The Following Takes Place Between 1:00am and 2:00am

Another episode of 24 is ready to go! Get Ready, Get Set, Its the Jack Bauer Pauer Hauer!

1:00am -1:12am

• Cole and Jenny plan to wash their hands of the dead men and the van.
• Hastings finally picked his head up and stood up straight for himself!
• Taylor tells Hassan abouts his brothers claim that a dirty bomb may be launched upon the US. She wants Hassan to provide pictures of terrorists to see if he can recognize
• Taylor threatens to attack Hassan's country unless he hands over the files.
• Taren begins his plan to escape his captivity and meet up with his girlfriend Kayla Hassan.

1:17am - 1:25am

• Farad gets mowed down just before CTU arrvies. Jack tries to get him to talk on site.
• Taylor hops on the Cisco Telepresence with staff and discuss mass casulties if bonb goes off.
• Farads dead. Leads gone.
• Jacks smart! He says CTU needs to play it off like Farad is still alive so the terorrist have to make a play.

1:29am - 1:35am

• Jenny and Cole lower the bodies into the swamp.
• The news shows that Farhad is still alive when in fact he is not.
• The terrorists decide to make a play on Farhad, thinking that he is still alive.

1:39am - 1:47am

• Hassan wants Farhads body to be returned to his mother for proper burial. Too bad CTU is using his body.
• Farhad makes it into the hospital.
• Jack tells Renee he wants to be with her once this is all over.
• Nervous young CTU agent Owen fails when confronted by the terrorist Marcos. He hands over his weapon and agrees to lead him thru the hospital.

1:51am - 2:00am HOME STRETCH!!!

• Owen needs to show the bomb to a camera so chloe can figure out the module.
• Chloe does this and Arlow disarms the bom before Marcos can blow himself up.
• Marcos tries but realizes its broken and starts shootin at the dead Farhad!! Priceless!
• Jack and crew move in and Marcos leaps out the window
• He begins to run and Jack chases.
• He is able to get away and lock himself in some kind of time machine looking thing.

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Yes! What an Episode! Great Ending. I dont think there was a watcher out there who didnt think that Marcos was going to make a break for that window once he starting backing up. But I dont know how many of us thought that he would get up and start running away. And then, on top of that, he just happens to find some kind of time machine looking thing that he can lock himself in. I was ready for him to push some buttons and instantly appear somwhere running around with guys like Fayed and Dredenko!

How about that little Owen. The little CTU agent looked like a little kid talking to his hero when Marcos came over. He got all sweaty and nervous and was seconds away from falling lat on his face. But he was able to pull himself together when it counted and was able to get Marcos to reveal the bomb. But to add to Owen's troubles, he got cracked in the face by Marcos before Jack and the boys intervened.

Jack the Genius! Clutch thinking by JB with the whole 'play it off like Farhad's alive plan'. Got them exactly what they needed. It drew the terrorists to the hospital and got them another lead. It worked, even if dude is chillin in a time machine right now.

So it seems like the plot we will be talking about for the weeks to come is the threat of the launch of a "dirty bomb" on the city of Manhattan. For some reason, I have the feeling that this bomb will go off. Rumors of this being the last season and all lead me to believe that something out of the ordinary will happen. I wouldnt be surprised to see the terrorist prevail with this plot.

Cole and Jenny spent a full hour AWOL from CTU and at the swamp tending to the dead bodies. Meanwhile, back at the ranch aka CTU, they have been functioning as good as ever without them. Hastings seems to have found new confidence in standing up to the Cheif of Staff, Chloe was working the surveillance like a champ, and Arlow was using his smarts for disarming bombs instead of smart remark. Way to go CTU.

But Right now, we are left with CTU's only lead, Marcos, locked in a time machine where it seems as though he will attempt to manually detonate his bomb to kill himself before Jack and CTU can find a way in. And judging by "scenes" CTU will bring big bad Marcos's mommy in and lets see Marcos's true colors.

RATING

5 Stars!!!! Started off as intense as can be! Everyone was tellin everyone else how it is, and these people running about dealing with those people and vice-versa. The perfect mixture of plot changes without becoming overwhelming. Then that churning at the beginning smoothly played out through the rest of the episode with suspense, action, climax, and even a little romance. Missing anything? Nope. Perfect 5 outta 5!!

JACK STATS -- Kill Count

1:00am - 2:00am: 0 Kills! Who needs kills when you get an episode like that!?

Season 8: Jack remains at 9 on the season. One away for double digits!