Jack returns to stop yet another terrorist plot

Last season on 24, Jack returned to the world of counter-terrorism when he was hauled before a congressional oversight committee about his tactics while with CTU (Counter-Terrorism Unit) in Los Angeles. This year, Jack starts off in New York, looking to start over with his daughter and her family in California.

But as luck would have it, Jack finds himself in the middle of an international plot just an hour before he is leave for his new life—grandpa.

The episode starts with a former CTU informant who goes on the run after the assassin he smuggled into the United States clears up loose ends. He ends up at Jack’s hotel. Much like Tony Almeida in the previous season, informant Victor has his own reasons for this and refuses to tell Jack the details of the target before he well… no spoilers here, the location, who’s behind it, etc.

The first four episodes include the standard explosions, government underlings plotting against the Washington power elite, Russian assassins, Jack protecting those that he cares about, and the ordinary federal agents who want to trust Jack but don’t, but yet feel they have to because he is Jack Bauer.

Chloe is also sarcastic as ever. She doesn’t like being subordinate, especially to condescending sorts such as Dana Walsh.

I still feel that President Taylor’s newly anointed Secretary of State Ethan Kanin is up to something. He just strikes me as the opportunistic sort. Like one of those guys that wants to make sure the ship doesn’t go down because he’ll go down with it.

Returning for the eight season is Chloe O’Brien (Mary Lynn Rajskub), President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones), Kim Bauer (Elisha Cuthbert), Ethan Kanin (Bob Gunton) and Renee Walker (Annie Wersching).

Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff joins the cast as Dana Walsh and ER’s Mykelti Williamson as the head of the New York CTU.

24 airs Mondays on FOX at 9 p.m. And is available on hulu.com.

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