24 Debrief: Day 7 | 2:00 am-3:00 am

Compared to last week, this week was a little boring. But, a lot went on, so we’ll get started.

Debrief

• A woman posing as Hodges’ secretary goes to his cell and tells him that the group in control of all of the day’s events, which is made up of a bunch of Starkwood-type organizations (or so it seems) see hi as a liability. She gives him a pill that will trigger a massive heart attack and, in theory, stop the investigation into Starkwood. Taylor orders Hodges to be transported to the White House for questioning.

• The FBI finds out that Larry has been shot. Tony has made it look as if the shooter also shot him. Tony tells his contact with the canister to find a large building and blow it up to draw the FBI off the perimeter.

• Kim tells Renee she’s leaving because Jack doesn’t want her to watch him die. Then, Renee finds out that Larry is dead. After that, she goes to lead a team to the site of the crime . Jack is in the middle of debriefing (while he still can), but decides to go with her to find the man with the canister. (manister?)

• When Jack and Renee get to the crime scene, Jack starts to question Tony’s story because the bullets don’t match. Tony’s guy with the canister tposes as an FBI agent to get the team to the location where he will promptly blow them all up. Jack can’t go because of the bioweapon symptoms.

• As the team gets closer to the building, Jack starts to put the pieces together. He looks at the communication information and figures out that the building is a trap. The building blows up with minimal casualties.

• Jack uses his badassery to put together that Tony has something to do with everything. When he confronts him, the bioweapon gets the best of him and he collapses, with Tony holding his medication, lording it over him.

Agent Philboy’s Assessment

This was one of those episodes where you are yelling at the TV, “C’mon, Jack. Put it together. You know better than this.” And he did. Of course he did. Because he’s Jack. The hope that I was holding that Tony being a bad guy was all an act doesn’t seem to be happening does it? I know that’s what a lot of you were hoping for too. But, alas, it looks as if our beloved Tony is a bad guy after all.

This episode had to do a couple of things and it did them very well. First, it had to introduce the scheme in which Starkwood should be placed. From Hodges tirade last week, we knew that things didn’t end with Starkwood, and details are still vague as to whats fully going on and, more importantly, how Tony plays into everything. What we do know is that Will Patton (Remember the Titans) is currently the big bad guy. I really like him, so, like Jon Voight, it should be a good time.

Also, the writers did an excellent job of placing Tony on a side and keeping him there. They knew that a ton of people would still have the foolish naïve thought in their head that Tony could be a good guy, so they made despicable to prove a point. It completely worked. Tony is persona non grata to me as of now. Forget anything that’s happened in the past which made him a good guy. Forget that he lost his wife. Forget the fact that he’s a Cubs fan. He’s DEAD TO ME!

On a lighter note, Kim will surely turn the cab around, though I’m not quite sure what purpose it will serve. If nothing else, it will provide the awesome moment when Jack finds out he has a granddaughter…named Teri. Amazing. I didn’t think Kim was smart enough to make that sentimental of a connection.

What I Learned…

• To make it sound like static, stab a walkie talkie with a Bowie knife.

• Taking the red pill just doesn’t get you to the Matrix.

• Years of experience as an FBI agent still can make you an idiot. (SERIOUSLY, Tony? You didn’t think to make sure the same gun was used in both shootings?! Bush league.)

I’m going to call the Weekly Kill Count 10 since we don’t quite know how many people were killed in the FBI ‘splosion. That takes the total to 360+ for the day.

Who still thinks that Tony is a good guy? Plus, where is the rest of this season going? Who wants to make a prediction?

Philboy is GMMR’s resident Dexter and 24 analyst. He spends his days studying Communications at Purdue University and his nights failing at keeping up with all of the TV shows he loves. His can’t miss shows are “24”, “Chuck” and “How I Met Your Mother.” The thoughts running through his head for this week are, “Where the hell is Chloe?!” and “Where the hell is Chloe?!”