Bauer Watch: A Slap in the Face...of Justice

We start off our 24 report with the ever present SPOILER warning. So Jack Bauer might have to kill President Logan next week. It looks like it’s come to that after Miles the Weasel-boy erased the recording that implicates Logan in the death of David Palmer. (Damn, I want justice for Palmer's death as much as Jack does. In the season finale, when Palmer was assisnated, I will not lie- I yelled at the TV, exclaiming "Noooooo!" like Darth Vader at the end of the last crappy "Star Wars" movie.) When Weasle Boy's now-former boss, Karen Hayes confronted him- after Jack almost strangled the little asshole creep- I was just waiting to see if she was going to spit at or slap him. She went with slap. Then we get poor ol’ Aaron Pierce, the most loyal and badass of all Secret Service Agents, tied up with the evil president offering to let him go if he promises to turn a blind eye, and I just prayed Pierce would choose spitting- president or not. I was excited at the prospect of both a slap and spit in less than ten minutes time, but alas, Aaron opted for a calm, badass, and defiant speech about how it was his duty to bring the president to justice, knowing full well it would doom him. Except El Presidente’ Douchebag didn’t count on his own wife stepping in and killing the man who he ordered to murder Agent Pierce. The crazy first lady has balls, but anyone who watched "Designing Women" would know that- and I never have. And if the president’s cronies planning on killing everyone who knew about his dirty deeds wasn’t enough, the terrorists are back at it- and don't be surprised if it turns out the president was the one who helped them escape. Jack ends up taking Henderson with him to help find the terrorists- things are pretty well and good fucked up right now when you bring Robocop along for help. Overall, the terrorists being brought back in seems like a kind of desperate gambit on the part of the producers to give us a tenser finale- but we’ll see how it all plays out. The ad featuring Jack pointing the gun at the fucking president does imply that the final two hours of the season could be ridiculously exciting, or maybe just ridiculous. It remains to be seen if will it be as good as the end of “Lost” promises to be this year, with J.J. Abrams claiming will be the best season finale ever? We'll see who wins in this battle between the shows that I have created in my own head for my own enjoyment. I will be keeping score.