Monday, May 21, 2007
"He's been more right than we have today." 4am-5am
Is everyone strapped in? Please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times. Ready? I am relatively thunderstorm-free this evening so away we go boys and girls...
Nice shot of Doyle's chopper flying over some breaking waves as Josh tries to comprehend what just happened. He demands hat Doyle tell him what his grandfather's doing and Doyle tells him that Phillip has something that could stop a war. He tells him CTU will do everything in its power to recover Josh as soon as they have what they need from Phillip. Calmly, he assures Josh that Doyle will get Josh back no matter what. He recognizes Josh's fear and lets him know he would feel the same fear in his place. Then he injects a tracking device in Josh's wrist that will aid them in their Recover Josh efforts.
Back on the ground Jack continues to plead with the Special Agent in Charge to not go through with the exchange with Phillip. But the SAiC will not relent and tells Jack he's being placed in temporary custody (but not being charged with anything) so that he will not impede the exchange. Frustrated, Jack gets in an SUV and calls Chloe.
Chloe fills Jack in on why the exchange is happening and Jack has no faith in his father's deal to hand over the circuit board. He has Chloe put him through to Karen Hayes.
But Karen is in the middle of a conference call with Daniels and Suvarov. Daniels is doing some serious groveling too. I am enjoying that. Suvarov dismisses the groveling and makes Daniels get to the real point of the call which is when Daniels tells him about the development with Phillip Bauer.
Jack's call goes through to Karen and he quickly tells her that under no circumstances can his father be trusted to uphold the deal. Phillip would have no leverage with the Chinese if he hands over the circuit board and he believes that the Chinese will offer him more. Jack tells Karen that his father is smart enough to manipulate the exchange. Karen tells Jack that she agrees with him but her hands are tied. She says he will have to put a stop to it on her end - but Jack tells her he's in custody. He hangs up with an ultimatum - she needs to stop this and she needs to stop this now.
Lennox joins Karen after the Suvarov call and she tells him everything Jack just told her. Lennox asks if she thinks Jack's concerns are warranted.
"Absolutely. He's Phillip Bauer's son and he's been more right than we have today." she replies.
"Point taken."
Karen tells him that she has an idea that might be a solution to the problem but Lennox will not go along with it if it means having to keep Daniels in the dark - but he won't be looking Karen's way if she chooses to do so. With a tiny grin, Karen makes a phone call.
And who does she call? Buchanan. Woohoo!! I was so hoping there would be more Bill before the end. Unfortunately, Bill's having to endure a bunch of FBI agents combing through his home as a result of a subpoena. Karen tries his cell and finally the landline but Bill's being a bit obstinate in not answering her. Her pleading with him on the answering machine gets through to him and he picks up and listens to her outline the situation.
"What are you asking me to do Karen?"
"Whatever it takes to stop the exchange..."
Doyle and Josh arrive at the exchange and Phillip calls Doyle, telling him to have CTU shut off satellite. He tells Doyle that he's got an uplink into CTU and will know if he's bluffing. Morris confirms that Phillip has hacked in but has no idea how it's being done. After Doyle confirms that Phillip cannot see Josh's tracking device he has CTU shut off satellite. Phillip's next order is to get rid of the chopper. Doyle complies. He then makes Doyle put Josh on the phone. Josh is understandably feeling quite hostile towards his grandfather and Phillip tries the ploy of public embarrassment over his father's (Jack's brother) hand in today's events. He tells Josh that his mother can join them whenever she wants. He tells him that where they're going, he will have the means and the power to help Josh become the kind of man his father should have been. Eeesh. After he hangs up he sends his flunkies to go get Josh.
As they wait, Doyle tells Nadia that he's going to take any opportunity to keep Phillip from getting his grandson. Nadia strongly reminds him that he is not to go off book on this one and they can't begin a recovery effort until the board is back at CTU. As she tries to get Doyle to confirm he will obey orders, Karen Hayes calls Nadia for a status report on the exchange - and on Jack. We learn that Jack is being taken to a holding area at District. Karen requests access to the traffic grid tracking Jack's SUV and refuses to explain to Nadia why she needs that access.
