Thursday, March 10, 2005
5pm - 6pm - LittleSiUK
Put your hands together for season 4!
This season is getting better and better, literally by the minute! I think the show has really benefited from the later start this year, allowing for a much more cohesive and smoother running story. Personally, I am lovin' it, episode 11 especially, for reasons that will soon be made clear!
Anyway, just what have Jack and co. been up to lately? Last time we saw them, Audrey was led to believe her husband was a terrorist, Jack arrested him, Curtis was kidnapped, Marianne was shot, and good ol' Tony was reinstated! YAY!
So, without further ado, let the clock start ticking as we roll on past 5pm.....
We are in Mr. Raines hotel room as the latest hour kicks off, and he remains unconscious and tied to a chair, after Jack happily landed a punch on his face last episode. Before he questions him, Mr. Bauer suggests to Audrey that she leaves the room as he will do "Whatever I have to...." To get Paul to talk. Lol, he's never said that before.....
Anyway, Audrey insists she will stay, obviously having not spoken to Syed Ali, Tomas Sherek, or Marshall Goren about her boyfriend's interrogation techniques.
About this time, Paul is roused from his slumber by Jack smearing cold water on his chest and head with a sponge. He firmly denies all knowledge of the building in Chatsworth where the terrorists planned today's attacks, and of which he apparently signed the lease. It's pretty convincing actually, to the point that I'm thinking maybe this guy is innocent. Oh well, just to be sure, Jack uses the electrical cord from a table lamp to electrocute Paul into telling the truth. Audrey is naturally shocked by this, for the first time seeing a much darker side to the man she fell in love with. He even shouts at the distressed woman when she intercedes. To be fair though Audrey, he did tell you to leave. This was a small but nice moment between the two characters, where it is suggested that maybe she'll be put off Mr. Bauer having seen this....
Back to the story though, as Paul has finally cracked and whilst remaining adamant he remembers no such building, tells Jack that all of his corporate records are on his laptop. If he is allowed to access it he should be able to get the information they need....
At that point we head over to downtown LA, in a place called the Rockland building, where Marwan has just arrived in the elevator. He liaises with his friend Ali, who is worried CTU's programmers might actually be able to stop the meltdowns. Habib is more confident, claiming they knew that CTU would try as much, and that they are prepared for it. If he can have direct access to the override for at least 45 minutes, he can ensure the remaining plants hit critical on schedule. Ali directs him up to his workspace on the IDS systems floor, where said override is hidden under his desk. He informs Marwan that his co-workers simply think he's from IT, and that he is there to fix the computer.....
5:08 now and Curtis Manning is unconscious in a similar predicament to Paul. He is surrounded by goons and the Peter Kingsley look-alike Forbes tells them to dump the body. He then heads off, not bothering to watch his men follow through with their orders, instead choosing to assume it all went to plan. Having made his token bad guy mistake the goons now make theirs, by not killing Curtis before they move the body. Why bother? He's unconscious and not restrained at all! It'll be fine. Obviously they didn't read my last episode guide where I believe I made it clear that Curtis kicked quite a bit of ass, which he proceeds to do so. The sneaky agent was merely pretending to be out for the count and rewards his captor's stupidity by killing them both in a bout of fisticuffs that would impress even Jack Bauer himself. Those two would make a nice field team. Which is funny because in around 30 minutes.....
Sorry, I get ahead of myself. Anywayz, Curtis escapes and takes a gun from one of the men; before he searches the floor of the building he is on, only to find that all doors are locked by a key code. He is trapped. Oh and uh, did I mention he's in the same building as Marwan........
Back at the hotel, Paul uncovers his records on Galaxy Financial services, who apparently leased the building to the terrorists. He digs deeper and finds that 51% of the company's shares were bought by the now-director, Harris Barnes. Jack has Sarah do a background check then leaves the room long enough for Paul to turn to Audrey and say quite a cool line: "Your boyfriend is just a thug with a badge."
