24: Season 7
Episode 7.24: 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Airs: May 18, 2009
Recap

Thanks to David G. for his recap:

After escaping from Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, Jack found a branch of a major Taxi Cab company.  He was seconds away from stealing one of the cabs, but Tony intervened shooting at Jack.  One of the bullets pierced a tank in the cab, leaving it leaking gasoline.  So at that moment, he thought the best thing to do was to blow himself up in an attempt to take Tony with him.  Tony, however, was quick, and stopped Jack from committing suicide.

At the White House, Ethan decided to show up again, revealing that he knew what Olivia did, as did Aaron. She offered to resign if he wouldn’t make it public, but he was determined to let President Taylor know the truth about her daughter.

While Tony was holding Jack, he flip flopped once more, and told Jack it was all a play.  He had no intention of using Jack to get the pathogen.  He said a man named Alan Wilson was behind basically every attack on 24.  He said everything he worked on that day was to meet him face to face, to kill him.  So in a way, he thinks it is a means to an end.  Then he told Jack he wouldn’t kill Alan, Jack would have to pull the trigger, so to speak.  Tony strapped a bomb to Jack’s chest.

Alan then arrived with his posse. After his men searched Tony and his girlfriend for weapons, he exited his limo.  They then brought Jack to Alan.  Just about when Tony was going to blow Jack up, Renee showed up in a helicopter, thanks to Bob’s laptop and a shootout pursued.  Renee found Jack, and disarmed the bomb.

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24: Season 7
Episode 7.23: 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM
Airs: May 18, 2009
Recap

Thanks to David G. for his recap:

Last week, 24 was brought back to the good old days of season 1.  Thanks to Kim’s terrible luck, she was kidnapped again. Rather she had some very bad people keeping an eye on her.  This fact lured Jack into doing whatever they want.

This episode started off with a debriefing.  Olivia Taylor was being questioned about Hodges death.  It was only a formality, they had to question everyone who knew about his whereabouts. Meanwhile her mother, President Taylor was busy in a meeting.  She was laying down her concerns about everyone else who was involved in the creation of the bio-weapon. They needed to question Tony more to find out who all was in that group.

At the airport, Kim noticed a scratch on Bob’s neck from his fight earlier.  His “wife” covered for him, saying it was from the cab’s door.  Apparently it hit him on the way out.

While in the transport vehicle with Tony, Jack commandeered the vehicle, threatening to kill a fellow officer.  Probably not the best move in the world, but it keeps my interest.  After he took control of the vehicle, he explained that they had his daughter. When they got to the meeting spot, Tony grabbed Jack.  Tony’s “girlfriend” told him to kill Jack, but Tony explain Jack had the pathogen in his system, that they should try to extract it from him.

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24: Season 7
Episode 7.21: 4:00 AM - 5:00 AM
Aired: May 4, 2009
Recap

Thanks to David G. for his recap:

“This recap is written in real time.”

At 4:00, Tony was still setting up his plan to set up Jibraan Al-Zarian to look like a terrorist.  His home was even being re-decorated to look like an official terrorist video.  Tony handed him a paper to read, and if he didn’t do everything they asked, they promised to kill his brother.

At FBI Headquarters, Jack told Chloe to start looking up several Muslim’s of high authority, or any recent immigrants from that country. Janis, spoke out to him, saying it was racial profiling.  Jack agreed, but since this is “24”, it means they are always running out of time, and this was their best option.  Chloe noticed Jack showing symptoms again, that is when Janis explained to her that Jack was sick.  When confronted, Jack told Chloe that he would be dying soon, and there was no cure.  Needless to say, Chloe’s classic pouty face got more pouty as she shed a tear for her beloved boss.

Back at his apartment, Al-Zarian was reading his script aloud to the camera.  Outside, police officers showed up, walking up to his front door.  Tony got him to explain to the officers that everything was alright.  Even though he was nervous and sweating profusely, the cops thanked him and moved on. After they left, he went back to reading the script. After a few minutes of Googling Muslims at FBI Headquarters, Chloe found a number of sketchy bank statements pointing to Al-Zarian as the terrorist.  So Jack and Renee went after the man immediately.

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