After such a turd of an episode last week, it was nice to be back to normal this week. And to top that off, next week is a 2 hour event. I can't freaking wait.
I'm kind of sad to see Karen Hayes resign as the National Security Advisor, but I think it's probably for the best. She needs to be back with Buchanan at CTU, and this frees her up to do that. It also set up what was probably the sweetest part of the entire night. Lennox had the stage set for his plan to be put into motion, only to have President Palmer call a meeting in front of the entire cabinet to shoot it down. How could you not love that? Lennox is a snake in the grass. I have a feeling we haven't seen the last of him, or the worst. But for now, he's got to pick himself up off the canvas.
There was a bit of a swerve last week when Graem double crossed Jack and Papa Bauer. That wasn't all the surprising, given Graem's shady past with all the happenings from last season, but I'm dying to know what Father Bauer is trying to hide. It must be something pretty bad. I'll be really disappointed if they're just trying to cover up their company name. It just seems a lot more serious than that. The interrogation of Jack and Graem was crazy...just really painful to watch. You can tell that Jack is just about at the breaking point...and who can blame the guy? He's spent the last 4 years either in a Chinese prison or under an assumed name. Old Jack would have really put the screws to Graem, but we actually saw some compassion there. Believe me.
You should have seen the interrogation of Sayed Ali during Season 2. That involved what might have been the most horrifying moment in the show's history. Or the time where Jack shot a guy, cut his head off, put it in a box and delivered it to somebody to show he meant business. That was during Season 2 as well. Come to think of it, Jack was never more of a badass than he was during Season 2. Have I mentioned that you guys need to watch the previous seasons yet? You really need to get on it.
Of course, it was all for not when Phillip Bauer killed his own freaking son. That was pretty brutal to watch. Obviously Jack gets his ruthlessness from this guy. I wasn't ready for that at all. Even with Graem's unforgivable past, you have to feel bad for the guy. Tortured by his brother and then killed by his father in a 15 minute span. But you can't say that he didn't get what he deserved. Sneaky, sneaky move at he end by Phil Bauer too. He picked a pretty good way to cover up Graem's death. Of course, you would think that a normal toxicology report would probably reveal what really happened. But I digress.
The last twist of the night really wasn't all that shocking. When Fayed and his clowns started talking about recruiting a new guy to program the nucs 2-3 episodes ago, I knew that Morris would somehow be involved, I just didn't know how they would get him on the hook. I'm glad he's being dragged into this unwillingly instead of just being a mole. I'm sure these guys will pull out all the stops in order to get the 4 remaining nucs up and running.
I still have a feeling that there is more here than meets the eye. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if we eventually learn that one of these bombs is more than just the suitcase variety. But at any rate, I'm jacked for the double shot of Jack we get next week.
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that was a great show!! i still can't believe the depth in which jack's family is involved in this whole thing. i was actually pretth shocked at all the graem happenings and the morris situation. i didn't see that coming at all. i'm pretty geeked for next week as well. i'm waiting for jack to snap and go rambo on everyone!!
Graem is a bad, bad dude. As he said last night, he played a HUGE role in the stuff that went down last season. Of course, none of that was revealed to Jack until last night.
Great episode for sure.
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