Oh you gotta love 24 and its ability to bring back some of the favorite bad guys and put them in positions of power regardless of what they have done in the past – even screwing over the entire country in order to get oil contracts.
President Charles Logan was one of the big twists last season as the main bad guy, one of the ring leaders behind the assassination of President Palmer and the main dude behind giving terrorists weapons of mass destruction which they then turned on the U.S. citizens.
In season six, Logan is no longer the president having been placed under arrest for his role in the terrorist action but he isn’t behind bars after making a deal that kept him under house arrest but in essence free. Of course, now Jack Bauer needs him and Logan is willing to help out Jack and new President Palmer to find Gredenko but that means a very dramatic conversation between Palmer and Logan first.
Gregory Itzin is one hell of an actor. Not only can he portray a weasel of a president effectively, but one that has nothing to lose and everything to gain effectively. It seems he has been born for this role as President Logan. I just hope he can survive this adventure because it is classic 24 moments like this that returning characters die in order to protect their country one last time. Secretary of State Heller anyone? Now both are off to the Russian consulate in order to find out where Gradenko is. Jack and consulates never seem to work out and next week it appears his track record will continue with some nice bits of torture.
The second most shocking moment of the night beyond possible redemption from Logan – Jack in a suit! Holy crap that hasn’t happened since the second season before he got all strung out because of his withdrawal of heroin.
But last Monday’s episode was full of more surprises than that with not even President Palmer immune to possible harm and abuse. Much of the episode had to do with evil Mr. Hillary Swank (Chad Lowe) working his magic to get an American terrorist into the white house bunker in order to craft a bomb that will not only kill Palmer but Al-Assad as well and then blame it on Al-Assad.
No one is ever safe in 24 and this episode proved it as yes the bomb goes off and Al-Assad and Palmer – along with numerous red shirts – get blasted. Who lives? Who dies? Who knows, but we should know more next week and it makes for a show that continues to go places other places wouldn’t dream of. Seriously, how many times has the president been attacked on this show throughout the years! You’d think Secret Service would be better at this point.
Meanwhile, poor Morris O’Brien, there is always a lackey in 24 that gets beat to ribbons each and every year and this year it is Morris, who not only got brutally tortured but created a device that can set off even more nukes. Now he’s got a drinking problem and Chloe is hounding the boy like an abused dog. Hey Chloe, give Morris a break. If you got a power drill taken to your flesh and beat within an inch of your life you’d want a drink to. Sheesh I say let him go wild and them maybe get him into Betty Ford.
If that isn’t bad enough he’s got über hot Latina, er Muslim Nadia on his ass about not being able to do his job effectively. Sheesh, no one cuts the British dude a break after getting tortured. Hey Nadia, you take a baseball bat to the face and then come back to work and be “100 percent effective.” Later, Chloe barges in on the poor boy as he’s dropping kids of
