First Post; Let's Get Caught Up

Well with this blog just starting and Season 7 already in progress, let me do a list of some things we know so far:

1. The show is set in Washington D.C. this year instead of the usual location of Los Angeles, CA. The President this time is the nation's first female President, President Taylor.



2. Colonel Dubaku* and his "crew" created some kind of universal override mechanism called the CIP Device that gives him the ability to cause havoc such as hack into air traffic control and release poisonous gas in power plants. This is exactly what Dubaku does until Jack Bauer and his ragtag "CTU" consisting of Bill Buchanan*, Chloe O'Brien, and Tony Almeida bust in on Dubaku's headquarters and seize the CIP Device. Of course, Dubaku finds away to escape.



3. The whole basis and motive of these terrorist attacks goes a little something like this. General Juma* of Sengala and his troops kidnap kids in Sengala and train them to become soldiers. The prime minister of Sengala, Matobo urges President Taylor to intervene and Sengala and restore the peace in his country. Madame President has to decide whether to send US troops into Sengala and risks more attack by Juma*, Dubaku*, and their men, or to ignore Matobo pleads and do nothing about the crisis in Sengala.



4. Basically from there, Dubaku* tries a couple more attacks and ultimatums, but in the end, they all fail eventually resulting in Dubaku attempting to flee the US. This attempt fails and he is captured, and eventually killed by Juma's men to prevent him from releasing important information.



5. At this point, General Juma is tired of his men failing in attempts to scare off the US and decides to take matters into his own hands. He gathers up a group of his fully strapped and loaded men and, with the help of an inside man, bust into the White House. They barrel down several corridors lighting up anybody and everybody in their path in an attempt to find Madame Prez. Jack, who is supposed to be in a holding room, gets let out by Bill* once they realize that The White House is under attack. Bill* says something along the lines of 'you're just too good to be locked up during this' hands him a handgun and they begin to try to get President Taylor to safety. Eventually Jack and President Taylor manage to get themselves into a locked impenetrable safe-room while everybody else in the House is being held hostage. Juma* gains knowledge that the President's daughter, Olivia is hiding somewhere in the White House from his outside source of John Voight's character. Juma* effectively threatens to torture Olivia to draw President Taylor and Jack out of the safe-room. Juma* forces the Prez to read a letter that he wrote over a live internet feed and to ultimately, stage a live execution of the President of the United States. Jack and Bill wont let this happen and Bill decides to take his own live to cause a distraction while Jack mows everybody down with his pistol. After all the chaos that resulted from this, Madame President is safe, The White House is stabilized, and Bill Buchanan* is dead. This caused Jack to show one of his rare glimpses of emotion which is quickly terminated due to the realization that this threat might not be over. Jack is sent to question Ryan Burnett* in hope to gain info about a next attack, but is ambushed by a man who kills Burnett and frames Jack for the murder. Jack, knowing that he can't be in the room when Agent Moss gets there, flees. Jack then calls up Moss explaining to him what really happened in the room.

That is basically where we are at now. I know many details have been left out, but this was sort of just a mind refresher. So far, I think Season 7 has been the best season yet. They have gone all out with many twists and exciting cliffhangers. Episode 14: 9:00PM - 10:00PM is Mon March 18 at 9/8c. Stay tuned for scenes from the next episode:

*deceased