The motorcade survivors return to the presidential retreat. Logan greets them like a whipped puppy. Martha is not impressed with his cravenliness. "You didn't stand up to them," she says.
Bill goes in to visit Lynn, who is stewing in some locked room. He wants to talk to Twisted Sister. This time, Twisted Sister answers the phone, and Lynn says he needs the card, it lets him in and out of the building. (So I'll ask again, how did Lynn get back into CTU when he lost his card?) Jenny Jenny hangs up, but wants to give the card back, she doesn't think they'll need it. But Boyfriend says they're going to get $20,000 for it.
As we've seen plenty of times before, nobody knows more about internal building structures in LA than CTU. They have already matched the schematic off the dead guy to Tyler Memorial Hospital in Westwood. There was also a time indicated on the schematic, so CTU thinks another gas attack is imminent.
And so we helpfully cut to the hospital where a baddie is in hospital whites, pushing a gas cylinder-laden gurney around.
So, another good point to stop and ask just what was the original plan here? Did the baddies have these hospital whites and fake photo id all ready to go for this guy? When did they get ahold of these hospital schematics, showing the air ventilation system? Was all this thrown together immediately after Anton and his Merry Men were killed at the airport?
The clocks are at :29 to :27 as Jack sneaks up to House Henderson. In the split screen as we return from commercial break, in the Terrorist HQ they are looking at a fancy colored graphic of the hospital schematics. Again, was this graphic quickly created in the last few hours? This is the most amazing backup plan in the history of backup plans.
Jack goes into the house and pulls a gun on Miriam, wanting to know where Buckaroo is.
Martha has a tender moment with Aaron, says thank you for saving her life, and takes his hand. Mike comes in, and apparently thinking that no human being ever touches another human being's hand unless they are adulterous floozies, hisses at Aaron to make sure nothing never doesn't not happen again for the first time. Or something like that.
The hospital is trying to evacuate everybody. Not an easy task with sick people. Hospital Security Guy says they can't move some newborns. CTU asks if other hospitals can help, but apparently all neonatal transport units are in use. Really? Are there so many babies in LA that need transporting in special units, day in and day out?
Article comments
1 - Mary K. Williams
Same goes with you Jeff - not going to read this yet, but..I'm sure its good!
2 - Joanie
Congrats! Your article was selected for Advance.net
3 - Mary K. Williams
Finally got around to reading this Jeff
Good job, as always. Your guest Paul great too.
Congrats about the Advance.net!
4 - Jeff
Thanks Joanie, and thanks Mary.
5 - Seriously!
Stop freaking analyzing every bit of the show for 5 minutes.
6 - Paul
Jeff and I were weaned on Mystery Science Theater 3000, so when ya gots lemons, says we, ya makes lemonade. But there's more here than just a couple of guys having some fun at the expense of the show. There's a "Calvin and Hobbes" strip that has Calvin asking something like, "What did it mean when Marx said religion is the opiate of the masses?" followed by a television saying something like, "That he hadn't seen anything yet." We're doing our small bit to help break the addiction by encouraging active (i.e., thoughtful), rather than passive, watching. The best entertainment should get better, not worse, with analysis.