Day 7: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Characters Introduced:

• Greg Seaton (Rory Cochrane): Jonas’ right hand man. This is a weird performance because he never seems to be comfortable with what Hodges’ is doing but helps him to the bitter end. And we are talking treason charges at the bitter end.
• Mitchell Hayworth (Cameron Daddo): 24 has a really poor view on Vice Presidents. They are either scheming or pussies. Hayworth is a pussy.

Returning Characters:

• Jonas Hodges (24: Redemption)

Key Moments:

• Juma’s team is out of the water and gearing up.
• Ethan updates Olivia and Pierce that there will be an imminent attack. She dislikes Ethan for some reason.
• Larry calls Taylor to tell her that Juma is in DC and leading the attack.
• Renee runs through some bushes and finds a park ranger. He tells him to call in the White House as the target. But before this can happen, Laurent kills the ranger. Renee continues to run.
• Bill updates Jack on what they know but tells him that the Attorney General is moving fast with Jack. Jack berates him and tells him to interrogate Burnett to get the information. Bill tells him that he can’t because he isn’t Jack.
• Juma’s men are welding through bars in the sewers. Juma has a man on the inside of the White House. He kills another worker and clears a wall for Juma. Juma and his team blow through the wall and enter the White House. They start moving through the halls killing Secret Service along the way to Taylor.
• Larry finds the dead ranger that Renee spoke to.
• Laurent catches up to Renee so she tells him that Juma had his father killed. He doesn’t believe her so she attacks him with a shovel. Laurent regains the upper hand, but Larry arrives and shoots him.
• Larry calls Bill with the information that the target is the White House. Bill calls the code through the White House. Jack gives Bill his word so he is freed and armed. Taylor is grabbed by Secret Service, while Pierce grabs Olivia. Jack is apart of the team taking Taylor to the safe room. Bill removes Taylor’s tracking device and starts running in the opposite direction. Juma’s team is tracking the device and goes after Bill. They catch up to Bill and realize Taylor took off her tracker; Juma doesn’t have him killed because he needs hostages.
• Another team of Secret Service agents enter the White House and engage one of Juma’s teams.
• Pierce calls Jack and tells him that he won’t be able to get Olivia to the safe room. Jack gets Taylor inside the safe room at the same time Juma’s team attacks. The other agents are killed and Jack locks himself and Taylor in the safe room. Jack loses communication with Pierce. Juma shoots the door to prove that it is armored.
• The Juma squad engaging the Secret Service agents is being overrun, so Juma calls the lead agent and tells him that he is holding the President. The Secret Service has to back off to preserve Taylor’s life. Juma tells his men to bring all the hostages and lock the exits down.
• Pierce and Olivia are hiding in a vent. They hear that the Secret Service have pulled back and Pierce recognizes Juma’s bluff.
• One of Juma’s men starts working on the safe room lock. He says Hodges gave them the specs and he should be able to crack it in 15 minutes.
• Larry arrives at the White House and the lead Secret Service agent tells him that only the Vice President can authorize a strike on the White House when the President is in danger.
• Taylor watches on camera as all the hostages are brought together. Jack tells her that Juma came here ready to die. Jack spots the guy working on the lock and shorts the lock to prevent him from getting in. Juma’s man tells him about the setback and also tells him that explosives wouldn’t even work. Juma calls Hodges with his problem. Seaton picks up the call and Bill watches Juma calling someone for help. Juma threatens whatever deal he has with Hodges, so Hodges tells him that Olivia is in the White House. Juma tells him that his shipment will arrive as planned. Juma sends his men after the President’s daughter. Mayer is a hostage next to Bill and he starts whining but Bill just ignores him.
• Olivia refuses to hide so she joins Pierces as he tries to send a message out of the White House.
• Larry talks with Hayworth and tells him he believes Taylor is in the safe room and wants to assault Juma. Hayworth wants 100% confirmation that Taylor is safe before agreeing.
• Pierce is shot by one of Juma’s men. He kills him but tells Olivia that they will be coming soon. He tells her how to get the message out. She gets into the room and starts flashing light out of the window but is caught before finishing the message.
• Juma is told about the camera that Taylor can see in the safe room. He places a chair in front of it and plops Olivia into it. He starts threatening her with a knife. Taylor demands that Jack opens the door. Juma makes one last threat but stops when the doors start opening. Jack walks out with his hands above his head. Taylor tells Juma to let everyone else go. Juma smacks her and says she will be delivering one last statement.

Ridiculousness:

Another all main plot hour

Running Totals:

Human beings still eat?: 1 (8)

• Hodges was enjoying his dinner when Juma calls for help.