I have been looking forward to this all day today–the season finale of 24. Right now, I am watching Jack Bauer save the world again. Here goes my attempt at live-blogging some highlights of the finale.
“The following takes place between 5:00 AM and 6:00 AM.”
Jack has just uttered a classic line: “You need to make your way to the forward hatch and you need to do it now. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!“
The “Jack Sack” has guns in it! Mine is not nearly as cool as Jack’s, as it just tends to hold my laptop.
Another classic Bauer moment: Jack gave instructions to P.O. Rooney to slit the henchman’s throat, rather graphically too I might add. “Cut him deep, and cut him fast.” With Henderson’s death included, the Bauercount for tonight is up to 4 enemies! Nice going, Jack!
Jack’s heading out to take care of President Logan, and it looks like First (Boobs) Lady Martha Logan is finally going to take Mike Novick to talk to Secret Service Agent Pierce to fill him in on Logan’s treasonous actions. It also looks like the “Bluetooth Gang” is still pulling strings behind the scenes. Oh no, there might have been a possibly intimate moment with Agent Pierce and First Boobs!
Chloe has brought in her ex-husband, which is news to just about every 24 fan I know. I still have no idea how any man could find her attractice, especially given her annoying personality traits. Mike is letting Martha in on Jack’s approach to the Presidential Retreat, and Mike wants her to help stall President Logan. And that commercial break came up pretty quick at the 6:47 AM mark. Time to go check out the Fark.com forum thread on tonight’s 24 finale… As usual, it is quite entertaining!
Martha is playing the emotional strings with President Logan in an attempt to get him to delay his departure. Jack has met up with Agent Pierce, and both of them are just outside of the retreat’s grounds. Ewwwwww, old people kissing and possible nookie. Gross! Apparently, though, turning on the womanly charm has helped in stalling Logan.
Yeah, Jack and Aaron working together. Awesome! What I have waited for all season! Another classic Bauer line: “As far as I have to.” Why does Fox 45 make use of the ticking clock thing for their news on Monday nights? It is so contrived, and I wish they would just stop doing that.
“The following takes place between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM.“
Ahhhh, graphic violence for hour 2. Maybe that includes the potential for presidential sex, too. At least the gross part appears to be done. Apparently, Novick and the presidential staff use ink-jet printers. Heh.
Jack has incapacitated the second pilot and is taking his place. Aaron is holding down the Secret Service out-building (whatever the hell that is). Now playing the part of Pilot Ron Franklin is Jack Bauer. Heh. Martha has convinced Logan to head off without her, so I presume Mike thinks that Jack will be adding to the Bauercount for the finale.
Nice, Jack just tasered his Secret Service detail, and he just tossed Logan a set of cuffs. The copter is heading to an industrial park, and Logan is trying to talk himself out of the “Wrath of Bauer.” Jack just gave Logan the silent treatment, and with the copter on the ground he tasered the pilot. Logan is still trying to talk his way out of it, and Jack is having none of it. Now, he has 10 minutes to get a confession or everyone is guilty of treason.
Bauer is now trying to get a confession out of President Logan. Jack just told Logan he has nothing to lose, and “Right here, right now, you are going to face justice!” Logan threw John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald in Jack’s face. Jack ran out of time, unfortunately.
Logan is confronting Martha about her involvement in trying to get him to confess. Now, she did get a confession out of Logan. The question is was it recorded?
I have now finally seen one of those pretentious Mac ads. How incredibly annoying. Just wait for the spinning beachball of death, Mac Fanboys!
Jack is the man! He planted a device on President Logan, and they have his confession! Awesome! How incredibly sickening his words are in light of his confession. And the Secret Service Agent just got the call to arrest the President from the Attorney General. And he was just shown the micro-transmitter. Logan has just been pwn3d!
Jack gets some sweet lovin’! Of course, he has now been kidnapped by the Chinese.
Back at CTU, Karen Hayes and Bill Buchanan are discussing the future with Logan out and Vice President Gardner taking the oath of office. Bill and Karen are going to go out on a date. That’s my boy, Bill! Chloe gets the Edgar and Chloe “picture of love” out of Edgar’s possessions, and now she gets to talk about it with her ex-husband.
Ahhhh, the cliff-hanger–or should I say criff-hanger? 
Now I have to wait a year until next season, damn it!
I’ll admit, I’m watching. Looks like you gave up on live blogging. Whose submarine is that? Abandoned US Nuclear Missile?
Snay, I am still liveblogging, but I am leaving some details out.
I bet you either Logan’s cell or pen has been turned into a transmitting device, which’ll forward CTU a confession when Logan thinks he’s alone.
PS – I think you need to close an italic bracket somewhere.
Fixed the extra italic tag that the editor included. Stupid WYSIWYG editor!
I guess it’s going to be a rather long TWO days for Mr. Bauer, eh?
Here’s what I don’t get about “24″ being real time, though — these Chinese agents kidnap Jack Bauer from wherever, and manage to get him aboard a freighter already at sea in ten minutes?
Er …
There are certainly problems with the real-time nature of the show–inconsistencies such as this and the fact that they tend to travel through LA and never encounter traffic.
That said, the real time nature of the show tends to ratchet up the tension. That’s the part I like. That, and Jack Bauer is one bad-ass dude.
I like to nitpick.
Anyone else notice how the Presidential sex lasted a total of 4 minutes?
Well, let’s face it: old people sex is just plain scary and icky. I am grateful it lasted only 4 minutes.