24: KILLING FRENZY!

Previously, on 24...

This episode was fantastic. First, let's amend the death tally. A CTU guy confirmed that 3 people were killed by the EMP blast (I had only counted the guy in the car. +2 deaths). Second, I've decided to make a new rule about bulletproof vests. If you're wearing a bulletproof vest and are shot, and you're NOT Jack Bauer, you are dead until proven otherwise. Five cops were shot last week, and we counted that as four kills. Screw it, I'm counting that as five now (+1).

Jack figures out where the bad guys are going and drives his crew over to the docks, but they get pinned down by gunfire. CTU is crippled and NSA comes in to try and get them back online. Chloe is worried about Jack so she tells Hastings to send out some men to find Jack. Hastings says Jack could be anywhere in New York, and they don't have the man power. Chloe calls Crazy Renee and tells her to try find Jack instead.

Chloe then comes up with a faster way to get CTU up and running. The NSA guys don't want to listen to Chloe, so she pulls a gun on them. Director Hastings asks Dana what they should do (because she's the best they've got!) and Dana says that Chloe is crazy and he shouldn't listen to her, but Hastings lets Chloe do her thing, and she gets the power back.

Meanwhile, Jack and his boys Owen, Ortiz, and random agent guy are all pinned down by the terrorists. They see Johan and Tarin get on a boat with the rods, but they can't do anything to stop them and can't contact CTU. They put together a giant shield to try and get to a phone to call for help. The shield is working until the random agent freaks out. He gets shot and Owen gets shot, and Jack kills a bad guy, and Ortiz kills a bad guy. They still need to get to the phone, so Jack says he'll draw the fire and Ortiz can break for it. Jack kills two more and then gets shot in his bulletproof vest. A bad guy lines up his sight and is about to take out Jack for good when BLAM! Crazy Renee shows up and gets a kill. Then she kills another bad guy and runs to help Jack. Ortiz meanwhile has gotten on the phone to get a chopper which shows up to chase after the boat. Whew!

Back at CTU, Stephen Root is still trying to get the truth from Dana, but the video evidence was wiped out from the EMP. Dana tells him to bug off, but he won't go. Dana says he's got nothing on her, but Stephen Root says he'll bring her down. Dana kills Stephen Root.

Wait, what?!

Yes, Dana chokes him to death, pops open a panel in the wall and drags the body inside. She then calls Johan to tell him CTU is up and running again and she won't be able to keep her cover too much longer. This is probably the best news ever. Why? Because she's a bad guy now, and that means DANA IS GOING TO DIE! WOO HOO! Ortiz will probably kill her. I can't wait!

Since today was a killing frenzy, I think it's Super Updated Death Tally Time!

Jack: I had him killing 3 guys tonight. 12 total.
Ortiz: 1 kill tonight. 5 total.
Renee: 2 kills tonight. 3 total.
Bad Guys: I added 6 to their total (+2 EMP deaths and +1 cop from the previous episode. Owen, random agent, and Stephen Root killed off this episode). 34 kills for team bad guys.

Lots of running around, lots of shooting, lots of kills, Crazy Renee is back, and Dana will eventually die. This was a huge night. 54 kills for the season. Rounding up to the nearest number, our projected total kill count hits an even 100. I think I'll celebrate with some ice cream!