Viewer discretion is advised because there is a heckuva cleanup in Aisle 7, which is light switches, extension cords, and pressure chambers.

In the recaps, Dana blurts “Cole, he’s dead!” as if that isn’t exactly what she had planned. As they’re dragging the bodies into the swamps of NYC, Cole says “They’re scum, Dana.” Well, they are in a pond, so pond scum isn’t completely unexpected. Ma and Pa Hassan are worried about their daughter, who is currently schtumping Tarin. Jack asks Farhad who stole the rods. I don’t understand why they had to get intel files from Hassan. Couldn’t Farhad just name the others? He knows who they are. Marcos survives a three story fall out of a window, and leaps into a bathoscope, only to discover the hospital doesn’t have a coral reef. He’ll have to be content with blowing himself up.

As we begin, we see Marcos has already drawn a complex circuit diagram on the wall of the bathoscope. Wow, he’s the fastest draw in the west. (And did he just happen to have a pen/pencil/charcoal on him? What’s more, the guys who know how to wire these vests aren’t typically the ones who blow themselves up. That’s a valuable skill, and I don’t think baddies want to take all the time to train someone on that tech only to lose it in one shot.) Rookie Owen informs Jack that drilling their way in could ignite the oxygen inside. Jack doesn’t care. Do it anyway! Owen also says the detonator is German military, so our guys are familiar with it. Uh, why? Did they spend time in the German military?

CTU has already discovered Marcos is Marcos Al-Zacar of East Harlem. His father was a professor and highly critical of American foreign policy. So, he’s no different than 95% of the faculty in the US, then? Mom still lives at 4211 East 117th Street. According to Google Maps, this is nowhere near East Harlem, and instead is not far from JFK Airport. Though, in Manhattan, 117th Street is in Harlem, just north of Central Park.

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Posted: March 9, 2010 at 10:47 am
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Viewer discretion is advised because a dead guy with cold blood is shot down in cold blood.

In the recaps, Cole doesn’t want to see Kevin or Psycho again, putting him in the camp of 99.999% of America. Psycho then puts that to the test, and when Cole sees him again, Psycho meets the business end of a shotgun. Daughter Hassan, Farhad, and rods, oh my! Weiss is looking for someone to blame, and Renee gets the part. Jack is in till this whole season, er, terrorist incident is over.

As we begin, we’re at the UN, where apparently member nations can hold people in custody on the premises. Tarin will be transported to the embassy (is it in New York, and not DC?). Daughter Hassan swings by, and Romeo and Juliet have a moment. Bashir (him?) has agreed to help Tarin escape, and Tarin urges his lady to meet him at the Teodore Hotel. Wink wink, nudge nudge, know what I mean, eh, know what I mean?

Then, I’m quite confused why the krazy kaptions say “crickets chirping,” but then notice that Dana is in the frame, too. Thought the UN had an infestation for a minute.

Dana blurts out “Cole, he’s dead!” Isn’t the line supposed to be “He’s dead, Jim!”? Yeah, a knife in the gut and a shotgun in the sternum tends to have that effect on people. Dana wants to call the police, but Cole wants no part of that, sensing his career and life spiraling down a stainless steel toilet fixed to the wall of an 8×9 cell.

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Posted: March 6, 2010 at 7:45 pm
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Viewer discretion is advised there is a lot of “parking” in this episode. Surely necking will soon follow.

The recaps are a strange dance of duets. Renee and Laitanan. Cole and Arlo talk about Cole and Dana. Dana and Kevin. Jack and Sergei. Josef and Farhad. Everybody pairs off, which is fitting considering there’s more parking in this hour than a Happy Days episode.

As we begin, Josef eyes his newly acquired coffin full of nuclear rods. Maybe he’s thinking it’s the reason Oleg is now in his own coffin. Then, Josef and Jack in split screen. The hunter and the hunted. Sergei is going to call Josef, and CTU will trace the call. I thought Josef was being set up, that they’d try to trick Josef into revealing his location. But no, Jack charges right in and says Sergei has been captured and CTU wants the rods. So we’re skipping the deception, then. Got it. Eventually Jack’s charms wear Josef down, but alas, it is all for nought. Farhad has rounded up a team of assassins, and Josef becomes Loose End, Tied Up.

Josef’s phone is still on, so CTU hears a bit of what is going on, but not for long. The phone is quickly reduced to indium and gallium ore by a boot. Just as quickly, Chloe matches the voiceprint to Farhad. (How’d they have Farhad’s voice on file?)

Jack is worried about Renee’s state of mental health, and here it comes, those feelings again. Renee asks how Jack is, and he lies, saying he’s fine. No word about the torture, or the finger in the stab wound she gave him, thank you very little. Jack says he’s bringing Sergei to CTU, and then he’s out. Hmm, given there’s still two thirds of the season left, I’m guessing something happens to change Jack’s plans, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.

