24 Character Countdown (Episode 13)
Before we start the Countdown I just want to address a few things. I’m really in a hurry today and didn’t have time to add new characters. Mike Doyle will be added later this week. I’m hesitant to add Martha Logan and Aaron Pierce because I don’t see them having much more of a part in the rest of the season, so I’ll play it by ear. For now I’ll keep those two in the Special Awards section.
Tom Lennox (35) 
-Is willing to look the other way on the assassination details (-9)
-Eventually wants the truth to come out (+10)
-Will most likely never follow through with that (-11)
-Agreed to lie to the Ambassador (-4)
-Lied to the Ambassador (-6)
Net Gain/Loss: -20
Current Total: 15
Bill Buchanan (131)
-Even this episode was a little too much recapping from Bill (-7)
-He recapped to the VP (-1)
-He recapped to Nadia (-1)
-He recapped to Aaron (-1)
-He recapped in a meeting (-1)
-All that was left was for him to recap for was a fox in a box, or a mouse in a house zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (-4)
Net Gain/Loss: -15
Current Total: 116
Nadia Yassir (117)
-Has the keys to the “main servers? good for her, she’s moving up in the world (+1)
Net Gain/Loss: +1
Current Total: 118
Jack Bauer (375)
-Pulled the belt off of a dead guy (+3)
-Actually pulled that belt off the wrong way, that must have been hard (+5)
-Used the belt to kill the Russian that was going to “terminate? him. What was that guy thinking? You never get that close to Jack (+8)
-Pulled the old hiding in the ceiling trick (+4)
-Tried to call out to CTU (+2)
-Shorted the building’s power with one swipe of his gun inside the fuse box (+3)
-Shorting the building’s power seemed to actually have no effect except for the momentary lights out scene right before the commercial (-5)
-Found the Russian lovers, how lucky (+5)
-Twitched and breathed extra heavily throughout the episode like he was back on the heroin he was addicted to in season three (-4)
-Killed two more Russian guards before the episode was through (+6)
Net Gain/Loss: +27
Current Total: 402
Chloe O’Brian (173)
-Talked back to Charles Logan (+4)
-Actually used “ambivalent? correctly in a sentence (+2)
Net Gain/Loss: +6
Current Total: 179
Morris O’Brian (82)
-Gave Doyle lip (+6)
-Shirt is a blend, so it doesn’t wrinkle. Take that Doyle, try and wrinkle Morris’ shirts you got another thing coming brother (+3)
Net Gain/Loss: +9
Current Total: 91
Charles Logan (124)
-Actually seems worried about Jack (+4)
-Wanted to bring in Martha to help with the Russian President and his wife (+3)
-Had no idea that it would lead to his utter demise (-8)
-Called Aaron a “good man? (+5)
-Got stabbed (-9)
-His last words just might have been “Martha? (-10)
Net Gain/Loss: -15
Current Total: 109
Vice President Powers Boothe (115)
-Wants Tom to lie to the Ambassador (-5)
-Wants to start a war with the unnamed Middle Eastern country (-4)
-Threatened the Ambassador with military force (-6)
-Appears to really enjoy threatening people…Wait…what’s that Mr. Vice President? You’ll nuke me if you don’t get any positive points in this Countdown? Ummm…Ok (+5)
Net Gain/Loss: -10
Current Total: 99
Milo (105)
-Doesn’t like former child star Rick “Mikey Doyle? Schroder (+6)
-Called Doyle a jerk (+4)
-Is still wearing that sweet CTU t-shirt that (+3)
-Stood up for his team (+4)
Net Gain/Loss: +17
Current Total: 122
LEADERBOARD:
Jack Bauer—402
Chloe O’Brian—179
Milo—122
Nadia Yassir—118
Bill Buchanan—116
Charles Logan—109
Karen Hayes—101
Vice President Powers Boothe—99
Morris O’Brian—91
President Wayne Palmer—51
Tom Lennox—15
Sandra Palmer—8
Special Awards:
The Moronic Power Hungry Idiot That Looks Like He Hasn’t Aged Well Award: Goes to former child star Rick “Mikey Doyle” Schroder. Man I guess his child star money couldn’t carry over to get some good plastic surgery huh?
Kiwi Chopping Award: Goes to Martha Logan, she can chop Kiwi like a mad woman.
Ex-Husband Stabbing Award: Goes to Martha Logan, she can stab ex-husbands like a mad woman.
The Most Patient Man on the Face of the Earth Award: Goes to Aaron Pierce, if he can put up with Martha and STILL like her, wow that guy’s got a lot of patience.
Well, it looks like that’s it for me today. Sorry I’m just in a rush, but I promise to add Mikey Doyle on later this week. Any other Special Awards that you faithful readers think need to be added, please feel free.
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March 13th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Gearless / Fearless Award: Mikey Doyle, for not needing a helmet or a vest when leading a tactial operation against a foreign consulate. Also, he used his submachine gun-with-a-sight only once, and then whipped out a 9mm handgun to finish the job.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I guess you will have to introduce a 3-episode rule for getting in the countdown because of ol’ Chuck Logan.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Most Completely Unconcerned People Ever Award:
Has to go to the people playing tennis outside Martha Logan’s bungalow (I love saying the word bungalow!). They’re probably within fallout range of a nuke that exploded just 9 hours ago, and here is a large blue chopper landing right next to them, and oh! there goes Charles Logan right by them, but they don’t have a care in the world.
