24: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m

Thoughts:

-- Geez, it didn't take Chloe long to go all head-of-CTU on Jack. I guess it's a lot easier to ignore the rules when it's not your ass on the line.

-- I don't really expect President Logan to survive this season, but if he does and Fox needs a spin-off, that'd be a great one. It would just be him, traveling around the world, making the world a worse place and lining his own pockets. It'd be like an evil West Wing.

-- No matter what he told Sergei, Jack's not really going to kill a baby. But it would be kind of cool to see. I mean, it wouldn't be that bad, would it? He just going to grow up to be another Russian mobster.

-- It's not that long ago that network TV never would have allowed that scene where Jack beats the shit out of Dana. I'm not sure if this is a step forward or backwards for women's lib.

-- I'm not sure I buy President Taylor suddenly deciding that the peace process justifies an illegal and immoral cover-up, but I do like seeing her play Doctor Manhattan to Jack's Rorschach. Which I guess makes Logan Ozymandias in this analogy, which only makes me want to see that President Logan spin-off even more.

-- Every now and then, it's fun to think about how absurd the pacing on this show is. In the past hour in real life, my ass hasn't moved from this chair. But in the past hour on 24: Renee was shot, Jack rushed her to the hospital, Renee was taken into surgery and died, Jack went to the courthouse to talk with Sergei, then he went back to CTU, slapped Dana around, waited for the president to show up, spoke with the president, and is now being led away. All in one hour.

-- What the fuck, Chloe?!? It's bad enough she called security on Jack. But the Air Force? Man, she didn't just sell out, she bought in.

Jack's confirmed kills: 0 (21 for the season)

Jack's Words of Wisdom: "If you lie to me, I'll find you no matter where you try to hide. You understand that?"

Overall grade: B+