TV Recap: 24 Day Seven, Hour Ten - Unexpected Death - Page 2

Chloe relays the positional information to Jack who, in his zeal, drives rogue through a park. Jump-ropes go limp, ice cream cones are dropped, mouths hang open, and soccer balls bounce off of children’s heads as they watch the legendary Jack Bauer speed through their midst. Jack is so… jacked that he causes an accident when he’s back on the street.

Dubaku watches in glee, and Marika in horror, as they see Jack and Renee deterred once more. Marika decides to take things – and the steering wheel – into her own hands and soon their SUV is flipping over and lands with a crash. Jack and Renee get out and run to the scene with guns drawn and ready. Jack pulls out Dubaku still alive and badly injured. While he’s asking Larry for an ambulance, he sees that the vehicle is in flames. He yells to Renee, who is trying to free a pinned Marika, to get away. He finally tries to grab her, and she pulls her gun on him, telling him either help or get the heck away. Jack helps. Smart man.

Just as the two of them pull the unconscious Marika away from the SUV, it explodes. Renee works on Marika, and Jack goes back to Dubaku. As the scene closes, we focus on Renee, trying desperately to revive Marika. Sean Callery’s haunting music sets the tone for despair, as Renee realizes she can do nothing to save Marika. A vividly sad moment, cut too short by the commercial break.

Jack does not have the luxury of such despair; he tries to get Dubaku to reveal any names of his co-conspirators. He orders the EMTs to revive the victim, which they do temporarily with a shot of epinephrine. Jack threatens the lives of Dubaku’s family if he does not cooperate. Dubaku agrees to provide the information, but loses consciousness before he can say anything else. Jack is frantic and yells for him to be revived again. The workers shock him, and realize he has a metal plate under his skin. Jack orders Dubaku to be cut open there on the street. A little convincing from his Sig pointed at the EMT helps. They cut and Jack fishes around under the flesh and finds a wee computer chip.

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