Monday, March 06, 2006
Gobsmacked Part One
What the... but... but... *blink* guh...
And that about sums me up right now. A bunch of sputtering blinks. I've been punched in the gut and I can't get my breath back. But I'll try to muddle through a 2 hour recap.
First of all, Tony is awake but still unaware of Michelle's death. Buchanan went to see him and thought he should know about Michelle but the doc said no. The grief would not help his recovery. So reluctantly, Bill lies to poor bandaged Tony and sort of dodges tony's first question to him about Michelle's status. How beautiful is it that Tony's first thought is for Michelle. I love Tony.
After Bill gives Tony a brief update as to what happened, he leaves and we move on to the Suvarovs and Martha. All are pretty shaken to say the least. As Aaron approaches Martha she loses her composure and admits to Aaron that the President knew about the attack - and that he had given the terrorist the motorcade info. Aaron is as stunned as Aaron can be considering Glen Morshower is a model of emotional restraint. They're flown back to the compund where Logan continues to act like the pussy he is. I've really only got one word for him for this whole episode: "Duh." I want to just take my hands and squeeze his weenie little neck. I doubt he'd put up much of a fight, the little fink.
Cut to McGill's junkie sister and her loser boyfriend. Apparently the boyfriend somehow is connected to the terrorists because he's selling them McGill's keycard. So that leads me to believe that he got Lynn's sister to mug him not for his cash and credit, but for the keycard because he was told to by the terrorists. This means the terrorists (I'm just going to refer to the terrorists as Bierko from now on because I keep typoing 'terrorist' and it's pissing me off. Apparently 'Bierko's much easier.) somehow knew about McGill's sister and her habit. Hmmmm... And back at CTU, McGill is getting panicky about not having the keycard and he has Buchanan agree to let him use a phone to call her to try and get it back. No luck though.
Back to Jack now and he's walking away from yet another close call and he's on the phone with Chloe trying to track down Henderson. Chloe discovers a data flow that leads Jack right to Henderson's own home. Since Henderson thinks Jack is dead, Jack decides he should approach his house alone rather than sending a team.
So while Jack's driving to the house, Curtis discovers a schematic on one of Bierko's flunkies that Chloe and *sniffle* Edgar need to match from a database. It takes them a little while but eventually they discover that it's the ventilation system at a large hospital. the schematic also had a time written in the corner - within the hour (of course.)
Back at the ranch Martha arrives... and Martha is PISSED. I love it when she shames Logan. God I really cannot stand the man. I don't know if it's the actor or what but *shudder* For the rest of the episode Martha refuses to speak to Logan. But she does talk to Aaron and thanks him... and holds his hand - just as Mike walks in. Geesh that was cheesy. But I wonder if Martha wasn't just looking for some of Aaron's strength in a moment when she wasn't getting it from her own husband, know what I mean? Who knows, maybe she was trying to put a little move on him, but somehow I don't think so.
Ohhhhhhhh Tony is a smart man. he can tell the doc is dodging his questions. So when he's left alone he sneaks out to a terminal and discovers the horrible truth about Michelle. He's confronted with graphic photos of her body. The anguished look on his face... it was devastating.
Curtis is dispatched to the hospital to help with evacuation and to try and locate the t-e-r-r-o-r-i-s-t who might be trying to plant the nerve gas. It's a huge hospital thought with over 600 patients some of whom can't be moved. They carry on getting as masny out as they can while Curtis hunts Bierko's flunky. I initially thought maybe it's the wrong hospital but a cutaway shot of the ter- flunky pushing the nerve gas under a gurney around shows they're in the right place. It's a damn close call but even though they were unable to disarm the timer on the canister they were able to run through the hospital with past all the patients and get it into an airtight container. I had a moment when I wondered why he would be running with it out into the crowds of people he just had evacuated but then I saw the van and I stopped questioning Curtis. The flunky was killed though and they were unable to question him.
Meanwhile Jack arrives at Henderson's home and finds his wife there. No Henderson though but Jack takes a chance and decides to see if the computer there is the one receving data from henderson's work computer. He confronts Miriam (Henderson's wife) and has her sit quietly (at gunpoint) while he and Chloe try to hack the computer. of course Miriam has been snowed by Henderson and sort of annoys Jack with her denials of any wrongdoing. She unquestioningly believes in his innocence.
Chloe finds hidden stuff on the computer but is unable to access it - and Henderson himself arrives ("Honey! I'm home!")
But Jack surprised the hell out of him :) it was very amusing. In an incredible scene Jack has a cuffed Henderson sit next to his wife and begins grilling him. Miriam screams more denials - until Jack empties Henderson's Briefcase O' Cash on the table. Suddenly things are different. Disbelief shadows her face as she begins to realize her husband has lied to her all along.
But he refuses to spill the beans to Jack even when Jack holds his gun to his knee in his classic "Don't think I won't do it" move. But Henderson apparently trained Jack and knows every interrogation trick in the book and is not moved by it. But he made a mistake by telling his wife the old, "I did it to protect you dear" line. Jack inteprets that to mean Henderson will endure anything but his wife is weak point. So what does Jack do? He SHOOTS HIS WIFE IN THE THIGH! Holy fucking hell that blew my mind. I think it blew her mind too but the bullethole was distracting her.
Wow.
And you know what? Henderson still didn't crack because his wife is NOT the weak point and Jack realized his mistake right away. He knows he'll have to bring him into CTU.
Damn damn damn.
The final scene of the hour is another of Bierko's flunkies at McGill's sister's place, taking the keycard and executing her and her boyfriend.
Damn damn damn.
