24 wraps up another thrilling day with a heavy dose of gunplay, tears, explosions and betrayals in a typically harrowing finale.
The season's final hours open in the White House, where we quickly learn that the government didn't waste any time starting its investigation into Hodges' death. They begin with a four-way video-conferenced deposition from Olivia, who looks understandably petrified (and guilty!).
Honestly, I thought it would be more satisfying watching her pay for all her misdeeds, but so far, I'm just feeling kinda bad for the First Daughter — having Hodges killed wasn't really the worst of her sins, and she even tried to call that off at the last minute. Could President Taylor (aka Mom) will be able to get her off the hook for this one?
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Clearly Renee has come around to Jack's way of doing things — before he sticks his finger in Tony's associate's neck wound (saw that coming as soon as Jack took the bandage off), he gives Renee fair warning: "You should leave the room." But Renee tells him, without even hesitating, "Do what you need to do." Larry would not be proud, Renee...
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As this hour begins, Tony is sinking even deeper in that amoral cesspool he dove headfirst into a couple weeks back. It's truly disturbing watching the former CTU agent set up these innocent Muslim men as fall guys for his group's latest terrorist attack — taping their mouths closed, holding guns to their heads, forcing concerned older brother Jibraan Al-Zarian (Omid Abtahi) to spout terrorist threats on video. Is this really the Tony we all thought was a hero — albeit a somewhat-dark one — and a genuine friend of Jack's? Scary.
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Jack's got a lot of news to deliver this hour — and, this being 24, it's pretty much all bad. First up, through all his shaking and sputtering, Jack manages to tell Renee that Tony's "the second man" who smuggled the canister off of Starkwood's complex. Realizing that means Tony killed Larry, Renee is crushed. Ten, there's a flash of anger that tells us she'll be out for revenge.
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Well, now we know for sure: Larry's really dead, glassy eyes, blood-smeared mouth and all. In order to set up his cover story for Larry's murder — and presumably continue working his evil plan from the inside — Tony pulls the old shooting-himself-and-waiting-for-help move. Clichéd, but effective.
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This hour might start a little slow, but it's the stunner of an ending — one too good to spoil here, on the off chance any 24 devotees haven't yet watched — that makes this one of the finest and most action-packed hours of the season. For now, I'll just say this: The episode was full of deaths, double-crosses and wow.
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Agent Larry's standoff with a platoon of Starkwood thugs ends without a shot being fired, but that doesn't mean this hour of 24 isn't action-packed. Get the full recap after the jump.
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This hour picks up right where we left Jack — on a deserted road — but now a CDC team has descended on the location and begun investigating the pathogen Jack was exposed to. Of course, this involves Jack stripping and being hosed down (enjoy it, ladies?). Though at this point, I'd say whatever Jack's been exposed to has done its work, and a chemical shower won't make much of a difference. Still, guess it couldn't hurt.
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As this hour opens, everybody's playing catch-up, letting their colleagues and/or significant others know where they stand.
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You can tell this was a "bridge" episode, joining the first half of Day 7 to the second because aside from a shocking event in the first five minutes — as has been the norm the lately — not much even happens before the first commercial break.
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