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RSS'24': Anderson Cooper Is The Mole
Okay, maybe not, but it would be a rather nifty twist on the 24 mole hunt... unlike the rather predictable reveal of this day's operative. On the plus side, two of my favorites return to the screen for the first time in ages: Morris O'Brian and Aaron Pierce!
These Spoilers are brought to you by tonight's blatant vehicle placement... the Hyundai Genesis: if it's good enough for Chloe O'Brian, than it's good enough for you!
Let's mix things up a bit tonight, shall we?
Jack and Renee work their mojo to revive Henry long enough to make the trip to the hospital. Those two are quite the couple... I believe I could get behind a spin-off of sorts featuring Renee. Once they call President Taylor to update her husband's condition, our frumpy Agent Moss checks in for a status update. He's ready to rip Renee a new one over her handling of Rogue Agent Vossler's wife and kid when Jack divines a working address where Dubaku might be. And they're off!
The President tells Ethan she's off to the hospital, refusing to be held prisoner. Ethan begs her to stay, but Bill steps up to assume responsibility for her protection off White House grounds. For this to work, however, she'll need to reinstate his clearance and bring Chloe on board. Ethan is totally against the plan (so am I), which easily allows her to go against her wishes and let the operation commence.
Iké "Samuel" Dubaku crashes Marika's place of employment, ready to whisk her out of the country now that Plan Henry has failed. To make this work in his favor, he (mostly) tells Rosa's version of the truth, what with the being an illegal immigrant and all. Marika initially resists, but when our dashing Samuel promises to fly Rosa out at a later time, her tender little heart melts into his diabolical, gritty hands. Why does this resemble a Nigerian bank scam to me?
Chloe and Morris(!) pull up to FBI headquarters with the littlest O'Brian in the backseat. What a little cutie! Inside, Moss assigns Janis busywork, which immediately pisses her off. Once Chloe makes her way to the impromptu workstation set up for her in the conference room, she locks eyes with Janis... a stare that could kill large dogs. Immediately suspicious of everyone and everything, Chloe attempts to work.
Dubaku arrives at hotel, where Random Guy Burnett hands our bad guy documents so he can depart the US in peace. Sensing a double-cross might be imminent; Dubaku makes sure everything is legit, lest everyone connected to the operation goes down when he would. Not one to be bossed around, especially by a Colonel, Burnett makes a call to an unknown, informing the person that a Plan B might need to be formed.
Marika returns home to find a sleeping Rosa, so she makes a beeline to pack. Once awake, the two have it out, Rosa upset that Marika is blinded by love. The nerve! Before the argument comes to blows, Jack and Renee bust in, showing off their sexy Dubaku camera pictures to a shocked Marika. Much to Jack's surprise, whatever she can do to help, Marika will... hyperventilating in the process. The phone call to Dubaku begins on the iffy side, but Marika recovers in time to lie right back to Dubaku, convincing him to pick her up after all. Jack proceeds to turn her cell phone into a tracking device for Chloe to follow.
Jealous that she's not in on the action, Janis attempts to hack Chloe's workstation. When that fails, she uses her indelible charm on Sean (read: blackmail) to access the digital beta key to gain entry to the server. In the end, the pleasantries they exchange is the best part of their relationship.
President Taylor meets up with Henry just before he's wheeled into surgery. Chances are this is the last time they'll speak to each other, so what better way to go out than to get all mushy on each other. After the fact, she has a waiting Bill round up her estranged daughter. Speaking of the spawn, we find her talking up a potential employer when none other than AARON PIERCE arrives to take her away. He might be retired, but he still flashes the badge like the seasoned vet he is!
Entering the server room, Janis takes a peek into Chloe's workstation, just as she's giving turn-by-turn directions for Jack and Renee to follow Marika. When a random agent enters the room, Janis quickly unhooks from her spying, unknowingly terminating Chloe's connection as well. After running the diagnostic, she determines the spy is in that very same office! At the same time, Jack and Renee are quickly surrounded by Metro PD, armed with a federal warrant for arrest... issued by the very same FBI now infested with a mole.
That mole is none other than Sean, who calls Burnett and quickly fills him in on the latest developments. I knew it was that sneaky little snot-nosed punk all along, although I wouldn't have been disappointed had it been Janis. We end with Dubaku telling the voice on the other end that he will take care of the developing problem that is his girlfriend. The time is now 5:00:00.
Next time on 24, Dubaku confronts Marika like Chris Brown on Rhianna; while Renee and Jack throw down as well... all while critical files are being erased.
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After seeing it again in the opening sequence, I am an idiot. The "ask around" line is the best.
Wonder how many newbies thought it was Janis. My dad been there since the beginning, but I'm sure he was hoodwinked. I was holding out hope that it wasn't Sean and instead was maybe an unidentified person. Someone we have not seen, but who we know from past seasons. They had already brought 2 back in the episode, so why not a 3rd.
