24: 8:00am-9:00am

24: 8am-9am
We start out on a D.C. street where a young girl is innocently texting in the backseat of a car. Her dad tells her to stop, she’s only allowed to use the phone in emergencies! She hangs up and of course her dad gets a phone call and answers. It’s not long before they are rammed into from the side by a black van, then again from the back. A masked man with oh-so-familiar eyes abducts the man (whose name we learn is Mr. Latham) and throws him into the black van. He can fix something for them.
Meanwhile, Jack is sitting before the senate being tried on charges of torture by Senator Blaine Meyer. Jack has decided to forgo the use of counsel, which Meyer advises against, but Jack just wants to get on with it. Meyer asks Jack who Ibrahim Hadad is. Jack says he was a member of a sleeper terrorist cell in 2002. He then asks if he was retained and extremely interrogated? Jack says yes. Did you break procedure? Jack says probably. Meyer says it seems like Jack doesn’t even care about these charges. Jack keeps his cool and calmly explains that he does not regret anything he has done. The tension is broken as an FBI agent, Renee Walker, interrupts and says she needs Jack. She calls Janice, an FBI analyst and they exchange words about the Homeland Firewall Project, something that Michael Latham has been working on.
The group that Tony is in is messing with GSA117, a flight from Reagan to JFK airport. They gain access to their communication and navigation systems.
Back at the FBI, the head, Larry Moss, want to help Renee Walker question Jack because apparently he’s one of those guys that goes off if you ask him the wrong thing. Renee says she can handle it. She tells Jack about the situation and he doesn’t understand why he’s been brought in, until she tells him that one man responsible is someone he knows… Jack sits in front the computer screen and watches as a picture of Tony becomes clear. He is obviously shocked and doesn’t believe it. Renee tells Jack that the EMTs rushed Tony away and that they don’t know what happened. She even had his grave exhumed and the DNA was not his.
Tony gets into the GSA117 system, but the CIP module stops working. He goes back to Latham and tells him that if he doesn’t fix it soon, he’s not going to need him anymore.
President Allison Taylor is watching CNN footage of Juma’s genocide in Sangala, where the death toll is now over 200,000. Her convictions about interfering in Juma’s plans have not changed, and she has called a meeting of the joint chiefs.
Latham manages to fix the CIP.
Jack and Renee are still discussing the case, and arguing about Tony. Jack still doesn’t believe that Tony has turned, and Renee tells him that he lost everything and now he’s rebelling against the government that he served for so long. Jack still doesn’t buy it.
At the joint chief meeting, not all are supportive of this intervention. The Secretary of State Joe (WHO) doesn’t see eye to eye with the president, and is delaying on a report that she needs. Taylor gets a call from the FBI about the targeting of air traffic control, and she decides to quietly ground all planes. Then she goes to meet with former Prime Minister Matobo.
The first gentleman has hired a private investigator to look into the alleged suicide of his son Roger. He finds out that Roger’s girlfriend received $400,000 3 days after Roger’s death, so he goes to see what he can find out.
Jack has decided to take on the case. He knows how Tony thinks. He sees a link and tells Sean, another analyst, to look up Hateris from August of 1999. He finds Gabriel Schecter, a man who sold government technology under the radar. The address puts him at 1208 Naylor Road Suite 630. Larry Moss has reservations about letting Jack go with Renee, but she convinces him. On their way to the hotel, Jack explains that he and Tony arrested Schecter and turned him, and used him for years without CTU’s knowledge. They get to the room and Walker is adamant about Jack not laying hands on Schecter. They knock and he answers, and is obviously nervous about Jack being there, but since there are witnesses around and an FBI agent, he lets them come in. He taunts Jack, “How’s the senate thing going, CTU is disbanded? Let me guess, it’s your fault!” Jack asks him where Tony is. Schecter says that he’s dead. One of his body guards pulls a gun and there is a scuffle but Renee and Jack gain the upper hand and Schecter immediately surrenders. He still won’t tell them about Tony, and Jack asks what he should do? Renee says, “Do whatever it takes.” Jack grabs a pen from off of the table and grabs his head, which causes a squealing Schecter to talk. He says, “The last time I saw Tony…” and 3 shots are fired from a sniper on the roof. Schecter dies. The phone rings, and Jack answers it. It’s Tony. He says to stay away from this whole thing.
Air traffic control is having a little bit of trouble with GSA117. Tony is in their system.
My Thoughts: Janeane Garofalo as Janice Gold… I don’t know if I like her. She seems too fidgety.
Tony is what Jack could have become a million times, but he never did. It will be interesting to see how he got involved with these people, since I don’t think it could have happened without him being involved before his death. The explanation of him being mad about losing Michelle and spending time in jail makes sense, but he couldn’t have decided in the 5 minutes of his “death” that he was pissed and wanted to turn bad. Something is going on here.
Allison Taylor has a great stare. It’s one of those that can bore into your mind and make you spill anything she wants to know. You can’t hide anything!
Who I want to Punch: Senator Blaine Meyer
Did you see that?:
Best Line: Do not sit there with that smug look on your face and expect me to regret the things I’ve done, because frankly, I DON’T
Worst Line: Anything out of the Senator’s mouth
Kill Count: 1, Schecter, 200,000, Sangala
Curse Count: 1 ass from Schecter