I'm afraid we have lift-off.......

Okay, who's the idiot of the night?

A) The covert operation team member who didn't say anything about his mask being lifted for a second (a second too long I might add....)

B) Edgar, for actually talking to the Chinese Government rep.

C) Edgar, for actually talking to the Chinese Government rep.


I think you know my answer. :)


Well, let's see.....

Audrey can block out death better than Erin Driscoll, who I guess we really have seen the last of. I wonder, though, if seeing that nuclear warhead on a missile suddenly jolted her out of her "Beltway" mentality....

Jack changes clothes pretty quickly, and didn't even look like he sweated profusely under his second mask in less than 24 hours. He also holds his best with anyone when it comes to covering up.

Logan sucks. Plain and simple. Someone give him warm milk and 100mg of Seroquel and put him in the bed. It's in the interest of national security.

Palmer isn't done playing his cards yet, even with the warhead taking off. Just because it's airborne doesn't mean it necessarily lands....

But don't be stunned if Logan has Palmer "escorted" away in the next three hours.

FINALLY----Tony and Michelle break the ice. Gosh, I'm impressed. I couldn't break the ice with a girl in high school if given the icepick, the ice crusher, or even the barge to break into the weak points of the glacier, and he puts his truth move on in the middle of a nuclear/Chinese cover-up crisis.

Buchanan. Well, around 7am, I hope Chloe goes up to him, uses the best of her "personality disorder", and kicks the tar out of him. In the interest of national security, of course....

Oh, and you can tell Curtis hasn't been with Jack at the moment of truth. Jack walks a fine line between control and unleashed rage. Curtis, he ain't gonna kill him. He knows better. But Jack makes 'em sweat better than any of them.

So----it's 4am.....

The return of Secretary of Defense Heller, and his wayward son, who, apparently has something to say after all.

Where does Audrey fit into this? Dead husband, "traitor" boyfriend (so she thinks) and now, traitor brother??

Meanwhile, what do the Chinese do? It may end up that the China crisis takes up more time in the final two hours two weeks from tonight than the warhead, which arguably could be wrapped up next week.

And if the superpower crisis isn't at least calmed down by 7am, well, we've got the groundwork for season five, don't we?

In fact, I suggest we just continue through the next 24 hours.

But, first, give the cast from May to January to pee and shower.

:)