My Thoughts on 24 and its upcoming Episode 07

My speculations on my last entry on how agent Walker survived seems to be correct. Bill and Chloe saves agent Walker and Bill explained everything about Jack and Tony's cover and was told not to contact to the FBI for the reason it has a mole in the department. Meanwhile, Emerson noticed that there is something bothering Jack and he asked about it. Jack asked Emerson on how they recruited Tony. It was explained by Emerson but however he sense that there is something wrong with Jack and Tony. Upon preparing the prime minister and his wife to be exchange with diamonds to Dubaku, Emerson forces Tony to tell on what is going on having Jack as a hostage, which Tony was forced to shoot Emerson. Jack called Bill, to meet up in the exchange area. When Bill arrived, Jack checkouts agent Walker while Tony is with Emerson who is dying. Agent Walker still can't believed that she's been working so many years in the FBI and knows she knows that it is possible that it can be compromised.

Dubaku ordered Nichols to kill Emerson and his crew including Tony during the exchange. Jack explained to the Prime Minister and its wife about the planned and their cover. While Tony was attending the wounded Emerson he asked forgiveness and explained it was not all about the diamonds its about he's not willing to cross the borderline to kill innocent Americans with the CIP device. Dubako uses the CIP device to make the 2 planes collide ask a price to let the US president shows that he's for real and willing to kill innocent American lives if the president wouldn't withdraw their forces in Sangala.

Back to the exchange area, Chloe prepares to put a transmitter to the Prime Minister, Tony clearing out the bodies while Jack and Bill is preparing a plan for the exchange. As for the storyline of the 1st gentlemen that is temporarily paralyze, his most trusted secret agent kill Samantha Roth and prepares to hang him to looks like a suicide. However, the 1st gentlemen was able to move his risk and fingers but in some parts of his body is still in paralysis. He managed to choke his trusted secret agent, as the secret agent tries to fight back they fell unto the ground. It is clear that 1st gentlemen survived that fall.

As for the exchange of the prime minister to Dubaku, it was awesome played by the characters. During the double cross moment, Jack managed to shoot one of Nichols bodyguard with his sniper rifle and Tony managed to shoot 2 bodyguards, but leaving one alive. Jack shoots a warning shot to Nichols and Tony gets the gun of Nichols and tell him to put things behind and get what they want. With Nichols transporting the prime minister to Dubaku, chloe monitors their movement.

My expectation and speculation for the next episode:

1. It is clear that the 1st gentlemen will be able to recover its temporary paralysis. As soon as he walks out, the other agent sees him and it starts tailing him or even kill him to finish off the job 
2. Dubaku setting the next attack on Ohio, I guess this will not push through cause the president finally gives in to withdraw the forces. It is also possible when Nichols finally arrived in their hideout while Jack and Tony are following, they will managed to get the CIP device. The other possibility is Chloe hacks in and change the flight plans 
3. I think agent Walker will be stubborn and will find a way to contact to the FBI, if this happens it adds more thrill cause Nichols will be informed that Jack and Tony are on a cover

Favorite line: When agent walker told Jack "The 4 of you do you think you can stop it?" Jack simple replied "we have to as simple as that".

Tony said to Nichols that Emerson is dead, but there was no clear proof that he was dead. For sure, they could easily bring back Emerson character later or next season if they want too. But for now, we think his dead. Episode 6 is great, it leaves many variables in the end compared to last episode that's quite predictable. At this stage we still don't have clear ideas on the moles in the FBI and white-house. For me, my speculation in my last entry is still the same.

Till then...

My Thoughts on 24 and its upcoming Episode 06

After faking the shot of agent Walker and was buried with sand, there are no clear clues given in the show on how she will survived. These are my thoughts on how she will get through:

1. Agent walker will just get up by her own - I think its impossible unless she also fakes that she can't moved 
2. Jack put a tracking device on her during she was checking agent walker if she was clean before she was put in the cage and the FBI agents will come to the rescue 
3. FBI agents were able to find the location of agent walker basing on the intercepted call that was found by the NSA 
4. Jack / Tony will call later to Bill/FBI directly to informed the whereabouts of Agent walker

It remains a mystery to agent Walker for sure why Jack wants her to survived. I guess David Emerson still doubts Jack that's why he authorized to execute agent Walker. By the looks of it, Emerson at this stage is being careful with Jack and Tony was right not to underestimate him.

As for First Gentlemen Henry Taylor, we don't have idea if he will survived or not neither with Samantha Roth. We see on the previous season on 24 how the characters get killed quickly. My guess that either one will survived, if they are both dead then the president will never know that his son was murdered not suicide. At this stage, I think one will survived to keep the thrill on telling the president the truth about his son's death.

For awhile we know that there is something between Agent Moss and Walker. All we know from Agent Janis point of view that Agent Moss has feelings for Walker.

So who's the mole in FBI? My speculation are the following:

1. Agent Moss - Cause his the director in-charge and the terrorists are well-informed on the operations in FBI, that's one reason why Alan Tanner escape in the building 
2. Agent Hillinger - He have some weird behavior on Episode 3/4, but we found out later that he was helping her wife to give a priority landing on the plane. But this could this just be a deception to Agent Janis. When her wife called up to meet up, he says she was busy with work and we later found out she was flirting with the blond chick (Agent Erica). Also he was talking with Janis with regards to the illegal torturing/interrogation conducted by Agent Walker to Tanner, this means it gives him an idea what agent Walker knows about the terrorist operation 
3. For now these two characters are the mole in the FBI that I can think of as of now. Is it impossible that is Agent Moss but I think she doesn't want Agent Walker to get involved but he's feeding the information to the terrorist

So who's the mole in the Whitehouse? I think that is the president's adviser. Although its not clear now, but as what Bill says in Episode 3, the government is corrupt that's why they are working outside the government.

In Episode 3, David Emerson gives the gun to Tony to kill Jack. When I was watching, I thought Tony will shoot Jack with empty bullets that was placed by Emerson. This was a pattern on the previous seasons specifically Jack was ordered to shoot Chase. But in the current season, we see Jack manages to save himself for the cover.

It seems Agent Walker learns from Jack on how to illegally interrogate Tanner. I think she ran out of options and want to catch Tony and Jack, that is why she was forced to used illegal interrogation tactics. Or she is really capable of doing it but can't do it before because she is FBI and needs to follow the federal law.

With the disbanded CTU, we can see that the whitehouse is dependent with the FBI. As of now, it seems the president doesn't know the profiles of Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida or shall we say she didn't ask more details on the terrorists involved, unlike in the previous season a detailed dialogues were made about the profile on the terrorists.

Coolest things that I'd like in first five episodes are:

1. Jack interrogating Tony - Tony getting out the borderline and start to talk about her wife Teri that make Jack piss off 
2. Escape in the parking lot of Jack and Tony 
3. Jack intellectual capability and experienced when identifying Tanner was not one of the FBI 
4. Chloe vs Janis Gold - when Janis is blocking Chloe in the system and Janis admitted that the hacker is really good 
5. Jack fake shot to Agent Walker

In my conclusion, so far 24 season 7 is looking good and exciting. Till then...

On the 24th

After 3 months of working out, I managed to win the bet with my buddy on who among us looses more weight. Again, the bet is on once again and we will be seeing each other on the 24th of this month to check out things on who progresses more.

For this year, I planned to continue my psychical activities in preparation for summer. The 3rd month (which was December) was the most difficult to control due to many dinner parties and drinking session. At least holiday seasons are over and no more food temptation.