Day 5: 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM

Characters Introduced:

• Joseph Malina (Jose Zuniga): Another in a long line of “that guy”s that have appeared on 24. He is in only one scene but he is important to the plot.

Returning Characters:

Nope

Key Moments:

• Before the meeting with the Attorney General begins, Chloe realizes that the recording is gone. Jack uses his loud voice and she remembers that the prick, Miles, was just in the room. Jack does the determined walk towards the prick. He knocks out a redshirt and yokes Miles against a pillar. Jack proceeds to nearly choke him to death before Karem calls him off. She slaps the prick before he leaves for his new job with the President. Logan then calls Karen and tells her that Jack is no longer a suspect. Before they can figure out a new plan, Bill says that Bierko has escaped. The surviving agent says that he has a canister of nerve gas.
• Bierko rips off his bandage to reveal a sweet zipper scar down the side of his face.
• Pierce is locked in some office at the retreat. He has had the shit kicked out of him. Logan walks in all confident and tells him that the recording is gone and he will let him go if he drops it. Pierce tells him to fuck off and calls him Charles. Logan doesn’t say the words but the Secret Service agent knows when he has been ordered to kill a man. Logan updates Graem and says he is handling Jack Bauer. Mike pops up to tell him about Bierko’s escape.
• Chloe can’t find Bierko so Karen says Henderson is an option. Jack flips out but Bill talks him into it. Jack says he will bring the deal to Henderson. Henderson smells a deal when Jack walks in the room and tells Jack he doesn’t want immunity. He wants Jack to disappear him because that is the only way to keep him safe. Henderson knows Jack Bauer and all he asks for is Jack’s word.
• Henderson’s information leads them to an arms dealer named Joseph Malina. Henderson says he should go in alone because Malina’s technology is too awesome for CTU to hack. Karen sends Jack to babysit Henderson.
• Martha is out smoking again and spots a shady car driving around. She sees Pierce being put in the trunk of the car. Martha just walks towards the agent distracting him so Pierce can kick the gun out of his hand. The agent goes for his knife and Martha shoots him dead.
• Jack and crew arrive at Malina’s home. Henderson and Jack argue over tactics. Henderson is going in without a wire. Jack listens in from the roof. After passing all his security scans, Henderson tells Malina that CTU is outside and they are coming in. He tells him to download his files and wipe his system. Jack and Curtis move in on hearing this. Malina shoots Curtis (AGAIN!) but Jack takes him down. Henderson yells at Jack and tells him he was getting Malina to drop his firewall. Jack tells Chloe to access the files.
• Martha is cleaning the blood off Pierce’s face. They discuss what they can do about Charles and Pierce tells her to call Mike for help.
• Chloe finds files on a Russian submarine. Jack asks Henderson about the submarine’s armament and decides that Henderson is coming with him. They hop in a helicopter and Audrey gets Jack in contact with the sub captain. The sub goes on alert but it’s no use. Bierko kills the captain and drops the nerve canister into the sub. After the gas kills the crew, Bierko and his men drop into the sub and access the missiles.

Ridiculousness:

Nothing to make fun of

Running Totals:

Jack’s body count: 1 (133)

• I’m not sure if Jack killed Malina but they never question him so I’m gonna say he is dead.