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Previously on "24," Tony went over to the dark side, Jonas Hodges got immunity, Olivia Taylor kept being a snake and possibly incited Aaron the Awesome Agent to kill someone, and Jack's sickness got worse. Is Kim the Show Killer going to come back and save him?
Jonas channels his inner Rick Astley as we head into the homestretch of the seventh day of "24." He'll never give you up, let you down or even run around and desert you. He'll never make you cry (if you're on his side), say goodbye (unless he kills you)... awww, who am I kidding. Chloe's back! That's all that matters!
So it's come to this: "24" has resorted to referencing The Matrix (or Total Recall, take your pick) in order to get a point across. Is there any chance I can take the blue pill and live in blissful ignorance?
You may think the biggest five minutes of this season's "24" comes when Elisha Cuthbert hits the screen, except that ranks only third on my list. Jonas being pwned by the President only counts as the second-most awesome moment... it's (of course) the final five minutes that confirms what I've believed all season.
It's safe to say Jon Voight's turn as Jonas Hodges has brought "24" back from the brink of irrelevancy. You may think he's taking the character to a certain level of cheesiness, yet I hope the powers that be save him from a certain death and bring him back next season... if only briefly. He's so deliciously evil!
The vast majority of hours on "24" involve Jack doing something productive. This would be one of those instances where he takes a well-deserved break to allow for other characters to shine in their own vastly different ways. Problem is, most everyone seemed to do a lot this hour, except they didn't really do much of anything.
I love it when a plan comes together, then gets busted all to hell by Jack Bauer. Tony returns in earnest to this hour of "24," but it's the actions of a Starfleet officer (and Jack's caring attitude) that may doom his life once and for all.
Jack is on the run again, and that's nothing new for the "24" writers to let him do. Neither is, say, allowing Janis to be annoying or Jonas evil. What is unique is asking Mr. Bauer to implicitly trust another human being. Naturally, this won't end well for a high-ranking government official.
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