After the call, Nadia is called away to handle Marilyn Bauer who's raising hell because she doesn't know what's going on with Josh. Nadia lies to her, saying he's being debriefed at District but Marilyn's having none of it. Nadia has Morris request extra security to escort her to holding. Morris complies but Chloe just glares at him from across the table. She thinks the whole situation just plain stinks and while Morris does agree, he now understands the need to follow orders.
Back to Jack now. As the SUV turns onto a side road, some crazy lunatic swerves into their lane forcing them off the road. As the drivers gets out to investigate - gun drawn, Bill Buchanan steps out of his vehicle and stalls him until Jack can subdue the other agent in the SUV and get away with Bill. Bill apprises Jack of the sitch with Josh and they take off. That was pretty slick. As they drive off, Jack thanks Bill for putting himself on the line for this. Bill tells him he doesn't need thanks. He just hopes Jack is right about his father. "Unfortunately, I am." Jack responds.
Back at CTU, a strange man arrives on the floor and Chloe gets up and goes to him, giving him a long, comforting hug (awwww.) It's Milo's brother. Chloe takes him off to sign paperwork for the release of Milo's body. *sniff*
At the White House, Karen's computer is hit with a shutdown notice. Looks like the jig is up. She calls Bill and tells him how sorry she is and how much she loves him... and then Secret Service walks in and puts an end to that call. She's about to be arrested.
At CTU, Nadia introduces herself to Milo's brother, Stuart (Stewart? I dunno) and he asks how Milo died. She hesitates and then tells him that he died saving her life. She says he was very brave. Stuart tells her he really wasn't. He was really just in love with her. I have to say, Milo's brother is quite the hottie.
Their moment is interrupted by Chloe calling to tell Nadia about Jack's escape. She can barely contain the glee as she tells her that Buchanan aided in the effort. I love Chloe.
As Doyle and Josh continue to wait for someone to come get him, Josh pleads with Doyle not to go through with it. He's obviously scared and upset. But Doyle tries to play the 'Do it for your country' card along with his word that he will get Josh back. You can tell Josh isn't buying it though. All he can see is he's about to be handed over to his crazy grandfather.
Nadia interrupts to tell Doyle that Jack escaped custody and is on the way there. CTU cannot bring in their tact teams to help Doyle because Phillip will spot them and back of. So Doyle will have to face Jack alone. "I'll be all right." Doyle tells her. But he sure looks nervous. Relief washes over Josh's face as he asks Doyle if his uncle is coming and Doyle tells him he is. I almost think Doyle is a little bit relieved as well. I can tell he doesn't want to hand Josh over either.
In Washington, Karen sits in a holding cell when Daniels walks in. He's pissed and he lets her know it. But she stands her ground and accepts the consequences with a quiet dignity. And when Daniels asks her if Lennox had a hand in it, she protects Lennox who only a few hours ago was one of her worst enemies. What a woman. You go Karen.
Phillip calls Doyle and orders them to walk towards the ocean (the exchange spot was some sort of lookout point on what might be Highway 1 which is California's pretty coastal highway. I probably should have mentioned that earlier.) It looks like Phillip sent a boat.
At CTU, Chloe monitors Josh's tracking device closely despite her noticeable fatigue. Two men in a small speedboat arrive on shore and approach Doyle who's gone down to met them. The flunky sets the container with the circuit board down and Doyle picks it up to verify its authenticity. As he opens the case a small explosion goes off that knocks Doyle down and incapacitates him. As he writhes in pain, unable to see, the flunkies move in and grab Josh.
Jack arrives on scene just as the men are running fr their boat but Jack doesn't have a clear shot without possibly hurting Josh. They get away as Jack looks on helplessly. Then he and Bill make their way to Doyle who, despite his pain, makes a report on the situation, telling them the board was a fake, that it blew up. Bill stays with Doyle as Jack calls in the report. On the boat, the men inform Phillip they have Josh and he tells them to scan him for trackers. They short the tracker.
