Tonight’s episode of 24 was a study in the paths its main characters have taken. For one, Jack Bauer continued doing what he’s done at least once a season since the show started: going rogue. Not just operating outside the authority of the U.S. government, but taking action against it.
On the other hand, you have President Allison Taylor, who we learned last season was a person of such character that she’d sacrifice her family to do the right thing for her country. But things have changed this season: she’s travelling down the path of corruption, escorted by former President Charles Logan, the poster boy for presidential corruption.
So Jack is doing what he’s done many times before to varying degrees of success. And the President is uneasily participating in a cover-up to secure a peace deal. It will be interesting to see how Jack and the President converge and if both, one or neither will get what they want.
Also tonight, we met two new characters. Michael Madsen is playing the part of Gene Hackman in Enemy of the State. And one of the new American villains, a private security contractor, is played by D.B. Sweeney, who hasn’t been seen since (one of The Civee’s favorite movies) The Cutting Edge.