Palmer
is in his hideout and always seems to be getting more information.
Palmer says that he is just as concerned with the dangers of panic
than the bomb and his people are looking into the leads on it.
We flash to a large crate (most likely the bomb) being
loaded into a truck at a warehouse that we saw last week.
Gary is still on his cell and Kim and Megan are still
on the floor. Kim starts to get up to help Megan and Gary tells
her to stay there and that Megan will be fine. Gary looks away
and Kim tries to silently coax Megan to come to her and Megan at first
resists and then comes to Kim and they leave the room. Downstairs
they run into Carla who looks as though she has been roughed up and
tells Kim to take Megan away from Gary. Gary realizes that the
2 of them are gone and he gets off the phone and heads after them.
Megan and Kim get in the car and as they start to get away, Gary appears
outside and tells Kim to stop the car. He threatens to kill
her and Kim leaves with Megan. As they drive away, Gary calls
to have his car tracked.
9:04
Jack is in a chopper heading in to a car so he can re-join
Joe. He is told that there is a car waiting with a tracker in
the trunk. Michelle says that there are some surveillance photos
of the group but none of Wald yet. She goes through the pictures
and asks Jack if he recognizes any of them. He doesn't for the
first few and then Jack identifies one of them as Joseph Wald's right
hand man. He tells her that they were friends when Jack was
undercover, his name is Eddie. Jack looks away, down on to LA.
The press is getting anxious and Palmer needs to deal
with it. Eric doesn't think that this is a good idea, but Palmer
says that he needs to give them something or else the rumour mill
will start.
Jack leaves the helicopter and promptly calls Mason.
He wants to know if they picked up Kim yet. Mason says that
when the agent got to the house Kim wasn't there. Now they are
looking for her. Mason tells Jack to relax and Jack tells Mason
not to tell him to relax. Mason reassures Jack and tells him
to trust him and Jack says okay and thanks Mason. After they
hang up, Jack calls Kim’s cell and leaves her a message telling her
that there is someone coming to get her and that she needs to go with
them. He instructs her to call him when she gets any of these
messages.
CTU
Paula asks Tony if they should be working from outside
LA, since the bomb is set to go off there. Tony, quite casually,
tells her to tune it out, you never know how good your intel is.
Mason shows up and they have found a lead on some forged passports.
Mason wants to send someone and asks who is there. Michelle
says that Grothie is there and George says to send him. Tony
pipes up that that is who they sent to get Kim but Mason says that
he doesn't want to lose this window. Tony seems frustrated and
tells George that they just promised Jack they would take care of
Kim. Mason tells them to send "a gopher" to go and
wait for Kim and send Grothie to get the passports since he is just
idling there. Tony is obviously not impressed.
9:09
Jack pulls up to "Atlas Auto Wreckers" in his
beat up car. He gets out and walks in, carrying a bag.
He asks the kid behind the counter to see Joe and calls him "cowboy".
The kid says that Jack is in the wrong place and Jack, following him
down the hall, tells him that he doesn't have a lot of time and to
just tell Joe that "Jack is back in town" Eddie shows
up from behind some shelves and Jack greets him somewhat nervously.
Jack tells Eddie that he needs to see Joe, he needs to square things
up with him. Eddie replies that Joe would love to see Jack,
the guy that put him in jail, dead. Jack says that Eddie knows
Jack didn't put Joe in jail but Eddie is casually unconvinced.
Jack takes a hit by one of the other guys in the back of the neck
and Eddie tells them to get the back room ready. Jack is frustrated
and tells Eddie that he has something that he wants to show Joe.
Eddie says that Joe only wants to see Jack dead and Jack asks "What
about Marshall Goran". Jack is still holding his neck and
says that he has a present for Joe, to square things up with him.
Eddie sends one of the guys to get the bag and when he comes back
and opens it, he drops it on the floor. The head of Marshall
Goran partially rolls out and Eddie seems pleased. He asks "What
the hell?" and Jack just says "I don't think you gotta worry
about Goran testifying anymore." Eddie smiles and Jack
chuckles, Eddie just says "Jack's back".
9:12
Palmer is joking around with the press, obviously I hit
in the jokes department, saying that he came in from fishing so early
because caught his quota for the day, his own conservation policy
is coming back to haunt him. One of his staff members comes
over as they walk away and says that Weiland might be putting it together.
Palmer doesn't understand how he could be, Palmer just found out less
than an hour ago. In any case, Palmer says that he has to get
back.
