Problem #1: We learn that this was a ruse set up by the Dad and Graem to fool Jack. Um….were the guards in on the ruse too? They seemed pretty edgy. Did they know they were about to be killed as part of the ruse? Probably not. But then if they had been in on it, they would have known that was a likely scenario. If they weren’t in on it, then it’s quite likely Jack would be executed. Would the Dad have been OK with being executed too? Last I checked, Jack is just a man. Sure he’s been known to resurrect from the dead, but a bullet to the head will still kill him. Doesn’t compute!

Problem #2: Under torture, Graem gives it up that he was behind David Palmer’s execution, Michelle and Tony, and the whole bio-threat ordeal last season. He later tells his father that he had to give Jack something, and that it’s better to do that and live and just do some time, rather than let Jack kill him. EXCUSE ME! You’ve just confessed to murdering a President and being involved with the murder of many people and an attack on the country and you expect to get “some time?” Yeah, how about life without parole in the most maximum security prison, or the death penalty.

Problem #3: Apparently it’s OK with Papa for Graem to have given up the info about the earlier plot, but it’s worth killing his son to keep whatever the new plot is secret. What the hell can be worse than they’ve already done last season? They murdered a president, many federal agents, conspired with a president to attack our country, and gave bioweapons to terrorists. Isn’t that about as bad as it gets?

The writers really bungled this one. The new secret plot better be so damn overwhelming to justify Papa offing his son. What is it, like Project Vulcan from Austin Powers. They’re going to blow up the earth in the interest of saving our country?

One nice twist at the end was Morris being the new nuclear trigger guy after he leaves to check on his sick brother!

Phillip is able to kill Graem because he wants just a few moments with his son.

Morris is kidnapped because Chloe releases him to attend his radiation-sick brother before the image comes clear.

I disagree completely. I knew he was going to kill Graem the moment he told Jack that he “needed a minute”.

I also thought it was interesting how the torture Jack inflicted didn’t yield the info Jack was looking for–even though Graem knew the answers.

Nice swath of liberalism there.

JACK: I need to question Graem alone. PHILLIP: What are you going to do to him? JACK: Whatever it takes to find out what he knows. In case you don’t watch “24,” Phillip is Jack’s estranged father, and Graem is his estranged brother. Yes, that’s ri…

If Graem is taken to CTU & manages to survive, there’s a chance of a really cool new plot twist or two.