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5-24 2006.05.22 |
Shanghaied! We always knew that Kiefer's sins would come back to haunt him. But who knew that the thing that would finally bring him down would be some Chinese security guard's crappy aim? |
| 5-24 Recap |
Shanghaied!
Day Five: 6:00 AM -- 7:00 AM - We always knew that Kiefer's sins would come back to haunt him. But who knew that the thing that would finally bring him down would be some Chinese security guard's crappy aim? |
2006.05.22 2006.05.27 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 5-23 Recap |
One-Term Wonder
Day Five: 5:00 AM -- 6:00 AM - In terms of this season's terror arc, the show shoots its wad a bit early. Which brings us to President Logan. |
2006.05.22 2006.05.26 |
B+ |
M. Giant |
| 5-22 Recap |
Das Brute
Day Five: 4:00 AM -- 5:00 AM - Vladimir Bierko plans to attack Los Angeles from a commandeered submarine. Which isn't as ridiculous as it sounds. Okay, it is, but for different reasons. |
2006.05.15 2006.05.21 |
B- |
M. Giant |
| 5-21 Recap |
We still have Logan to kick around
Day Five: 3:00 AM -- 4:00 AM - After Kiefer makes it back to CTU with the recording, Logan decides that simply choosing not to seek re-election isn't going to cut it. Until Slime offers to pull his ass out of the Constitutional fire, that is. |
2006.05.08 2006.05.12 |
A |
M. Giant |
| 5-20 Recap |
High Jack
Day Five: 2:00 AM -- 3:00 AM - Kiefer finally gets the recording back, but he's going to have a hell of a time redeeming frequent flyer miles after this. |
2006.05.01 2006.05.05 |
B+ |
M. Giant |
| 5-19 Recap |
Carry-on Kiefer
Day Five: 1:00 AM -- 2:00 AM - Kiefer catches up with Henderson, but he's still got to chase the recording, a pursuit that leads him to stow away on a flight full of diplomats. Talk about your fish-out-of-water scenarios (no offense, Audrey). |
2006.04.24 2006.04.29 |
A- |
M. Giant |
| 5-18 Recap |
Tale of the Tape
Day Five: 12:00 AM -- 1:00 AM - That recording of President Logan talking to Henderson changes hands a few times. Which means that the presidency almost does as well. |
2006.04.17 2006.04.22 |
A- |
M. Giant |
| 5-17 Recap |
Danger Deposit Box
Day Five: 11:00 PM -- 12:00 AM - Kiefer and Wayne nearly get themselves killed retrieving some Logan-damning evidence from a bank vault, while Audrey dodges CTU surveillance to set up a meeting with her SecDef dad. |
2006.04.10 2006.04.15 |
B- |
M. Giant |
| 5-16 Recap |
Thrilling Bureaucratic Intrigue!
Day Five: 10:00 PM -- 11:00 PM - While Homeland Security takes over CTU, Kiefer finds out just how high the conspiracy really goes. Hint: it's at about the level where it stops being a conspiracy and starts being "executive authority." |
2006.04.03 2006.04.08 |
C+ |
M. Giant |
| 5-15 Recap |
What is it with chicks, man?
Day Five: 9:00 PM -- 10:00 PM - 24 explores a few feminist themes, and learns that if you hurt and scream at your ex-girlfriend, she'll like you again if you just chase away the next guy who does it. Also, some women are harassment-accusing nutcases, so NO TOUCHING! |
2006.03.27 2006.04.01 |
B- |
M. Giant |
| 5-14 Recap |
Spy vs. Spy
Day Five: 8:00 PM -- 9:00 PM - The only thing standing between Kiefer and his only lead to Bierko is a German intelligence agent and his own sense of fair play. So you know how this is going to turn out. |
2006.03.20 2006.03.25 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 5-13 Recap |
McKilled
Day Five: 7:00 PM -- 8:00 PM - McGill makes a heroic sacrifice to help clear the nerve gas out of CTU. Of course, it would have been even more heroic had he not helped create the situation in the first place, or if the sacrifice had constituted more than a few minutes off of his life. But hey, why quibble? Besides, Tony's death is even less heroic. |
2006.03.13 2006.03.18 |
B+ |
M. Giant |
| 5-12 Recap |
Edgar, Dead! Grr.
