I know that Monday's "24" really was effective because it's almost two hours after it ended and my heart is still pounding and I'm unable to fall asleep. Better I should tape it and watch it at 9 the next morning after a good night's sleep. But noo, that would be too smart, wouldn't it?
What dya know? Here was an episode with no torture -- hooray! -- just Jack being classic Jack. You knew he would come in at the last minute and shoot the thugs holding MIlo and Marilyn hostage. And Jack didn't disappoint. You knew he would get Josh out alive from the clutches of Grandpa aka the Psycho Pete Townshend lookalike. [See Fox photo by Kelsey McNeal.] And Jack didn't disappoint.
BEST MOMENT: I was floored when Jack dialed that phone number his father left him -- and disgraced former President Logan picked up. He doesn't look like Niixon anymore -- he looks like Saddam Hussein the day he was captured in his rathole. I'm sure that's a nice deliberate touch from the show's producers. Is Logan gonna emerge as a pivotal character? The 15-second preview of next week's episode sure makes it seem that way. I'm thinking here that Logan's (aborted) plan last season to kill the Russian president has something to do with the mad Russian Gridenko's current plan to set off the nukes. But what do I know?
WORST MOMENT: Morris' self-pitying. And now he's a recovering alcoholic, to boot. This kind of hooey belongs on All My Children, not 24. Jeez, I almost found myself wishinhg that Fayed had plunged his power drill into Morris' skull instead of his shoulder last week and we'd be done with him.
My heart is still racing and I'm still not tired.