Live Blogging!! "24" as it happens......

Two hours of "24"? Gotta blog.

Here we go!!!

FIRST: I'm not happy to have not blogged the last several days, so there are several things to catch up on post-24. Hopefully I'll make myself sit down tomorrow night and do that. How can I not blog about "National Shoney's Day"??

Having all that said and done.....

It's 5pm CTU time.....

....and that's why we don't negotiate with terrorists.

Lies, lies, damnable lies, they're everywhere!!! Logan does it, Buchanan does it.

Well, thank God Pierce survived. We couldn't have lost him!!

UT, OH-----will they believe Martha now??? Or is she "off her rocker" again?? And we thought her struggle to expose Walt was difficult....

KEYCARD!!!!!! We've waited for that word for several hours. And here's the call to implanted friend of Doughboy's sister. Expect both he and sis to be gunned down within the hour. Crap, they'll miss the 6pm news.

When Logan screws up, he throws the blame on CTU to help assuage his guilt.

Hey, it's Jack! The dead is going to visit Mr. Henderson!!!

EVEN TERRORISTS HAVE TO WAIT ON HOLD!!!! (That's from Bonnie....)

Tony equals suspicious. Is my prediction of him "turning heel" going to come true when he snaps, finding out she's dead? (I'd snap, I loved her, too!! hee hee...)

Well, that would be enough to make me snap. Not become a terrorist, but release anger against those around him. Haven't we all done that a few times?

UPDATE: Guy offered $15K on "Deal or No Deal". Deal is declined. More later.

5:17pm......the Korean War-era chopper is landing at the ranch/estate/home for troubled Presidents.

Martha......

Now, Prez on Prez. Oh, boy. She was upset. Yep, Russian Prez notices Martha post and PRE bomb. Doesn't buy the "depression" excuse, even though it's true.

Doughboy gets a phone. Does it make ringing noises? Is it rotary? Is it by Mattel?

CTU is not a laundry room. Right?? Right?? I wonder who CTU's cleaning crew is after hours?

Good thing Edgar did well in Tinkertoys and Lite-Brite! He found the right building!

Oh, no, not the dreaded "bad guy in orderly" bit again?? This is the 455th time it's been used in entertainment history! I'm a bit disappointed at that move.

UPDATE: The offer for Monty is at $30K. Oh, the board looks bad. He better take it and go home....but he listens to a family member who looks spastic. No deal. Oh, he blew it. Next offer is $16K. Oh, well.

5:29pm: Jack is back. It's SO GREAT that Jack isn't in 80 percent of the scenes. Why doesn't Jack just pretend to be LandShark from Saturday Night Live???

Jack sees wife of Christopher through window. Will return.

WAIT----see the lingering look on the Hospital Security Chief's face. Is he in cahoots, too?? Part of the diversion??? Since the gas won't be released there??

Jack's powers of persuasion are conveniently available at Green Top Sporting Goods, just north of Virginia Center Commons on Route 1.

You HAVE to love Agent Pierce. What a guy!! He's trying to figure out what's up as Martha.....puts the move on him!! Now Pierce looks bad. I know depressed, you don't want a fling with anyone who's depressed.

Curtis and Company are on site, as the invisible man lies on the gurney rolled by the bad guy. Bad guys always go through Radiology to get the job done!

UPDATE: Monty! What??? He's survived to two cases?? Deal was $38K and he refused to try and win $50K. He's holding to his original case. And, that is......

........$25K. Well, beats the heck out of your case holding a single Abe.

5:41pm: Audrey, to Bill, to Mike, to Prez. They found the right guy. Where is he? Well, we know. They don't, yet.

Jack now faces the forces of Wife of Christopher. We checked on your daughter, blah blah blah. Poor Wife of Christopher; she doesn't understand.

I hope I'm never snowed by my spouse like that.....and...ah....*gets nervous*...

HEY---THEY FOUND GURNEY GUY!!! Now, if they only knew to get through Radiology. Victor's going past Radiology!!!

Aerosmith's new hit: "Gurney's Got a Gun".....

We're under ten minutes to play now in the 2nd Cannister...Curtis closing in, and got him. But the countdown is already on. Much to their dismay, the CTU Agents Who Look Like Aliens discover the cannister, armed.

Ut oh.

UPDATE: Our next contestant starts well, is offered $21K. She refuses. Now...
...$75K is gone, $300K is gone....$400, that's better. Two to go. She should've picked her birthday!!! It was the million!!! We'll check on her later, as she attempts to change her birth certificate to reflect different date of birth....

