief of Staff wasn't made aware of when she was inaugurated into the position. Furthermore, the notion that Ethan failed to turn the thing off when he resigned his commission about ten hours ago is rather preposterous and a thoroughly transparent way of allowing the writers to get to their designed end point. However, these gripes are glossed over somewhat by a combination of sublime dialogue and superlative acting. Everyone involved in the ever-unfolding intrigue is absolutely at the top of their game, including the guys that play Martin and Tim, regardless of how small a part they have to play. Glenn Morshower is superb as always as Agent Pierce, successfully selling the gravity of the situation with every subtle nuance in his conversation with Ethan.



And check out the horror that consumes Sprague Grayden as she uncovers the recording device (I rolled my eyes a little at Ethan having left it open, what a cliche!) and how she holds up against an actor of Bob Gunton's calibre when she 'interrogates' Ethan while he's in custody. There are some delightfully subtle lines here, from Olivia's joy at the fact that he still stands for her after so many years, which lends significant weight and believability to their relationship, to their respective exploitation of legalise and penchant for deceit. When Olivia remarks that the President ordered Kanin's detention, it's a wonderfully eerie moment, providing a quick kick to the viewer's stomach and demonstrating just how far off the rails her character has gone. And more impressively, the fact that Ethan foils Olivia, giving her a blank disc, would ordinarily seem rather contrived; however, here, the problem is offset by our knowledge of the characters. From all that we have seen of their troubled relationship over the course of the season, it is entirely logical that Kanin wouldn't trust Taylor, that he would have a back-up plan in case things went wrong; his line, "one has to be prepared when dealing with Olivia" says it all and allows for events to seem less forced.



Over at Dial-an-Operating-Theatre, meanwhile, things don't look too good for poor, poor Jack Bauer. Last week, I lamented the culmination of the bioterrorist threat, believing that the writers dropped the ball on the main thrust of the narrative, tying things up too soon and apparently directing the story in a highly lamentable direction: the retrieval of Kim bloody Bauer. Thankfully, things don't quite turn out that way; instead, Tony has yet another plan, an "even bigger picture" (to paraphrase the guy), that he wishes to use to gain himself a position in the shady group. There is some sort of logic in his dastardly scheme to harvest Jack's organs - oh my God, 24's turning into Saw, or something - even if one suspects that the science behind the whole scheme of 'reconstituting the virus' is probably a little hokey. But then, what do I know? Biology (or chemistry, whatever the hell you'd call this) was never was my strong point. Anyway, more importantly, this gives the hour an undercurrent of foreboding, a slowly-building wave of horror that never reaches a dramatic apex but just bubbles under, chilling rather than scaring you witless. Interestingly, this seems to work just as well, if not better, than any intense action-fest or race against time because it's unusual for the show, and therefore unpredictable. Without a threat to stop or lives to save, the emphasis of the story shifts to the identities of the 'shady group' and the interplay between characters which, because they are so well delineated, works extremely well.



Every one of Almeida's scenes with Cara, for example, seem loaded with intrigue; they unbalance the viewer as we don't have the full picture. Motives aren't clearly drawn, histories not well established. The same can be said of Cara's phone conversation with good ol' Will Patton at episode's end, which is made all the more menacing by our lack of information about the character. There's an absolutely wonderful use of split screen here, as a shot of Tony is placed inbetween the phone call, visually symbolising the state of play between the three. Jon Cassar actually exploits this device to the max throughout the episode, using it to ramp up the tension when Jack orchestrates Tony's escape by continually increasing the number of shots, peppering the screen with different viewpoints that send your eyes darting about all over the shop. And then, just for kicks, he does it again in the closing moments, allowing the action to run on in all the 'boxes' as they bleed into one another, which in turn gives the plot a greater feeling of gravitas.



