01 February 2010

24

The episode starts with Jack listening in on Renee and Vladimir, as she tells him she has a buyer interested in weapons-grade uranium, and he acts generally creepy. He's pretty damn persistent is trying to convince her she wants to bang him. She decides that the only way to maintain her cover is to go ahead and give him some, so she tells Jack she's going dark and then she... "goes dark" I guess.

Starbuck is really effing dumb on this show. She actually gives that A-hole Ex With The Rape Van the location of a warehouse full of drug money, and helps him gain access so he can just walk in and take the money. I'm through with her. I'm through with Arlo too and his dumb nosiness. What a noodge.

David Anders strong-arms the doctor into curing his brother's radiation poisoning. Is that even possible? The doctor says it'll take 7-10 days to find out. We don't have 7-10 days, dammit! This is 24! Russian goons find them at the doctor's office somehow and kill the doctor, taking the boys back to Daddy. I have a feeling the main thing we're supposed to take out of this whole little scene is that "radiation poisoning is transferable through bodily fluids." Someone's going to be catching that stuff - and maybe on purpose!

President Hassan is having continued problems with the uprising in Pompadouristan. Everyone in the peace conference is pitching a fit about it too. But I couldn't care less!

Jack wears glasses when he goes undercover. He wears glasses, smokes cigarettes, and speaks German. After he transfers the money into Vlad's account, his goons try to kill Jack, but Freddie Prinze, Jr. is a good shot and takes them out first. Jack calls Vlad all, "Did you really think you could roll me for 5 million dollars, bitch?" Now Jack's on his way over to see Vlad and Renee.

My theory on radiation poisoning transfer might be dead - Daddy shot the sick brother. Unless, I don't know, David Anders puts some of his brother's blood in his dad's Bloody Mary or something.

2 comments:

Karen said...

1. Jack's Sylvia Weinstock glasses means "don't mess with this German." His German inspired you with your pursuit of the language, didn't it?!

2. Creepy Russian- ewwwww. I love how he declares his agony and regret over the years for his indiscretions and then repeats said indiscretion 15 minutes later

3. Diplomatic/President/Treaty plot = boring. But it can't stay that way ALL season, right?

4. CTU = boring, too. But it can't say that way ALL season, right?

Bobby Z said...

Damm you guys beat me to my comment about Jack's nerdlinger German glasses... I need to stop watching this show so late.