Jack, as only Jack can do, calmly gives Nadia an update and requests a trauma team for Doyle. He reigns in his anger and saves his "I told you so's" because he's a man of action and he'll set aside his personal feelings when he has to to advance to the next stage.
Back at the White House again, while debating when to call Suvarov with details on the botched exchange, Daniels is eating some serious crow. "Karen was right. And I was wrong." He even admits out loud that he may have been wrong about Wayne Palmer. "Until you sit in this chair, you don't know anything."
Lennox advises Daniels not to prosecute Karen or Bill considering both of them were pretty much right and Daniels was a big giant dickhead (maybe he didn't use those exact words, but that's how I heard them in my head :) ) but Daniels, despite his meal of crow only says he'll take it under advisement for now. There are bigger problems to worry about atm.
Jack informs CTU that Doyle's injuries are not life-threatening but he will be blind in one or both eyes (so much for theories abounding that Doyle is being groomed to take over for Kiefer Sutherland eh?) He asks about the satellite but Nadia says the small boat will be very hard to track. Jack stares out to sea and an idea begin to form. Jack's father's company has shell corporations that own oil leases up and down the coast. Jack is starting to think that his father is on one of the rigs located about 10 miles out to sea. Good thinking Jack!
Aaaaand on a rig (he was right) Phillip awaits the arrival of his grandson. As he turns away from the dock, Cheng is standing there demanding to know when he will get the circuit board. "When I have my grandson." he replies. Cheng tells him he made the right decision to continue to work with China. Phillip replies that despite the mistakes Cheng made today, China is still his future. Whatev.
At CTU, Chloe is combing through files trying to find a matching oil rig to Phillip's holdings but as she searches, her vision blurs and she appears ill. As she walks over to Morris to tell him she's not having luck with the files, she passes out. Eh? Oh noes!
Ugh this 'cap took longer than I thought and I'm way behind on the second hour. Eep1 Good stuff so far though. The shocker for me was Doyle getting blown up and I' dying to know what's wrong with Chloe so I'm moving on to the Big Finish!
Nice shot of Doyle's chopper flying over some breaking waves as Josh tries to comprehend what just happened. He demands hat Doyle tell him what his grandfather's doing and Doyle tells him that Phillip has something that could stop a war. He tells him CTU will do everything in its power to recover Josh as soon as they have what they need from Phillip. Calmly, he assures Josh that Doyle will get Josh back no matter what. He recognizes Josh's fear and lets him know he would feel the same fear in his place. Then he injects a tracking device in Josh's wrist that will aid them in their Recover Josh efforts.
Back on the ground Jack continues to plead with the Special Agent in Charge to not go through with the exchange with Phillip. But the SAiC will not relent and tells Jack he's being placed in temporary custody (but not being charged with anything) so that he will not impede the exchange. Frustrated, Jack gets in an SUV and calls Chloe.
Chloe fills Jack in on why the exchange is happening and Jack has no faith in his father's deal to hand over the circuit board. He has Chloe put him through to Karen Hayes.
But Karen is in the middle of a conference call with Daniels and Suvarov. Daniels is doing some serious groveling too. I am enjoying that. Suvarov dismisses the groveling and makes Daniels get to the real point of the call which is when Daniels tells him about the development with Phillip Bauer.
Jack's call goes through to Karen and he quickly tells her that under no circumstances can his father be trusted to uphold the deal. Phillip would have no leverage with the Chinese if he hands over the circuit board and he believes that the Chinese will offer him more. Jack tells Karen that his father is smart enough to manipulate the exchange. Karen tells Jack that she agrees with him but her hands are tied. She says he will have to put a stop to it on her end - but Jack tells her he's in custody. He hangs up with an ultimatum - she needs to stop this and she needs to stop this now.
Lennox joins Karen after the Suvarov call and she tells him everything Jack just told her. Lennox asks if she thinks Jack's concerns are warranted.
"Absolutely. He's Phillip Bauer's son and he's been more right than we have today." she replies.
"Point taken."
