Episode Report Card Gustave: B- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on November 12, 2001
The opening credits roll. And by that, I mean that there's that black screen and then the computer font lettering gradually appearing, accompanied by some blip blip blip noises until it forms the number "24" in gold.
Last week on 24, presidential candidate David Palmer is going to be assassinated and there's a scandal brewing that may threaten his presidency…and his marriage to Mrs. Cosby. Kiefer's boss tells him that there might be an element within the agency behind the attempted hit on Palmer. Spawn of Kiefer sneaks out of the house to go party with some frat boys, who turn evil on her and refuse to drive her home in their Purple Van Of Teen Impertinence. Bride of Kiefer is out with Spawn of Kiefer's friend's father, who may or may not be legit. Mandy the Terrorista steals a photographer's wallet and blows up a plane, narrowly escaping incineration by parachute.
Kiefer explains, along with the Powerpoint presentation, that the show is in real time and takes place between the hours of 1:00 AM and 2:00 AM the day of the California presidential primary.
Mandy lands in the Mojave desert and quickly gets to work gathering up her parachute. At CTU, Nina is trying to get Walsh, a.k.a. Boss of Kiefer, on the phone for Kiefer. Kiefer, learning that reaching Walsh is going to take a while, walks over to Soul Patch's desk to see how much info he's gathered on the plane crash. Soul Patch wants to check the maintenance history of the airplane, but Kiefer commands him to assume the explosion was a non-accident and keep checking the political affiliations and criminal records of each passenger. Soul Patch, who really needs to get his ass fired pronto, demands to know why he should. Kiefer points out that the downed flight originated from Germany, which is where they just learned the assassin was supposed to be coming from. "Yo, [Kiefer]," says Soul Patch, as Kiefer walks away from his desk. "Do you want to explain to me what is going on tonight?" "You mean besides a 747 falling out of the sky and an attempt on a presidential candidate's life?" asks Kiefer. Soul Patch says he wants to know why George Mason (Xander Berkeley) disappeared into Kiefer's office for over a half an hour during the last episode…I mean hour…and exited limping. Well, personally, I can't figure out why Soul Patch is hung up on limping Xander Berkeley. Shouldn't he be more freaked out by the fact that his very own boss's hair just lightened spontaneously by six shades at exactly 1:00 this morning? Heh. Seriously, Kiefer's hair is majorly blond all of sudden.