Oh boy, X Men trailer. Yawn. Good time to pee.


It's now 5:52pm and the good guys are covered in trash bags, trying to save the day.

Meanwhile, Jack uses another Green Top purchase to almost knock out Christopher.

And now, Wife of Christopher discovers the truth!!!! Oh, no, another "I was a patriot".

YES!!! YES!!! Best decision Jack's made in awhile! Only problem, she's married to Heartless.

Well....we found the counter. Would YOU run with a cannister of bad gas? No, not the kind you get after tacos.......

....and Curtis shoots the trey with seconds to go to win the war on Cannister 2!!

SEE---I TOLD YOU THEY'D BE DEAD BEFORE THE 6PM NEWS......

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Speaking of 6pm.......the following takes place.......

Voila!! Bad guy's head in, Doughboy's out.

Gotta eat. More to come.

BREAKING NEWS:

---Kim is in, and now she knows.

---FINALLY, THE VEEP IS IN!!! And, he's looking more secure in himself than Logan. Maybe Veep is too secure, as in doing what he shouldn't have. Prez isn't happy.

---NOTICE that Veep takes a dig at CTU. He will play that political card later after the CTU invasion.

Since I ate....

----Kim and Jack's reunion; not so good. Oh, see psych, date psych. Does that mean she is really co-dependent??

----Will Christopher finally crack?

----They don't even realize the kooks are in their backyard (or, better put, in their venilation system).

It's 6:32pm........

I didn't know Martha smoked! Here comes Mike....."he needs me?", Martha says. Mike tells her about the prayer, uses it as spin (courtesy of BW). Now Martha cuts to the chase. Mike spills it. But, spins some more. Be his yin to the Veep's yang, so to speak.

Now, let's go inside CTU, shall we? Notice the lovely dining area!

EDGAR!!!! Last year it was the disk (probably still on his desk somewhere), this year dissing Carrie's warning call.

At 6:36pm, Mike's spinning finally pays off. Martha approaches ratfink, I mean President Hubby.

Now Martha spins!

Oops....say goodbye to this short term character. Ewww....in a nasty way, too. Was her character's name Carrie? Why did I waste time trying to learn it??

Hey Verizon----do I REALLY want to know about her humps? Didn't think so.

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EVERYONE GO PEE-----IT'S THE STUPID MOVIE TRAILER!!!!

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Oh, I'm awake...really! Just shaved all the spikes off my face, too.

It's 6:43pm. The clock now starts the 4th quarter of Cannister three, just under 15 to go.

"Try to cut him some slack".----Chloe's choice word of the night. :)

Now----Doughboy knows his sister's fate. Is Doughboy showing emotions, or.....ah, the boyfriend question. Was number one concern his sister, or being found out w/out that important keycard??

OH, NO----now a big moment approaches. Does he realize the keycard is the, well, key?? And, will he admit to it being missing??? HE JUST DID.

"I'm reporting it now!!??!!"----Good job Doughboy!!!

Bill and Chloe, good job. Welcome to lockdown!!!

And, while lockdown begins, let's all enjoy stabilizing the terrorist pig so we can torture him more. Wonder if there's a co-pay each time he returns to interrogation?

It's 6:52pm, and I HATE THAT BLASTED NOISE!!!

Jack's in to look at it; gets the order......

Now, faux Doughboy has a hostage.

Edgar's going after Carrie-----will we lose Edgar???? That would explain his "persona non grata" character/personality this season.

Here comes Jack-----finds the body------looks for fake Dough Daddy. Realizes gun is gone. Now, were the Jack orders a decoy or the truth?

Truth.

He's gone (don't duel with Jack)....but now, it's EVACUATION TIME. Edgar is with Carrie, which means........he's at point zero!!!

OH, GOD----it's deployed!!!!!!

They got the three only rooms they could.

I thought so. Good-bye Edgar. Chloe tears. That's big.

FINAL NOTE------have they ever finished an episode with the clock "silent"???????

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Miss Piggy in for Jessica Simpson. THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!! Piggy is so much prettier, with a personality....a brain.....but need I go on.....

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So, Charlotte gets the NASCAR Hall Of Fame. Shocker. Got a fax at work early this afternoon about a closed circuit press conference satellite feed for NASCAR radio affiliates. It said the press conference would be in Charlotte.

So, as I hand over the fax, I hear the co-worker wonder......what if.....on the feed.....

....and the winner of the NASCAR Hall of Fame is.....DAYTONA!!!.....

Ah, that wouldn't have gone over well in the Queen City. But, it sure would have been funny. :)

Good night.