March 13th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Biggest wuss award_
Goes to Jack for not recovering immediately from a heavy beating. He should be able to return to work almost immediately, like everyone else.
March 13th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
I totally agree with Kevin. I mean Morris got whooped up on and his shoulder drilled and he was BAM right back at work…
March 13th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Donald Trump lookalike award goes to the Russian agent that tried to help Jack.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
“I totally agree with Kevin. I mean Morris got whooped up on and his shoulder drilled and he was BAM right back at work…”
Yeah, but Morris works at CTU with computers. And he was, and probably still is, emotionally unstable.
“Biggest wuss award_
Goes to Jack for not recovering immediately from a heavy beating. He should be able to return to work almost immediately, like everyone else.”
BOO BAD COMMENT! Jack Bauer NEVER gets the biggest wuss award! And he did return to work immediately, he went and took two lovers hostage and will (eventually) get out of the conusulate.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
I’m still boggled as to how Nadia can get points for anything (Milo + Morris, too - only Milo did anything this season and that was so over and done, it doesn’t even seem to matter with where the plot quickly shifted to).
As for Jack, he should have lost points for a screwup on filming the belt out the wrong way, but alas…
It was a great episode and with the death of Charles, that means we have exactly no anything from Martha anymore.
Let’s stick with Jack and Little Ricky Schroder and the real action story.
March 13th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
@edmundo: I think he is actually wearing a vest. Re-watch the scene where he is talking to Jack. And Jack never wears a helmet.
March 13th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Rustiest ex-secret service guy award has to go to Aaron (the one in the show). After watching Martha manically slice and dice some kiwis, then bring in a plate of fruit with a totally unnecessary sharp knife he stood - no, sat - by as she plunged the knife into her hated ex-hubby, his very disliked ex-boss. You’d have thought his secret service training would kick in when the knife appeared on camera several times.
March 13th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
CTU agent most likely to be killed by Jack before the season is over: Rick “Mikey Doyle? Schroder.
March 13th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
@sam: yes, Jack never wears a helmet…but he’s Jack. Curtis wore a helmet.
i think you’re right about the vest…touche.
March 13th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Good countdown as usual but man, you do a BIG mistake! Jack wasn’t heroin addict in season 2 my friend;) Maybe you should listen season 3 again?:)
March 13th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Jo beat me to the punch on correcting your season 3 blunder! And Marc was spot on- that was hilarious!
But I kinda liked Ricky. I guess I’m the only one. He seems very good at his job, and he doesn’t put up with Milo’s crap. I don’t like how Milo thinks he’s such a hot shot just because he worked at CTU for a couple of episodes in season 1…
March 14th, 2007 at 12:09 am
Jo,
You’re right, in my haste to get the Countdown out I wrote the wrong season. I was thinking of three all the way and then wrote two, I don’t know why, thanks for pointing that out.
March 14th, 2007 at 9:15 am
Marc, that’s exactly what I thought when that chopper landed and Logan got out… they didn’t even turn around!!!
And I have a question - what kind of “institution” is Martha in??? Bill said at the beginning that she was institutionalized… but she lives with Aaron and is allowed to have sharp objects within reach???
Also - am I the only that thought “Thank you!” when Ricky Schroder manhandled Morris? He needed to be smacked into place a little bit. I was getting sick of his whining. To Ricky’s credit, it worked. Milo annoys me with his passive aggressive ways of getting things done.
And no no no no no on giving Jack a “wuss” award. Jack NEVER gets a wuss award. I think it’s the suit - it’s slowing him down. Put him back in jeans and give him his satchel of doom and he’ll be back to ass-kicking condition.
March 14th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Most Obvious Foreshadowing Award: Goes to the Director of this episode. He showed that sharp little knife and Kiwi way too often. I knew Martha was going to go ape-y, so why didn’t anyone else. Even Logan should have seen that one coming. In any event, Martha showed terrible knifework cutting those kiwis.
Yes, Jack was too wussy for my taste this episode. So he got punched and kicked a few times. He should bounce right up and not show any weakness.
Vaguest Personal Beef: Should go to Milo and Little Ricky for their history together, which no one explained! Please enlighten us, why are Milo and Ricky so mad at each other. Is it a woman?
Best Duo: Chloe and Charles Logan. They had great chemistry together for that brief early scene. Only Chloe can really tell the ex-Prez how she really feels.
I know why those people playing tennis were undisturbed by the bomb and the helicopter. They were crazy! Wasn’t Martha in some loony residence? They have no care in the world.
March 14th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Least Utilized Token Hot Chick Ever: Nadia. And I agree with the random points she gets in the countdown. The writers are basically saying, “Look, we lost Audrey, Michele, and Kim so we’re going with Nadia, but she cant act so she’ll just appear randomly every episode and that’ll have to do.”