After the whatever-you-call-it that is the sixth season, the current 24 season wins.  Personally, it felt like a return to what they've been doing in the early seasons, and then some, with all the emotional toll finally kicking in, after all that betrayal and all those deaths.  Oh, and the possibility of a dead Jack Bauer, too.  The two-hour season finale promised to wrap everything up with a bang and the usual "and then some", and for the first time in weeks, we're doing a recap of all that happened.  Because I finally got the go-signal, or something.  Ready?


Last week, the authorities barely averted a biological attack in Washington, D.C., and to top it all off, Jack gets Tony.  Kim flirts with trouble yet again, and Olivia gets cornered after Hodges was killed by a car bomb.

Olivia sits in some conference room with loads of monitors.  It's the Deputy Attorney General and a couple of folks from the Justice Department on the other end; it's an investigation into Hodges' murder.  She wonders why she needs protection; he answers that her questioning is all just a formality.

President Taylor looks for her daughter as she goes to her daily briefing, and Woods tells her that the leak came from the inside.  Meeting commences, and she briefs officials regarding the events of the past hours, including Hodges' revelation about the "big machine" whatever.  She says Tony got arrested, too.

Jack and Renee's traveling with a convoy, bringing Tony to somewhere for an investigation.  The woman on the other end of Jack's earpiece says there isn't much time to bust Tony out, as they're going to the interstate.  The two guys look at each other, communicating, or whatever.  They have four miles to work with.  Stop trying to be a hero, she says; she's got Kim on her screen.

Kim's still at the airport, with two supposedly friendly guys who are actually the bad guys, too.  She's a little worried that the flight would be delayed again.  Kim notices that the male operative's bleeding in the neck, and he leaves to get bandages, but you can sense they're all worried now.  What he actually does is call that woman on Jack's earpiece up--Cara's her name, right--and he's worried that the FBI agent he just killed will be discovered, and that Kim's getting suspicious.

The convoy is going to an exit, and Jack is contemplating, contemplating... and suddenly pulls a gun at Renee!  He demands the other agents in the van give up their weapons.  Renee's confused, thinking it's mind control.  Tony looks bored, and Jack shoots the other guy when she hesitates.  The van splits from the convoy, and nobody can reach Renee, after Jack kills her receiver.

Jack explains that they got her daughter.  Tony wants Jack to stop, and Renee calls him something.  They move to a tunnel, effectively losing visual.  They pull up to the side, and Renee is forced to uncuff Tony.  Jack still pleads to her to save Kim, believing they won't let her go even after the escape.  Tony asks Jack to cuff himself, and the two get out of the van.  Girl-in-earpiece is surprised, and Tony gets Jack inside their car.  Apparently he thinks they can still launch a biological attack--by harvesting the pathogen from Jack's organs!  Eeeek.

Ethan finally gets inside the White House, and Agent Pierce briefs him about everything he knows about Hodges' death, and his suspicions about Olivia's involvement.  Ethan won't believe him.  Pierce wants him to access a recording tool inside Olivia's office, to see if her conversations were recorded.  After budging a bit, Ethan finally gives in.  He can, after all, still access everything--she's barely settled into that position.  Olivia leaves the "thorough" questioning, and heads back into her office.  She sees Ethan inside her office, and he barely snakes through--she's too argumentative this time.  She then gives Pierce a grilling--and discovers the recording device inside her office, hidden behind a picture frame, which Ethan left open.  She panics, and asks security to detain Ethan.

Renee gets in touch with Janis, and explains why Jack was forced to escaped Tony.  She wants no police involvement until they know who's holding Kim.  Back at the airport, the plane finally gets going, but Kim gets called to the counter.  Renee's calling her, and explains everything.  A lot of explaining, eh?  She doesn't believe Tony's doing this.  She finally figures out that the people she's with are at it--and then the male operative comes up to her.  She had to drop the call.

Kim returns to her seat a little more nervous.  She knows the FBI's coming for her, but the operatives are on to it, too.  He pulls a gun and starts shooting at the agents.  Discriminately.  His companion grabs Kim, but she stabs her with a pen, before someone else shoots her dead.  Male op's still shooting, before trying to escape.  Kim calls Renee, but she's run out of batteries.  Bad timing.  She decides to pursue the male op by foot.


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