Karen tells him that she has an idea that might be a solution to the problem but Lennox will not go along with it if it means having to keep Daniels in the dark - but he won't be looking Karen's way if she chooses to do so. With a tiny grin, Karen makes a phone call.
And who does she call? Buchanan. Woohoo!! I was so hoping there would be more Bill before the end. Unfortunately, Bill's having to endure a bunch of FBI agents combing through his home as a result of a subpoena. Karen tries his cell and finally the landline but Bill's being a bit obstinate in not answering her. Her pleading with him on the answering machine gets through to him and he picks up and listens to her outline the situation.
"What are you asking me to do Karen?"
"Whatever it takes to stop the exchange..."
Doyle and Josh arrive at the exchange and Phillip calls Doyle, telling him to have CTU shut off satellite. He tells Doyle that he's got an uplink into CTU and will know if he's bluffing. Morris confirms that Phillip has hacked in but has no idea how it's being done. After Doyle confirms that Phillip cannot see Josh's tracking device he has CTU shut off satellite. Phillip's next order is to get rid of the chopper. Doyle complies. He then makes Doyle put Josh on the phone. Josh is understandably feeling quite hostile towards his grandfather and Phillip tries the ploy of public embarrassment over his father's (Jack's brother) hand in today's events. He tells Josh that his mother can join them whenever she wants. He tells him that where they're going, he will have the means and the power to help Josh become the kind of man his father should have been. Eeesh. After he hangs up he sends his flunkies to go get Josh.
As they wait, Doyle tells Nadia that he's going to take any opportunity to keep Phillip from getting his grandson. Nadia strongly reminds him that he is not to go off book on this one and they can't begin a recovery effort until the board is back at CTU. As she tries to get Doyle to confirm he will obey orders, Karen Hayes calls Nadia for a status report on the exchange - and on Jack. We learn that Jack is being taken to a holding area at District. Karen requests access to the traffic grid tracking Jack's SUV and refuses to explain to Nadia why she needs that access.
After the call, Nadia is called away to handle Marilyn Bauer who's raising hell because she doesn't know what's going on with Josh. Nadia lies to her, saying he's being debriefed at District but Marilyn's having none of it. Nadia has Morris request extra security to escort her to holding. Morris complies but Chloe just glares at him from across the table. She thinks the whole situation just plain stinks and while Morris does agree, he now understands the need to follow orders.
Back to Jack now. As the SUV turns onto a side road, some crazy lunatic swerves into their lane forcing them off the road. As the drivers gets out to investigate - gun drawn, Bill Buchanan steps out of his vehicle and stalls him until Jack can subdue the other agent in the SUV and get away with Bill. Bill apprises Jack of the sitch with Josh and they take off. That was pretty slick. As they drive off, Jack thanks Bill for putting himself on the line for this. Bill tells him he doesn't need thanks. He just hopes Jack is right about his father. "Unfortunately, I am." Jack responds.
Back at CTU, a strange man arrives on the floor and Chloe gets up and goes to him, giving him a long, comforting hug (awwww.) It's Milo's brother. Chloe takes him off to sign paperwork for the release of Milo's body. *sniff*
At the White House, Karen's computer is hit with a shutdown notice. Looks like the jig is up. She calls Bill and tells him how sorry she is and how much she loves him... and then Secret Service walks in and puts an end to that call. She's about to be arrested.
At CTU, Nadia introduces herself to Milo's brother, Stuart (Stewart? I dunno) and he asks how Milo died. She hesitates and then tells him that he died saving her life. She says he was very brave. Stuart tells her he really wasn't. He was really just in love with her. I have to say, Milo's brother is quite the hottie.
Their moment is interrupted by Chloe calling to tell Nadia about Jack's escape. She can barely contain the glee as she tells her that Buchanan aided in the effort. I love Chloe.
As Doyle and Josh continue to wait for someone to come get him, Josh pleads with Doyle not to go through with it. He's obviously scared and upset. But Doyle tries to play the 'Do it for your country' card along with his word that he will get Josh back. You can tell Josh isn't buying it though. All he can see is he's about to be handed over to his crazy grandfather.