Kim is driving and Megan is holding her head. They
stop at construction and Megan complains. Kim says that they
will be at the police station soon, as a matter of fact, Kim cuts
down an alley to get there faster. Before they hit the end,
Gary pulls up in his car and blocks the exit. Kim starts to
back up but realizes that there is a van behind her. Gary approaches
the car and Megan pleads for Kim to make him go away. Gary asks
where Kim thought she is going with his daughter and asks Megan to
come to 'daddy'. Kim locks the door and Gary, with the remote,
unlocks it again. Kim tells Megan to get out of the car and they both
do, Gary chasing. The girls hide behind a nearby dumpster and
Gary comes into the alley calling for Megan to come to 'daddy'. He
tells her Kim is going to hurt her, but when there is no response,
he becomes angered again and yells.
Jack is with Eddie and a tech (named Dave) who is working
asks who Jack is. Eddie tells him that Jack used to work with
them. Jack informs him that he just did "a nickel"
for Joe. Dave presses Eddie about Jack and Eddie says that Jack
knocked off Goran. Dave wants to check Jacks records, he says
he could do it in about 2 minutes. Dave punches in Jack Roush
and at CTU an alert goes off that they are accessing the information.
They have not got Jacks file together at CTU and Paula starts feeding
the data in. As Eddie and Dave wait they become more sceptical
about what the truth really is. Jack is visibly sweating it
when they are not looking and Eddie confirms what Jack must have been
thinking by saying if the records don't check out, he's not going
to let Jack walk out of there. Jack assures Eddie that the records
will check out but nothing still comes up. Eddie pulls out and
cocks his gun, trying not to let Jack see, but he was watching and
I'm pretty sure there is no way he couldn't have known. Finally,
Dave says there is a record match that is just took a little longer
than he thought. Jack pulls attitude and says that he told them
it would check out as he walks out. Eddie, now angry at Dave,
says that he "almost made me shoot a friend" and follows
Jack, asking about his 64 Mustang he used to have.
9:28
Palmer wants to know if they are learning anything about
the threat and Eric says that they haven't had enough time.
Palmer reminds him that this bomb is set to go off today and Eric
urges Palmer to think about how he might react if the bomb did
go off. One of Palmers people show up and says that Weiland
is planning to go live at noon with the potential bomb threat and
Palmer is managing the situation from a safe facility. Palmer
asks for her to set up an interview with him on the condition that
no one knows about it.
Dave is working on the fuses for the bomb and Jack happens
upon him. Dave tells Jack to leave and Jack replies he just
wanted to bum a smoke. Dave yells at Jack that he doesn’t smoke
and again tells him to get out. Jack gives Dave his opinion
and tells him he is packing the fuses too tight. It looks as
though there is going to be a fight when Eddie shows up and asks Jack
if he is making friends. Eddie tells Jack that he can't see
Joe today because the have "this thing going on" but Eddie
suggests that Jack try tomorrow around 4. Jack agrees and Eddie
and him exchange a handshake.
9:31
Jack goes to leave and calls Mason from the car.
Jack tells Mason that they had better pick these guys up because they
are definitely involved in something. Mason is hesitant and
thinks that if they pick them up now they won't be able to get to
Wald in time. Jack doesn't know so Mason tells him to try and
find out what’s going on. He hangs up the phone and watches
a van pull up. Jack punches the gas a couple of times and tries
to start the car. I think he flooded it, it doesn't start and
this gives Jack an excuse to get out. He pops the hood and watches
the guys around the van. Dave is watching Jack and when Jack
notices he tries to look like he wasn't watching. Jack moves
around the front of the car and crouches down to get a better look.
Mason is in his office and Paula tells him she has opened
the socket in division he asked for. He goes over to his computer
and logs in to the information about the threat. He finds at
the bottom of the page the probability of detonation of the bomb to
be 89-93%. Mason looks stunned and looks blankly around his
office finally picking up his glasses and gun and subtly leaving his
office. Tony asks Mason where he is going and Mason is heading
to Bakersville. Tony reminds Mason that there is already someone
in Bakersfield and Mason says he is going to look into something.
Tony accuses Mason of trying to get out of the blast radius and at
this Mason becomes angry. He tells Tony to keep his mouth shut
and do his job, leaving abruptly.
9:40
Kim and Megan are hiding in another place and Gary drives
up and then leaves. Megan says she feels funny and Kim tells
her she needs to make a call. Megan whines that she can't go so Kim
asks her if she wants to stay. Kim makes Megan promise to stay
there and Megan agrees. Kim keeps reiterating the promise as
she piles boxes around Megan and tells her she'll be right back.
Kate calls her contact and says that she couldn’t
find anything on Reza. The guy on the phone says that a passport
would be best but Kate knows that he doesn’t carry it around with
him. He suggests the check his briefcase or look in his car.
