Day 6, 7 PM - 8 PM (Episode 14)
Editor's note: I will warn you that last week's episode left me a little weary, and probably a bit punchy. So if I'm a bit snarkier than usual (if that's even possible), let's just say that I'm starting to sympathize with Jack's two years being tortured by the Chinese, and am close to losing my will to go on. Let's hope some nuclear explosion gives me a reason to continue...
- Why did Gredenko launch the drone before it was ready? Why couldn't he have taken it along with the rest of the drones and bombs, and launched it later? There's a whole lot of artificial urgency by these terrorists.
- Only on 24 could they dream up a Vice-President that's crazier than Dick Cheney. Now that really stretches the bounds of credibility - I'm pretty sure there's no one in the real world actually crazier than Cheney.
- How long has Marilyn been standing around CTU wringing her hands waiting for Jack to return? We haven't seen her in hours! Clearly, she's been waiting in the wings to put the moves on Jack. Good timing, lady.
- Let me make a prediction right now (and, if you haven't figured out already, I write this as I watch): The Veep is clearly heading towards a nuclear strike, and it's going to be up to Jack and company to stop the drone and therefore not provide the pretext for that strike. But it's pretty apparent that the Veep doesn't really care about convincing pretext, and so it seems to me that regardless of what Jack does or doesn't do with the drone, the Veep would launch his nuclear attack. Hell, if he doesn't need evidence, and he already has had a couple previous nuclear attacks and an assassination attempt levied, why's one more going to tip the scales back? But I'm willing to bet that Jack stopping the drone will stop the Veep (for now), which to me makes no sense. If the Veep is that crazy, then make him that crazy - he clearly wants to blow up some A-rabs for fun.
- Chloe was able to check out Nadia's system for the leak in about 30 seconds. So why would check out 50 workstations (especially with multiple people) take an hour?
- Why did the terrorists target San Francisco instead of Los Angeles? Sure doesn't make a whole lot of sense if they're in a big rush. Why not choose the closest target?
- Why is Morris running a "backtrace" from Nadia's station? Wouldn't it be easier to turn off her station to prevent the terrorists from getting any more of the satellite data? Of course it's going to work perfectly and allow them to find the terrorists' location, but stopping the flow of data seems more prudent to me. And I don't know about you, but translating IP data into an actual geographic location in seconds ain't easy.
- Nadia would have to be a colossal idiot to actually be working for the terrorists. Of course, maybe that's just what she wants us to think!
- Jack's bandages make it look like he's wearing a tube top. Very sexy!
- Bill's such a pushover in letting Jack run point! Sometimes, Jack's too unstable to trust with the security of the entire nation. But when he's doing it because of a vendetta against the killers of his ex-girlfriend, that's just fine.
- How on Earth does Chloe know what the detonation perimeter around SF is? Jack didn't know, and didn't tell her anything.
- Hey, my prediction was wrong. At least they're consistent in portraying a VP that's completely off the rails. Once again, how did Wayne choose to run with this guy?
- Why did Gredenko launch the drone before it was ready? Why couldn't he have taken it along with the rest of the drones and bombs, and launched it later? There's a whole lot of artificial urgency by these terrorists.
- Only on 24 could they dream up a Vice-President that's crazier than Dick Cheney. Now that really stretches the bounds of credibility - I'm pretty sure there's no one in the real world actually crazier than Cheney.
- How long has Marilyn been standing around CTU wringing her hands waiting for Jack to return? We haven't seen her in hours! Clearly, she's been waiting in the wings to put the moves on Jack. Good timing, lady.
- Let me make a prediction right now (and, if you haven't figured out already, I write this as I watch): The Veep is clearly heading towards a nuclear strike, and it's going to be up to Jack and company to stop the drone and therefore not provide the pretext for that strike. But it's pretty apparent that the Veep doesn't really care about convincing pretext, and so it seems to me that regardless of what Jack does or doesn't do with the drone, the Veep would launch his nuclear attack. Hell, if he doesn't need evidence, and he already has had a couple previous nuclear attacks and an assassination attempt levied, why's one more going to tip the scales back? But I'm willing to bet that Jack stopping the drone will stop the Veep (for now), which to me makes no sense. If the Veep is that crazy, then make him that crazy - he clearly wants to blow up some A-rabs for fun.
- Chloe was able to check out Nadia's system for the leak in about 30 seconds. So why would check out 50 workstations (especially with multiple people) take an hour?
- Why did the terrorists target San Francisco instead of Los Angeles? Sure doesn't make a whole lot of sense if they're in a big rush. Why not choose the closest target?
- Why is Morris running a "backtrace" from Nadia's station? Wouldn't it be easier to turn off her station to prevent the terrorists from getting any more of the satellite data? Of course it's going to work perfectly and allow them to find the terrorists' location, but stopping the flow of data seems more prudent to me. And I don't know about you, but translating IP data into an actual geographic location in seconds ain't easy.
- Nadia would have to be a colossal idiot to actually be working for the terrorists. Of course, maybe that's just what she wants us to think!
- Jack's bandages make it look like he's wearing a tube top. Very sexy!
- Bill's such a pushover in letting Jack run point! Sometimes, Jack's too unstable to trust with the security of the entire nation. But when he's doing it because of a vendetta against the killers of his ex-girlfriend, that's just fine.
- How on Earth does Chloe know what the detonation perimeter around SF is? Jack didn't know, and didn't tell her anything.
- Hey, my prediction was wrong. At least they're consistent in portraying a VP that's completely off the rails. Once again, how did Wayne choose to run with this guy?
posted by Dave at 10:56:00 PM
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