24: the next two hours

First off, thanks to ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY for including me in their list of the "100 Greatest Websites."   I've just renewed my subscription for five years. Yesterday I revealed the first two hours of what 24 had planned for this season.  Here are the next two.  I know it's more fun to actually watch the four hours over two nights but since the show has been postponed for a year I figured this will at least keep you.  So fasten your seat belts.

The following takes place between 3 and 4 PM.

A nuclear bomb explodes outside Washington D.C.  Fortunately, this does not interrupt air travel.   Chloe calls the kidnappers, says, “If you kill Juno (her baby) you won’t get the Anthrax shipment.   Why you’d even want Anthrax I can’t imagine but it’s going to take longer to remove from the government’s secret storage warehouse at 10875 Magnolia Blvd.”   Abdul-Paula will give her another hour but ups the ransom as a penalty.  She must now also bring $8.95 for the Huggies. Chloe asks if he is responsible for the nuclear blast.  Abdul-Paula is enraged.  “Sure, it’s always the TERRORISTS!”

Chloe calls Jack to update him.  Fortunately, he gets cellphone service at 35,000 feet.    Jack now has one hour to get to Washington D.C., save Audrey, find out who set off the bomb, then fly back to Los Angeles to rescue Chloe’s baby.

4:00:00

The following takes place between 4:00 and 5:00 PM

Jack lands at Dulles Airport and catches a cab to the city.  A postal worker spots him and another chase ensues.  Hundreds more are dead.   Since there’s no traffic in Washington DC (enough commuters were killed in the nuclear blast to make driving a real pleasure) he arrives downtown in five minutes.

The President calls.  President Taylor (played this season by Cherry Jones: pictured) heard Jack was in town and has a special top secret mission for him.  He’s instructed to report to the White House.  He calls Chloe but there’s pandemonium at CTU.  Apparently someone released nerve gas and only Karl Rove happened to have a gas mask.  Fortunately, Chloe locks herself in the conference room, which like all glass-enclosed rooms is sealed air tight. Chloe’s baby has an accident and as Abdul-Paula goes for the handi-wipes the baby accidentally activates a timer to a series of suitcase bombs that in two minutes will blow up every Dunkin Donuts in Los Angeles.

Jack arrives at the White House and is ushered into the Oval Office.  President Taylor hands him a letter.  “This is my Verizon bill.  It’s overdue.  See that it’s sent by midnight tonight.”   The bomb timer ticks away.  5 seconds…4 seconds…3 seconds…2 seconds…1 second.  BOOM!  Fortunately there are no Dunkin Donuts in Los Angeles so the damage is minimal.

Jack is about to leave when President Taylor stops him.  She has one more thing he needs to look at.  The CIA and Oprah's people did some uncovering and apparently Jack’s great-great grandfather was Hitler.   Audrey is being strapped to electrodes.  Applause from the attendants.  Chloe is calling maintenance to come fix the air conditioner.  It’s stuffy in the sealed conference room.  Karl Rove’s wife is downloading music illegally.  Former President Palmer prepares Banana Foster.  Kim and her captors rob a Hibernia Bank branch in San Francisco.  Jack goose steps to a mailbox.

5:00:00

Comments

[gih]

Such a classical movie...