'6am - 7am' is not without its more regrettable moments, however, and the majority of these centre on, you guessed it, Kimberly 'I want to be my daddy!' Bauer. Elisha Cuthbert does manage to do a good job with some of the material she is given - particularly in the thoroughly convincing 'game face' that she puts on for her captors - but this doesn't disguise the myriad problems that haunt her story. The ridiculous 'evil computer spycam' plot is foiled by the simple act of someone needing to sit down in a packed airport which, you would think, the highly intelligent 'terrorists' might have thought of. In fact, you'd imagine they wouldn't do something as ridiculous as train a camera on an individual and have the shot showing on the full screen of their computer for the whole world to see but what the hey, it's a minute detail right, we should forgive it. Well, it would easier to if there weren't so many other facepalm moments. The shoot out sequence in the airport is very well choreographed, with bullets flying everywhere, panicked citizens running for their lives and shaky, hand held camera movements creating a prominent sense of unease and hysteria. However, exactly what is gained by two poorly armed people trying to take out an entire airport full of security? In fact, scratch that, one man with one gun, since his 'wife' is too busy trying to knife their target in the back. Really, could they not have found a more subtle way of offing Kim than by effectively telling everyone in the building what they're doing? Sure, it appears that the police are on their way to intercept them but why not just quickly stab Kim and then scarper? Sigh.



The silliness doesn't stop there though, oh no. The writers are clearly trying to draw parallels between father and daughter, turning Kim into a sort of Jack-lite. Unfortunately, it doesn't really work. She stabs the crazy coffee-drinking female with a pen and it practically incapacitates her! Riiiight. Then, she's on the phone to Renee, dispensing with all pleasantries and shouting "security's down!", demanding to know "where are the airport police?" and finally, capping it all off with a very poor "dammit!" that doesn't even come close to any of Sutherland's utterances of the word. In fact, it's practically an insult to his genius to even have her consider stealing his catchphrase. Now, sure, we get that Kim worked at CTU once so she has some sort of experience with all of this. And yeah, it's far preferable to see her acting with a modicum of intelligence than simply running around being chased by God knows what. However, the transformation is just too great. When she sat at her computer screen in season three, occasionally looking after babies and getting into cat fights with Chloe, she was hardly the most level-headed or experienced of agents. I'd say, in terms of her combat-readiness, she was at about the same level as Janis Gold is right now. Kim was a 'systems analyst' for crying out loud, not a field operative! (Her one excursion into the field was hardly complex, was it? She just had to don a disguise!) And in the six years that it's been since she was last recruited by the government, where has she managed to develop the experience needed to be so on the ball and forward-thinking in a crisis situation? I mean Christ, it gets to the point where she risks her life to retrieve a computer! Not only does she follow the gun-toting bad guy instead of doing the sensible, ordinary thing and letting the authorities do their jobs (she has no weapon for crying out loud!), but once he's practically killed himself, she climbs into a blazing car just to get a piece of evidence that might help in the retrieval of Tony/her dad. If the thing weren't on fire, maybe I'd accept it, but the risk is far too great. Oh and furthermore, technology develops rather substantially in six years so I find it hard to believe that the kind of digital camera that is attached to the laptop would fit the specification for the mysterious 'D-11 router' that Kim is so knowledgeable about. Whatever expertise she had is unquestionably long outdated now; and in any case, back tracing the source with a router? Technobabble, much?



There are a couple of other lamentable plot decisions too - the fact that Jack manages to overpower everyone after having been paralysed, as well as suffering from the effects of the pathogen, is a little ridiculous, even if his throat-slitting is uber cool, and why exactly are two of the doctors wearing masks but the third one isn't? Huh? Still, these are minor gripes that don't really distract from the overall quality of the episode. On the whole, '6am - 7am' is a considerably entertaining piece, loaded with interesting developments, some excellent character scenes, particularly between Olivia, Ethan and Aaron, and a considerable amount of tension. While the final hours lack a central dramatic event, this actually proves to be beneficial, shifting the emphasis away from explosions and races against time and more towards mystery and intrigue. There are elements of the plot that are questionably handled, most notably Kim's transformation into a mini version of her daddy, but these don't hamper the episode's quality too much. Good stuff then, building into the final hour with considerable finesse.

Olivia gets interviewed by the Justice department, Secret Service Agent Aaron is already suspicious of Olivia erratic behaviour he calls Ethan. Ethan grabs the flash drive containing the audio and nearly makes it off White House property but Olivia puts the brakes on that. Olivia has her agent take the card of him in which she destroys, not quite Ethan apparently knows Olivia too well (Seriously I don't know how?) Ethan handed off the real card to Aaron all along. He listens to the incriminating evidence in the car.



Meanwhile Cara forces Jack to free Tony by holding Kim, Jack manages to get Tony out, he and Cara take him hostage coz Tony thinks' he can still cause a mass of destruction. Jack is infected and the pathogen can be extracted from his organs to make more weapons of mass destruction.



