Don’t read if you didn’t watch. THERE’S NOT ENOUGH TIME!!!
OK, got that out of the way, so I can say this: Damn the gods of 24 for lying about the silent clock.
I know that some people say you could hear her breathing over the clock, so it wasn’t TRULY silent. But it was a lie. They tried to make us believe she was dead.
But, I guess, maybe that’s not such a bad thing. It’s been a long time since 24 was able to surprise us about anything. Sure, there were plenty of fans who didn’t believe Walker was dead; but no one really knew for sure.
And that’s been a rarity on 24 in the past few years. It’s what made Day 5 so stunning, in fact, when we learned President Logan was the big bad. Sure, that’s only two seasons ago, but it seems much longer ago than that. (Maybe because we lost a season, dammit!)
But back to Monday’s ep.
Jack finally got a kill. Finally. I mean, we’ve had five hours of the episode before this and he hadn’t killed anyone yet?
And Tony got a kill, even. I’m glad they got rid of Emerson. The actor had finally just flat-out given up even pretending to have a British accent. I mean, he’s dead, right?
OK, so the high points:
• They blowed up airplanes within view of the White House. The bad guys mean business. I couldn’t tell, however, if the president’s chief of staff was surprised by it or not. I’m totally convinced he’s a bad guy.
• Chloe said, “Please.” Really? Chloe? Motherhood’s softened you.
• The First Husband is pretty badass. I mean, you had to see that coming. they weren’t going to kill him so early on, and when the 12-year-old Secret Service agent started taking his grand old time to set up the noose and the First Husband started getting feeling back…
• It never ceases to amaze me how someone can be all, “Sure, we’ll blow up the chemical plant and kill lots of people.” Sure, the head honcho bad terrorist guy, but what about his minions, who apparently are American (or, at least the sure as hell speak like Americans)…
• President Taylor is a hardass. I like this woman. She’s not taking crap from anyone. She kicked out that one cabinet member and was all, it’s my way or the highway.