For all the times the producers of “24” like to twist and turn the story into making villains out of the unlikeliest of people, sometimes a weasel is just a weasel. And I’m not talking about President I.M. Weasel, but Miles, Karen Hayes’ ever-faithful lapdog. He rolled on Hayes the second he knew the score, and if the scenes of next week’s episode are any indication, the recording, the one that should have been played over the phone to CTU, recorded and uploaded to Limewire, Kazaa, anywhere else (hence this week’s episode title), is about to get zapped by the “patriotic” Miles. Of course, you know that Jack has a backup plan. We just don’t know what it is yet.
The funniest thing I learned in the last week is that apparently a “24” drinking game has sprung up, where viewers drink every time Jack says, “Damn it.” Even funnier, Kiefer Sutherland knows about the game, and sometimes will string together three “damn its” in a row. You’ve been warned, “24” alkies.
Dr. Romano isn’t messing around, is he? When Jack snuck through the perimeter after having the pilot/FOR (Friend of Robocop) land the plane on a highway, Romano made it clear that Logan had failed him, and Logan knew what to do next, and Logan pulls out a GUN. Maybe I’m just being vain (and I am), but I think I’d choose the cyanide capsule. Still, what organization has the power to persuade the President of the United States to commit suicide? Anyone…? Bueller…?
Did anything else really happen this week? They landed the plane, Karen filled in Miles on the lowdown, Miles betrayed Karen…oh, right, the Warlock thing. They kept the Warlock at CTU until he came to, and then they basically let him go. I mean, this guy is a big time Russian terrorist, and they don’t even give him a police escort. They just throw him in the back of an ambulance. Gawd, why didn’t they just give him a gun while they were at it?
So yeah, the recording and the Warlock, those are pretty big flaws. They have three hours left to resolve them in a reasonable manner. On the bright side, we learned that Old Yeller will be back next week. Hopefully he gets to bite at least one bad guy before the day’s over.
