24- 8:00am-10:00 am

8:00-9:00

Jack Bauer is back and kicking some ass.

We last left Jack saving some orphans' lives in Sangala, Africa in exchange for his return to the states. We first see him getting grilled by an asshole President (played by Foreman's dad who I kept expecting to call him a dumbass curtly). Jack's not gonna apologize for his actions. Jack Bauer will make you eat your own poop and wear a tutu if it means stopping the terrorists. And he will look fine doing it. Congressman dude gets all pissy when agents from the FBI crash in on the proceedings. Apparently they need a little Jack in their lives.

And they really, really do. Turns out the shit going down in Sangala is spreading to the United States. Some rogue bad-guy dudes have abducted a computer expert who worked on a huge firewall project for the government. They're basically holding him hostage so that he can make a module that will hack into the national mainframe allowing those in possession to manipulate everything from air traffic control to the power grid. It's kind of like the plot of the latest Die Hard but with less right wing overtones and more TONY ALMEIDA. You'll recall that Jack left Tony, thinking that he was dead, with the Chinese government. Oh, well he seems to be very much alive and very much in charge of this little operation.

Thus, we get the reason that the FBI, and specifically Renee Walker (a fiesty freckled red head who you know is about to fall for Jack real bad) want to talk to Jack so badly. Turns out intelligence has gathered a security camera pic of Tony breathing and stealing and luring Jack Bauer back into being Jack Bauer. Renee asks for his help offering no guarantees but promising a good word at his hearing. Jack's hearing none of it because he just cares about saving the world. Again. This man does not shit, eat or rest. He kicks ass and takes names, do not talk to him like he's a normal person.

While in the framework of the FBI story, we are introduced to some of the organization peeps. There's the head dude who has it bad for Renee and immediately hates Jack and there are two techies who hate each other. One is a Renee lackey aptly played by Gen-Xer Janeanne Garafolo, and the other is her annoying, dick head co-worker played by some man who looked like an over chiseled muppet. This show's character development is about as translucent as a Tara Reid red carpet dress but it does the trick, we hate him. Against Stick Up His Ass's wishes Renee enlists Jack, listens to his every suggestion and under his advisement agrees to travel to Washington, warrant less to question a former CTU informant.

Meanwhile in the White House, better-than-Hilary-Clinton-ever-could-be female President Allison Taylor watches as the violence in Sangala escalates. She decides that she has to do something about it and against the advice of her Chief of Staff. Her husband offers to help quell the press and we, as viewers, are let in on the secret that no one trusts his ability to help at all so soon after his son's apparent suicide.

Renee and Jack go to the informant's apartment and when he doesn't talk right away Renee gives Jack the okay to "do whatever it takes". Well, when you're Jack Bauer that means holding a ball point pen to the dude's eyeball and looking all crazy-face. Before they can get anything out of him, he's shot by a sharp-shooter. The phone rings and it's Tony warning Jack to stay away.

9:00-10:00

The bad guys are testing the module and the FAA is unable to get a hold of one of their planes. They finally obtain audio of the plane's communication and find out that whoever has hacked in is controlling the direction that the plane is going. Under their direction, two planes nearly crash on a runway and the terrorists' point is proven; if they wanted to, they could take a lot of lives.

The FBI calls a SWAT team to the building that the sniper was on, and a sweep of the building is done. Jack gets suspicious and questions whether there is a mole in the department given the speed with which they arrived there to kill the informant. His suspicions are confirmed when he notices the sniper escaping. See, he's wearing different shoes than the rest of the SWAT drones. That Jack Bauer, he's a smart one. Because he's super sexy and Ginger wants to sex him up, she agrees to follow the sniper without telling anyone where they're going. When Stick Up His Ass Boss calls she lies to him about where they are going. So, like any creepy dude would he orders the techies to track her down using the car's GPS coordinates. Creeeeeeeeeeeeepppppppppy. Jack and Renee follow the sniper to the docks where who do they find up Tony! After some bad ass Jack Bauer action, they capture Tony and wound them sniper, all as Creeper flys overhead in a helicopter. It's just like when your parents catch you making out with a boy when you're supposed to be studying except Jack tourtures people and Renee wears really nice pants suits.

The President orders a press conference announcing that the United States is meaning with Sangala Prime Minister Matobo and intends to protect the citizens from General Juma, even if that means military action. Informed about the near miss, the President calls an emergency meeting with Homeland Security. We then see the module being shown to the same Commander of Juma's army whose brother Jack killed. This could get hairy.

The First Man is on a mission to talk to his dead son's ex-girlfriend---that girl from Popular who wasn't in Skulls or fat or married to Mellisa Etheridge---because he believes that he was actually murdered and that she knows more than she's saying. His right hand Secret Service agent makes a call to the Chief of Staff without his knowing and tells him that he thinks the First Man is not in the right state of mind.