Day 5: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Characters Introduced:

• Barry Landes (C. Thomas Howell): First we had a Russian sex slave, now we have Kim’s therapist/lover. I just threw up in my mouth.
• Hal Gardner (Ray Wise): You cast Ray Wise when you want the audience not to trust a character. This is all a lead up to make us trust Charles Logan until the big reveal.

Returning Characters:

• Kim Bauer (Last episode of season 3)

Key Moments:

• Ostroff has changed into a spiffy suit and heads to his new job at CTU. He tells Bierko that he just needs to alter Lynn’s access on the keycard.
• Kim is back at CTU … I just blacked out for a minute there. Audrey calls Jack to tell him that she has arrived. She convinces Jack that it would be better if Kim heard the truth from her instead of seeing Jack reappear from the dead. Henderson hears Jack’s side of the conversation. He comments on Jack’s shitty relationship with his daughter and tells him that Chase left her after Jack “died”. Good for you Chase.
• Audrey meets with Kim but can’t get ride of the douchebag that is with her. She tells her that Jack is alive. Kim has no response.
• Vice President Gardner shows up at the retreat. He is pushing for a harder stance over the Russian threats. He wants Logan to preemptively declare marshal law. Logan listens over Mike’s objections.
• Jack and Henderson arrive at CTU. Henderson tells him that he doesn’t want to know what he knows. Jack is not easily swayed by threats.
• Hopefully using a different entrance, Ostroff enters CTU using Lynn’s keycard.
• Jack and Audrey talk before he speaks with Kim. She doesn't know anything about the douchebag. Jack and Kim meet. Barry talks shit so Jack just says “Kim” and she sends Barry out before he catches a quick case of death. Kim gives him shit because Kim sucks. In fact this is the deepest point of my hatred for Kim Bauer. Jack tries to apologize but she doesn’t want him near her. Jack asks her to stay a bit longer.
• Ostroff enters one of the CTU tech rooms that has a convenient big ass ventilation fan.
• For some reason, when Tony asks who killed Michelle Bill tells him Henderson.
• Henderson is in the crucifix position getting ready for the CTU liquid pain. Jack and Audrey watch from the other room. Jack starts Henderson’s questioning. Henderson knows the game too well and even compliments Jack on his tactics but says he can’t tell him what he wants to know. The first needle enters Henderson.
• Mike interrupts Martha’s smoke break to tell her that Logan needs her help in dealing with Gardner.
• Ostroff is messing around on a computer and Edgar sends a minion to figure out what is going on. Ostroff sets the canister next to the fan.
• Ostroff kills the tech that Edgar sent to the tech room. He then sets the canister to a 15-minute timer.
• Kim brings her bitchiness to Chloe since Chloe knew Jack was alive. In another moment where I want to marry Chloe O’Brian, she tells Kim that 4 people knew Jack was alive. 2 are dead and Tony is fucked up. She is only alive because Jack saved her so fuck off Kim. Your father is a goddamned national treasure.
• Bill tells Lynn that her sister has been killed. When Bill says the boyfriend is dead too and they were executed, Lynn owns up to his missing keycard. Bill calls Chloe to check Lynn’s access and finding Ostroff’s entrance locks down CTU.
• Henderson refuses to talk and the continued torture could kill him. He is sent to the clinic to stabilize. Bill calls Jack to tell him about the lockdown.
• Edgar finds Ostroff and Jack runs off to catch him. Ostroff takes a hostage. Edgar heads off to find his missing tech. Ostroff kills the hostage when he can’t get access to an exit. Jack finds the dead guard and sends misinformation through comm. so Ostroff hears it and exposes himself. Jack catches him at the door. Ostroff reaches for his second gun and Jack takes him out. Jack finds the timer and a schematic of CTU. Bill orders an evacuation. Edgar finds the dead tech. The nerve gas is released into the ventilation system. Chloe locks down 3 rooms, Bill’s office, the briefing room, and the clinic. Bill heads to his office, Jack sends Henderson to the clinic, and everyone else heads into the briefing room. There are bodies dropping everywhere! And Edgar comes running into the area just so Chloe can watch him die. Silent clock.

Ridiculousness:

• Of course, Kim gets listed but Kim and her therapist were a new kind of awful.

Running Totals:

Torture doesn’t mean you can’t be creative: 1 (31)

• The liquid torture of Henderson is much more dramatic than in past seasons.

Jack’s body count: 1 (116)

• Ostroff misjudged Jack Bauer.