Last month I wrote a little piece on The O.C. The episode I mentioned involved a couple of characters, high school students that found themselves in an alternate universe, an existence brought about by a coma-type consciousness share by the two kids. Well, as you all know, our fearless leader, President Wayne, has been out of commission since the assassination attempt. In Hour 14, his doctor decided to bring him into a coma to help alleviate cranial pressure. So, is he now wandering around in another altered state?
The short answer is yes. In another life, President Wayne was known as Principal Wood at Sunnyvale High, home of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. What fun! To take this premise further, I’m allowing the President/Principal a further chance to slide away from the immediacy of stopping Fayed and finding the nukes. As a matter of fact, to take a break from duties at Sunnyvale and Washington, Wayne flips on the TV. He settles in with a nice episode of The Practice, specifically “Part I – The Syn”. And here he’s got to wonder if he’s entered The Twilight Zone. Familiar faces in unfamiliar roles pop up everywhere:
There’s a beleaguered cop played by Tom Lennox. Actually the officer is played by an actor named Rick Hall – who, I swear – is Peter MacNichol’s twin. (Coincidentally, Hall appeared in Season Four of 24 as a Sgt. Paulson.) But he’s a sure doppelganger for Lennox, and Wayne’s vital signs start to zigzag. Things get even weirder as the man that Lennox/Hall is testifying against is the dreadful Bluetooth, bag-over-the-head, Graham. True! This defendant is not only as nasty as Graham; he won’t pay his legal fees!
Poor Wayne is freaking out in his little dream world. Also inserted in this fantastical scene is his trusted, possibly ex-advisor, Karen Hayes. She’s portraying a terrified mother trying to defend herself and her son against her violent ex-husband. (But her son, who likes to dress up as Robin Hood actually shoots his scumbag dad with a real arrow and kills him) Wayne’s vitals are all over the place now. But now we must leave our beloved President Wayne to his coma induced delusions while we see how the rest of the 24 gang is doing.
At the Russian consulate, Mike “Popeye” Doyle and Jack already cross swords a bit, not surprising with these two alpha males thrown together. Jack wants to continue on in the mission, going after Gredenko, or whatever else needs to be done, but he’s sidelined by a floating rib that’s literally – floating…in fragments…inside him. Doyle sends him back to CTU medical.
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Article comments
1 - Victor Lana
MK, great thoughts about Prez Wayne and his altered states. It is rather weird seeing these 24 people play other characters. Like, how dare Kim Raver not be available to play Audrey again, right?
There is an actor (don't know his name) who is on one of my daughter's favorite shows on Disney (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody). I don't have the heart to tell her that Jack killed him earlier this year on 24 (he was a nameless terrorist).
By the way, I should have predicted in my piece that Audrey is not dead. I think something more is going to happen with that (maybe even in the 24 movie).
2 - Mary K. Williams
my son likes The Suite Life a lot too. Who was the character?
About Audrey. I thought of that too. Ya never know. If Bobby Ewing can step out of that shower -then there's hope for Audreys everywhere.
3 - Victor Lana
Esteban, the porter, MK. I noticed him right away. His 24 life was brief until Jack kicked him out the subway car door and he went BOOM. So much for the "sweet" life.