Said boyfriend re-enters and Sarah calls back with the Intel he wants, Harris Barnes is an alias that popped up on their radar about 2 years ago. According to Interpol, the last man to use it was a Habib Marwan. It seems he used the same name to lease out some office space at the Rockland building downtown. That's the same address where Marianne led Curtis not so long ago. Bingo!
5:16 and Sarah warns Erin she has been unable to reach Curtis. Well, I say warns, she just sort of mentions it in passing really, neither of them seeming to be that bothered. Uhhhh, active CTU agent heads for what you thought was a trap less than an hour ago anyway, his cellphone isn't being answered, what do you think he's doing Driscoll?! Having a barbeque?! Still, I suppose if they got worried at this stage, another field team would be sent in and Jack wouldn't get any action when he inevitably arrived. I'm assuming it finally clicks right about when our hero gets there! Lol.
In the interrogation room, Dina is now in the hot seat, being questioned by the now reinstated Tony Almeida, who happily did drunken slobs everywhere a service by regaining his job in a mere 4 hours! Fantastic! So, he's in there with Dina having some quality lines chucked his way by the writers. The best one comes when Dina claims to have only known what her husband told her – "Yeah, that's a bunch of crap!" Great delivery by Mr. Bernard.
She eventually caves to the soul patch and writes down a series of names for him to check out; of the other members in their cell. Erin now interjects, ordering Tony to ask her about Marwan. She flinches at his name, but tries to hide it, claiming she barely knew him and that he is just an engineer of some sort.....
Meanwhile, Sarah tries Curtis again with no luck. That must be a great barbeque; I wish I was there, she thinks. Over at the Rockland building, Forbes discards Curtis' ringing phone and goes to check on his men. Oops, they're both dead. If only I hadn't assumed it had all gone to plan said Peter...sorry, I mean Forbes, to himself. He informs Ali, assuring him that as all doors are still locked he can't have escaped. Ali in turn alerts Marwan who is busy in the crowded IDS office doing anything but fix a computer. He orders Ali to disconnect the hardlines so Curtis can't make a phone call, and looks about nervously. Whilst he does as he's told, Ali doesn't realise Curtis is watching him.....
We return to the schizo daughter now, as Erin visits Maya in the CTU clinic. This is actually quite an emotional little piece, the daughter suddenly turning against her mother, telling her to go about her "important business" before asking the doctor to get "that" out of here. Ouch, and the look on Erin's face. You can't help but feel bad for her and that's never good – we all felt sympathy for Chappelle, Mason, Chase's hand, and look what happened! Always beware when this show starts piling on the sympathy vote for a character.....
5:22 – On their way to the Rockland building, Jack, Audrey and Paul sit together sharing a long and unpleasant silence. Sarah butts in and informs Jack about Curtis' lack of contact. Jack concludes he must be in trouble – finally! He tells her to prep Castle and his team and then hangs up.
Audrey and Paul meanwhile are confused as to why the terrorists would have used Paul in their plans at all, as he didn't know where they were this morning and it can't have just been for the corporate shell. Jack thinks that perhaps he was used for his connection to Heller because of a contingency plan of some kind. Mmmm, what indeed the audience wonders.....
Paul then apologises to his EX wife – yes, your EX wife Paul – for being so careless, at which point Audrey tenderly touches his shoulder to comfort him, Jack watching in the mirror. Another very nice moment here, coupled superbly with the shouting back in the hotel room.....
Back at CTU, Tony, having done some checking, finds out that all names given by Dina lead to Marwan. He has to be the leader, which means she's lying. Erin gives him permission to go as far as he has to, which he happily does. Dismissing everyone, including her, Tony drags Mrs. Araz into the observation room to prove they are alone. He then shoves her roughly into the wall and tells her that if she doesn't talk, the pardon she got for her son will be ripped to shreds and Behrooz will go to jail. He then says something so cool I'm going to transcribe it for you:
"And let me tell you, I know a little something about prison, and based on the conditions of his confinement, I'd give Behrooz about 3 months before he commits suicide! And by the way, I'm gonna make it my personal mission to ensure you don't hear word one about what happens to him....ever!"