Speaking of which, seeing Morris was cool, but then seeing Aaron was 10x better. Stood up from the couch with giddiness on that one.
Henry's tied up for 5 hours.. Effective.
Brandon, you did not say why you were on Ethan's side about reinstating Bill and Chloe. What's the harm?
The weird, choppy quick zoom on Dabaku at the very end made me laugh. Had to watch it a second time. I don't recall them doing that before.
I am a tad worried about Tony still being out there some where.
I've owned 3 Hyundais, so the product placment was fine by me.
All other shows can stay home on Emmy night this year. It's over.
Next week: steamy.
I liked that David Fury (executive producer on 24, and formerly a writer/producer on Buffy) was the President's daughter's client.
I wish they wouldn't credit people for whom they expect us to be surprised to see - especially when they appear very late in the ep like Aaron Pierce did tonight. They can just list him as a special guest star prior to the preview airing. It's done this way all the time on other shows, wish 24 would follow suit.
Luckily, I didn't notice the opening credits, so I was totally surprised to see our AARON! I couldn't help myself I just started clapping!
I agree about that "ask around" line!
To think, I almost decided to skip 24 this season, so glad I changed my mind. Totally enjoyable!!!
This is by far the fastest hour on television. I'm so sad when the clock ticks down to the top of the hour. Last night was great. Aaron back - yea! A glimpse of Morris - yea! Still waiting for the Chloe/Janis smack-down though. I don't care if Janis is not the real mole (like anyone should be surprised about the weasel-eyed Sean), I think her actions are de****able and she'll have Marika's blood on her hands. Moss needs to kick her out of the FBI - how'd she get in anyway? Jack, oh Jack, next week looks like a good one.
This is the fastest hour on television. I'm so sad when the clock ticks down to the top of the hour. Aaron back - yea! A glimpse of Morris - yea! Still waiting for the Chloe/Janis smackdown, however. I don't care if weasel-eye Sean is the mole (like no one saw that coming), Janis will have Marika's blood on her hands and Moss needs to boot her out - and really, how did someone like her get into the FBI in the first place? Jack, oh Jack, looks like your morality is going to be challenged next week, as if...
I agree with LIN: '24' is the fastest hour of television. I'm glad I stuck around for this season because it has been a huge improvement over season 6. The best part of this episode was the return of Glenn Morshower. I have been waiting for Agent Pierce to return and kick out those traitors! :-0
Also, it was good to finally see Morris again and little Prescott (in their new HYUNDAI GENESIS, of course!). However, I have a bad feeling that Chloe's family won't be safe for very long (it's usually Jack's daughter or nephew in danger).
RISHI: I also caught that this episode's writer was also the guy playing Olivia's client. It's good to see Sprague Grayden on my TV again. I loved her character on Jericho. :-)
I was hoping that the FBI mole was someome other than Sean or Janis because they seemed like the most obvious choices. I knew as soon as they showed Janis hacking into Chloe's computer that it couldn't really be her. I guess the writers are implying that if Sean is slimy enough to cheat on his wife, so he must be evil enough to betray his own country! ;-) I hope that BOTH Janis and Chloe beat his *** ! That would be the most awesome scene on '24' ever!
I can't wait for next week...
I was ****ed off that the lovers were having a quarrel over tactics to get information while the bad guy is getting away. Grow up!
I laughed out loud when Chloe made that remark about whoever set up the computer network didn't know what they were doing - and it turned out to be Moss. Hah! I was dumbfounded that they couldn't find a better (more secure) place for Chloe to work given that there was a known spy in the FBI. I know - it had to happen so that they could tip off the bad guys, but really, Ordinarily, Chloe would have run a security check. Second issue is why Sean had the digital beta key thingy instead of Janis, who is his superior.
Great episode. Our Tivo crapped out at a crucial moment, so missed the scene with Aaron. Bummer! Have to go back and watch it online.
24 is great this season! They have had some great sly humor. Also, love having Aaron Pierce back! Still hoping Janice and Chloe beat each other up (with Chloe coming out as the winner!)
I know that Season 6 had all that Bauer family drama but I think this season is much better, at least at this point.
Only (minor) problems I have with the plot so far is how come no TV news alert was put out with Dubaku's face so that people would be looking for him? Also, how on earth does Baby Don Draper (aka Sean) expect to get away with putting out a warrant for Renee and Jack's arrest? Surely he knows that it will be traced back to him within hours, unless he's gonna frame Janis and/or his ugly blonde girlfriend?
Janis, ugh. She looks greasy and smelly. I hope the show doesn't plan to make her and Chloe BFF. I'm thinking that once Sean gets arrested or killed, they're going to bring in Miles to take his place and Janis will have to take orders from Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien.
Great casting for First Daughter Olivia. That actress looks like she could be related to Cherry Jones (Pres. Taylor) in real life.
I have Marika in next week's
24 dead pool!!!
GO MARIKA!!!!