Everything goes awry when the idiot President can't make up his mind. His order, or lack of it, destroys Jack's mission. CTU must reconfigure. One of the terrorists has a girlfriend who accesses his computer. Chloe must go into the field to break through the encryption. When she gets there, all hell breaks loose. She is my favorite character, the autistic genius. No social skills but a mind like a steel trap.
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Some Good And Bad People Surface & Resurface
ccthemovieman-114 November 2007
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I knew my luck would run out sooner or later. These shows have been so good in recent weeks, one after the other, I felt it due to have an episode that was really annoying. I hope it's just this one and not all the remaining half dozen, too. It was still an entertaining 45 minutes, however.
The "annoying factor" is this dweeb who has taken over as President of the United States. How credible this character is, is questionable. Would anyone this high up in authority be this wimpy, this stupid? Oh, you just hope not, especially in a terrorist crisis. The behavior of President Logan is almost ludicrous. Only, perhaps, a peanut farmer in Georgia would act this ultra-Liberal in office, caring more about one citizen's right (even a thug like the guy pictured here) being violated by law enforcement more that he would about the safety of the country!!
Jack's girlfriend feels about the same way. I knew she was a jerk from the first episode, but I'm sorry I was right and have to watch this skinny, fickle idiot for 24 episodes. All the other characters at C.T.U. and elsewhere are fine They realize that perhaps saving the country from a nuclear attack might be a good thing. Even the pouting, tattletale, immature Chloe knows that.
Anyway, as expected, the President's actions cost Jack and the boys a great shot at finally capturing Marwan and - in another shocker - another familiar face comes back to the show: Dennis Haysbert, who played "President Palmer" for several years. He's asked to run the show against the terrorist because the new Prez admits he's a wimp and unable to do it. Well, at least he's honest.
Since most "24" characters seem to be filtering back this season, I wonder if anyone else from last season is still out there and available!
The "annoying factor" is this dweeb who has taken over as President of the United States. How credible this character is, is questionable. Would anyone this high up in authority be this wimpy, this stupid? Oh, you just hope not, especially in a terrorist crisis. The behavior of President Logan is almost ludicrous. Only, perhaps, a peanut farmer in Georgia would act this ultra-Liberal in office, caring more about one citizen's right (even a thug like the guy pictured here) being violated by law enforcement more that he would about the safety of the country!!
Jack's girlfriend feels about the same way. I knew she was a jerk from the first episode, but I'm sorry I was right and have to watch this skinny, fickle idiot for 24 episodes. All the other characters at C.T.U. and elsewhere are fine They realize that perhaps saving the country from a nuclear attack might be a good thing. Even the pouting, tattletale, immature Chloe knows that.
Anyway, as expected, the President's actions cost Jack and the boys a great shot at finally capturing Marwan and - in another shocker - another familiar face comes back to the show: Dennis Haysbert, who played "President Palmer" for several years. He's asked to run the show against the terrorist because the new Prez admits he's a wimp and unable to do it. Well, at least he's honest.
Since most "24" characters seem to be filtering back this season, I wonder if anyone else from last season is still out there and available!
Daft
kris-gray17 September 2015
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is just daft! Don't get me wrong I really like 24 but please how many times does Jack have to be countermanded and arrested for doing his job. I mean what President in his right mind would care about the rights of a suspect who could give vital information to recover a nuclear bomb? So the sensitivities of this suspect over the lives of millions, please! Then we have the secret service agents wanting to drag Jack out of the delicate situation where he is just about to get the terrorist with the bomb. I mean who writes this stuff, are we really meant to take this seriously? And if I hear the line 'What are you talking about?' once more to a rhetorical question I will scream, is that the only line the writers know? It's in every episode at least once.
I know it's only fiction but come on, this wouldn't happen in real life.
I know it's only fiction but come on, this wouldn't happen in real life.
This episode is a total joke
interestingstuff15 February 2022
I know 24 is supposed to be cartoony, over the top and nowhere near realistic but this episode is extremely asinine even for 24.
You have terrorists attacking a train, kidnapping the head of Department of Defense, try to blow up nuclear power plants, attack Air Force One and launch a nuclear attack on America all on the same day and all the president cares about is whether they torture one of the terrorists while interrogating him.
Who wrote this episode, a 9 year old kid?
You have terrorists attacking a train, kidnapping the head of Department of Defense, try to blow up nuclear power plants, attack Air Force One and launch a nuclear attack on America all on the same day and all the president cares about is whether they torture one of the terrorists while interrogating him.
Who wrote this episode, a 9 year old kid?
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