Audrey is back in a state catatonia. She and Jack are brought back to CTU and the government doctor is going to begin pumping her full of drugs to get her to give information about her captors. Jack does everything he can to get to her and comfort her and get her to remember. Meanwhile, back at the White House, the blond has been committing treasonous acts with a Russia spy. Lennox lets the Vice President know (she's been sleeping with him, of course). As the episode is ending, there is a plot to use this to the Vice President's advantage.
3 Reviews
Disappointing failure of a great character
BibChr15 January 2013
Warning: Spoilers
One of the greatest characters in the 24 universe was SecDef James Heller. He was a real surprise back in season 4: a gritty, patriotic, self-sacrificing, three-dimensional character. Every time if felt as if the character would swerve to this or that stereotype, he proved a pleasant surprise. Nothing stood in the way of his service to his country: not his son's whiny intransigence, not even his own life.
And so here he appears again. He knows that, for his selfless service to his country, Bauer has been imprisoned in China for years, under constant torture. He knows Bauer hasn't spilled a single state secret, when others would have long-since cracked. He knows Bauer's country failed him, leaving him languishing in prison, when it was in their power to get him freed. And he knows Bauer was freed in a callous deal to be sold to death at the hands of a terrorist.
He knows that, through no fault of Jack's, Audrey went to China to find Jack, and got imprisoned.
So now (thanks solely to Jack) Audrey is back. Damaged, but back, physically safe and sound.
And what does Heller do?
Marches into Jack's cell and snarls at him that it's ALL HIS FAULT and that he should LEAVE HIS DAUGHTER ALONE.
Oh good heavens. Who is this guy? How did this bitter, idiotic fool replace the gritty, tough-minded character the writers created in Season 4?
Would have been better for the character if he had drowned in the car in Season 4. Much better end. This is ridiculous.
And so here he appears again. He knows that, for his selfless service to his country, Bauer has been imprisoned in China for years, under constant torture. He knows Bauer hasn't spilled a single state secret, when others would have long-since cracked. He knows Bauer's country failed him, leaving him languishing in prison, when it was in their power to get him freed. And he knows Bauer was freed in a callous deal to be sold to death at the hands of a terrorist.
He knows that, through no fault of Jack's, Audrey went to China to find Jack, and got imprisoned.
So now (thanks solely to Jack) Audrey is back. Damaged, but back, physically safe and sound.
And what does Heller do?
Marches into Jack's cell and snarls at him that it's ALL HIS FAULT and that he should LEAVE HIS DAUGHTER ALONE.
Oh good heavens. Who is this guy? How did this bitter, idiotic fool replace the gritty, tough-minded character the writers created in Season 4?
Would have been better for the character if he had drowned in the car in Season 4. Much better end. This is ridiculous.
Zombies?? Seriously???
professor_of_gamez5 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I know it's not fair to single out this one episode, when there have been so many plot holes and inconsistencies in this series, but jeez, this one is a biggie.
Perhaps the writers "forgot" that Secretary Heller committed suicide by driving into a river earlier.
Or maybe he is supposed to be a zombie.
Or perhaps it was a dream, like on Dallas.
In either event, they forgot that he was previously revealed to have died from the suicide attempt.
Writers really should use a bulletin board (or a bunch of them) to keep track of what has happened in earlier episodes so that they don't do something like this.
Perhaps the writers "forgot" that Secretary Heller committed suicide by driving into a river earlier.
Or maybe he is supposed to be a zombie.
Or perhaps it was a dream, like on Dallas.
In either event, they forgot that he was previously revealed to have died from the suicide attempt.
Writers really should use a bulletin board (or a bunch of them) to keep track of what has happened in earlier episodes so that they don't do something like this.
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