And just like that, Charles Logan has gone from President Buck Buck Brawwwwk to President Zen. The fraidy cat tendencies? The complete inability to make a decision about anything? Gone. In its place is an eerie calm and newfound assertiveness that inexplicably escapes everyone around him. Perhaps you can understand VP Leland Palmer missing the change in demeanor – but then again, Logan just issued an order for Bauer’s arrest, after reinstating the man mere hours ago, so Palmer may merely be biding his time – but Marty Logan, his wife? I’m not so sure about that one. Maybe that scene existed solely so Logan would have to suffer the guilt of knowing his wife is so proud of him, but would castrate him if she had any idea what he was really up to. Prediction: Marty doesn’t live to see the final seconds. Charles takes her out when she knows too much.
Jack and Wayne kidnap the president of a bank in order to get a recording that Evelyn made, leaving Evelyn and daughter Amy in a hotel (he even said to her, “I’ll be right back,” thus violating one of the rules of surviving a horror movie). Of course, Evelyn passes out from the pain of the gunshot wound in her leg, and Amy calls 911, which immediately tips off Robocop as to her whereabouts. Evelyn gives up Jack and Wayne, but we never find out what became of Evelyn and Amy. My guess is in real life, they’d be dead. Do the producers of “24” have the onions to execute a little girl? Don’t know yet, but in the meantime, another innocent is killed in the line of duty. Sorry, banker dude.
Meanwhile, back at HTU (Homeland Terrorist Unit), even ice queen Karen Hayes is having second thoughts about everything. When Logan gives her the order to bring in Bauer, she doesn’t understand why. Of course, she is, for the moment anyway, bound by duty, and uses Audrey to find Jack. They put a tracer on Audrey’s car when she leaves to “get some sleep,” but Chloe finds the tracer by remote and Audrey stashes it on another car. Sweet. Audrey calls her father, still the Secretary of Defense, and asks if he can land at an airport nearby so she can break the news about Logan’s involvement in the day’s events.
I’m not so sure that’s a good idea.
It’s way too early for the last card to be played yet. This doesn’t end with Logan as the ringleader. He doesn’t have the smarts or the guts. Again, maybe Heller’s the one pulling the strings? They show a clip in the scenes for next week’s episode where Heller tells Logan, “I know what you’re doing. I’m here to put a stop to it.” Maybe the next line is, “You’ve lost control of everything, Logan, you big dope! Now, do I have to flog you again like I did last time, while you say, ‘Thank you, sir, may I have another’?”
All kidding aside, we still don’t know who knew that Jack was alive, and that Tony, Michelle, Chloe and David Palmer conspired to cover it up. And where the heck did Mike Novick go? He’s been gone for almost four hours now. This still one more card, maybe two, that has yet to be played. The Warlock should be waking up soon. Buchanan will factor into things somehow. We still don’t know that Walt actually killed himself. Lastly, I don’t know how Logan could have possibly rationalized assassinating David Palmer as an unfortunate necessity to allowing Russian terrorists to obtain nerve gas. Geez, now that I look at it that way, suddenly nothing makes sense. Logan may be an idiot, but he’s not reckless. The explanation for all this better be a good one.