That told her and she promptly starts to talk. Habib is indeed the head honcho and he indeed is in possession of the override. Tony asks her if he is at the Rockland building and she confirms that he is.....
Hurrying off to phone Jack, Erin briefs the assembled staff on his findings. It's all down to Jack again, and maybe Castle, but he is lame. Oh, wait, Curtis is there too! This can't fail....
Without further ado then, we go back to Curtis who catches up with Forbes and throws him around a bit until he admits Marwan is in the building and in possession of the override. Curtis cold cocks him and takes his phone and key card.
Elsewhere, Marwan and Ali worry incessantly, none the wiser to the net that gets ever tighter around them.
Curtis calls CTU and updates Sarah as Jack arrives outside, amongst some nicely framed shots of the sun setting on the horizon. Telling Audrey and Paul to stay with the field team, he formulates a plan, before Curtis is put through to him. He tells him where he is and they arrange to meet outside the main elevator. This sequence has a cool split screen bit where Jack is looking up at the building, as he talks with Curtis in the other screen. The setting sun is reflected perfectly in the glass too..... which is nice.
Still not having much luck with her daughter, Driscoll is now informed that the doctors want to move her to a private hospital because they are not equipped to handle a patient like that. Erin tries a different tactic to calm her daughter down, and is surprisingly firm with her, something that is obviously hard to do. Maya sobs and says she just wants to go home.....
Some more cool sunset shots now as Jack rides the elevator and meets up with Curtis who has already taken a man down. Bauer orders Castle and his men to hang back so they don't raise the alarm with Marwan, then heads up a floor to the IDS offices with Curtis, to look for the pesky terrorist. So much for that plan, the office floor is literally flooded with people and they don't have a clue which is Marwan.....
Cue final ad break....
Then back we go, into one of the nicest and tensest moments of season 4 thus far, consisting of Jack and Curtis searching the office for the override and its owner. After nearly shooting a guy playing solitaire (slacker!), they continue to scour the assorted employees.....
On the floor below, Ali has a run in with Castle's team, just warning Marwan in time before he is riddled with holes. Habib looks up and he and Jack make eye contact. Kiefer at this point pulls a BRILLIANT "Do not mess with me" face and shouts to Curtis. After peeing his pants at Jack's hard-man face, Marwan fires a shot in the air, throwing the poor people of IDS systems into a blind panic. He then loses the two agents in the crowd. Jack goes after him as Curtis retrieves the override......
He calls resident CTU hero Edgar who tries to talk him through the shutdown process. However, the workstation is locked and he can't access the program. Edgar gets around it and Manning sends the data to his workstation. Cue tense music, split screen of the plants, and what is actually quite an edge of your seat scene considering there can only be one real outcome. With a leap of triumph and a cry of yes! Edgar saves the day yet again. The threat is over!
What a legend he is!
It's not all good news though; Erin has been told there is another problem with her daughter. Rushing to the clinic in fear, she finds the doctors all huddled around the bathroom. Uh oh..... She pushes them aside and.......holy crap dudes! The girl is dead! She slit her wrists! Erin drops to the floor in shock, (this is excellently and very chillingly played), as we shrink down to a box for the last time in this hour.....
Full screen please maestro and we find ourselves following Jack down the darkened hallways of the Rockland building. He stops dead when he sees an agent's legs protruding motionlessly from a stairwell door. Warning Castle, Jack checks the body, only to discover the agent's body armour and helmet is missing. Marwan is impersonating a CTU officer!!!!!!!
Sadly, agent Solarz could've done with knowing this earlier. Marwan surprises the man and shoots him dead.....
