All right, it’s 10:00 AM and no one has had a mid-morning nosh yet? Don’t tell me that the Beltway is devoid of coffee and bagel shops? Ah, the non-existent nourishment… a staple of 24. That and the lack of exciting costume changes. I’m already getting tired of seeing Jack in that trench coat. But if I wanted fun clothes I’d watch Sex and the City (which I do – in case there was a bet going or something).
And on with the show.
Taylor’s Secretary of State comes to see her with the unfortunate news of Colonel Dubaku’s demands. As we expected, he’s threatening more disastrous events like planes crashing and whatnot if Taylor does not move the US troops out of Sangala. And we’ve noticed that at every turn, her Chief of Staff Ethan Kanan suggests that a U.S. military presence in Sangala might not be so peachy. And now, with the line clearly drawn in the sand, Kanan keeps pushing for withdrawal. I’d agree with him, except for his most interesting and disturbing conversation with poor First Gentleman Henry Taylor.
Ethan told Henry that he needs to forget this conspiracy theory regarding his son’s death. According to Ethan, Roger was about to be investigated by the SEC for some unsavory money dealings. Again, this goes back to what we’ve learned earlier during Redemption — it was Chris, Roger’s friend who was involved in something troublesome. Roger was ready to try and help Chris before Nichols (Chris’s boss) and baddie Jon Voight’s “Jonah Hodges” had Chris killed. And we knew there was a connection between Nichols, Hodges, and Dubaku as well.
So, can we, and more importantly Taylor, trust Hodges? More questions of trust and betrayal come up when Jack gets the chance to interrogate Tony. Stoic Jack must still be struggling to understand that Tony is not only still alive, but not a very nice guy. Certainly Boss Moss (that does just roll off the tongue nicely, doesn’t’ it?) is not thrilled to have Jack anywhere near Tony, but Renee convinces him that it just might work. Oh, and it does work, just not the way that anyone expected, least of all Jack.
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