24 - Karen Hayes is Out

Another week, another episode of 24. Tom Lennox is on the war path, which means the Constitution is on it's way out the window. But first he has to get rid of a major thorn in his side, Karen Hayes. Using his Deputy Chief of Staff (played by Chad Lowe, ER), he digs up enough dirt and people willing to testify against Hayes to demand her resignation. Somewhat teary-eyed Hayes complies, leaving President Wayne Palmer on his own to defend the Constitution and the freedom of American citizens.

Meanwhile, Nadia, a CTU agent of middle-eastern descent, is hog-tied by racial profiling within the government thanks to Lennox's new mandates. Lucky for her (probably bad for the rest of the country) Milo un-ties her hands by giving her unrestricted access to CTU by logging her in under his user ID. I can already tell that this is going to backfire and soon Milo will find himself in a holding cell for doing what he thought was right at the time.

Jack, on the other hand, has been torturing his brother by means of suffocation and coaxes him into giving up the location of a major player in the release of the suitcase nukes that are threatening the country. Jack pursues this new lead only to be cuffed in the back of the head with a shotgun. Enter Phillip Bauer.

It appears Jack's father is a good guy as he and Jack are betrayed by Graem yet again. The episode finishes off with Jack and his father handcuffed and on their way to "certain" death at the hands of Graem's security team.

Will Jack will pull a Houdini and get out of this latest hostage scenario? Of course he will. We'll just have to wait and see how many people he kills on the way out.