Day Five: 6:00 PM -- 7:00 PM - Do you think CTU would try harder to find the nerve gas if they were a target? They're about to find out. |
2006.03.06 2006.03.11 |
A |
M. Giant |
| 5-11 Recap |
The Plot Quickens
Day Five: 5:00 PM -- 6:00 PM - Tony comes to, FLOTUS gets flirty, Curtis contains a canister, Kiefer questions the Hendersons, and a terrorist takes McGill's keycard. Good thing another episode is coming right up after this so something can happen. |
2006.03.06 2006.03.10 |
A- |
M. Giant |
| 5-10 Recap |
I Won't Be Your Father Figure
Day Five: 4:00 PM -- 5:00 PM - While McGill goes rapidly postal and FLOTUS waits in vain for her husband to rescue her, the search for the nerve gas leads Kiefer to his former CTU mentor. I've seen happier reunions. |
2006.02.27 2006.03.03 |
A- |
M. Giant |
| 5-9 Recap |
Now That's Hospitality
Day Five: 3:00 PM -- 4:00 PM - FLOTUS puts herself in harm's way to protect the Russian president. Doesn't she know he can't vote for her husband no matter what? |
2006.02.20 2006.02.26 |
A- |
M. Giant |
| 5-8 Recap |
Gassing The Gap
Day Five: 2:00 PM -- 3:00 PM - The terrorists plan to give new meaning to the expression "shop till you drop." And Kiefer's expected to help them. |
2006.02.13 2006.02.18 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 5-7 Recap |
I Got Your Gas Right Here
Day Five: 1:00 PM -- 2:00 PM - The terrorist formerly known as Yellow Tie simply will not give up on using the deadly nerve gas in his possession. Dudesky, just eat a bunch of chili and call it a day. |
2006.02.06 2006.02.11 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 5-6 Recap |
If We Only Had the Nerve Gas
Day Five: 12:00 PM -- 1:00 PM - The White House Chief of Staff helped the terrorists get the nerve gas so he could blow it up in their faces. Things blow up, all right, but not in the faces he expected them to. |
2006.01.30 2006.02.05 |
C+ |
M. Giant |
| 5-5 Recap |
Cry, Wolf
Day Five: 11:00 AM -- 12:00 PM - CTU's Spencer Wolf couldn't possibly be the mole; it's too obvious. In related news, CTU's Spencer Wolf is the mole. |
2006.01.23 2006.01.28 |
B- |
M. Giant |
| 5-4 Recap |
Duress Code: Casual
Day Five: 10:00 AM -- 11:00 AM - Terrorists try to force Kiefer to direct CTU into an ambush. Now, if only there were some way for Kiefer to communicate the fact that he's being forced to give bad information... |
2006.01.16 2006.01.21 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 5-3 Recap |
Who Rescues the Rescuer?
Day Five: 9:00 AM -- 10:00 AM - Kiefer tries to manage an airport hostage crisis, but only manages to become a hostage his own self. |
2006.01.16 2006.01.18 |
B+ |
M. Giant |
| 5-2 Recap |
There's No "I" in Kiefer -- Oh, Wait.
Day Five: 8:00 AM -- 9:00 AM - Kiefer heads up his own personal investigation into Palmer's death while he's also wanted as the prime suspect, and President Logan tries to determine whether his wife is crazy and paranoid or just crazy. |
2006.01.15 2006.01.17 |
A- |
M. Giant |
| 5-1 Recap |
Ex-Ex-President
Day Five: 7:00 AM -- 8:00 AM - Someone is killing the people who know Kiefer is still alive. Palmer and Michelle are dead, and Tony isn't far off. Wouldn't just you know it would be Chloe who goes unscathed? |
2006.01.15 2006.01.16 |
A- |
M. Giant |
| 4-24 Recap |
Velvet Underground
Day Four: 6:00 AM -- 7:00 AM - The work of a world-saving secret agent is never done. Unless, of course, in the process of saving the world this last time, he invaded foreign territory and now that country wants to arrest him and people in the U.S. government want him dead and he has to fake his own demise and totally disappear from the grid. Then I guess his work is probably done, actually. |
2005.05.23 2005.05.29 |
C |
M. Giant |
| 4-23 Recap |
Things Fall Apart
Day Four: 5:00 AM -- 6:00 AM - Bitchelle tries to hold it together as Naked Mandy takes Soul Patch hostage and pretends to kill him. The briefly unmasked agent from Kiefer's Consulate raid tries to hold it together under interrogation by the Consulate Cop. Kiefer tries to hold together his collapsing investigation, and the Veep is only able to hold it together at all with help from Palmer. |
2005.05.23 2005.05.28 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 4-22 Recap |
Out of Time
Day Four: 4:00 AM -- 5:00 AM - Emphasis on "out." SecDef's son is blamed for the day's attacks, because he didn't tell CTU all about a seemingly unrelated night of debauchery that occurred the week before. Which fits perfectly with this episode's theme that the line between a libertine and an outright terrorist is a fine one indeed. |
2005.05.16 2005.05.21 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 4-21 Recap |
Diplomessy
Day Four: 3:00 AM -- 4:00 AM - Kiefer's in trouble with China for getting their Consul killed, and in trouble with DoDder for getting her husband killed. Good thing a nuclear missile is on its way to render it all moot. |
2005.05.09 2005.05.15 |
B |
M. Giant |
| 4-20 Recap |
Gray Widow
Day Four: 2:00 AM -- 3:00 AM - DoDder has finally decided which of her two men she's going to stick with. That's bad news for her husband, but not in the way you think. |
2005.05.02 2005.05.06 |
A- |
M. Giant |
| 4-19 Recap |
ImHoudini
Day Four: 1:00 AM -- 2:00 AM - ImhoTerror escapes CTU's net for the fourth time in a row, and Potato Face is menaced by the world's most persistent hit man. Whom we didn't hire, we swear. |
2005.04.25 2005.05.01 |
B- |
M. Giant |