You know we’re in trouble when Jack says “Oh my God” twice in one episode.
Not only Jack, but Chloe and Michelle also took the name of the Lord in vain. Let’s face it; they had good reason to.
SUMMARY
Jack arrives at the warehouse where he was being held that’s serving as Marwan’s headquarters. This time, he’s got two CTU tactical units with him, armed to the teeth and loaded for bear. But, of course, before he can save the country, Jack’s got to find out where he stands with Audrey:
Jack: Audrey, I know we have to talk about the way I handled Paul.
Audrey: Yeah…we do.
Indeed. And as I predicted last week, Paul is indeed paralyzed from the waist down. And it appears that Audrey has already made her decision, given her coldness toward Jack and the way she was when she was with Paul.
Actually, Paul is a lot like Jack…without the murderous, thuggish tendencies. He’s strong willed, determined, brave, and selfless. In short, Paul is Jack-lite. No wonder Audrey is going to stay with him.
Storming the warehouse, guns blazing, terrorists dropping like flies, Jack misses Marwan who slips out the back way and evades CTU’s perimeter. Before he goes, he blows up his computers to keep CTU from finding anything useful. What he can’t destroy is the counterfeiting materials he used to give Anderson the ID’s he needed to penetrate our Air Force’s security. When CTU discovers that Anderson is on the FBI watch list, Jack heads over to Anderson’s apartment to investigate.
Meanwhile back at CTU, a soap opera threatens to take over the show as Tony discovers that Michelle is playing “hide the Polska” with Bill Buchanan from Division. And with the nation on the verge of being plunged into a crisis of unimaginable proportions, Tony confronts her and asks her if she slept with him “while they were married.”
Question: Can’t this wait until after we save the world? Michelle thinks so and tells Tony to buzz off.
And that CD containing the flagged police report about the dead pilot’s family? It still lies undiscovered on fat geek Edgar’s desk, waiting to nail either Chloe or the geek with the blame for not finding out about Anderson before he took off. I still think Chloe should get the blame, but since she covered for the geek when he made a mistake in formatting an important update, fat geek Edgar will probably insist on taking responsibility. Chloe is such a bitch about being nice.
At Anderson’s apartment, the female merc who set up the real pilot to be murdered by Anderson, is desperately searching for a back-up hard drive that contains files that could compromise Marwan’s carefully laid plans. And when the female FBI agent shows up for a routine check on Anderson, she kills the Fed and assumes her identity when Jack and his back-up show up at Anderson’s apartment.
As Jack searches the apartment, his unsuspecting partner finds that portable hard drive of Andersons which leads to his immediate and rather gory demise. Jack, hearing a strange noise, goes into battle mode and kills the female merc. He plugs in the hard drive only to find the files locked.
No problem! Fat geek Edgar pulls some of his geeky magic and Presto! Jack accesses the drive to find schematics and a flight simulator program for the Stealth. Jack puts two and two together and confirms our speculation about Anderson’s target:
It is indeed Air Force I.
On the doomed plane, President Keeler has a heart to heart with his son Kevin, a fine, upstanding youth who, when asked by his father what he should say in his speech to the nation, says “the truth.” After filling him in on what the “truth” is, Kevin changes his mind and agrees to help his dad spin the situation, ostensibly so that people won’t be panicked.
Just once I’d like politicians to treat the American people as the intelligent, astute, and rational human beings we are rather than the sheep that they want us to be.
With time running out, Jack gets in contact with Anderson aboard the Stealth and tries to appeal to the better angels of his nature. For a moment – just a moment – it looks as if Jack may be getting through to the lad.
No such luck. In one of the most chilling and suspenseful moments in the history of the series, we see Anderson fire the missile. We see the missile tracking the target. We see CTU and Jack hanging on the edge of unbearable suspense. And then we see the President and his son embracing as the missile strikes the plane which erupts into flames.
Jack: Was Air Force One just hit? WAS AIR FORCE ONE JUST HIT?
Chloe: Escort pilots report Air Force One suffered an indirect hit by an air-to air missile. Pieces are falling to the ground over the desert.
BODY COUNT
Jack entered the terrorist warehouse like an avenging angel, taking out 8 terrorists, one with a knife. CTU Tacticals take out at least two additional targets. It’s impossible to say at this point exactly how many terrorists or CTU personnel were killed. It’s not uncommon to find out in a later episode the exact body count. The FBI agent never knew what hit her.
