24

Another high octane episode of 24 hit the airwaves and cable boxes tonight and boy was it a doozy! Jack and CTU crew are working to rescue Kayla Hassan, daughter of the Kamistan President who has been taken prisoner by her one-time lover and head of President Hassan's security, Tarin Faroush. After Kayla is shown to be tied up and demands are made by the Kamistan terrorists it appears Tarin has a change of heart and helps Kayla escape, even getting shot in the process so Tarin can drive away and get to CTU. That's when things go real south, real quick.

As Kayla is being directed to CTU, surveillance shows an alive and well Tarin getting in the car with the other terrorists and it dawns on Jack what has happened. Kayla's car has a bomb and it's headed straight for CTU! Not just any bomb but a EMP device that will shut down all electronics in the building, erasing every hard drive and scrambling every system. A perfect opportunity for someone to diffuse the bomb with just one second left on the timer, right? Wrong! That bad boy goes off and CTU is down! Making Jack and co. 0 fer 2 in the diffusing bombs category this season.

The worse tragedy of all this? Not that security for all of Manhattan is down and now the terrorists can smuggle a dirty bomb onto the island. No, the worst part is this blast will make it more difficult for Dana (Katee Sackhoff) to get busted for allowing her ex-boyfriend to kill a cop. Once Marshall Prady (played brilliantly by Stephen Root, reminds me of Columbo) showed up, I thought for sure that little subplot would quickly be thrown in the trash where it belongs but it doesn't appear that will be the case. Oh well, maybe next week.