[24H] Day 7: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

TV Programme: 24
Season: 7
Episode: 5
Date I watched this episode: 11/02/2009
Time since I last watched this programme: 1 day.

I think at the end of the last episode I was left thinking "how on earth are they going to get out of this one?" It's a fairly common, almost trademark situation of 24. The situation was heightened still further later in the episode, when it became clear quite how stubborn Motobo was. I wasn't too happy with the resolution here though, the earlier resilience of Motobo's wife didn't make it believable that she'd just break so suddenly.

Once Motobo and his wife were in the truck, there was a lot of screen time in that confined space. Credit to the writers for making this time interesting. The indignation of Renee could well have gotten annoying, but her coolness and the fact that she is completely helpless just added to the tension of this whole thing.

Larry's anger is a little surprising; I wouldn't see Larry and Renee as making a good couple. He is way too protective, she needs someone who gives her a little room. People are looking to him for leadership and he needs to get over this. Surely he should now also realise that FBI is compromised from that phone conversation? I am thinking that Erica is the mole right about now. But maybe that's a little too cliche.

In other news, Allison has made her final decision on the war. Really, Ethan just needs to stick with that. He's made his case and now he needs to fall in with the president's decision; surely he can see that there are arguments on both sides? Even myself, who was rather convinced by Ethan's "superpowers should protect themselves first" argument, am now swayed back the other way by the idea that superpowers aren't protecting themselves if they give in to terrorists. I'm also glad to see that Allison isn't naive enough to think that Dubaku will not launch the attack anyway.

I knew it about Brian Gedge too! But I'm getting a little bored of this storyline now. Henry Taylor is not the best character here, and I can't see much potential development for the character beyond a grief-stricken father. I am intrigued to know who Gedge is working for though.

Two of our main characters were thrown into peril in this episode and I'm unsure how they are going to be saved. Henry and Renee are both in mortal danger, and though I'm sure they will survive, quite how they'll survive is not so obvious right now.

This was not a great episode but it wasn't bad either. I hope the writers are building up to something big.