Jack: 36
Show: 135
LOOSE END
When told that Anderson was targeting his plane, the President seemed pretty confidant that his fighter escort could protect him…until Michelle had to remind him of the F-117’s ability to evade radar. I find it ludicrous that the President of the United States would be so ill-informed. If the writers wanted to remind us of the Stealth’s capabilities, they could have done a better job.
1:50 pm
And actually the stealth fighter doesn’t carry air-to-air missles, it’s real use is just as a bomber, it isn’t a very agile plane, considering its odd shape. It needs special computer just to keep the thing in the air….
2:24 pm
Right you are…which begs the question would Anderson be able to fly the damn thing using a flight simulator?
2:25 pm
Correction: the “merc” as you call her did not kill the “real pilot.” Anderson killed the real pilot just before stuffing him in a the trunk of the car and snapping off his finger. Remember, right before plugging him Anderson tells the pilot that his family is dead.
3:26 pm
Ah yes…thanks so much. I will correct the post.
Of course, she set him up to be killed, just didn’t pull the trigger.
4:47 pm
... one other complaint; I am not in the military but I suspect that even a stealth fighter can be spotted given enough attention (as it would be in this case) and knowing where to look (as they did in this case) ... yes/no?
Anyway – it is still a great show.
/TJ
... NIF
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4:50 pm
Oh, and yes – Benjamin – they call it the ‘wobbly goblin’. However, as long as the computer is working all of that is unnoticed by us mere mortals. /TJ
7:10 pm
TJ…
The radar profile of the Stealth, as I understand it, is virtually nil. The fighters certainly would not be able to see it. And ground radar would need to know not only it’s general direction but altitude as well.
9:12 am
Truth you say. Give them the Truth. Can they handle the Truth? Naugh.
The President provides the truth. The Press provides the bias Spin. The Pollsters provides the bias polls. The American people, always eager to learn (tongue-in-cheek) sob and just don’t know what to think, what to do, who to look to, why is this happening and, best of all, we brought this down on us ourselves! IT’S ALL OUR FAULT!
So tell them that the Tooth Fairy will see to all their needs and make everything right
11:35 am
I was way off on my crazy prediction. But what ever happened to the encoded printout that Paul obtained from the defense contractor? Will it just disappear in the middle of the season without explanation like computer guy Milo? Without the printout, Paul’s mission with Jack was pointless.
1:53 pm
Didn’t they decipher that document and come up with the name Yosef Habeeb…the guy that Dina and Jack payed a visit to get to Marwan with Dina pretending that Jack was a hostage? I think so.
But what you mention IS an annoying habit of the writers. Sometimes they think no one is paying attention.
8:12 pm
To Diamond: Thou dost wax, er, poetic?
To Superhawk: the whole freaky relationship between Edgar and Chloe is distractingly amusing. In fact, Chloe’s gig of falling on her sword for him was improbable and out of character… unless yet another “long day” and her heartless faux pas with Audrey is causing her to see the err of her interpersonal ways.
I was way off in guessing an alternative target rather than AF 1. Guess I was hoping beyond hope. So… how is Ex-Pres Palmer going to work into all this? (As I have been led to believe he shall? I’m afraid to check out the other 24 blogs, don’t want to have any big developments spoiled.)
8:21 pm
Actually, I think that Chloe has always demonstrated a certain sensitivity…last year she didn’t turn Jack in when she caught him shooting up. It’s just that, as I said last week, she has the interpersonal skills of a tree sloth.
And yeah…I’ve heard that Palmer has a role…can’t imagine what.
1:01 pm
INDIRECT HIT
Where did I hear that? If an Indirect hit happened, then that’s what the pilot wanted, for the Nuke FOOTBALL? My best guess. Took me all this time to figure it out. Can’t wait to see if I am right.
1:19 pm
Good guess..except for a couple of things.
First, I don’t know if you can control an Air to air missile so precisely as just “nick” another plane.
Second, if going after the football is going to be the ultimate plan, I may stop watching it. That’s just simply ludicrous. They can change the codes to make that thing just a worthless briefcase.
I saw the previews and I hope that’s NOT what it is.
12:58 pm
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