Renee gets in contact with Kim at the airport where 2 operatives are watching her, she tells her to remain calm. But when one of the ops gets suspicious, one of the guy's starts shooting down the place after seeing cops the women holds Kim at knife point but she ends up dead. The dude gets away with Kim in pursuit; she manages to make the smart move by alerting the police. This dude almost gets away but after multiple gun-shots to his windscreen his car flips over and catches fire, Kim rushes in and just about grabs the Laptop. Sorry didn't have a name for these random people.

It seems like the next day is going to pick up pretty soon after this one. I would say for about as long as it takes to do the surgery on Jack and have him wake up from it. We have Renee about to wrestle with Alan Wilson for information and Taylor in the middle of a horrific situation with her husband and daughter. The Taylor storyline I liked this episode. She's given an impossible situation and still managaes to do the right thing and not cover up a murder. She has now lost her daughter and her son to her job and she still continues to fight. I like how Ethan came back for the final two hours, I always thought him and Agent Pierce made the white house drama a lot better once the attack ended about 8 hours ago. Ethan tricks Olivia, knowing that she's going to catch him on the way out of the white house. Overall here - we see what we should see. Ethan and Pierce being calm, cool, and collected and Olivia beginning to lose it under the pressures of being "found out"



The Bauer side of the storyline only lasted for the first hour and twenty minutes of the finale. That's when everything began to die down for the season. Jack escapes, only to be recaptured, only to be saved by the FBI. My favorite scene of the epsiode was Tony talking to Wilson about Michelle and his unborn son that we didn't know about. The emotion shown by Benard in that scene was simply fantastic. Jack ends of shooting Tony twice to prevent him from killing a witness and you could see the pained look on Tony's face. He has lost everything and he knows what Jack has lost and can't comprehend why Jack is doing what he's doing. Overall, I thought it was a solid finale, even the Kim Bauer parts were watchable, unlike in the past seasons. Her twenty minute following of the long-haired guy to get to his car is a little extreme, but that's one of those moments you just have to go with. The last 35 minutes were all chill, with Renee seeing Jack for "the last time". I liked that scene. Didn't too much care for Jacks "I need God to forgive me scene". Overall though, very good end to a pick-back-up season.

I know there were a lot of complaints about 24 and how the writers were using Kim as a crutch to lean on when they didn't know what to write next. I was definitely someone who was thinking the whole Kim thing was going to blow up in their faces. However, it was resolved very nicely. Kim even got in on the action (stabbing someone in the leg and helping save a piece of key material evidence sounds pretty good to me). In the end, her inclusion in the season was better than in season 5, where she was brought in, involved in the CTU nerve gas threat and then gone a couple episodes later.



The White House plot also was intense.. I'm glad they brought Ethan back, since Olivia was just completely annoying to me. Nothing against the actress whatsoever, but man, her character just set me off. I was glad to see Ethan and Pierce pull the wool over her eyes and get the digital recording.



As for Jack, it was great to see him suddenly explode at the end and take a couple of lives with him. Ever since Jack was infected with the virus, he's been extremely weak and not his usual self. But he really showed some of his old moves, even if it just about took everything out of him.



This was just an overall great episode of 24. No Chloe/Janis drama, no focus on FBI.. just pure adrenaline leading to a promising looking final episode.

Well, where do we begin?



Kim is in danger! Oh No! Another reused 24 plot! Except this time was so awsome, fast paced, and great. I loved all the airport scenes; it actually made sense that Kim chased this hairy guy, and it was all over soon and in a very intense way! It was really exciting.



But Tony Almeida and Jack Bauer, that was the best of the episode. Even if Jack spent sometime sleep, all the scenes when he was awake were really great and action packed. Finally, the White House plot: also fast paced and thought it revisited some common places (fake memory being destroyed), it was still very interesting, and I love the fact that Ethan is back and that Aaron is no stupid. Olivia wasn't annoying at all in this episode.



Overall, it wasn't a setup for the finale; it was the first part of the finale and a great episode on its own packed with action, character developtment, suspense, and everything that makes 24 a great show. It was perfect. I don't see any flaws in it.

I know the episode airs in 3 hours, but trust me, it's good. The plot moves forward loads, there's nothing about the annoying FBI friction, honest, and some great shoot-out scenes, as well as a nice little explosion. I don't want to say anymore at this point because I know it's unfair to ruin a finale for people. I don't know if it's against TOS rules to partially admit to seeing something un-aired, please don't report me, just send me a message and I won't do the same for the last hour. I still need six more words. I love 24, it's awesome.