I’m trying a new approach to Monday nights. I’m watching 24 live and DVR-ing Heroes so I won’t be so bitter when I go to bed. But it turns out 24 wasn’t bad so no worries anyway.
It’s 1 AM and Audrey is acting like Helen Hunt in that film we always had to watch in school about angel dust. This girl is on some serious dust. She’s on her way to CTU Medical, which I’m sure is equipped to handle PTSD of this magnitude.
Nadia denies Morris’s request for transfer. Chloe apologizes to Morris and seems generally sorry and upset that she crossed a line (like, the 758th line she has crossed, but the only one she has apologized for). He tells her they are done, over, kaput. Chloe tries to cry. What is this, Days of Our Lives?
President Powers Boothe’s girlfriend/assistant Lisa gets into her house and starts making out with someone who isn’t Powers Boothe. They talk about the Presidential situation or some other BS while making out.
Russian President calling via videophone. He’s a little salty about Russian technology falling into Chinese hands. Wow, news travels fast! It must be – dun dun – a spy!
Cheng transmits the chip to some Other Chinese Dude – but it’s damaged! They need to find someone who can fix it or some crap. I say let’s get Morris back on the case – all it takes is a drill.
Lisa’s taking an after-sex shower while her boy toy downloads information from her PDA. He calls a New Bad Guy and tells him they have the information.
CTU has brought in a Psychiatric Specialist, so I guess they are qualified to handle Audrey after all. Nadia expects a diagnosis within 2 minutes, and she gets one – some kind of catatonic state. The doctor recommends basically shocking her out of it. But let’s not take a doctor’s advice – let’s ask Jack Bauer since he will have some kind of magical influence on her that transcends the drugs she’s been shot up with hundreds of times. Nadia and Ricky snipe back and forth at each other about how to proceed. These two are BORING!
Tom identifies the leak – Lisa called a lobbyist (who has had contact with Russian agents) 3 times since they found out about the Russian circuitboard. They’ve already pulled up joint hotel bills and have determined that they are sleeping together. Powers Boothe: “Then we have a bigger problem. Because I’ve been sleeping with her too.” Mike and I scream OH SNAP and Tom just sits there open-mouthed while Powers confesses. Then, ever the snake, Tom thinks of a way to turn this to their advantage.
Ricky secretly lets Jack loose and tells him he needs to knock him out and go help Audrey. So Jack makes his way through CTU, knocks out medical personnel, and lets Audrey out of her restraints. We get a good lockdown alarm, which I look forward to every year. Now it’s not a total disappointment of a season! Jack locks himself and Audrey into a basement room. Jack’s whispery growls get through to her just as CTU breaks the door open. She says “Bloomfield” just as they’re about to take her back to the doctor for some shock treatment. Consider the shock treatment called off.
Lisa returns and Tom and Powers greet her with the best “you dirty whore” look ever!!! Powers tells her she has been played by the boy toy, apparently without her knowledge. Powers wants Lisa to go back to the boyfriend and get information from him. He threatens to stick her in prison/solitary confinement for treason if she F’s them over.
My boy Secretary Heller shows up at Audrey’s bedside. Suddenly I realize this episode has been pretty damn good! Heller wants to talk to Jack. He tells Jack not to go near Audrey ever again; what happened to her is his fault. Secretary Heller kicks so much ass. He tells Jack he’s cursed – “everything you touch ends up dead.” Dagger!
It’s amazing what a little Secretary Heller, lockdown alarm, and dirty-whore-gets-caught can do for 24!
2 comments:
Sounds like all they needed to do is kill off Audrey and it would've been the perfect episode!
Audrey in a catatonic state makes a lot of sense since she can just keep the same stupid expression on her face that she's had for the last 3 years.
What's up with Bill?....is he in the previews for next week?
No Bill this week, no Bill that I could see for next week. Maybe he has some chip repair capabilities and he'll be the one used by the Chinese. Or maybe he's picking up transvestite hookers on Sunset. Probably that last one.
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