He needs the dates and counties Reza has entered in the last 6 months
so he can check them with the terrorist. Kate goes out to Reza's car
and gets in. She starts to go through his things and she finds
a planner in the glove box with a passport. She starts to write
down the dates and just as she finishes Reza appears around the corner
of the house and Kate explains that she needed to move the car because
more vans were coming. Reza says she couldn't move the car without
the key and she tells him she was looking for it. He says he
is going to run some errands and he'll park on the road when he gets
back.
Jack is trying to watch the guys in the van and not look
suspicious. Dave busts him again for looking with a silent glace
and this time approaches Jack. Dave asks Jack what he is still
doing here and Jack tells him his car won't start. Dave tells
him to take a cab so Jack proceeds to yell at Eddie that Dave is a
joke and he packed the fuses to tight, therefore whatever it is will
not blow. Dave comes at Jack from behind and Jack knocks him down
easily, proving to Eddie what he said. Dave goes to land a solid
kick on Jack and Jack grabs his foot before it lands and breaks Dave’s
ankle and walks away. Dave says in disbelief that he broke his
ankle and Eddie repeats it in frustration at Jack. Jack replies
that he shouldn't have been playing with adults then and looks quite
pleased with himself.
9:50
Kim is at a pay phone and calls 911. She is put
on hold and sees Gary's car. Gary comes from the other way and
says that the police are looking for Kim because she kidnapped his
daughter. He tries to explain things to Kim blaming the stuff
he did on stress. He says that he is not a bad person and is
not going to hurt Megan. Gary sympathises with Kim, telling
her that her instincts were right to take Megan away from the situation
but he tries to convince her that he needs to apologise. He asks her
where Megan is and Kim doesn't answer. She suggests that he
go home to Carla and if it's ok with her, then Kim will bring Megan
home. Gary gets angry again and grabs Kim. She knees him
and takes off, getting to a fence in an alley and trying to climb
it. Gary pulls her off onto the hood of a car. She finds
a crowbar and hits Gary with it, he is slightly out off but grabs
Kim against a car and asks where his daughter is. She kicks
him again and misses him with the crow bar. He gets her to the
ground again and she hits him one last time, hard enough that he goes
down.
Kate is back on the phone and gives the travel dates
to the guy. As she finishes the conversation her sister comes
in and says she finally feels like everything is under control. She
thanks her sister for everything.
9:54
Palmer is meeting with Weiland the reporter and outright asks
what he is going live with. He replies that he thinks the alert
has been raised and Palmer is not telling anyone. Palmer denies
this and wants to know where he heard that. Weiland says he
will not divulge his sources but he thinks he is right because he
got an interview with Palmer about it. Palmer offers to trade
a future interview if he doesn't go with this story and Weiland says
he'll think about it. As he leaves Palmer picks up the phone
and tells a security person named Armis that they need to go ahead
and deal with this. Armis and a colleague pick up Weiland as
he is leaving and they take him away.
Jack is still fixing his car and Eddie makes the observation
that Jack hasn't changed much. Jack asks what his point is and
Eddie reminds Jack he has work to do and he is on a schedule.
Jack says he is looking for work and goes to get in the car again.
Jack tries to convince Eddie to pay him for his work but Eddie reminds
Jack that he is out of a worker because of him. His payment
will be that Eddie won't tell Joe what Jack did. Jack asks what
the job is and Eddie just says he's gonna like it.
Kim is back in the alley looking for Megan and finds the boxes
have been disturbed and Megan is not there. Kim has a little
meltdown and almost gets hit by a car while looking for Megan.
Eddie is on the phone as he drives the van. Apparently
they are right on schedule. When Eddie hangs up the conversation
between Jack and Eddie is as follows:
Jack "Where are we going?
Eddie "West LA"
J "What are we doing?"
E "Converting."
J "What do you mean a conversion?"
E "Well today were turning a government building into a cemetery"
Jack and Eddie both smile and Jack continues, "which building?"
E "This branch that's been dogin' us for years; they call it
the LA Counter Terrorist Unit."
Jack looks slightly stunned and recovers quickly saying simply "Good."
Putting his shades on he looks out his side window.
10:00
Miscellaneous
Thoughts:
- I really like the mini-plot review at the beginning of the show.
I assume this is for the rookies who don't know who is who and also
for those of us, like myself, who found themselves saying 'who is
that?' during last episode.
-The introduction to the show simply sounds wrong without 'on the
day of the California Presidential Primary' It just is so open
to say "The following takes place between 9 am and 10 am"...
those of us who watched last year are thinking AND?!?! I think they
should add something like "on any old day" just to fill
the gap.
-It was a nice touch having Jack flying over LA in the chopper, we
got to see just what might get blown up.
