24 Day 6: 11am-12pm

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

A bit late I am in this week’s review up for the latest installment of 24.

There were several setups in this hour that I am sure will lead to major fireworks in the hours to come. Karen Hayes was forced to resign by Thomas Lennox, who brought back some demons from her past. Thomas is annoyed by her objecting to all his recommendations to the President, and rightly so, since he wants to implement Muslim concentration (internment) camps in major US cities to alleviate the terrorist threat. Karen will now, presumably, be heading back to Los Angeles.

Thoughts: I don’t like Lennox. The President will (hopefully) throw his ass out in the next few hours.

Jack goes after his father, Philip Bauer, with the forced assistance of his brother Graem. Philip’s company had partial responsibility in the detonation of the nuclear bomb, through the hiring of an engineer who supplied the nukes, who then stole them from Philip. Jack learns that Philip is now looking for this person, without telling the authorities, in fear that this information will lead to the arrest of Philip and Graem. While notifying CTU of this, Jack is thwarted by Graem, who takes control of the situation and orders his henchmen to kill Jack and Philip.

Thoughts: Graem, which is a funky way to spell “Graham,” appears to be behind the nukes. Bastard! Jack will will take care of him next hour.

At CTU, security measures by Homeland Security are affecting the efficiency of the agents. Nadia Yassir, a Muslim, has been blacklisted and has to work through additional security. Milo helps her bypass these measures by letting her access CTU systems through his login/password.

Thoughts: This could turn out bad, especially if Nadia is a mole. There has to be at least one mole every season. Hopefully she isn’t, cause that would suck.

At the internment camp, Walid Al-Rezani continues to help the FBI and gets beat up when he is found out by the group of people he is spying on.

Thoughts: I don’t like this story arc, so i’m going to skip it.

I’m going to start referring to these types of episodes as filler episodes. Nothing really happens, but as I said earlier, things are setup for future developments. Overall, not bad, but not great.

3.5 out of 5 Dinostars.

Bonus: Last week I mentioned the Bauer Bag. Well, why limit yourself to just a Bauer Bag when you can get fully Bauer-ed out. Uncrate has put together a full list of Jack Bauer Gear. I personally dig the aviators and Special Ops Watch.