Jack and Walker ride on a bicycle built for two... I mean, in the helicopter. Jack tries to comfort Walker and talks about losing partners and why he works alone (because Chase's hand will never be the same... hee. That scene still simultaneously squicks me out and makes me giggle.) He tells her not to pretend like she's not feeling anything. Sound familiar? "That's how you make a mistake," Jack says. Wow. That bioagent is strong stuff. "Don't tell me what to feel and don't tell me how to feel," Walker fires back.
Tony sees Walker land and shoots a predatory stare towards the chopper, but is taken aback when Jack emerges as well. That throws a wrench into things. But oh, man. If there's one thing I like, it's Tony v. Jack. Eeeexcellent. Tony approaches Jack and assures him he's okay after shooting hims-- I mean, getting ambushed. Jack warns Walker she doesn't have to do this, but she insists on seeing Moss' corpse. Moss looks like shit because, well, he's dead. Walker gets teary and walks over to the car, her back to his body. Jack looks at Moss' bullet wounds, then at Walker, and orders Moss' body covered up. Tony apologizes about Larry and spews the "ambush" bullshit some more. He tries to console Walker by saying that he's pretty sure Moss saved his life, but I'm not sure it's helping. The medic says Tony was hit by a 9mm, but Jack points out that Moss was killed with a .45. Unless the shooter was switching from weapon to weapon, Galvez must have had help. Walker runs off to alert the team and Jack asks Tony if he's okay. Tony shakily LIES that he is.
On her way out of town, Spawn calls her husband (Stephen) and he asks what happened. She tearfully reveals Jack's dying and LIES that there's nothing the doctors can do. Stephen asks her why she isn't staying in Washington. Spawn says it will only make things worse. And you know what the worst thing is? She didn't tell Jack about her adorable little baby (who just happens to be named Teri) because she didn't want to burden him. UHHHHH. Holy crap. Little Bauer!! ZOMG.
Back at the tactical team site, Jack's looking really really bad. Tony's watching carefully. Jack's having some sort of abdominal pain, so he walks off to give himself an injection in a manly fashion. Tony follows, insisting he go back to FBI to get medical treatment. Jack tells him there's no cure and Tony apologizes before asking Jack why he's in the field. Indeed, Tony. Get him out of there! He'll only cause you trouble. Jack says Walker just lost her partner and he thought he could help her -- he owes her that much.
Galvez kills an FBI agent and jacks his walkie-talkie. He reports to Walker, pretending he's agent he murdered, that he's got a visual on... himself. What a ruse! Galvez is breaking up though, because he's using a knife to screw up the signal on the walkie-talkie. He gives Walker the location of the building and says the suspect is alone. Walker orders the majority of her troops there and leaves with them. "Jack?" Walker asks expectantly. "I can't," Jack says. He looks terrible. Again. He tells her watch her back. Tony looks on eeeevilly. No! Not Red!
Fake!Patty and Jon Voight are led out of the White House. Jon Voight recognizes a tattoo on one of his military escort's arms, which means the guy must have served with Starkwood units abroad. When prompted, the soldier tells Jon Voight that the Starkwood men were brave under fire. Jon Voight says the guy just made his day. Oh, so the attempted assault on the White House wasn't enough? Jon Voight sits in the back of the escort van, contemplating. He finally pulls the red pill out of his pocket. He contemplates some more and then swallows the pill. Cue chest clutching. The escorts pull the van over as Jon Voight collapses on the floor, drooling and convulsing. The escort gets on the radio to inform the White House that they're rerouting to Arlington Hospital. Quickly! Jon Voight can't die! This show hasn't had such a good villain in a very long time!
The FBI team pulls up to the building where Galvez is "hiding." Walker radios Galvez and he tells her the suspect's on the second floor. The FBI will clear the building room by room because they don't know if there's another hostile inside. Walker relays the information to Jack as Tony watches. Jack gets a call from Agent Mizelli because there was a discrepancy in the debriefing. "Vincent Cardiff" can't be the source. Jack hangs up before Mizelli can explain, though, because he sees the monitor with all the radio transponder identification. Galvez's radio is way off the grid. The FBI team starts clearing out rooms in the building, but they happen to ignore the TWENTY BAJILLION beeping C4 charges all around them. Jack connects the dots and order Walker to get their men out. Too late, though. Galvez sets off the charges and BOOM!! NOOOO! WALKER WAS INSIDE!! SOB! Jack orders the FBI forces to maintain their positions on the perimeter. He orders MedEvac to the location right away, and he and Tony head off towards the explosion.
Galvez walks into the building amidst the chaos in his purloined FBI jacket as Tony and Jack arrive. Tony heads into the building. Agent Park tells Jack there were at least 3o people inside and there's no report on Walker. In a corner, Tony comes across Galvez, who gives him the bioweapon canister before smearing himself with the blood of a downed agent. Jack moves through bodies, looking for Walker, who's alive (YAY), and trying to do CPR on an agent. Jack gets her out of there and explains about how he knew it was a trap. Walker's suspicious that someone was on the inside. Tony helps Galvez limp outside, playing the wounded gazelle again. Agent Mizelli calls Jack back and says that Vincent Cardiff was just picked up by authorities as he was trying to flee to Canada. There were no signs that Cardiff had been interrogated, as Tony had claimed. DUN DUN DUN.
Tony gets Galvez to a paramedic and the ambulance takes off. Jack runs after Tony, insisting, "We need to talk." "Sure. What's going on?" Tony asks innocently. Jack pulls a gun in response and calls him out on the Cardiff blunder. Tony LIES that he cut a deal with Cardiff to make the FBI think he was dead and let him disappear. "Meaningless lie," Tony says. "You and I have been doing this long enough to know that there's no such thing as a meaningless lie," Jack replies as the gun starts to shake in his hand. Tony insists the intelligence was good and Jack just isn't thinking straight. Jack thinks Tony was the second man. Tony calls Jack "insane and paranoid." Jack's shaking starts to get worse and Tony says that the toxin is impairing his judgment. Jack falls to the ground and starts convulsing. Tony pulls the gun out of his hand and then shows Jack the injection case that he must have lifted from Jack earlier while they were talking. "This what you're looking for?" Tony calmly asks, "I never wanted to hurt you, Jack. I told you to stay out of it, but you wouldn't listen, would you?" Two paramedics walk by and Tony directs them to help Jack because he's having a seizure. Jack just wouldn't listen to him. The medics walk by and Tony gets them to help Jack. Tony gives Jack a final, cold stare as Jack gurgles and shakes before walking off into the night.
Meanwhile, the paramedic in the ambulance begins to realize there's nothing wrong with the bloody Galvez. Oops? Galvez pops up and stabs the paramedic before rushing to the front of the vehicle. He holds a gun to the driver's head and tells him to drive.
He looks at him and walks away as Backpack Guy stabs the paramedic in the ambulance that's taking him away. He holds a gun to the driver's head and tells him to drive... dun-dee-dun-dee-DUN.
Next week on 24: Tony encourages another terrorist attack while strutting around sans-shirt! More explosions and shooting! Jon Voight liiiiiives! And Jack gets to interrogate him!! EEEEE!
Spawn is married? Let me guess- to an NHL player? ;)
Great recap, Julia!
Spawn is married? Let me guess- to an NHL player? ;)
Great recap, Julia!