24 Episode 12–5:00p.m.-6:00p.m.
Wasn’t this episode just what this season needed?
After a few lackluster, tired episodes, this one really got this season back on track. Jack is back, and was in this episode enough to make it exciting. Charles Logan is doing a great job at actually helping and not being offended by everyone in the world not trusting him. Powers Boothe is doing a fine job scaring the pee out of me, and Morris is doing things with computers that have never been done before, oh yeah 24 is back.
The first thing that really blew me away was how fast Tom Lennox gave up Reed and his henchman. I gained a new found respect for Tom at that moment. Although he was an idiot by not reporting the entire thing sooner, but he still did the right thing and he’ll sure earn a lot of points on the Character Countdown for that one.
Doesn’t Jack ever learn? Foreign consulates are like Jack Bauer’s kryptonite. We all know what happened to him when he stormed into the Chinese consulate, and now Jack’s tied to a chair in the Russian consulate. He got the information he needed but for some reason let down his guard and was so easily caught it made him look like an amateur. He did end up convincing one Russian man inside the consulate to help him out, but as we all saw that man got a bullet in the head by a shadowy figure, wouldn’t have been great if it was Jack’s Dad (I know it was just some other Russian crony but still wouldn’t that have been a great twist?)
Just for further notice I will not refer to the Vice President as Noah. To me, that name just doesn’t convey the utter scariness that is Powers Boothe. I know I say that over and over, but it’s true, especially in this episode. He’s finally getting some scenes that are longer than one minute at a time, and he’s making good use of them. He has added much needed acting ability to this season’s cast.
So, we have two hours before Gredenko releases the drones of death, and Jack is still tied to a chair. His Russian friend is lying in a pool of his own blood and there seems to be no hope for Jack. Bill is putting together a task force which may or may not take the consulate by force. It’s all up in the air now, which is the way 24 should be. Maybe Jack can perform another vampire escape.
Like I mentioned above, there was just one thing that really bothered me about this episode. Jack Bauer, special agent extraordinaire, gets all the information he needs, but doesn’t realize that after he steps away from the consulate that they are going to come in after him? He didn’t even get to put up a fight at all. It was almost as if he thought he’d walk out the front door, I have no idea what he was thinking. The Jack Bauer I know would’ve picked up the consulate and drug him outside the door with a gun to his head the entire way until he was back on American soil. Tell me what’s wrong with that plan?
All in all this was one of the stronger episodes of this season, and has set a new tone for the rest of it. I can’t wait to see what happens next…
24, Season 6, Episode 12, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, Review
March 5th, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I agree, fantastic episode. I especially loved Cyrillic ASCII code, the removal of Russian fingers, and how Chloe breaks protocol for Jack at the drop of a hat, nowadays.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
I was under the impression that Karen was supposed to get military transport to L.A. Assad made it from L.A. to D.C. in 3 hours flat, and Karen’s still in the airport!
Otherwise, this episode was pretty darn good, what with the VP getting some camera time and Jack getting some action.
I thought Logan was supposed to be placed under house arrest immediately, but the preview made it look like he’s going to find time to drop by the Pierces’ place for a chat.
A pity about Assad. He was the best new character, and now he’s gone.
Philip Bauer needs to show up again soon. It’s clear he escaped the perimeter CTU set up around the hotel, but it doesn’t make sense for him to remain hidden this long.
And with the main threat set to go down within 2 hours, I have yet to see what could possibly occupy the last 10 of the season.
March 6th, 2007 at 2:39 am
the comment is a very nice.
March 6th, 2007 at 3:15 am
Is it a coincidence the first episode without Wayne Palmer was the most exciting one in weeks?
March 6th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Just be happy Sandra Palmer hasn’t returned yet. And was that Rick Schroder leading the task force?
March 6th, 2007 at 9:56 am
Good point Edmundo about Chloe not even blinking about breaking protocol for Jack. It does suck that Assad died, he was pretty cool. I loved how Jack was quick to toss out that Russian to get past the guard. Sucks he dropped his guard and got caught. Sprint sure got nice advertising time with Karen watching TV on her phone.