24: Hour Two

CTU:NY looks like a spaceship, no? It's like something out of Star Trek, with doors that open horizontally and stuff. Maybe it's a little over-the-top now that I think about it.

Jack is ordered back to CTU for debriefing. CTU somehow traces the threat to the blonde journalist. They find her in record time, through all kinds of crazy technology. Aside from cameras and incredibly invasive advanced technology, CTU covers the city with drones. And that's the lesson today - technology < Jack. And this new CTU Director Bubba loves himself some technology and hates himself people who would question it (*cough*Freddie Prinze, Jr.*cough*). I'll bet they do some real high-tech torture now!

But the technology does help them nab the journalist, who is brought to CTU. Chloe, who is of course the smartest person in the room, is suspicious of how easy it was to find the right person. See, she's been on this show long enough to know there's always a guy behind a guy behind a guy.

Instead of debriefing Jack, Chloe feeds the beast, telling Jack of her suspicions that the journalist was framed. Director Bubba doesn't listen to Jack. BAD IDEA! Chloe tries to guilt Jack into helping her and let's face it - she has a point. He calls her any time of night with any request and she jumps. Jack's doing everything he can to walk away from the situation, but Kim insists he stay to help, essentially giving him permission. She's sacrificing him for the good of America, dammit!

Chloe hacks Jack's way into the armory where he starts loading up on guns. Unfortunately, CTU finds out he's there first and stops him. BAD IDEA! Jack blackmails his way out of it, getting permission to investigate his leads in exchange for not tattling on Director Bubba and his love for wonky technology.

Turns out the bad guy in the inner circle is Hassan's own brother. As distracting as Hassan's hair may be, his brother's hair is even worse. He looks like one of the Beatles. It's wavy and lustrous and... OK, maybe I'm a little jealous. The guy who I think is the lead assassin is a cop - part of the UN Security Detail assigned to Hassan.

Agent Starbuck gets a call from someone, harassing her about changing her name and having a wild past. Because every season has a CTU agent with a past who gets phone calls, sneaks around, and acts shifty. Oh yeah, and Starbuck is engaged to Freddie Prinze, Jr. Some day I'll use their real character names. Today is not that day.