6:00:00
A bloody superb episode all round really! And it gets better! Stay tuned for episode 12 folks!
This season is getting better and better, literally by the minute! I think the show has really benefited from the later start this year, allowing for a much more cohesive and smoother running story. Personally, I am lovin' it, episode 11 especially, for reasons that will soon be made clear!
Anyway, just what have Jack and co. been up to lately? Last time we saw them, Audrey was led to believe her husband was a terrorist, Jack arrested him, Curtis was kidnapped, Marianne was shot, and good ol' Tony was reinstated! YAY!
So, without further ado, let the clock start ticking as we roll on past 5pm.....
We are in Mr. Raines hotel room as the latest hour kicks off, and he remains unconscious and tied to a chair, after Jack happily landed a punch on his face last episode. Before he questions him, Mr. Bauer suggests to Audrey that she leaves the room as he will do "Whatever I have to...." To get Paul to talk. Lol, he's never said that before.....
Anyway, Audrey insists she will stay, obviously having not spoken to Syed Ali, Tomas Sherek, or Marshall Goren about her boyfriend's interrogation techniques.
About this time, Paul is roused from his slumber by Jack smearing cold water on his chest and head with a sponge. He firmly denies all knowledge of the building in Chatsworth where the terrorists planned today's attacks, and of which he apparently signed the lease. It's pretty convincing actually, to the point that I'm thinking maybe this guy is innocent. Oh well, just to be sure, Jack uses the electrical cord from a table lamp to electrocute Paul into telling the truth. Audrey is naturally shocked by this, for the first time seeing a much darker side to the man she fell in love with. He even shouts at the distressed woman when she intercedes. To be fair though Audrey, he did tell you to leave. This was a small but nice moment between the two characters, where it is suggested that maybe she'll be put off Mr. Bauer having seen this....
Back to the story though, as Paul has finally cracked and whilst remaining adamant he remembers no such building, tells Jack that all of his corporate records are on his laptop. If he is allowed to access it he should be able to get the information they need....
At that point we head over to downtown LA, in a place called the Rockland building, where Marwan has just arrived in the elevator. He liaises with his friend Ali, who is worried CTU's programmers might actually be able to stop the meltdowns. Habib is more confident, claiming they knew that CTU would try as much, and that they are prepared for it. If he can have direct access to the override for at least 45 minutes, he can ensure the remaining plants hit critical on schedule. Ali directs him up to his workspace on the IDS systems floor, where said override is hidden under his desk. He informs Marwan that his co-workers simply think he's from IT, and that he is there to fix the computer.....
5:08 now and Curtis Manning is unconscious in a similar predicament to Paul. He is surrounded by goons and the Peter Kingsley look-alike Forbes tells them to dump the body. He then heads off, not bothering to watch his men follow through with their orders, instead choosing to assume it all went to plan. Having made his token bad guy mistake the goons now make theirs, by not killing Curtis before they move the body. Why bother? He's unconscious and not restrained at all! It'll be fine. Obviously they didn't read my last episode guide where I believe I made it clear that Curtis kicked quite a bit of ass, which he proceeds to do so. The sneaky agent was merely pretending to be out for the count and rewards his captor's stupidity by killing them both in a bout of fisticuffs that would impress even Jack Bauer himself. Those two would make a nice field team. Which is funny because in around 30 minutes.....
Sorry, I get ahead of myself. Anywayz, Curtis escapes and takes a gun from one of the men; before he searches the floor of the building he is on, only to find that all doors are locked by a key code. He is trapped. Oh and uh, did I mention he's in the same building as Marwan........
Back at the hotel, Paul uncovers his records on Galaxy Financial services, who apparently leased the building to the terrorists. He digs deeper and finds that 51% of the company's shares were bought by the now-director, Harris Barnes. Jack has Sarah do a background check then leaves the room long enough for Paul to turn to Audrey and say quite a cool line: "Your boyfriend is just a thug with a badge."
