2:00pm - 3:00pm ::boop beep boop beep::

First and foremost...shout out to the overseas readers!!!! What up, Europe! Three cheers for foreign diplomacy! You guys rock hard and I love the crap out of you. Yeah, you're the shit.

Now down to business...Larry Moss just grew a pair. I swear, I heard his voice change. He doesn't know yet that his lady love is falling prey to the irresistible stench of Bauer. Renee is one smitten kitten and totally digging double agentry. I'm kind of impressed by it since they clearly dressed her in new I-wasn't-buried-alive-2-hours-ago clothes -- that fit perfectly, no less.

Star of this episode (pun intended): Garofs with the fancy finger tattoo. Are you allowed to have visible tattoos in the FBI? Finger-tat has been prominently showcased in multiple episodes so far. Anytat, she's got the ear of the Ohio chem plant guy. Wasn't he the dad on My So Called Life? Brian Krackow last year and Angela Chase's dad this year? Do they share a casting director? Are we to expect a more angsty turn to 24 this year? Again, I ask...where is Jordan Catalano? Oh yeah, he's off being emo. Righty-o.

I'm kind of loving this whole chemical plant buisness. If the gas is released, it could kill people 30,000 people within miles of it. Silent but deadly. hehe. Like a fart in the wind! hahahaha. I'm 5.

Mr. Chase is a chauvinist, but I'm pretty sure it's more that he can't remember Garofs' name. More importantly, he has a pretty amazing bluetooth if he can put on a gas mask and carry on a conversation without anyone knowing the difference. He's quite selfless for a chauvinist, too.

I don't know if this show has conditioned me to think everyone is a sneaky bastard, but I suddenly don't trust Renee. Maybe she'll surprise me, but I think she might be a sneaky pants.

Garofs and Billy Walsh are kind of like a brokedown version of Chloe and Milo. Just saying.

Secret service kind of blows if they "can't find" they First Dude and Fetus Agent for over an hour. Isn't it pretty much required to have access at all times?? First dude is clearly no longer paralyzed, but now walks like Gumby or a drunk teenager which mostly just makes me giggle.

I'm pretty certain that Tony is not going to turn himself in when all this is over. You can tell by the goatee.

Um...Dubaku apparently lives in a Principal's office. How's your frosted glass door, criminal mastermind??

Damnits:
None??? WTF?

There's no/we don't have time:
I got a couple of close ones, but this season is shaping up to be the worst drinking game season ever. Sad.

Things at which Jack Bauer is smooth:
-Laser tag! They were playing laser tag that whole time. Seriously! I'm 100% sure they didn't have a set budget, so they went to a laser tag course to film that whole shootout scene. I'm not mad at them.
-Knowing that nervous, sweaty guys are wired with bombs.