Why is the bad guy general wearing civilian clothes?

(funny how I'll completely forgive glaring plot holes like Dana or Logan being bad, but worry over little things like a "general" not wearing a uniform.)

it was no where near as good as this speech!

^^^it is mind boggling to think that Dana could be on a personal/cell/untraced phone in the middle of CTU on basically the most dangerous day of all time as far as everyone else in that building is concerned. i simply cannot allow this to pass. the writers should be ashamed of themselves. it is beyond suspending disbelief... its a slap in the face to any semi-intelligent '24' viewer.

2 hours next week?! sweet! it looks like we're in for a decent opening 20 minutes regardless;

besides the unforgivable Dana plotline i thought this ep was great. loved Jack taking the "hostiles" advantage away w/ the smoke screen. i love how he stays calm and always has a plan ahead. surprised that he didn't pick up one of the dead guys guns but it seems that he has masted the headshot kill with the Glock. it wasn't as good as the scene w/ Nina when they hold off the hostiles from the Heli (and then she takes him hostage in a sick level by sneaking a clip) or the escape w/ Heller and Audrey from the TV broadcast, but it was close!

my prediction is that the movie is a level and they are going to kill him - and i like your idea of a prequel as that gives the writers a way to do both!

is the upcoming 2 hour show the final 2 hours?

No. There's 8 or so episodes left.

It is strange, however, that they put the 2 hour ep up against the national championship game.

Shouldn't the EMP have killed her cell? Or is this the cell that Homeland gave everyone?

To pick a nit, Jack has always used an H&K USP Compact, not a Glock (though I didn't take a good look at the gun yesterday, so he may have changed. Looks like Renee was using a Glock on the pier, though). EDIT: After rewatching, still looks like Jack uses the USP Compact.

maybe they knew it would be Butler v. W Virginia

at this point, there is so little continuity between seasons that they could kill Jack this year, then bring him back in a movie sequel, and nobody would care

Also, LOL that the guy who got behind Jack just pushed him off the high ground, then aimed his gun at Jack. Why not just shoot Jack to begin with.

Actually, IIRC, I'm pretty sure Jack used a Glock the first two seasons, and then switched to the Compact since S3.

"...Who cares?"

EDIT: Scratch that, the Glock has been used on and off, mostly in the first 5 seasons. Here's some more useless info on Jack's weapon usage over the years.

Well I guess they will reveal who Dana is actually working for, since she said "My orders were to help you, not blow my cover" I'm guessing it will be some ridiculous white house staff member. I really hope they try to explain something (24)reasonable, because the mole angle was a dick move by the writers, since it added more of her instead of killing off the sub-plots.

If they do that, then the Tarin(?) guy will de-activate the bomb because he loves the presidents daughter, and he will be killed off.

I hope all that gets done within the first 15 minutes next week, and the rest is filled with Jack going after everyone, ending in a Mexican Standoff with the US President.


Edit: just realized its 2 hours, I guess they will use a lot of the time to fill in the details.

preview spoilz

It'd take too long to steal a guy's gun and clips+ if all your enemies are using assault rifles and your side has pistols, your side is shooting at anyone who has a rifle so don't pick one up.

Awesome page. Love the entry for this:

thanks for the corrections! i just assumed it was a Glock19 probably because i have one ;-)

that is NOT useless info! great link, thanks! what a well put together site.

i respectfully disagree. your side consists of you and Renee. there is a huge tactical advantage in a M4 carbine vs a handgun. then again one could say the handgun allows you to be more mobile/precise. either way Bauer would've secured that area sans weapon imo. most likely using some variant of this.

decent ep.
was any1 else rooting for the swat guys or w/e to kill jack, renee, and the arabs?

i thought the presidents motivational speech was really good actually.

level?

cringing aside, there's no way president give passionate speeches off the cuff during closed white house meetings.

man, americans are so ****ing awesome

The tunnel scene was pretty awesome. Nice to see a Unit cameo in there. Jack taking them out with a pistol was hilarious but fun to watch. The guy pushing him in the back was pretty lol as was Betty Blue just spilling his guts about the entire plot. He probably wouldn't have even known all of the information in the first place.

But as long as they put in a cool scene like that I'm happy. I can't ask for much more at this point.

Did the family killer from Dexter get killed? I forget if they showed what happened to her.

LOL I'm so bad at recognizing actors. Didn't recognize Betty Blue at all, and I've seen every episode of the Unit. Didn't recognize the guy from Office Space either.

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/03/...hoff-backlash/

24 bosses want us to be patient with the Dana storyline.

What a stupid response. "People expect moles so we gotta do moles!"

Not a comment on the show, but "Thrillers have a finite number of tropes" is amusing from the man in charge. I'm pretty sure we've been telling ourselves the same stories for about five thousand years. Some do it better than others.

LOL, a bigshot TV exec telling fans to be patient. Don't blame us when you suck at your job

Howard Gordon is the worst thing to ever happen to 24, I'm sorry but he is.

your counter-strike lingo has made me immensely happy