REVIEW

24 Day 4, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM

Written by Jeff Kouba
Published May 07, 2005
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Marwan says the warhead is at 36 deg 14 min latitude, 115 degrees 21 min longitude. I wasn't real clear if that supposed to be the warhead's location at the time, as Marwan said the destination was Jefferson City, IA. That latitude and longitude is a spot in the Nevada desert, in the Nellis Air Force Bombing and Gunnery Range. So what does that have to do with Iowa?!?

And why is a nuclear warhead going to Jefferson City, IA? There is no such place for one thing. There is a Jefferson, Iowa. Is there supposed to be a large military nuclear facility there in Iowa? There is no such thing. Sigh.

Anyway, Marwan, in command of this army of terrorists, says he'll get his people in place to get this warhead. So now we have terrorists roaming around Iowa and Illinois. You think the US government failed in detecting the 19 terrorists from 9/11, what are the Congressional Hearings going to say about a government that couldn't detect a gajillion terrorists in the US to carry out these spectacular operations?

Chloe rushes in with the next plot point. A terrorist used a credit card on a watch list, belonging to Eric Murphy. Chloe, the terrorist expert, deduces this was a mistake. Curtis is finally given something to do. The card was used at a gas station in Torrance, which is towards the southern part of LA, near the coast. Curtis was supposedly at Division, but he will be told to head to Torrance. Why? Who knows. Maybe they think the terrorist will just hang around the gas pumps for awhile.

Jack has yet another drivelly conversation with Audrey. Audrey says the crack CTU medical staff is having trouble keeping Paul stable. Paul is unstable? We knew that already, honey. How's Paul doing?

Murphy, aka Yosik Khatami, calls Marwan and proves Marwan made yet another stellar call in picking his team. Khatami is all scared and trembly about his mistake. Marwan tells him to go to Prado, who will get him out of the country. Prado has been busy today already getting people out of the country. (In the 6 pm hour, Prado was going to help the Bob Dylan look-alike get out of the country.) Khatami was trying to arrange delivery for the warhead. Why he was trying to arrange that now, while the operation is going on, is not clear. Nor is it clear what he is doing to arrange delivery in California when the warhead is currently in Iowa. Or at least en route from Illinois.

Murphy said he was in Inglewood, which is several miles north of Torrance. Marwan says he should head to the marina. Marina Del Rey is just west of Inglewood, so that's where Khatami is to go. Prado will meet him there. (And never mind how Khatami got that far north in a short time.)

Back at the White House, RunLoganRun is down in some bunker, 200 feet underneath the White House. Goodness, how did they dig all that out. We see the Seal. The Eagle is looking at the branch, as it does in times of peace, and not at the arrows, as it does in times of war. Well, the attacks have just happened, probably hasn't been time to switch the Seals. Logan proves himself to be a jiggling jello mass of insecurities and hesitancies.

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24 Day 4, 12:00 AM - 1:00 AM
Published: May 07, 2005
Type: Review
Section: Video
Filed Under: Video: Television, Video: Thriller
Writer: Jeff Kouba
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#1 — May 12, 2005 @ 17:36PM — Eric Berlin [URL]

Wow -- this is some recap.

Thanks Jeff!

#2 — May 12, 2005 @ 22:41PM — Jeff [URL]

you're welcome!

#3 — May 25, 2005 @ 16:46PM — Brian Gongol [URL]

Thanks for identifying the "Jefferson City, Iowa" error. There's definitely no "Jefferson City" in Iowa. Though Jefferson, Iowa does have a 168' bell tower...maybe there's a hidden nuclear silo underneath.

#4 — October 10, 2005 @ 22:22PM — Jon

Excellent recap fellas! Now I'm not sure if the writers in 24 have a good sense of humour and just there for the laughs. 3 things stood out;

1) There was a delay getting info on this nuke as it was destined to be de-armed under the nuclear proliferation act. Anyone spot any propaganda here??? The Bush administration withdrew the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, pressed forward with the deployment of a national missile defense system (a latter day version of "Star Wars"), dropped nuclear disarmament negotiations, and proposed the development of new U.S. nuclear weapons. All since 2000 - not too shabby.

2) hahhahaha - the whole Amnesty inter... I mean global thing - I wonder if the inmates at Guantanamo bay see 24 and are wondering where their lawyers are??

3) At the end of this show in Australia, a brief low down of what's to come is given. The (acting) American president is depicted as a danger to himself and country, a person who can't complete coherent sentences and makes bad decisions. Hello?? Where did they get the inspiration for this one??

Sorry about the all very political observations - I wonder if the writers really were taking the piss or believe what they write??

#5 — October 11, 2005 @ 21:55PM — Jeff [URL]

Jon,

Heh, yeah, I've wondered if a couple things here and there were politically motivated. But for the most part, the show doesn't try too hard to gore anybody's ox.

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