-So does Jack actually trust Mason now? Or is he just not going
to argue with him anymore? When Jack gets off the chopper and
phones Mason to find out about Kim, Mason tells Jack to trust him
and Jack just thanks him.
-I can't believe Mason would allow the guy that Jack specifically
asked for to pick Kim up to leave without her and send 'a gopher'
over to wait for her. An hour ago Jack was about to walk out
on the mission to protect his daughter and that was one of the conditions
of his staying.
-At least Tony doesn't like what is happening and I am glad to see
when he disagrees with the person in power he always gives his opinion,
not just with Jack last season.
-So Mason tells Jack Grothie is looking for Kim, but then Mason tells
Tony that he is idling over there. That’s 2 times he’s betrayed
Jack in this episode already.
-I think that Gary trying to convince Megan that Kim will hurt her
is the funniest thing ever. Yeah, okay, I just beat the crap
out of your mom, shoved Kim (who is brand new at the job) and got
your head smacked into a bed frame but yes, Megan, Kim is going to
hurt you. Wrong answer.
-Kim just attracts violent people
-When Gary corners Kim and Megan in the alley and they are in the
car I totally thought Gary had a gun, as it turned out it was just
the remote entry for the car, but under the circumstances that was
almost as scary
-Wow, the guys that parked behind Kim in that alley are like Speedy
Gonzalez or something. She drives through and they're not there,
about 5 seconds later Bang! there they are.
-I think even Jack didn't like carrying the head around, he put it
down the first chance he got, but I don't think that is something
you want to leave in the open on a front counter. We are in
LA after all, I'm surprised it didn't get stolen. That would
have been a good plat twist, huh? Guy comes back and says "there's
no bag out there", Jack gets dead real fast.
-I love how Jack calls the kid at the counter "cowboy,"
cute Jack
-I don't know how long it takes to cut off someone’s head, but I would
assume it would take longer than that. Since the end of last
episode, Jack had time to finish shaving, get dressed, find a hacksaw,
cut off Gorans head, get the mess in the bag, get on the chopper and
be most of the way there. All that in like 3 minutes.
Pretty good.
-So what did they do with Gorans body, just leave it in the conference
room? Mason said he wasn't cleaning up Jacks messes...
-Eddie is such a good gangster name
-I was really shocked that CTU didn't have their crap together for
Jack. Paula wasn't expecting them to get in that fast is still
no excuse. This is Jack's life they're toying with here.
I am now glad Paula stayed, but I still don't like her
-I am giving my opinion for Mason leaving - I see it as quite simple
- He is in on the bomb (if they are going to get inside CTU they are
going to need help) and Mason checked to see how high the chances
were of it going off, he is going either away from the city because
he doesn’t want to die or he's going to help the bombers. He
may expose Jack's identity.
-It was good to see Mason get pissed at Tony even though I think Tony
has a right to question what he was doing.
-Eddie is wonderfully impatient with Dave when he's checking up on
Jack and then the answer after "you almost made me shoot a friend"
was just perfect.
-So how did Jack manage to get A '64 Mustang before and that piece
of crap this time. I guess it’s the rush factor.
-The reporter, Weiland, must be getting fed information from the inside
and I'll bet dollars to donuts that it is Eric that is telling him.
We have another Sherry Palmer situation, folks, only I think Eric
is easier to get rid of.
-I love the handshake that Eddie and Jack share when Jack goes to
leave. It's like a frat boys secret handshake or something.
It's great.
-This Reza/Kate story better go somewhere real quick because
right now it is boring. As far as I am concerned right
now it is just fodder and junk in the way of what is happening to
Jack, Kim and at CTU. If this keeps up I'm going to start fast-forwarding
through it to the real stuff. Then when it actually becomes
a plot, I'll go and watch it.
-Two comments on them though 1)that was a pretty lame excuse on Kate’s
part. If I had that car there is no way I would even think about
leaving a key in it. You'd have to be pretty stupid or really
rich ...Again we are in LA. and 2) How is that car not a standard.
What a waste.
-I was really quite impressed with Kim's crowbar ability when she
beats the crap out of Gary. Again we get to see 'kick ass Kim'
(that would be a good name for an action figure.)
-Weiland the reporter was really quite forward to Palmer and verging
on rude. I like how Palmer had him taken away. Nice touch.
-Jack really seems to enjoy being the criminal. It's good to
know that if he ever left CTU permanently he could probably do just
fine as a criminal. He seems to fit in better with them then
with the guys at CTU anyway.
-I just loved the conversation in the van with Eddie and Jack.
It was perfectly written and for the first time in a while I was left
sitting there staring at the screen after the 10:00 came and went.
This could have some serious ramifications.