And that about sums me up right now. A bunch of sputtering blinks. I've been punched in the gut and I can't get my breath back. But I'll try to muddle through a 2 hour recap.
First of all, Tony is awake but still unaware of Michelle's death. Buchanan went to see him and thought he should know about Michelle but the doc said no. The grief would not help his recovery. So reluctantly, Bill lies to poor bandaged Tony and sort of dodges tony's first question to him about Michelle's status. How beautiful is it that Tony's first thought is for Michelle. I love Tony.
After Bill gives Tony a brief update as to what happened, he leaves and we move on to the Suvarovs and Martha. All are pretty shaken to say the least. As Aaron approaches Martha she loses her composure and admits to Aaron that the President knew about the attack - and that he had given the terrorist the motorcade info. Aaron is as stunned as Aaron can be considering Glen Morshower is a model of emotional restraint. They're flown back to the compund where Logan continues to act like the pussy he is. I've really only got one word for him for this whole episode: "Duh." I want to just take my hands and squeeze his weenie little neck. I doubt he'd put up much of a fight, the little fink.
Cut to McGill's junkie sister and her loser boyfriend. Apparently the boyfriend somehow is connected to the terrorists because he's selling them McGill's keycard. So that leads me to believe that he got Lynn's sister to mug him not for his cash and credit, but for the keycard because he was told to by the terrorists. This means the terrorists (I'm just going to refer to the terrorists as Bierko from now on because I keep typoing 'terrorist' and it's pissing me off. Apparently 'Bierko's much easier.) somehow knew about McGill's sister and her habit. Hmmmm... And back at CTU, McGill is getting panicky about not having the keycard and he has Buchanan agree to let him use a phone to call her to try and get it back. No luck though.
Back to Jack now and he's walking away from yet another close call and he's on the phone with Chloe trying to track down Henderson. Chloe discovers a data flow that leads Jack right to Henderson's own home. Since Henderson thinks Jack is dead, Jack decides he should approach his house alone rather than sending a team.
So while Jack's driving to the house, Curtis discovers a schematic on one of Bierko's flunkies that Chloe and *sniffle* Edgar need to match from a database. It takes them a little while but eventually they discover that it's the ventilation system at a large hospital. the schematic also had a time written in the corner - within the hour (of course.)
Back at the ranch Martha arrives... and Martha is PISSED. I love it when she shames Logan. God I really cannot stand the man. I don't know if it's the actor or what but *shudder* For the rest of the episode Martha refuses to speak to Logan. But she does talk to Aaron and thanks him... and holds his hand - just as Mike walks in. Geesh that was cheesy. But I wonder if Martha wasn't just looking for some of Aaron's strength in a moment when she wasn't getting it from her own husband, know what I mean? Who knows, maybe she was trying to put a little move on him, but somehow I don't think so.
Ohhhhhhhh Tony is a smart man. he can tell the doc is dodging his questions. So when he's left alone he sneaks out to a terminal and discovers the horrible truth about Michelle. He's confronted with graphic photos of her body. The anguished look on his face... it was devastating.
Curtis is dispatched to the hospital to help with evacuation and to try and locate the t-e-r-r-o-r-i-s-t who might be trying to plant the nerve gas. It's a huge hospital thought with over 600 patients some of whom can't be moved. They carry on getting as masny out as they can while Curtis hunts Bierko's flunky. I initially thought maybe it's the wrong hospital but a cutaway shot of the ter- flunky pushing the nerve gas under a gurney around shows they're in the right place. It's a damn close call but even though they were unable to disarm the timer on the canister they were able to run through the hospital with past all the patients and get it into an airtight container. I had a moment when I wondered why he would be running with it out into the crowds of people he just had evacuated but then I saw the van and I stopped questioning Curtis. The flunky was killed though and they were unable to question him.
Meanwhile Jack arrives at Henderson's home and finds his wife there. No Henderson though but Jack takes a chance and decides to see if the computer there is the one receving data from henderson's work computer. He confronts Miriam (Henderson's wife) and has her sit quietly (at gunpoint) while he and Chloe try to hack the computer. of course Miriam has been snowed by Henderson and sort of annoys Jack with her denials of any wrongdoing. She unquestioningly believes in his innocence.
Chloe finds hidden stuff on the computer but is unable to access it - and Henderson himself arrives ("Honey! I'm home!")
But Jack surprised the hell out of him :) it was very amusing. In an incredible scene Jack has a cuffed Henderson sit next to his wife and begins grilling him. Miriam screams more denials - until Jack empties Henderson's Briefcase O' Cash on the table. Suddenly things are different. Disbelief shadows her face as she begins to realize her husband has lied to her all along.
But he refuses to spill the beans to Jack even when Jack holds his gun to his knee in his classic "Don't think I won't do it" move. But Henderson apparently trained Jack and knows every interrogation trick in the book and is not moved by it. But he made a mistake by telling his wife the old, "I did it to protect you dear" line. Jack inteprets that to mean Henderson will endure anything but his wife is weak point. So what does Jack do? He SHOOTS HIS WIFE IN THE THIGH! Holy fucking hell that blew my mind. I think it blew her mind too but the bullethole was distracting her.
Wow.
And you know what? Henderson still didn't crack because his wife is NOT the weak point and Jack realized his mistake right away. He knows he'll have to bring him into CTU.
Damn damn damn.
The final scene of the hour is another of Bierko's flunkies at McGill's sister's place, taking the keycard and executing her and her boyfriend.
Damn damn damn.
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1 Comments:
Shooting Henderson's wife in the leg left me stunned. 'Bout time Jack started going psycho on some people.
A side rant: less soap opera romantic stuff and more - yes, more - action. And can we have next season out of the L.A. area? Can I get an amen on that?
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