If you haven't heard yet, this will be the final season of 24. There have been a decline in ratings, and it can be attributed to the quality of the show. The viewers have seen everything already, and the writers don't have something new. "5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m." was a great example of this, and sadly, this season doesn't seem to be going anywhere good.
The episode begins with Taylor and other important people around a table arguing over whether to bomb the IRK. What? They will do a retaliatory strike against another country while their president is in the U.S.? That would only serve to further destabilize the IRK and delegitimize Hassan in his own country. A military dictator will fill the void and there will be bigger terrorist problems. Rob Weiss and General Brucker keep pushing, but Ethan Kanin doesn't budge.
It turns into a full-blown government conspiracy when Weiss and Brucker don't help Ethan after a heat attack. They send in their attack dogs to capture Hassan and it turns into a long shootout. Amercian soldiers killing Secret Service? Really? Jack captures a soldier alive and learns what's happening. Either Jack turns Hassan over or New York will be irradiated in 20 minutes. Tick, tick tick...
Score: 8.5/10
