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

Characters Introduced:

• Mike Doyle (Rick Schroder): Who would have thought that Silver Spoons wouldn’t be the most ridiculous casting choice for a CTU field agent. The only thing you are supposed to know about him is that he is a dick.

Returning Characters:

• Aaron Pierce (last episode of season 5)
• Martha Logan (last episode of season 5)
• Anya Suvarov (5pm – 6pm episode of season 5)

Key Moments:

• For some reason, Logan has been brought in to CTU. He is put into a holding cell.
• Bill introduces Mike Doyle to CTU. They talk about a plan to assault the Russian consulate and grab Markov. Jack is a secondary objective.
• Jack is beaten and tossed down a set of stairs. When the man calls Markov for the okay to kill Jack, Jack steals the earlier dead guard’s belt. He uses it to yank the gun out of the guard’s hands. Then he crawls to the gun and kills him with his own gun. Markov watches this on camera and sets off the alarm. Jack is great at hide and seek. Markov shuts down communications when Jack was in mid-conversation with Morris. Jack responds by cutting power to the entire building. Bill tells Doyle that Jack needs to be recovered.
• Bill tells Logan that his briefing will have to wait because of Jack’s situation. Logan begs to help. He says Martha has a close relationship with Suvarov’s wife.
• Doyle treats all the techs like shit so Milo steps up to tell him to back off.
• Lennox tells Daniels that he will cover for him but wants Reed and Carson punished. Daniels then wants Lennox to lie to the Ambassador about Assad’s actions. Lennox makes Daniels explain why and crazy Daniels wants the Ambassador to know that America is going to blame their country and bomb the shit out of them.
• Fayed meets with Gredenko in the middle of the desert and they start transplanting the nukes to the drones.
• Bill updates Daniels on Logan’s plan and their assault plan.
• Civilian Pierce is bringing some groceries into some bungalow. Martha is waiting for him inside and they seem all lovey dovey. Logan calls and Pierce picks up. They argue and Martha wants nothing to do with him. Logan mentions the Suvarovs and Martha picks up the phone. I thought I was done with her bullshit. Logan explains what he needs from her but she just tosses the phone down. Logan asks Pierce to get her ready to meet him when he arrives.
• Jack is sneaking around the basement and finds 2 Russians getting frisky and takes them hostage. He tells the guy to go find him a SAT phone, while he holds the girl hostage.
• Logan lands and Pierce greets him but does not shake his hand. Martha hides in the bedroom, so Logan explains the situation to Pierce. Martha walks out in mid-speech and Logan tells her what is going on.
• Daniels and Lennox meet with the Ambassador of the unnamed country. Daniels threatens the hell out of him. USA USA USA!
• Anya Suvarov is making a speech, so everyone is waiting around. So to break the tension, Martha stabs Charles in the shoulder.
• Bill asks Pierce if Martha can still make the call. She takes the call from Anya and gets straight to the point.
• Doyle and his team are ready outside of the consulate.
• Suvarov is on the phone with Markov and tells him to surrender to the Americans. Markov hangs up on his President. Suvarov gives Bill the authorization to attack the consulate.
• Jack gets his SAT phone but before he can use it, Russians bursts through the door. Jack kills a couple but he is pinned down.
• Bill gives the okay to Doyle to begin the assault. They save Jack when he runs out of bullets. Markov calls Gredenko and tells him that the Americans are coming in. He fires on the CTU agents and they are forced to kill him. Doyle finds Jack and gets him in contact with Bill.
• Fayed tells Gredenko to launch the drone.
• Bill tells CTU to get satellite coverage of the desert.
• Logan crashes in the ambulance.

Ridiculousness:

• Milo immediately gets into an argument with Doyle. Milo was brought back on to 24 to just argue with everyone. That’s all he does during Day 6.
• This Daniels plotline is so aggravating. He is obsessed with bombing the shit out of the world. It doesn’t even make logical sense.
• They end the hour with Logan crashing and he will not be brought up again this season.

Running Totals:

Chloe drives a sane man crazy: 1 (15)

• When Logan complains about his treatment, Chloe says, “I’m ambivalent” and walks out of the room.

Jack’s body count: 3 (149)

• A Russian failed to kill Jack.
• Jack kills a couple more in the basement.