Said boyfriend re-enters and Sarah calls back with the Intel he wants, Harris Barnes is an alias that popped up on their radar about 2 years ago. According to Interpol, the last man to use it was a Habib Marwan. It seems he used the same name to lease out some office space at the Rockland building downtown. That's the same address where Marianne led Curtis not so long ago. Bingo!
5:16 and Sarah warns Erin she has been unable to reach Curtis. Well, I say warns, she just sort of mentions it in passing really, neither of them seeming to be that bothered. Uhhhh, active CTU agent heads for what you thought was a trap less than an hour ago anyway, his cellphone isn't being answered, what do you think he's doing Driscoll?! Having a barbeque?! Still, I suppose if they got worried at this stage, another field team would be sent in and Jack wouldn't get any action when he inevitably arrived. I'm assuming it finally clicks right about when our hero gets there! Lol.
In the interrogation room, Dina is now in the hot seat, being questioned by the now reinstated Tony Almeida, who happily did drunken slobs everywhere a service by regaining his job in a mere 4 hours! Fantastic! So, he's in there with Dina having some quality lines chucked his way by the writers. The best one comes when Dina claims to have only known what her husband told her – "Yeah, that's a bunch of crap!" Great delivery by Mr. Bernard.
She eventually caves to the soul patch and writes down a series of names for him to check out; of the other members in their cell. Erin now interjects, ordering Tony to ask her about Marwan. She flinches at his name, but tries to hide it, claiming she barely knew him and that he is just an engineer of some sort.....
Meanwhile, Sarah tries Curtis again with no luck. That must be a great barbeque; I wish I was there, she thinks. Over at the Rockland building, Forbes discards Curtis' ringing phone and goes to check on his men. Oops, they're both dead. If only I hadn't assumed it had all gone to plan said Peter...sorry, I mean Forbes, to himself. He informs Ali, assuring him that as all doors are still locked he can't have escaped. Ali in turn alerts Marwan who is busy in the crowded IDS office doing anything but fix a computer. He orders Ali to disconnect the hardlines so Curtis can't make a phone call, and looks about nervously. Whilst he does as he's told, Ali doesn't realise Curtis is watching him.....
We return to the schizo daughter now, as Erin visits Maya in the CTU clinic. This is actually quite an emotional little piece, the daughter suddenly turning against her mother, telling her to go about her "important business" before asking the doctor to get "that" out of here. Ouch, and the look on Erin's face. You can't help but feel bad for her and that's never good – we all felt sympathy for Chappelle, Mason, Chase's hand, and look what happened! Always beware when this show starts piling on the sympathy vote for a character.....
5:22 – On their way to the Rockland building, Jack, Audrey and Paul sit together sharing a long and unpleasant silence. Sarah butts in and informs Jack about Curtis' lack of contact. Jack concludes he must be in trouble – finally! He tells her to prep Castle and his team and then hangs up.
Audrey and Paul meanwhile are confused as to why the terrorists would have used Paul in their plans at all, as he didn't know where they were this morning and it can't have just been for the corporate shell. Jack thinks that perhaps he was used for his connection to Heller because of a contingency plan of some kind. Mmmm, what indeed the audience wonders.....
Paul then apologises to his EX wife – yes, your EX wife Paul – for being so careless, at which point Audrey tenderly touches his shoulder to comfort him, Jack watching in the mirror. Another very nice moment here, coupled superbly with the shouting back in the hotel room.....
Back at CTU, Tony, having done some checking, finds out that all names given by Dina lead to Marwan. He has to be the leader, which means she's lying. Erin gives him permission to go as far as he has to, which he happily does. Dismissing everyone, including her, Tony drags Mrs. Araz into the observation room to prove they are alone. He then shoves her roughly into the wall and tells her that if she doesn't talk, the pardon she got for her son will be ripped to shreds and Behrooz will go to jail. He then says something so cool I'm going to transcribe it for you:
"And let me tell you, I know a little something about prison, and based on the conditions of his confinement, I'd give Behrooz about 3 months before he commits suicide! And by the way, I'm gonna make it my personal mission to ensure you don't hear word one about what happens to him....ever!"
