Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Day 4: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on January 23, 2005
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Well, Kiefer's doomed, suicidal rescue attempt succeeds in the first act, which leaves the question of what to do with the rest of the season, and indeed the rest of the episode. DaD finding out about Kiefer and DoDder? DoDder's soon-to-be-ex-husband showing up? TerrorTeen literally digging his own grave? Kiefer and Driscoll kissing and making up? A joyful reunion between DaD and DiCK which ends with DaD authorizing the continued torture of his son? The discovery of the real terror plot, from which DaD's abduction and trial were only a diversion, a plot to remotely take over every nuclear power plant in the United States, a plot that AIIIEEEE!sha appears to be in on? Sounds like a pretty decent season. Except I'm just talking about this one episode. Which rocked. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
Going by the previews, I was expecting this to be the easiest recap ever: "Shooting. Commercials. Shooting. Commercials. Shooting." And then I was watching it, and so much other stuff happened and I was really digging it, and then I remembered that I was going to have to recap it all, and I said, "Shit." But still, I enjoyed this episode so much that all the stuff I usually nitpick about? I'm just going to let it go.
Previously on 24: TerrorTeen was all pissy about TerrorMom having killed Deaddie because he didn't have the stones to do it himself. Deaddie's mom came looking for her daughter, but the TerrorFolks blew her off. TerrorDad sent TerrorMom to follow her. Potato Face got fired and left without squealing on Lispy Skip. Curtis leaned on DiCK. Team DoD tried to gas themselves. The Briefcase was "very strong." Team DoD was hauled out of the gassy cell in time. DoDder recognized TerrorGringo when she came to. Kiefer was ready to go in after Team DoD, but Driscoll ordered him not to bother, what with the place being slated by POTUS for destruction from the air. Kiefer did the opposite of what Driscoll told him to, because that's how it is with them. Also, this isn't in the previouslies, but DoDder didn't want to tell DaD that she and Kiefer are shtupping, because she kind of sucks. The following takes place between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM.
Inside the TerrorDome, masked Poor Man's Robert Davi is still holding court, if you'll pardon the expression. POTUS & Pals watch aboard Air Force One. And Kiefer? Kiefer's inside the TerrorDome fence, snapping some dude's neck and then using one silenced, long-range shot from his handgun to take out the guard who saw him do it. He slides on his ass down the grassy slope to an entrance, managing not to rack himself on any hidden stones.
On Air Force One, Keeler asks his Washington Post guy how much longer it'll be before the missile finally shuts PMRD up. Driscoll calls POTUS while Kiefer takes out a third guard. She wants the Prez to abort the missile strike because Kiefer went in alone. Keeler will only call it off if Kiefer succeeds in rescuing DaD. Driscoll asks how much time Kiefer has. The answer? Seven minutes. Damn. It takes me seven minutes just to find the cordless phone sometimes.
Kiefer knocks down a guard in a hallway. While pinning him to the ground and pressing his gun against the guard's head, he holds up the guard's GameBoy, which is showing an electronic map of the TerrorDome. He demands to know where Team DoD is being held. The guard, because he's not on the "martyr" career track, points at the little screen.