Monday, May 22, 2006
Murder 101
Well.
It's over. It's all over. Five months of my life devoted to this season and it just leaves me heartlessly without any regard to my needs. I got so used to my Monday rituals. I have no idea what I'll do with myself for the next 8 bloody months.
What a feckin' ending though eh? I like Jack bloody. I like him broken. Because the moment he gathers his strength and unleashes his fury on his enemies is a truly awesome moment to behold.
In the final hours of the day I felt the show was wrapped up to my satisfaction. The payoff of seeing Logan finally busted (and that wonderful smirk on Martha's face) was completely worth a season of putting up with that loser. But I get ahead of myself and I should probably quit rambling and get to the recapping eh? All right.
Previously, on 24: Bierko and his merry band of terrorists had killed everyone aboard a submarine docked at a civilian dock with their backup canister of nerve gas and taken over the boat (ship? Whatev. It floats.) They dispersed the gas, vented it and were then able to remove their masks. Meanwhile Jack and Henderson along with a couple of nameless agents approached the sub to do some recon. Time is of the essence though as CHloe tells Jack they have less than 20 minutes to get aboard and disable the 12 or 13 multiple weapon warheads that Bierko is currently arming. His plan is to detonate them at various key points within range for maximum damage in retribution for Logan signing that treaty with Suvarov.
As Jack looks for a way on board, Henderson notices some kind of signal beacon or something lowered into the water. Chloe monitors all frequencies and picks up a distress call from a survivor on board the ship. Jack makes contact and we find a young, terrified enginees who had his wits about him and sealed himself in an airtight section of the sub. He and the engineer come to the conclusion that the kid will need to get to a foreward hatch, kill the hostile guarding it and open it to let Jack in.
Rooney (the engineer) then gets schooled in Jack Bauer's class called, "How to slit someone's throat in 5 easy steps." I wonder if he transfers credits...
Rooney gathers his courage, looks at his dead shipmate and manages to kill the guard. Not quite as cleanly as Jack would have done it, but Jack's just better. I think he would have given Rooney a B-. Points off for multiple stab wounds.
Rooney opens the hatch and Jack and his team infiltrate the sub. As Rooney helps one last time by creating a diversion, Jack and Henderson get to the controlroom, kill the guy working the software there and Henderson goes to work stopping the missile launch while Jack goes off to keep Bierko out of the way. There's a shootout, of course, and Bierko ends up deadski - and how does he die? By Jack's THIGHS OF DOOM!! Oh how I love it when he kills the bad guys with his thighs :)
In a race against the clock, Henderson manages to stop the missile launch with seconds to spare. Lemme tell you, it was a nailbiter too with Jack creeping around belowstairs and Henderson's fingers flying across the keyboard ans the seconds count down... I always, always always get nervous whenever there's any kind of countdown sequence involving a weapon of mass destruction. In my head I know that it won't go off of course, but I'm always holding my breath until it does. I would not make a good bomb squad tech.
But I digress. After Henderson stopped the missiles from launching he disappears. Jack corners him topside though and they have a showdown - Henderson has the drop on Jack til he tries to fire - but his gun is full of blanks. Jack is not an idiot. With almost a grin on his face as he realizes his stupid error, Henderson listens as Jack reminds him that he killed David, Tony and Michelle.
And then Jack kills Henderson in cold blood. I'm not sure how I feel about this. yes I know Henderson did a bunch of bad bad things.. It's just that Jack killing him seemed very... unJack-like. *sigh* It's as if anything that was inside of Jack that still felt emotions is dead and he's just a killing machine now. I know he isn't but that's how I felt when he shot Henderson.
So with the submarine all secure, Jack calls CTU and asks Chloe to help him as he goes after Logan - under the radar of course. He then heads off for Logan's compound in the hopes of extracting a confession out of him.
Back at the Compound, Martha has been waiting impatiently for Novick to get out of a meeting with Logan (while they dealt with the sub situation) so she could get his help in both getting Aaron off the compound, and on how to proceed with taking down the President. Martha brings Novick to Aaron and they fill him in. Understandably, he's shocked. For a brief moment I thought Novick would display his weasley-ness (I haven't forgotten what he did to Palmer) but I'm glad that he didn't. Instead he helps get Aaron to safety and orchestrated a meetup between Jack and Aaron (after a lovely, tender moment between Martha and Aaron that just tugged at my heart - thought for a second he was going to snog her but he only said a simple, dignified, "Thank you." It was enough.)
