In Season Five, I covered a few double hour episodes, but the one that sticks in my head the most was the one where poor Edgar Stiles was killed off by the Sentox nerve gas during hours 11 and 12. That shook me and the rest of the 24 viewing world. With Morris being kidnapped and a future of coercement, I have to be worried about him. I like this guy. I think he’s a good addition to CTU, he speaks his mind, but isn’t overly cruel. If he turns out being a mole, I’ll be a sad gurl. If he dies, I’ll be a sad gurl. I’d cross my fingers, but that doesn’t make for super typing.
At CTU, Chloe is working slowly, she’s freaking out about Morris. When Milo told Bill that she was not up to par, he was naturally concerned and stopped by to check on her and her progress. Chloe was naturally half-crazed and bitched out Bill.
“Chloe, s’up?”
“I’m fine, I’d be better if you just stopped bothering me”
So, he had Milo take over. Meanwhile, the kidnapped Morris is trying to act a bit tough while in backseat of the fleeing car. When Milo found McCarthy’s pretty Maserati on satellite, CTU dispatched a team in a chopper. McCarthy makes Blondie drive all crazy like to lose the bird overhead. Soon as they can, they stop and steal a pickup truck to confuse everyone.
Morris tries to talk to Blondie while McCarthy is breaking into the truck; he sees that he might be getting through to her, especially when she starts haranguing McCarthy as they drive off in the truck. “You didn’t tell me this was going to involve more nukes” He reminds her of the cool seven million dollars that is waiting for them at Fayed’s place.
When Jack finds out that McCarthy et al have switched rides, he utters his first “Damnit” of the hour (Drink Up).
WOW. Blondie shoots McCarthy! She decides though, that she still wants the 7 mil, so she’s going to keep on with the kidnapping and delivery of Morris to Abu Fayed.
At the White House (Bunker), Tom is feeling just as ballistic as Jack. Tom wants to resign. Reed calls a mysterious dude named Carter. There was a plan evidently, a shadowy plan that’ll get f&#ked if Tom and Reed leave the White House. Hmm. Just what we need… more shadow groups.
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Article comments
1 - Triniman
Hilarious and excellent at the same time! Always worth reading.
2 - Mary K. Williams
Trin! Thanks so much! I aim to please, even if I forget certain punctuation rules. : )
3 - Ray Ellis
I gotta tell ya--I never, ever miss your takes on 24. They're actually the best part of Day 6. Maybe I'm a woos, but if I had just had my shoulder blade power drilled, I don't think I'd have been quick enough to stop an incoming slap.
4 - Mary K. Williams
Ray, gosh, thank you so much. Sometimes we never know what people think of our stuff unless they post a comment.
Yeah, good point about Morris - and the messed up shoulder. I'd have to go back and review my tape, but I'm pretty sure it was his left shoulder that got drilled, and I thought he raised his right hand to block her strike?
5 - becky
Can I just say, I mean, I'm loving this season of 24 but this last 2 hours, I mean, come on.....Morris gets drilled and an hour later he's walking around, getting slapped in the back and not flinching??? I'm not a dr. but I would presume that a drill to a bone would need more than a bandage??????
6 - Mary K. Williams
I'm not a dr. but I would presume that a drill to a bone would need more than a bandage??????
Funny Becky, and true. But since we love the show so much, we need to forget the standard rules of medicine, physics - and so much more. But that's part of the fun!
7 - Victor Lana
That scene with the drill is classic stuff. You could almost see Jack thinking, "Note to self..." Perhaps he will use that on someone else this season (maybe even Fayed himself). Believe me, there is going to be a Jack-Fayed confrontation. I can't wait!
Oh, and Marilyn is like the anti-Audrey, isn't she? I wonder if we're being set-up for Jack to actually find happiness with her and Josh (creating a new nuclear family). Hmmm.
8 - DMAC
Season 6 is crap. I lived for this show every season prior, and the wind-up of Season 5 was a killer. Now....the White House scenes look like a student acting seminar. Even Chloe's cute scowl looks painted on. There are no interesting side characters aside from Morris, and he's...okay.
It feels like...dare I say it...a sequel in a dying franchise.
Does no one else agree?
9 - Sopsy
I wana be like Jack. E had only been caught once when e was with d microchip. No gunshot on is body,e doesnt eat,e doesnt sleep.I hope e do go 4 a shower? Lol. I like jack...So cunny and crafty.