Enter Jack’s new hot tip for this week, Douglas Knowles (Whom they at least had to courtesy of setting up briefly in a previous episode). If they can get this guy involved then perhaps they can make something of the situation they are currently stuck in. Hehe. Cherry Jones is a fine actress, but she is becoming a President like many we’ve seen before on TV. Someone who leans over a phone and asks pointless questions when being told something they don’t like. And the direction they give is usually the quality of results they want, as opposed to actual orders. Elsewhere, Olivia Taylor’s news contact puts the squeeze on her, so with a glint in her eye she grabs Aaron and heads out to meet him to shut him up. This of course being the sleazy world of corruption and politics it requires her to shag him and then blackmail him when he goes back on his word. We don’t really come away with any sympathy for her; just the added knowledge that she is ready to plan one step ahead of others. So more poor writing and devices just to elongate things. The easy solution is just to have them not give us this suspicious info! If they hadn’t of said it then I would have suspect poor scripting. Then Jack passes out and we really start to worry. The clock ticks, but then he’s suddenly being shown alive and well, getting a magic injection from the doctor that will help charge” Ye Olde Batteries”. Oh crap! Then his Daughter is mentioned and the fear sinks in that Elisha Cuthbert might be in danger of making a cameo appearance in the show! What is interesting is the one on one Hodges has with his underling Knowles later in the show. It’s pretty assured the guys gonna get it, but the manner in which Hodges does it is the biggest surprise. He actually gets very physical and then even flings the guy over a rail. Nice. Not bad for what was once a villain who sat behind the desk for hours on end. The writers of this show are nuts! Absolutely nuts. Anything does indeed go! We end with the old “turn your fighters away now or I’ll launch a weapon” threat as the President was all but ready to bomb the site. Tune in next week to see how they manage to resolve this one. But I wouldn’t worry too much.
24 season 7 episode 16 review
title: “24 Season 7 Episode 17 Review” ShowToc: true date: “2025-08-23” author: “Joan Green”
Enter Jack’s new hot tip for this week, Douglas Knowles (Whom they at least had to courtesy of setting up briefly in a previous episode). If they can get this guy involved then perhaps they can make something of the situation they are currently stuck in. Hehe. Cherry Jones is a fine actress, but she is becoming a President like many we’ve seen before on TV. Someone who leans over a phone and asks pointless questions when being told something they don’t like. And the direction they give is usually the quality of results they want, as opposed to actual orders. Elsewhere, Olivia Taylor’s news contact puts the squeeze on her, so with a glint in her eye she grabs Aaron and heads out to meet him to shut him up. This of course being the sleazy world of corruption and politics it requires her to shag him and then blackmail him when he goes back on his word. We don’t really come away with any sympathy for her; just the added knowledge that she is ready to plan one step ahead of others. So more poor writing and devices just to elongate things. The easy solution is just to have them not give us this suspicious info! If they hadn’t of said it then I would have suspect poor scripting. Then Jack passes out and we really start to worry. The clock ticks, but then he’s suddenly being shown alive and well, getting a magic injection from the doctor that will help charge” Ye Olde Batteries”. Oh crap! Then his Daughter is mentioned and the fear sinks in that Elisha Cuthbert might be in danger of making a cameo appearance in the show! What is interesting is the one on one Hodges has with his underling Knowles later in the show. It’s pretty assured the guys gonna get it, but the manner in which Hodges does it is the biggest surprise. He actually gets very physical and then even flings the guy over a rail. Nice. Not bad for what was once a villain who sat behind the desk for hours on end. The writers of this show are nuts! Absolutely nuts. Anything does indeed go! We end with the old “turn your fighters away now or I’ll launch a weapon” threat as the President was all but ready to bomb the site. Tune in next week to see how they manage to resolve this one. But I wouldn’t worry too much.
24 season 7 episode 16 review
