Well, once again, the second third of a season of '24' comes to a close, and how do the writers of Fox's action drama bring us into the home stretch? With some very strange stories.
The episode starts out with the focus being on the Cabinet deciding if President Palmer is violating the 25th Amendment, and if Vice President Daniels should be in power. After the President gets a shot of adrenaline so he can walk into the meeting instead of use a wheelchair, we get testimony from the doctor, who believes that, despite the trauma, President Palmer is an appropriate leader. President Palmer then urges the Cabinet to vote for what's right, not what they're being bulled into doing. Daniels says that they should vote because he's the stronger leader.
After a ten-minute break, the Cabinet reconvenes and the vote is...a tie. And, since it's a vote, President Palmer remains in power. However, Daniels says that one vote isn't valid: Karen's. Since she resigned and wasn't officially reinstated, she can't vote, so he's in power! Right? Well, no. The Attorney General says that the Supreme Court will decide on it, and then the decision will be made. Soon, President Palmer, Sandra and Karen rush to make a strong case for him staying in power.
Meanwhile, Daniels and his pretty aide Lisa discuss his chances, which aren't very good. She believes he's in trouble, but after some subtle coercion, decides to commit purgery and lie about Daniels' intentions when it comes to Karen. And just when you thought this story would never end, Tom Lennox is there to save the day. He talks to Daniels and reveals that, after some earlier threats, he bugged the VP's room, to protect himself. Of course, he heard the conspiracy, so he tells Daniels to call the Supreme Court and disavow his and Lisa's affidavits. He does so, and Palmer is back in power.
Meanwhile, back at CTU, Mike Doyle apologizes to Nadia about his mistake. He then tells her that she has to get some information off of Milo's computer, because it has been deduced that it was him who made the error that lead someone to hack into the CTU system. Though she argues about it, she relents and does get the information. Once Mike gets it, he immediately alters the log, so the error is gone. He tells her that he's a good guy, and is trying to find his faith? I don't know. It made no sense.
Jack, in the shortest plot of the night, unfortunately, has gotten Gredenko to get a meeting with Fayed so he can perform another attack. He puts an implant in Gredenko's arm and wires him. The meeting, at the Santa Monica pier, however, doesn't go the way Jack would like. Once inside with Fayed, Gredenko silently reveals his wire, and tells Fayed that he can get them both out alive. Unfortunately, it involves cutting off his own arm, with the implant in it. Yick. Jack chases the two men down to a local bar, where Gredenko has, surprisingly, just outed Fayed to the angry mob, who start to beat on Fayed as a very sick Gredenko leaves. Jack arrives and stops the fight and arrests Fayed. At the end, it looks like Gredenko's dead, under the Santa Monica bridge.
And, lastly, in the screwiest part, Lennox and Karen decide to make a truce, so they won't fight with each other. And then Lennox gets a call. Apparently, Palmer is going to go through with that whole nuclear strike on the Middle East. All together now: "WHAT?" Lennox urges Palmer to call it off just because he wants to reassert himself, but Palmer denies him and the strike begins.
Seriously? That makes no sense. Oy. What mindtrips will happen next week? Find out here.
