Samwise McGill wipes away blood and straightens his tie after the lunchtime mugging. Pumpkin must not have gotten the CTU ID key card, or perhaps Sam sweet-talked a Red Shirt into letting him back in to CTU. We’ll worry about that later.
Jack wants to masquerade as Rossler. Sorry Jack, you have the sexy strained horse voice thing going on, but Sydney had something else kinda cool.
More talk in Logan’s office. Mike wants to work a new spin, letting Walt have some posthumous dignity. I mean, really, he’s *hung* around with them for SO long. But Prez is scared of Martha: “My wife will have a considerable problem with that.”
Um, YEAH.
You know, I finally noticed how horribly decorated the Western White House really is. Something in those awful color and pattern combinations, or a bad vibe from shitty woodcarvings has been creating havoc in certain people’s emotional states. Look at Martha and Walt! Perhaps this is the reason Evelyn looks so down. She goes to see Martha to get the straight poop on Walt’s death. Martha gives it to her; Evelyn doesn’t look very relieved.
Elsewhere, CTU is coordinating Jack’s meeting with Russian baddies. Jack and Curtis drive to meet Russians in a parking garage. Did anyone else hear the opening chords to “Radar Love” in this scene? No? OK not exactly the same chords, but I swear the song was going to start up any minute. Jack meets up with the Russians--wait, there are two? Is it the Sith? (“There are always two”). He whines. Hey, who’s that Russian guy who came out the passenger side of that blue van? It’s Irish! Yeah the guy from Disney’s Luck of the Irish. The Irish bad guy. Seamus something.
Anyway, Jack, who is now Rossler (ssshh), needs to ‘fix’ the remote. He fiddles with this, unscrews that, and fiddles some more, all under Chloe’s direction. She’s been feeding him instructions through a Secret Squirrel Decoder Ear-piece. She tells him to clear his throat. She tells him to bend over and cough. She tells him to hop on one leg. Chloe says, "Rub your belly and pat your head." Finally the fiddling and hopping and throat clearing are done. Jack assumes he’s going to walk away, with a little extra cash no less – when Seamus and silent Bob rough him up and shove him in the back of the Shiny Blue Van. (Did you SEE how shiny that sucker was?)
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Article comments
1 - Victor Lana
Great rewind, Mary K. I see the 24 pattern very clear here. Remember Season 3 in the hotel (same kind of scenario with the vent system, but now it's gas instead of a virus). Also, the show has history with having underling baddies "off" themselves. Airwick will also go down (as the big big baddie emerges soon).
Oh, and the previews show Matrix dude trying to come in from the cold (to Jack, of course). My bet is that he gets worse than the guy who went hunting with Dick Cheney before the next hour is over.
2 - Mary K. Williams
Thanks Victor!
yeah, I saw the previews, was wondering if indeed that was Uber bad guy (I called him Shadow man and Jeff or someone called him Matrix guy). Weird to see him all out in the daylight like that.
I'm not remembering Season 3 so much. I didn't really start watching (near religiously) until last year I think. I saw stuff from each year, but not to the intensity as this year and last.
3 - Jeff
Heehee, some good stuff.
4 - Victor Lana
Mary K, there is always the guy who seems to be the top dog (like Salazar in season 4 for example), and then along comes another who usually kills him off (like Saunders kills Salazar in Season 4) and reveals himself to be the top baddie.
Shadow/Matrix is just another in a long line of guys who will get whacked right before Jack can save him. It's the formula and it works. I really think this is the best season since Season 1, by the way.
5 - Mary K. Williams
I know! Last year, Marwan was pretty much the top dog baddie, right? (with the exception of any Government officials)
6 - Joanie
Just wanted to let you know that Jack and the gang have been moved over to Advance.net
7 - Mary K. Williams
moved over? to where? Something must have got cut off?
8 - Mary K. Williams
Ahh, ok that makes more sense. Thanks Joanie!