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Posted: March 4, 2010 at 12:09 pm
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Viewer discretion is advised lest the kiddies find out that “pole dancing” does not mean the Chmielewski Funtime Band.

In the recaps, Hassan searches for Kamistan’s Top Model. In between head shots, he pushes his goons to administer actual head shots to his political opponents. Dana tries to rid herself of Kevin by commiting felonies with and for him. Laitanan calls Sergei about some rods. Sergei says he doesn’t have any Ladas available. Renee plays a role in a homemade slasher movie. Jack is taken on a tour of a sewer.

As we begin, Dana perambulates yet again through the CTU Hallway of Subterfuge with her cell phone. Kevin is already at a strip club, partying hearty. He bickers at Dana “Why do you have to focus on the negative?” In a move that absolutely nobody saw coming, he reneges on his promise to leave Dana alone. He wants to keep the band together, pulling off heists. Kevin’s thug friend, complete with the requisite Southern Accent of Stupidity, calls Dana a bad name.

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Posted: March 3, 2010 at 1:46 pm
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I’ll try and ask him when I see him tomorrow.

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 3:27 pm
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Strawberry, a truly good and thoughtful reader, asked in way of argument ”aside from what you think should be legal or illegal, are you morally opposed to homosexual sex?”
So here’s my problem with that question.  At what point did the open discussion of sex acts become permissible in polite society?  Have you ever considered that my children [...]

Posted: March 2, 2010 at 7:43 am
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For our readers, I had the privilege of attending the SD37 Republican Party of Minnesota BPOU event Saturday and embarrassed myself a bit.  I was working the door and got to the part where they were discussing the resolutions a little bit late.   As far as I’m concerned, the resolution part is the only reason [...]

Posted: February 28, 2010 at 12:08 pm
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Whereas 2009 was generally quiet on the issue of the Second Amendment, 2010 will most likely be a memorable year in the history of the Second Amendment.
On Tuesday, March 2, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of McDonald vs. Chicago, a case filed immediately on the heels of the Heller decision, [...]

Posted: February 28, 2010 at 11:28 am
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Well, 2009 was rather uneventful in the area of gun control and therefore part of the reason I have been light on blogging.  That, and I spent 2009 building another room on the house to hold all of the ammunition I have been hoarding.
Although Obama and the gun-prohibitionists have made few moves at the federal [...]

Posted: February 28, 2010 at 10:48 am
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As we prepare for today’s latest exercise in Obamacare Kabuki, just a gentle reminder from the Times of London of why so many Americans aren’t especially interested in the President’s ministrations:
Patients were routinely neglected or left “sobbing and humiliated” by staff at an NHS trust where at least 400 deaths have been linked to appalling [...]

Posted: February 25, 2010 at 8:00 am
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I’m having too much fun watching the Olympics, so I’ve gotten behind on the 24 recaps. Rest assured, though. I have the last two episodes on tape and will be getting to them as soon as  I can.

Posted: February 23, 2010 at 12:34 pm
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I was watching the Olympics Monday night, plus, I haven’t been feeling well lately, so this week’s 24 recap will be a day or two late…

Posted: February 16, 2010 at 10:44 am
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Glenn Reynolds, the University of Tennessee law professor who runs the highly successful and influential Instapundit, went to the Tea Party convention in Nashville. His excellent report in the Wall Street Journal is must reading and makes what’s happening comprehensible, if you’re willing to listen to what is being said. In fact, it’s easy to [...]

Posted: February 13, 2010 at 10:32 am
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Viewer discretion is advised because the show takes the homage to Hitchcock thing waaay too far.
In the recaps, Hassan’s regime is hassling a car. Taylor is appealing. Uh, er, I guess, if you’re into the matron thing. But, she’ll appeal to the delegates. Jamot is diplonapped. Kevin asks “Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to?” [...]

Posted: February 9, 2010 at 11:18 am
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The first of course was Glenn Beck’s 912 Coalit… HAHA! Just kidding.
Most online petitions are idiotic because they can be easily gamed and the causes they typically espouse are, well, idiotic.
The only online petition I’ve ever signed was far more important than anything Glenn Beck whines about. And that was a petition to bring back Headbanger’s Ball [...]

Posted: February 5, 2010 at 11:05 am
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Viewer discretion is advised because Arlo is in this episode.
In the recaps, as we start off, Hassan cracks down. And presumably, Farhad downs crack while still entertaining two hookers. We don’t see him in this episode, so we must assume this. Oleg is taken to the doctor by his loving brother. Kevin woos the Fair [...]

Posted: February 2, 2010 at 11:33 am
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