At CTU, Chloe is trying to modify some equipment Jack needs but she needs help. So she requisitions her, erm, ex-husband who's even wizzier than she is apparently. That came out of nowhere, but hey, it was fun to watch them banter. A small dose of humour in this intense hour. It was needed I think :)
Back again to the compound, Novick fills Martha in on Jack's plan to confront Logan because they need her to stall Logan who is about to leave for the airport where David Palmer's body is being transported back to DC. Logan wants to eulogize the man you see and snake some more face time with the press (the man makes me want to take a shower everytime I write about his sliminess.)
As Jack and Aaron hook up and head for an outbuilding on the compound, Martha must go to Logan and pretend to ask him to forgive the harsh words she hurled at him. And then she makes the greatest sacrifice known to man - she sleeps with this man she despises to give Jack more time to get set up. She's going to need about 10 showers after that. Or maybe just 8. He was quick. Which is what I expected. And now I have a horrible mental image of him clumsily (and quickly) banging Martha that is going to require a brillo pad on my brain. Yuck. At least I can take comfort in the knowledge that all of you now have this mental image as well :)
As Jack and Aaron get into the outbuilding, Novick contacts them and asks Jack how far he's going to go to get the confession. "As far as I have to." He replies coldly.
Tick Boom. I'll carry on in a new entry :)
It's over. It's all over. Five months of my life devoted to this season and it just leaves me heartlessly without any regard to my needs. I got so used to my Monday rituals. I have no idea what I'll do with myself for the next 8 bloody months.
What a feckin' ending though eh? I like Jack bloody. I like him broken. Because the moment he gathers his strength and unleashes his fury on his enemies is a truly awesome moment to behold.
In the final hours of the day I felt the show was wrapped up to my satisfaction. The payoff of seeing Logan finally busted (and that wonderful smirk on Martha's face) was completely worth a season of putting up with that loser. But I get ahead of myself and I should probably quit rambling and get to the recapping eh? All right.
Previously, on 24: Bierko and his merry band of terrorists had killed everyone aboard a submarine docked at a civilian dock with their backup canister of nerve gas and taken over the boat (ship? Whatev. It floats.) They dispersed the gas, vented it and were then able to remove their masks. Meanwhile Jack and Henderson along with a couple of nameless agents approached the sub to do some recon. Time is of the essence though as CHloe tells Jack they have less than 20 minutes to get aboard and disable the 12 or 13 multiple weapon warheads that Bierko is currently arming. His plan is to detonate them at various key points within range for maximum damage in retribution for Logan signing that treaty with Suvarov.
As Jack looks for a way on board, Henderson notices some kind of signal beacon or something lowered into the water. Chloe monitors all frequencies and picks up a distress call from a survivor on board the ship. Jack makes contact and we find a young, terrified enginees who had his wits about him and sealed himself in an airtight section of the sub. He and the engineer come to the conclusion that the kid will need to get to a foreward hatch, kill the hostile guarding it and open it to let Jack in.
Rooney (the engineer) then gets schooled in Jack Bauer's class called, "How to slit someone's throat in 5 easy steps." I wonder if he transfers credits...
Rooney gathers his courage, looks at his dead shipmate and manages to kill the guard. Not quite as cleanly as Jack would have done it, but Jack's just better. I think he would have given Rooney a B-. Points off for multiple stab wounds.
Rooney opens the hatch and Jack and his team infiltrate the sub. As Rooney helps one last time by creating a diversion, Jack and Henderson get to the controlroom, kill the guy working the software there and Henderson goes to work stopping the missile launch while Jack goes off to keep Bierko out of the way. There's a shootout, of course, and Bierko ends up deadski - and how does he die? By Jack's THIGHS OF DOOM!! Oh how I love it when he kills the bad guys with his thighs :)
In a race against the clock, Henderson manages to stop the missile launch with seconds to spare. Lemme tell you, it was a nailbiter too with Jack creeping around belowstairs and Henderson's fingers flying across the keyboard ans the seconds count down... I always, always always get nervous whenever there's any kind of countdown sequence involving a weapon of mass destruction. In my head I know that it won't go off of course, but I'm always holding my breath until it does. I would not make a good bomb squad tech.
