Thoughts:
-- Again with Jack checking someone's pulse after taking him down with what was clearly not a lethal blow. I sort of get the feeling that Kiefer Sutherland is just improving whatever he wants, and no one on the show has the clout to point out how dumb it is for him to be doing this.
-- D.B. Sweeney needs to call his agent. The star of one of the best romantic comedies and best sports movies of all time--and certainly the best romantic comedy sports movie of all time--deserves better than a 1 1/4 episode stint on 24. I saw this movie called Heatstroke on Syfy a couple of years ago where he and Danica McKellar team up to stop an alien invasion. He deserves better than that, too, but he got to make out with Danica McKellar, so I can't feel too bad for him.
-- In the span of about two minutes, Jack just increased his total body count for the season by almost 20%. Don't get me wrong, these are fun to watch. But I wish he'd gotten more of them, spread throughout the season. The worst thing about the show being cancelled is that my dream of Jack racking up a body count of 100 or more in a season is never going to happen. Not unless he, like, blows up a building full of terrorists in the next couple of weeks, anyway.
-- I don't know if it means I'll have to become an evil, soulless, terrorist-abetting bureaucrat to do it, but I really hope one day I get to the point where I'm like Jason, and have a hot aide who follows me around and whose main responsibility seems to be to hand me an iPad (or whatever it is) whenever I gesture for it.
-- That flashbomb in the safe deposit box was a total Batman move. If there was another season after this one, it would have been cool to see her and Mandy team up.
-- For a moment there, when Jack was staring down Dana, I was afraid he wasn't going to pull the trigger. But then he did! And one more for good measure! This season has seen more than its fair share of disappointments, but I'm glad it gets the important things right.
Jack's confirmed kills: 5 (26 for the season)
Jack's Words of Wisdom: "I'm going to count backwards from three. Then I'm going to kill you."
Overall grade: A+
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Easily the best episode this season, and probably going back a bit further than that too.
And Jack was much more quotable, too!
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