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| Day 5: 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM | ||
| Original Airdate: April 10, 2006 | ||
| Writers: David Fury | ||
| Director: Brad Turner | ||
| Fury had a daunting task coming into this episode.� With the revelation that Logan is bad, he had to make it believable and fitting for the story and his character, and not another lame shock for shock's sake.� Thankfully, it wasn't an early sign of a negating the character development we've seen.� They preserve Logan's character as a man of weakness without suddenly rewriting him as some uber villain for Jack to deal with. �Logan is still a weasel, passing blame for Palmer's assassination on Henderson.� | ||
| Of course, Logan has to dig himself deeper by implicating Jack in Palmer's assassination with no evidence.� I can almost imagine him whipping out a confession written in crayon with the "R" in Bauer backwards.� That's the only choice he has, unfortunately for him.� Jack now knows what Logan's real agenda is, and he must be silenced before he can bring him down.� However, springing this bogus evidence isn't sold on CTU, at least for Karen, even if they have to enforce it.� Of course, she doesn't know Logan's involved, but Logan's reluctance to elaborate on the so called evidence he has is suspicious. | ||
| Gardner and Aaron also smell something fishy with Logan's behavior.� While Aaron can remain a strong ally in Jack's counter conspiracy, they will now have to craft Gardner's character differently.� Before the final moments of the last episode, Gardner was largely antagonistic and suspicious.� Now that he's cleared, will we see a different side?� It depends on what will happen when Logan is outed as a traitor. | ||
| Martha is still in the dark, but we see a seed of doubt in this episode, as Logan isn't quite out of earshot when Henderson calls him.� She has been an interesting character all season, but recently her role has been diminished a bit.� I can't wait to see how she reacts to what her husband has been doing. | ||
| Although what has happened today is the brainchild of Logan, Henderson's status as the big bad this season remains untouched.� Rather, they kick it up when he presumably murders both Evelyn and her young daughter.� It's doubtful that Henderson would allow them to walk away from what they've seen.� However, is there more to this story?� Martha must find out soon that her personal assistant and daughter were killed.� One possible outcome of this is that Henderson could frame Jack and/or Wayne for their murders when it becomes clear that they won't be silenced. | ||
| There has been a lot of comparison between Karen and stubborn CTU heads of the past.� However, this week, we see something different: her admittance that replacing CTU was a mistake.� This was answered with a resounding "Duh!" by the audience, but it is a step in the right direction.� On the note of replacing workers, what about Curtis?� He's been MIA since Jack emerged from the ruins of the plant, is Bierko still headed to CTU or is Curtis back and dealing with it off screen? | ||
| Chloe and Miles' rivalry is also fun, even with the new James Bond soundtrack ("Chloe's Theme").� I almost expected Miles to shout "Chloe!" when she managed to corrupt the satellite signal and get to the bathroom before Miles could get there.� Anything to give these knuckleheads a hard time. | ||
| Audrey is certainly a smart ally for Jack to have, as she smoothly moved the transponder to the utility truck when Chloe discovered it.� Audrey has come a long way from being a bit annoying with limited story potential last season.� In the wake of many beloved characters dying off, characters like her have stepped up.� It does make up for her not getting her father involved. | ||
| Finally they got Heller involved.� With all the things that have been happening, it is odd how they wouldn't get him earlier.� However, we learn that he was in Japan (or on a show on ABC, your pick), so that explains why he couldn't come straighten things out at any point during the day.� Now, Heller is their only hope when it comes to a high ranking government official, the history between them (obviously for Audrey) helps a lot. | ||
| On that note, why didn't Jack call Curtis or Buchanan to help with the Evelyn situation?� They couldn't take her to a hospital because of Henderson and his men and she would've bogged down Wayne and Jack going to the bank, but couldn't they leave her with someone safe?� Also, why have Wayne get the room?� He's by far the highest profile of the three adults and such an incident would draw some attention. | ||
| The bank manager is a big bummer for the episode, especially since the wound he sustained didn't look nearly bad enough to kill him as fast as it did.� He's the latest in the series of civilians who find themselves unwittingly involved in the terrorist plot or conspiracy.� When he realized what was happening, he only wanted to help, and unfortunately, that cost him.� He probably could've locked himself in the vault, but Henderson's men could possibly break into the safe with their equipment.� I wonder if there will be any fall out for this action or if anyone will untie the guy's poor wife. | ||
| Getting the LAPD involved to distract Henderson's men is morally questionable, as they are essentially leading cops to their deaths, but they are stuck in an impossible situation.� Jack and company need to get out of there and there is very little way they can do that without costing lives.� They can't get the military involved since they are looking for him.� Ultimately, the blood is on Logan and the conspirator's hands, for placing Jack in that situation. | ||
| The end of the episode doesn't drop a major bombshell as last week, but it shouldn't.� The mere fact that they are ready to go against the president is enough of a cliffhanger to end the episode.� Granted, we still have a ways to go before the end, so Logan isn't likely going to go down just yet.� How can this complicate enough to take us back to 7 AM? | ||
| Score: 8/10 | ||
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