Day 8: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Characters Introduced:

• Gary Klausner (Thomas Ryan): Meredith Reed’s editor who looks like a classic television version of the newspaper editor.

Returning Characters:

None

Key Moments:

• Cole is led in handcuffs to Dana’s body. The cops toss around the word “execution”. Afterwards, Cole is sent back to CTU.
• Jack is watching Dana’s evidence. It is a conversation Dana had with Tokarev where they discuss the events that happened today before they ever happened. Jack calls Ricker looking for an id on Tokarev. He also tells him to be prepared because the world is looking for Jack right now.
• Pillar addresses the CTU troops but blows off Chloe’s questions about what happened at the bank.
• Jack arrives at Ricker’s place but Ricker won’t give him Tokarev until Jack explains what is going on. Jack sums it up by saying the Russians took Renee away from him so he is going to make them pay. That satisfies Ricker and he gives him Tokarev. He doesn’t have a location but Jack has an idea.
• Do you remember Meredith Reed? Me neither. She is talking to her editor, Gary, when Jack’s call comes in. Jack tells her that the Russians were involved in Hassan’s murder. He then tells her to meet him at a department store and he will give her the evidence. She agrees.
• Cole is delivered to the white room and a waiting Pillar. This was a fun scene with Pillar pushing Cole for Jack’s location but Cole pushing back that Pillar is a part of the cover-up. Eden calls Pillar to tell him that Arlo intercepted Jack’s call to Meredith. Pillar walks up to Arlo and tells him to stop what he is doing and give the file to Eden. Chloe and Arlo exchange the CTU stare.
• Logan and Novakovich are listening to Jack’s call to Meredith. Logan and Pillar talk next steps. Pillar is keeping NYPD away from the meeting point so Tokarev can do what needs to be done. Logan asks Novakovich for Tokarev’s number so he can get updates on the ambush.
• Chloe asks Arlo about what just happened. After Arlo explains what happened, Chloe tells him that it confirms that there is a conspiracy going on. She wants to find Jack and asks Arlo for help. He agrees but whines about new security restrictions. Chloe grabs something out of a drawer and they create a shadow network inside CTU … what the fucking fuck? It can’t be that easy. Chloe leaves the room to go talk to Cole. Arlo masks the feed and Chloe enters Cole’s cell. Cole is pissed at Jack. Chloe has enough of his shit and just turns around to leave so Cole relents and tells her that someone is supplying Jack. She calls Arlo and tells him to look for Jack’s contacts in NYC.
• Logan calls Tokarev for an update. He even gives him the go ahead to kill Meredith. Logan is in full super villain mode by now.
• Logan interrupts Taylor and Dalia’s treaty talks to give her the update on the Jack Bauer ambush. He then pushes for her to announce his presence and help to the public.
• The Russians spot Meredith when she enters the department store. Pillar and Eden are watching the security feeds. Jack approaches Meredith but stays hidden from view. Eden spots Jack for a second but then he disappears again. When Tokarev finally spots Jack and readies his shot, Ricker appears and puts his gun to Tokarev’s head. He gives Jack the okay. Jack grabs Meredith and starts to move her as the Russians converge. Jack annihilates all 4 of the Russians hitters with ease. He takes Merdith into the back and meets up with Ricker and Tokarev.
• Logan is excited when his phone rings but Pillar tell shim that Jack took out the Russians and has Tokarev. Pillar recommends distancing himself from Taylor and let her take the hit. Logan is too close to being back in the game and wants Pillar to handle Bauer. After the calls, Pillar tells Eden that he is heading to the scene to clean up the Russian involvement.
• Arlo shows Chloes the security footage from Jack’s department store shootout. They get to work on indentifying Ricker.
• Jack and friends move into another abandoned building. Jack opens up Tokarev’s bag to see the sniper rifle that killed Renee. Ricker is having Tokarev empty his pockets, while Meredith berates Jack for using her. Jack hands her the evidence and Ricker takes her out of the room. She begs Jack not to do what he has planned for Tokarev. Yeah that’s not going to stop him. Jack explains to Tokarev that a rifle just like this killed his friend and Tokarev tells him to go to hell. Jack says, “you first.”
• Meredith watches Dana’s evidence.
• Jack tells Tokarev that he could have killed Renee instantly but he made her suffer and die slowly. Jack stabs him with pliers! This makes Tokarev admit to being the shooter and Jack just beats him for a full minute. Ricker holds Meredith back from stopping Jack.
• Pillar arrives at the department store and gives the cops Jack’s picture and tells them to shoot on sight.
• Jack uses smelling salts on Tokarev. Jack has moved on to who ordered the hit on Renee. He is just carving into Tokarev’s stomach with a knife. When Tokarev spits at him, Jack sprays lighter fluid into the open cuts. Still not getting what he wants, Jack grabs a blowtorch. He asks why Tokarev couldn’t have just left them alone then begins cooking him a Russian. When this doesn’t work, Jack even says to himself that this isn’t working. At that moment, he spots Tokarev’ cell phone. The SIM card is missing and Jack goes exploring. He realizes that Tokarev swallowed it and Jack’s response is, “you dumb bastard you swallowed it.” Jack whips out his knife and says that this is for his friend and begins gutting Tokarev. He finds the hidden treasure among Tokarev’s innards. Jack puts the SIM card in the phone and call the first number and hears a message saying that it is the number for Charles Logan. Jack is nonplussed.

Ridiculousness:

• How does Meredith have any idea about what Jack is going to do to Tokarev? I’m not saying she shouldn’t be angry with Jack, but there is no reason for her to suspect just how sadistic Jack is going to be to Tokarev.
• If a SIM card is swallowed and digested, is it really still gonna be usable?

Running Totals:

Jack’s body count: 5 (255)

• Jack absolutely tears through the entire Russian black ops team.
• Tokarev went out in a bad way.

Torture doesn’t mean you can’t be creative: 1 (54)

• After all these seasons, Jack Bauer finally got down to some torture porn.