Tuesday, December 16, 2003
8pm - 9pm
An end (?) to the dull Palmer/Anne thing. I'm sorry. I want to love every tiny detail about this show but as much as I love me some Palmer, I haven't been able to entrench myself in this storyline with Anne. So, while I felt bad when Anne dumped him during this hour, I also felt relief, much like I'm sure Wayne will feel when he finds out Anne is gone :) it's just that I never cared at all about Anne's ex-husband so his suicide wasn't shocking or gasp-worthy to me. I don't feel that their relationship was developed enough for me to give a shit about them. Nor do I believe Wendy Crewson (Anne) was used to her fullest potential as a catalyst for Ted Packard's eventual demise. Having said that, I have faith in the writers and well, they know more than I ever will about what's to come so I don't want to diss the whole Anne thing too much :) Yes I am a weenie.
So yes, Anne was called by her ex to his office to get the papers that supposedly exonerate her from the scandal that was about to screw the Prez. When she arrived, he apologised for the mess he created and then in a not-so-subtle move went to get the papers which, surprise surprise, were near a gun that was not hidden very well under a jacket or something. So of course, Anne sees it and realises that Ted means to off himself. Her half-hearted attempt to talk him out of it was amusing to watch. I think she really felt relieved about his decision because honestly, she just didn't try very hard to stop him.
Whle Anne was off watching some brains splatter, Palmer receives an urgent call from Almeida who then proceeds to explain that everything from the infected body, to Kyle Singer, to Jack's jailbreak was an elaborate sting operation to get Jack back undercover with the Salazars (oooer!). Actually, Jack explained it to Palmer via a pre-taped video. And man was Palmer ever pissed off at Jack and CTU. I smell less funding for CTU in the future... Apparently, and I may have this wrong, but the Salazar's never had the Corwhatever virus. That was just a ruse to set the prison break in motion because Jack had to make Ramon believe he'd flipped sides and the only way to do that is for him to believe Jack's a criminal in his own country now. It almost didn't work but I'll come to that in a minute. The virus is real though and in the hands of some Ukrainian scientists who want to sell it to the highest bidder. Jack/Tony/Gael worked under absolute secrecy to bring this together and use the Salazar money to fund a buy for the virus. I'm lost already but hopefully I'll cop on to it better when I watch the ep again.
So that's what's going on, and now all of CTU knows. Michelle is a little pissed at Tony for keeping such a big secret from her... I've already seen some people online saying 'honey, it's the JOB - duh!' but I see it more as Michelle not realising what a good liar Tony might actually be and if he's that good at something that big... what else could he lie to her about? It's a trust thing. I don't think she's mad so much about the sting op secret so much as she is about how well Tony concealed it from her. Anyway, CTU knows and is now concentrating on helping Jack. Tony asked where Chase was and Kim actually was honest about what he was doing. See? Kim has always been forthright and honest and all about doing the right thing and mad props to her for speaking up about Chase heading down to old Mexico to save Jack.
So now Tony has to worry about stopping Chase before Chase gets there and blows Jack's cover and pretty much ruins everything. Blimey. Shot (in the NECK), major sting going down and now a dumbass rogue agent to worry about. No wonder he fell down in his office.
Hey I just realised this episode was Chloe-free :(
It was also very Palmer/CTU-intensive and not so much Jack/Ramon/Hector. But damn damn damn what little there was was fantastic. Back at the ranch, Ramon is stomping around bellowing about how stupid Hector is to trust Jack. And this is where the whole thing might have gone to the dogs. Even after he learns the plan to buy the virus and potentially make themselves a cool billion dollars selling it to dodgy third-world countries, and that Jack's flipped and 'tired of putting his ass on the line for nothing' and is in this for 50 million dollars for negotiating the virus buy, Ramon is still unsure. Most of the episode in this plotline centered around Jack waiting to hear whether Ramon will let him do the deal or kill him.
So Jack's off in some dingy room under guard and beginning to succomb to the stress of the day coupled with some serious withdrawals. He's curled up in pain on a cot, sweating, shaking and just plain suffering when Claudia walks in. And here we learn that Claudia and Jack were together while he was first undercover with the Salazars. This was somewhat predictable (even by me!) but still nice to see played out. And we learn that Jack promised to get Claudia and her family out of there - but didn't. Now Claudia is pissed as hell and she taunts him. "You used to be a man Jack. Now look at you." Or something like that. Jack looks really sorry and you could see that he had some feelings for Claudia and I think he honestly felt bad for betraying her. It will be interesting to see where that goes. Maybe at the end of the day Jack will be able to find love again. Or not since he doesn't think he can be an agent and have a personal life. Who knows. Oooo but maybe Claudia is the reason he couldn't be with Kate anymore. Hmmmmmmm.....
So Chase lands near the Ranch and CTU has a Mexican Intelligence agent there to intercept him. But Chase intercepts him instead but manages to comprehend that the Mexican agent in there to stop him. So he calls CTU just as the Mexican agent is killed by a sniper and the chase (ha!) is on. Chase jumps in Mexican agent's vehicle but soon crashes before Tony can fill him in and then he's taken back to the Ranch right after Jack makes the call to the Ukranians. (Are you lost yet?)
Chase is gobsmacked when he discovers Jack has flipped and Ramon sees an opportunity for Jack to prove he can be trusted - he tells Jack to kill Chase. All I could think during this 'Oh Shit' moment was 'needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one' and I fecking knew Jack was going to do it. He was going to kill the man his beloved daughter loves and further fuck up his own relationship with her in order to potentially save millions of lives. What a guy! Jack grabs the gun, tells Chase he shouldn't have followed him down there, Chase spits on Jack, Jack holds the gun to Chases head and.... pulls the damn trigger! I think my heart stopped just then - at least until I heard the click. The gun was not loaded and Ramon had a big old laugh at that and seemed to buy Jack's loyalty.