That told her and she promptly starts to talk. Habib is indeed the head honcho and he indeed is in possession of the override. Tony asks her if he is at the Rockland building and she confirms that he is.....
Hurrying off to phone Jack, Erin briefs the assembled staff on his findings. It's all down to Jack again, and maybe Castle, but he is lame. Oh, wait, Curtis is there too! This can't fail....
Without further ado then, we go back to Curtis who catches up with Forbes and throws him around a bit until he admits Marwan is in the building and in possession of the override. Curtis cold cocks him and takes his phone and key card.
Elsewhere, Marwan and Ali worry incessantly, none the wiser to the net that gets ever tighter around them.
Curtis calls CTU and updates Sarah as Jack arrives outside, amongst some nicely framed shots of the sun setting on the horizon. Telling Audrey and Paul to stay with the field team, he formulates a plan, before Curtis is put through to him. He tells him where he is and they arrange to meet outside the main elevator. This sequence has a cool split screen bit where Jack is looking up at the building, as he talks with Curtis in the other screen. The setting sun is reflected perfectly in the glass too..... which is nice.
Still not having much luck with her daughter, Driscoll is now informed that the doctors want to move her to a private hospital because they are not equipped to handle a patient like that. Erin tries a different tactic to calm her daughter down, and is surprisingly firm with her, something that is obviously hard to do. Maya sobs and says she just wants to go home.....
Some more cool sunset shots now as Jack rides the elevator and meets up with Curtis who has already taken a man down. Bauer orders Castle and his men to hang back so they don't raise the alarm with Marwan, then heads up a floor to the IDS offices with Curtis, to look for the pesky terrorist. So much for that plan, the office floor is literally flooded with people and they don't have a clue which is Marwan.....
Cue final ad break....
Then back we go, into one of the nicest and tensest moments of season 4 thus far, consisting of Jack and Curtis searching the office for the override and its owner. After nearly shooting a guy playing solitaire (slacker!), they continue to scour the assorted employees.....
On the floor below, Ali has a run in with Castle's team, just warning Marwan in time before he is riddled with holes. Habib looks up and he and Jack make eye contact. Kiefer at this point pulls a BRILLIANT "Do not mess with me" face and shouts to Curtis. After peeing his pants at Jack's hard-man face, Marwan fires a shot in the air, throwing the poor people of IDS systems into a blind panic. He then loses the two agents in the crowd. Jack goes after him as Curtis retrieves the override......
He calls resident CTU hero Edgar who tries to talk him through the shutdown process. However, the workstation is locked and he can't access the program. Edgar gets around it and Manning sends the data to his workstation. Cue tense music, split screen of the plants, and what is actually quite an edge of your seat scene considering there can only be one real outcome. With a leap of triumph and a cry of yes! Edgar saves the day yet again. The threat is over!
What a legend he is!
It's not all good news though; Erin has been told there is another problem with her daughter. Rushing to the clinic in fear, she finds the doctors all huddled around the bathroom. Uh oh..... She pushes them aside and.......holy crap dudes! The girl is dead! She slit her wrists! Erin drops to the floor in shock, (this is excellently and very chillingly played), as we shrink down to a box for the last time in this hour.....
Full screen please maestro and we find ourselves following Jack down the darkened hallways of the Rockland building. He stops dead when he sees an agent's legs protruding motionlessly from a stairwell door. Warning Castle, Jack checks the body, only to discover the agent's body armour and helmet is missing. Marwan is impersonating a CTU officer!!!!!!!
Sadly, agent Solarz could've done with knowing this earlier. Marwan surprises the man and shoots him dead.....
6:00:00
A bloody superb episode all round really! And it gets better! Stay tuned for episode 12 folks!
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