Nadia interrupts to tell Doyle that Jack escaped custody and is on the way there. CTU cannot bring in their tact teams to help Doyle because Phillip will spot them and back of. So Doyle will have to face Jack alone. "I'll be all right." Doyle tells her. But he sure looks nervous. Relief washes over Josh's face as he asks Doyle if his uncle is coming and Doyle tells him he is. I almost think Doyle is a little bit relieved as well. I can tell he doesn't want to hand Josh over either.
In Washington, Karen sits in a holding cell when Daniels walks in. He's pissed and he lets her know it. But she stands her ground and accepts the consequences with a quiet dignity. And when Daniels asks her if Lennox had a hand in it, she protects Lennox who only a few hours ago was one of her worst enemies. What a woman. You go Karen.
Phillip calls Doyle and orders them to walk towards the ocean (the exchange spot was some sort of lookout point on what might be Highway 1 which is California's pretty coastal highway. I probably should have mentioned that earlier.) It looks like Phillip sent a boat.
At CTU, Chloe monitors Josh's tracking device closely despite her noticeable fatigue. Two men in a small speedboat arrive on shore and approach Doyle who's gone down to met them. The flunky sets the container with the circuit board down and Doyle picks it up to verify its authenticity. As he opens the case a small explosion goes off that knocks Doyle down and incapacitates him. As he writhes in pain, unable to see, the flunkies move in and grab Josh.
Jack arrives on scene just as the men are running fr their boat but Jack doesn't have a clear shot without possibly hurting Josh. They get away as Jack looks on helplessly. Then he and Bill make their way to Doyle who, despite his pain, makes a report on the situation, telling them the board was a fake, that it blew up. Bill stays with Doyle as Jack calls in the report. On the boat, the men inform Phillip they have Josh and he tells them to scan him for trackers. They short the tracker.
Jack, as only Jack can do, calmly gives Nadia an update and requests a trauma team for Doyle. He reigns in his anger and saves his "I told you so's" because he's a man of action and he'll set aside his personal feelings when he has to to advance to the next stage.
Back at the White House again, while debating when to call Suvarov with details on the botched exchange, Daniels is eating some serious crow. "Karen was right. And I was wrong." He even admits out loud that he may have been wrong about Wayne Palmer. "Until you sit in this chair, you don't know anything."
Lennox advises Daniels not to prosecute Karen or Bill considering both of them were pretty much right and Daniels was a big giant dickhead (maybe he didn't use those exact words, but that's how I heard them in my head :) ) but Daniels, despite his meal of crow only says he'll take it under advisement for now. There are bigger problems to worry about atm.
Jack informs CTU that Doyle's injuries are not life-threatening but he will be blind in one or both eyes (so much for theories abounding that Doyle is being groomed to take over for Kiefer Sutherland eh?) He asks about the satellite but Nadia says the small boat will be very hard to track. Jack stares out to sea and an idea begin to form. Jack's father's company has shell corporations that own oil leases up and down the coast. Jack is starting to think that his father is on one of the rigs located about 10 miles out to sea. Good thinking Jack!
Aaaaand on a rig (he was right) Phillip awaits the arrival of his grandson. As he turns away from the dock, Cheng is standing there demanding to know when he will get the circuit board. "When I have my grandson." he replies. Cheng tells him he made the right decision to continue to work with China. Phillip replies that despite the mistakes Cheng made today, China is still his future. Whatev.
At CTU, Chloe is combing through files trying to find a matching oil rig to Phillip's holdings but as she searches, her vision blurs and she appears ill. As she walks over to Morris to tell him she's not having luck with the files, she passes out. Eh? Oh noes!
Ugh this 'cap took longer than I thought and I'm way behind on the second hour. Eep1 Good stuff so far though. The shocker for me was Doyle getting blown up and I' dying to know what's wrong with Chloe so I'm moving on to the Big Finish!
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1 Comments:
what happened in the last 10 minutes - it was mellow closing stuff between various characters and i had to jet when jack was saying by to audrey.
any action after that? or did something significant happen between them?
thanks - k
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