Then they all headed off to a safe house somewhere just in case - oh yes, and Jack's sensor/tracker watch thingie got broken in a scuffle with Chase and now CTU does not know where Jack is going.. Tick-boom, tick-boom, tick-boom.
24 returns on January 6th. Wtf am I going to do until then?
So yes, Anne was called by her ex to his office to get the papers that supposedly exonerate her from the scandal that was about to screw the Prez. When she arrived, he apologised for the mess he created and then in a not-so-subtle move went to get the papers which, surprise surprise, were near a gun that was not hidden very well under a jacket or something. So of course, Anne sees it and realises that Ted means to off himself. Her half-hearted attempt to talk him out of it was amusing to watch. I think she really felt relieved about his decision because honestly, she just didn't try very hard to stop him.
Whle Anne was off watching some brains splatter, Palmer receives an urgent call from Almeida who then proceeds to explain that everything from the infected body, to Kyle Singer, to Jack's jailbreak was an elaborate sting operation to get Jack back undercover with the Salazars (oooer!). Actually, Jack explained it to Palmer via a pre-taped video. And man was Palmer ever pissed off at Jack and CTU. I smell less funding for CTU in the future... Apparently, and I may have this wrong, but the Salazar's never had the Corwhatever virus. That was just a ruse to set the prison break in motion because Jack had to make Ramon believe he'd flipped sides and the only way to do that is for him to believe Jack's a criminal in his own country now. It almost didn't work but I'll come to that in a minute. The virus is real though and in the hands of some Ukrainian scientists who want to sell it to the highest bidder. Jack/Tony/Gael worked under absolute secrecy to bring this together and use the Salazar money to fund a buy for the virus. I'm lost already but hopefully I'll cop on to it better when I watch the ep again.
So that's what's going on, and now all of CTU knows. Michelle is a little pissed at Tony for keeping such a big secret from her... I've already seen some people online saying 'honey, it's the JOB - duh!' but I see it more as Michelle not realising what a good liar Tony might actually be and if he's that good at something that big... what else could he lie to her about? It's a trust thing. I don't think she's mad so much about the sting op secret so much as she is about how well Tony concealed it from her. Anyway, CTU knows and is now concentrating on helping Jack. Tony asked where Chase was and Kim actually was honest about what he was doing. See? Kim has always been forthright and honest and all about doing the right thing and mad props to her for speaking up about Chase heading down to old Mexico to save Jack.
So now Tony has to worry about stopping Chase before Chase gets there and blows Jack's cover and pretty much ruins everything. Blimey. Shot (in the NECK), major sting going down and now a dumbass rogue agent to worry about. No wonder he fell down in his office.
Hey I just realised this episode was Chloe-free :(
It was also very Palmer/CTU-intensive and not so much Jack/Ramon/Hector. But damn damn damn what little there was was fantastic. Back at the ranch, Ramon is stomping around bellowing about how stupid Hector is to trust Jack. And this is where the whole thing might have gone to the dogs. Even after he learns the plan to buy the virus and potentially make themselves a cool billion dollars selling it to dodgy third-world countries, and that Jack's flipped and 'tired of putting his ass on the line for nothing' and is in this for 50 million dollars for negotiating the virus buy, Ramon is still unsure. Most of the episode in this plotline centered around Jack waiting to hear whether Ramon will let him do the deal or kill him.
So Jack's off in some dingy room under guard and beginning to succomb to the stress of the day coupled with some serious withdrawals. He's curled up in pain on a cot, sweating, shaking and just plain suffering when Claudia walks in. And here we learn that Claudia and Jack were together while he was first undercover with the Salazars. This was somewhat predictable (even by me!) but still nice to see played out. And we learn that Jack promised to get Claudia and her family out of there - but didn't. Now Claudia is pissed as hell and she taunts him. "You used to be a man Jack. Now look at you." Or something like that. Jack looks really sorry and you could see that he had some feelings for Claudia and I think he honestly felt bad for betraying her. It will be interesting to see where that goes. Maybe at the end of the day Jack will be able to find love again. Or not since he doesn't think he can be an agent and have a personal life. Who knows. Oooo but maybe Claudia is the reason he couldn't be with Kate anymore. Hmmmmmmm.....
So Chase lands near the Ranch and CTU has a Mexican Intelligence agent there to intercept him. But Chase intercepts him instead but manages to comprehend that the Mexican agent in there to stop him. So he calls CTU just as the Mexican agent is killed by a sniper and the chase (ha!) is on. Chase jumps in Mexican agent's vehicle but soon crashes before Tony can fill him in and then he's taken back to the Ranch right after Jack makes the call to the Ukranians. (Are you lost yet?)
Chase is gobsmacked when he discovers Jack has flipped and Ramon sees an opportunity for Jack to prove he can be trusted - he tells Jack to kill Chase. All I could think during this 'Oh Shit' moment was 'needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one' and I fecking knew Jack was going to do it. He was going to kill the man his beloved daughter loves and further fuck up his own relationship with her in order to potentially save millions of lives. What a guy! Jack grabs the gun, tells Chase he shouldn't have followed him down there, Chase spits on Jack, Jack holds the gun to Chases head and.... pulls the damn trigger! I think my heart stopped just then - at least until I heard the click. The gun was not loaded and Ramon had a big old laugh at that and seemed to buy Jack's loyalty.
Then they all headed off to a safe house somewhere just in case - oh yes, and Jack's sensor/tracker watch thingie got broken in a scuffle with Chase and now CTU does not know where Jack is going.. Tick-boom, tick-boom, tick-boom.
24 returns on January 6th. Wtf am I going to do until then?
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