12:00pm - 1:00pm ::boop beep boop beep::

We last left our daring duo (Jack & Tony) trying to break in to the safe room to kidnap Motobo, the African Prime Minister. Did they really need to tear through all that dry wall to guess that the giant room with the steel door was a safe room? I'm going to choose to guess that it's all part of their charade of double-agentry. Meanwhile, that new chick, Renee is totally angling to be the new Jack. She's all about going rogue and stuff.

This is all very interesting. I love that the guard is saved by a very timely call from the FBI. Damn you, 24! Why must you continually resort to the same tricks over and over! People are always shot or otherwise dispatched JUST before they divulge valuable information and people are always saved just a hair before getting offed for NOT giving up information.

I gotta say, I'm not loving Janis (Garofs) in this role. She's kind of a broke-down Chloe. I'm sure they tell these techie types to be painfully socially awkward, but I just don't buy it from Garofs. I don't think i like her in dramatic roles. She's meant to be biting and sarcastic, not twitchy and constipated-looking.

"Shut up. Or I will shut you up." hahahaha. Oh, Jack. I love when he gets all bitchy. Of course, he is trying to tell Renee the truth with his eyes in the truck. He can't stand when a good woman thinks he's a douche...or a "lying son of a bitch." But they always think that, don't they.

Oh, First Gentleman. Don't you know that the only trustworthy secret service agent is Secret Service Agent to the Stars, Aaron Pierce? You can't trust anyone else! Especially not a fetus of an agent that they have watching the first man.

YAAAAAY! Affairs in the FBI! They really ARE trying to be like CTU. What sluts! Billy Walsh and that Erica tramp start talking about what a relief it is that his wife is all safe and crap, and the next sentence, they're all drooly on each other. Government agencies are so immoral. And do Larry Moss and Renee Walker have a secret affair of some sort? I thought I detected a little sumthin' last episode, but I brushed it off thinking it was just bad acting.

What is the CIP device? Can't they spell that shit out for me once an episode or something? If you know, you better tell me, because it's driving me nuts.

Ugh. I'm so jealous of that apartment. And....DUH! Corrupt, fetus FBU agent was OBVIOUSLY going to kill the First Gentleman. The Prez is going to be so pissed when she finds out that her own corrupt administration killed everyone she loves. It's just rude.

Again, OBVIOUSLY, Jack wasn't going to kill a good agent such as Renee Walker, but how are he and Tony going to get around the pesky issue of how to make it look good and not bury her alive? Will our heroes find a way to keep their cover and save little Renee's life? Will their cover be blown? Will she be able to dig her way out of a dirt and plastic covered grave? Will her boyfriend Larry Moss find her in time? So many unanswered questions and so little caring about those answers.
::sigh:: I guess I'll be watching next week.

HAPPY DAY BEFORE INAUGURATION DAY!!!! SEE YA LATER, GEORGIE!!!!!

Damnit(s):
-A big one from that Larry Moss dude, the FBI boss guy, when Renee gets nabbed.


There's no/we don't have times:
-I think there was one when the head of the rogue spy ring wanted to bail on trying to break into the safe room. What was it?
-"We're on a timetable." when he's trying to get out of burying Renee Walker alive. The wording isn't exact, but it's just semantics. I count it.

Things at which Jack Bauer is smooth:
-Making a gas chamber using household cleaners in the ventilation system.
-Pretending to shoot someone in the head.