24 Recap: “Day 6, 7:00 – 8:00pm”

Title: “Day 6, 7:00 – 8:00pm”
Original Airdate: 3/19/07
GMMR Recapper: LaLa

So, if I’m being honest (and I’m not trying to sound like Simon Cowell here, I swear…), this was not my favorite episode of 24. I mean, VP Demon Daniels was just being so ridiculously irrational and absurd that it seriously stretched believability, I’m sorry. The fact that he was going ahead and initiating a nuclear attack on the conveniently-not-named country, even though CTU stopped the nuke from going off in San Francisco and thus his stated reason for “retaliation” become null… and Karen and Tom were the ONLY people who were disagreeing with him and trying to stop him?!?!?!

Whatever happened to the presidential staff of 24 season 2 that was so quick to remove David Palmer from office because they thought he was irrational and had lost his mind??? Not only that, but Wayne has only been in medical for a few hours – Daniels hasn’t even been officially declared and/or sworn in as president yet. I mean, isn’t there SOME sort of protocol out there that would necessitate that they delay NUKING A FOREIGN COUNTRY and starting a war until they get the official word from the still-alive president – or at the very least Congress??? Correct me if I’m wrong, but I was under the impression that only Congress can declare war and/or sanction acts of war against a foreign country. Bush, Clinton, and every other U.S. President has had to get approval from Congress before “taking action against”, i.e. bombing, foreign countries. Soooo, this is a serious serious – and horrible – plot hole if I’m right.

Anyway, in other 24 news, Nadia is now possibly getting framed for leaking CTU satellite info to the terrorists. Gotta say, I really think that she’s innocent – it would just be so very wrong if after everything Milo did to help her get past the unfair racial profiling restrictions, in the end she was, in fact, a traitor. Certainly, from the heart wrenching way that she was crying in the interrogation room, she certainly seemed innocent. Poor girl. She had to take being threatened and strangled by still-one-dimensional Agent Doyle, and then get Milo’s dirty looks on top of that. I’m telling you, she better get some retribution quickly, because I’m very concerned about her after seeing the previews for next week’s episode.

And speaking of women on the show getting the short end of the stick: so what do you all think about the fact that Audrey is dead? Or rather… “supposedly” dead, since, of course, we never saw her face in those photos of her dead body. Certainly, her being dead is very convenient since she had signed as a regular on another show, “The Nine”. But of course, the fact that said show got cancelled ages ago is probably the reason why 24 decided to make her death more mysterious, and not so certain. I have to say, though, it was really nice to hear that Audrey was the one who figured out that Jack had been kidnapped by the Chinese, and also that she “died” in China trying to save her man. So even if Audrey is in fact dead for good, at least her character is now totally redeemed from her horrible behavior in Season 4, and thus she is now worthy to have been Jack’s love. Obviously, the producers were indeed listening to fans complaints about Audrey, so that’s nice to know. Hey, maybe fans can make a difference!

Speaking of… Message to Kim Raver: Next time, if 24 actually wants you back for their next season, you STAY WITH 24. Do not, repeat, do NOT jump ship onto another sub-par drama pilot – or any pilot – and thus screw your chances of being able to come back to 24, Mm-kay?

Also, Message to 24 Producers: Please don’t kill Logan! I’m telling you, there is still a lot of potential there for some great stories with him. And the fact that we heard no news of his condition – nor even a mention of his existence – in this episode was troubling. Though, it also provided hope, because hey, maybe the meds were able to save him from that ominous flat line after all! So again, please don’t kill Logan! Please…?

That is all.

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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