Just as steadily, Janis Gold is working on something of her own – she’s detected some odd code fragment that seems to be related to the firewall breach – and it shows up on the national grid – pinpointing Kidron, Ohio. As luck, and the 24 writers would have it, there’s a nearby chemical plant that makes insecticide. Quick as a bee, Janis is on the phone to the plant manager, John, to tell him that he just might be in a spot of trouble.
“Oh honey, that ain’t the half of it!”
No, plant manager John does not say that, though he does have a penchant for the odd misogynist endearment now and then. Janis is not thrilled with the ‘honeys’ but she puts up with it. John also informs her that indeed, they cannot control the safety valves for the tanks o’ poison. Dammit! Janis handily pulls up on her computer the SOP for shutting down and she talks him through it.
Speaking of pulling things up on computers, when the flunkies need to tell President Taylor that they think they have Dubaku’s next target, are they trying to insinuate that her nice flat screen TV is wired in such a way that all Tim or whoever has to do is press a button on a remote and voila – instant disaster simulation graphics are up and shiny clean and ready for action on her TV?
Really?
Just as plausible, I’m sure, as the fact that none of the good guys get nailed during the gunfight when the Scoobies get busy in the lair, going after Dubaku and whatnot. Dubaku does not get shot either; he had the foresight to unplug the CIP once he got a glimpse of 20-minute-old surveillance feed that showed that the Scoobies were close by, and he’s on his way out. He makes a stop to our old friend Michael Latham, wires him up with explosives, and before you can say Bob’s your uncle, he’s exiting the building with the rest of the office drones and worker bees (poor things, scared of a little gunfire in the workplace) – again hiding in plain sight. He’s a damn lucky bastard.
Article comments
1 - Dr Dreadful
An action figure of Jack Bauer kicking a door in? Sweet!
2 - Mary K. Williams
It is pretty sweet, huh. I should get 'little Jack' and I can put him with my Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh)figure from Crouching Tiger. What fun they could have!
3 - Clare
'Speaking of pulling things up on computers, when the flunkies need to tell President Taylor that they think they have Dubaku's next target, are they trying to insinuate that her nice flat screen TV is wired in such a way that all Tim or whoever has to do is press a button on a remote and voila - instant disaster simulation graphics are up and shiny clean and ready for action on her TV?'
I'm so glad that you mentioned this! I noticed it right away when I was watching the ep. I loved how Tim just had that remote handy - and an instant flip from "CNB" to the graphic. (I guess you're not supposed to think too deep into the logistics of it all!)