24 Recap: 3:00 – 4:00pm

Title: 3:00 – 4:00pm
Original Airdate: 2/19/07
GMMR Recapper: LaLa

So, who do you call when your evil dad has just escaped and you have no one else to turn to in your search for crazy Russian nationalist/terrorist Gredenko? Why, none other than a heavily bearded ex-president-but-always-evil Charles Logan!! Yes my friends, when you have a villain as good as Logan, you just have to bring him back somehow – even if he has already been apprehended on the show. Reminds me of when they kept bringing back Season 1 villain Nina Meyers in order to “assist” Jack and CTU by giving them the secret bad guy information that all bad guys have because, of course, they’re bad guys – and don’t you know that bad guys always know everything about every other bad guy out there? Well, clearly Bearded Logan now falls into this category – and I’m glad too, because not only is the terrific Gregory Itzen back on the show, but hopefully Jean Smart aka Martha (and maybe her new, dare I say it, boyfriend Agent Pierce!) will soon come back as well. Can’t wait!

One wife, however, who I hope does NOT come back is wimpy Mrs. G. Even after witnessing the deaths of all those innocent CTU agents because of her purposely false information, the woman STILL thought that the life of her teenage son Josh was more important than all those nameless agents and the thousands more nameless people who will die from further nuclear attacks because she refused to give the right information. Thank goodness Jack was able to use his incredible powers of “persuasion” (which, surprisingly, did not include torture this time…) in order to finally convince her to do the right thing. And I’m also thankful that young Josh was astute and observant enough to not only realize that his (maybe) dad Graem was a criminal, but also that his grandpa was evil too. Too bad Daddy Bauer (who, it seems, is not completely heartless) caught him before he could escape. And is it just me, or were you all surprised that when Jack was on his knees waiting for his father to kill him, he actually apologized to Daddy Bauer for disappointing him?!?! And for letting “the family” down because he went off to be a “silly” civil servant instead of an evil corporate mastermind like his father and brother?! Seriously??? Yeah, I don’t think I’m the only one who found that hard to swallow.

In other 24 news, Chief of Weasel Tom is maybe not quite as evil as we thought: when it came down to actually giving the proper clearance in order to make the Presidential Assassination happen – even though it would conveniently be blamed on Assad – the man just couldn’t do it. I guess he really does have some actual morals after all. Or maybe he was just playing Chad Lowe the entire time, in the hopes that stopping a Presidential Assassination would give him the credence and leverage he needed in order to convince the President to enact his radical proposals. Either way, I suppose we’ll never know, since he is now lying unconscious in a dark pipe room and will possibly and probably be killed next week by Chad Lowe – who now, of course, has the vital key card in order to let his assassin into the building. Ah well. I say again, here’s hoping another Palmer – and another 24 president – doesn’t die.

And finally, it seems that poor former-alcoholic Morris O’Brien (ahhh, so THAT’S why he and Chloe divorced) is about to hit rock bottom – no, wait, I think he did when he took that drink. Sure, he spit it out, but even altoids can’t remove the stench of a swallowed and then immediately spewed out alcoholic drink. I guess suddenly useful Milo’s impromptu heroism in protecting Mrs. G and shooting bad guys really took a toll on poor Morris’ shattered confidence and horrible guilt. But I’m glad that our girl Chloe forgave Morris and was willing to cover up his alcoholic mistake in order to save his job. Here’s hoping that Morris doesn’t let her down again – because if he does, we all know whose arms Chloe should run into next, now don’t we? Yeah, I don’t think I’m the only one thinks “really good friends” Jack and Chloe should someday be more than that, right? Anyone? Bueller?

LaLa is a writer who currently resides in LaLa Land, aka Los Angeles. LaLa also likes to sing. LaLa also knows some lawyers in a law office. LaLa is also prone to making bad jokes, like this one. And of course, LaLa also loves her some quality television shows with quality actors on them, like House… and The Office… and 24… and, well, pretty much any smartly written show that doesn’t include a fat guy with a hot skinny wife or the words “two and a half men” in the title.

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