But I digress. After Henderson stopped the missiles from launching he disappears. Jack corners him topside though and they have a showdown - Henderson has the drop on Jack til he tries to fire - but his gun is full of blanks. Jack is not an idiot. With almost a grin on his face as he realizes his stupid error, Henderson listens as Jack reminds him that he killed David, Tony and Michelle.
And then Jack kills Henderson in cold blood. I'm not sure how I feel about this. yes I know Henderson did a bunch of bad bad things.. It's just that Jack killing him seemed very... unJack-like. *sigh* It's as if anything that was inside of Jack that still felt emotions is dead and he's just a killing machine now. I know he isn't but that's how I felt when he shot Henderson.
So with the submarine all secure, Jack calls CTU and asks Chloe to help him as he goes after Logan - under the radar of course. He then heads off for Logan's compound in the hopes of extracting a confession out of him.
Back at the Compound, Martha has been waiting impatiently for Novick to get out of a meeting with Logan (while they dealt with the sub situation) so she could get his help in both getting Aaron off the compound, and on how to proceed with taking down the President. Martha brings Novick to Aaron and they fill him in. Understandably, he's shocked. For a brief moment I thought Novick would display his weasley-ness (I haven't forgotten what he did to Palmer) but I'm glad that he didn't. Instead he helps get Aaron to safety and orchestrated a meetup between Jack and Aaron (after a lovely, tender moment between Martha and Aaron that just tugged at my heart - thought for a second he was going to snog her but he only said a simple, dignified, "Thank you." It was enough.)
At CTU, Chloe is trying to modify some equipment Jack needs but she needs help. So she requisitions her, erm, ex-husband who's even wizzier than she is apparently. That came out of nowhere, but hey, it was fun to watch them banter. A small dose of humour in this intense hour. It was needed I think :)
Back again to the compound, Novick fills Martha in on Jack's plan to confront Logan because they need her to stall Logan who is about to leave for the airport where David Palmer's body is being transported back to DC. Logan wants to eulogize the man you see and snake some more face time with the press (the man makes me want to take a shower everytime I write about his sliminess.)
As Jack and Aaron hook up and head for an outbuilding on the compound, Martha must go to Logan and pretend to ask him to forgive the harsh words she hurled at him. And then she makes the greatest sacrifice known to man - she sleeps with this man she despises to give Jack more time to get set up. She's going to need about 10 showers after that. Or maybe just 8. He was quick. Which is what I expected. And now I have a horrible mental image of him clumsily (and quickly) banging Martha that is going to require a brillo pad on my brain. Yuck. At least I can take comfort in the knowledge that all of you now have this mental image as well :)
As Jack and Aaron get into the outbuilding, Novick contacts them and asks Jack how far he's going to go to get the confession. "As far as I have to." He replies coldly.
Tick Boom. I'll carry on in a new entry :)
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4 Comments:
Argh! Tivo cut off just a Jack boarded the helicopter. No idea why. I missed most of 6-7. Post it up, quick!
I seriously doubt Jack did kill Henderson. It was all part of the plan to make Henderson dissappear. Jack kept his word, since Henderson helped him. Thats why he looked over a the engineer, becuase they needed some kind of witness to believe the killing was real. I also wouldnt be surprised if we see Henderson possibly come back and help Jack in season 7.
It was also fun to see Carla Rota appear as Chloe's ex. Carla showed up in the later seasons of La Femme Nikita. The more I watch 24 the more I realize that Surnow and Cochran learned a lot on LFN and perfected it in 24.
Also, I buy the notion of Henderson coming back. What was the "one other thing" Jack asked Chloe to do? After all, he'd asked for the secure comm link, but what was the other thing? Was it to make Henderson disappear?
Finally, there's so much unresolved with Jack and the Chinese, but moreover, what about the Three Bad Guys -- we still don't know who they are and what the connection between them and Logan was, and how far back it stretched.
I agree on the Henderson thing. The key is he wanted to disappear "Just like Jack did"
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