There are always those characters on 24 who seem to make a complete turnaround during the course of the season. Think Erin Driscoll in Season Four or Nina Meyers in Season One and you know what I mean. Since the writers and producers of the series have admitted many times to “making this stuff up” as the season progresses, then it’s no wonder why President Lowguns has gone from The Incredible Mr. Limpet to Bad-to-the-Bone Chief Executive during the course of Season 5.
Jack meets Bill to deposit Wayne Palmer for safekeeping. How and why Bill appears like this is not explained, but Jack must have called him during the commercial break. (Jack’s cell is still cranking out with no problems.) Bill looks old, like he’s aged since Karen Cruella Mean to Bill and her lackey Miles Touchy Feely threw him out of CTU (but we’re seeing him for the first time outside of that weird lighting on the CTU set). So Old Bill takes Wayne away and then Jack is free for his meeting with Audrey and her father.
Jack arrives at Van Nuys Airport in a police car just as Secretary of Defense Nuts Landing and Audrey are embracing (but with not that much emotion). It seems Nuts is kind of bothered by the whole mess, and when he sees Jack there’s no, “How are you buddy; thought you were dead” kind of thing. It’s more of Nuts getting angry, then listening to the tape implicating Lowguns, and getting Jack with a pretty nifty karate chop to the neck. (Jack was probably pissed he didn’t see that coming.)
Soon Jack and Audrey are handcuffed to a pole in a storeroom and Nuts is off for his big confrontation with Lowguns (leaving the tape with evidence of Lowguns’s guilt behind with one of his flunkies).
Meanwhile, back at CTU Cruella and Touchy are out to get Chloe Babe for helping Audrey help Jack. Touchy is really hot for Chloe now, wanting to get her in a holding room and well, we’re not sure yet. Twitchy Girl sets Chloe up (obviously forgetting that Touchy tried to Feely her) and then Chloe’s in that pen and Touchy is there too. The really nice twist is that Chloe touches Touchy (got that?) and takes his security card in the process.
Article comments
1 - Jeff
Yes, there was a weird erotic undercurrent to the episode. I remarked on it back in that episode, but in this episode, Martha's return to the horse stable conjured up images of Catherine the Great again. And why is Miles so resistant to being touched? Clearly some dark history there.
2 - Victor Lana
No matter what way you slice it, Miles is seriously impaired (psychologically and it seems in other areas). It would be great if Miles were later found to be in with Logan. Seems plausible.
3 - Mary K. Williams
Some good chuckles here Victor, and good points raised as well. (Besides the now dirty White Coat).
The Prez wants to be bad, but he is having trouble with that spine thing.
Miles is So icky!