Whats going on Jack? asks Kate Warner at least three times an episode. Unfortunately Jack (Keifer Sutherland) seems as unable to answer that question as I am.
For those who have not been watching, series two revolves around a nuclear bomb. At first it seemed like it was going to be set off by your common or garden middle eastern terrorists. Now it seems renegade ultra right wing neo conservative types headed by Palmers ex-wife Cherie are behind it all. Confronted with the evidence of her latest betrayal Cherie called the Director of the CIA to vouch for her. This conspiracy, which already involves the army, Kates sister Marie, the NSA, Palmers ex-wife and now possibly the CIA, was making my head spin like Linda Blair in The Exorcist. How was this latest twist going to fit into the series? Fortunately Palmer came to the scriptwriters aid, I havent got time for this Cherie, he said as two Secret Service agents dragged her from his office just as it looked like someone was going to have to explain this porridge. Phew!!!
<*dv_3*> Meanwhile back at CTU HQ Tony is now in charge after Mason keeled over after getting a lethal dose of radiation from a green fish tank a few episodes back. Quite what this means in terms of office facial hair is unclear. Tony is now clean shaven having trimmed off the Dairylea slice he sported in series one. The previously clean shaven Mason now has a beard, which given that he probably glows like the Ready Brek kid after getting nuked could well start to fall out. Jack, who temporarily had a beard at the beginning of the series probably isnt worrying about any of this just now as he seems to be the only person employed by CTU actually doing anything about the bomb. However as Jacks efforts seem merely to involve shouting Agent Baker!!! in between a spot of light torture Im not convinced anyone in LA is going to survive.
<*dv_0*> Though if there is one person guaranteed to survive it will be Kim, who is rapidly beginning to resemble Daphne from Scooby Doo. After surviving a psycho dad, car crash and an attack by some wild cats (is someone taking the piss?) she then had the misfortune to run into Kevin Dillon, who was mildly famous during the 80s before going MIA in the early 90s. Apparently he has been hiding out in the woods building a nuclear bunker in which he briefly incarcerated Kim in her latest brush with danger.
The appearance of Dillon made me think that Keifer, whose career was going nowhere until the first series became a hit, is using the programme as a vehicle to rehabilitate washed up 80s actors. Lou Diamond Philips was found in similar circumstances to Dillon in an underground prison complex back in the first series. With a third series already commissioned it raises the tantalising prospect of possible cameo roles for Judd Nelson or Emilio Estevez.
<*dv_2*> As ever with 24 questions abound. Where is Nina? How are they going to spin this out for another 14 episodes? And when is Kate going to wear the cardigan that will make Jack realise she is merely a blonde clone of his drippy dead wife? You can be sure only half of these questions will ever be answered.
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