24 #6: Day 7: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM/Season 7 2009

[Truth Seeker]

Day 7: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Writers:Manny Coto, Brannon Braga

Director:Jon Cassar

Stars:Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer)
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O'Brian)
Cherry Jones (Allison Taylor)
James Morrison (Bill Buchanan)
Annie Wersching (Renee Walker)
Colm Feore (Henry Taylor)
Bob Gunton (Ethan Kanin)
Jeffrey Nordling (Larry Moss)
Rhys Coiro (Sean Hillinger)
Janeane Garofalo (Janis Gold)
Carlos Bernard (Tony Almeida)

Guest Star:Mark Kiely (Edward Vossley)
Steve Cell (Litvack)
Ryan Cutrona (Admiral Smith)
Lesley Fera (Angela Nelson)
Mark Aiken (Nichols)
Dajuan Johnson (Technician #1)
David Lewis Robert (Technician #2)
Isaach De Bankole (Ule Matobo)
Mark Derwin (Joe Stevens)
Frank John Hughes (Tim Woods)
Carly Pope (Samantha Roth)
Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Dubaku)
Peter Wingfield (Emerson)
Tonya Pinkins (Alama Matobo)
Warren Kole (Agent Brian Gedge)

President Taylor is faced with an angry cabinet after an unpopular decision results in the loss of many American lives in a terrorist attack.
Jack and Tony convince Prime Minister Matobo to go along with their plan when their undercover mission is revealed in a showdown with Emerson.

Meanwhile, Henry is stuck in an unthinkable situation, paralyzed and unable to help Samantha Roth when she returns home to find Agent Gedge in her apartment
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No replies? Guess I needn't have bothered avoiding this thread out of fear of spoilers!

Anyway - I thought this was a very good episode. Lots of action, lots of plot advancement. And the way they resolved the Renee situation made sense, mostly.

However, I do not like this president. She spends far too long bickering with subordinates, and far too long is spent on her taking the tough decisions (when a simple "America does not negotiate with terrorists" would suffice). She just comes across as being really weak, when I believe the intent was the opposite.

(I suspect it may be to do with the way she's been written. As in "Star Trek: Voyager", I think the writers have made the mistake of thinking that because they have a female leader, they have to go to lengths to establish her authority. When, in fact, the way to establish that authority is simply to assume it. By having her constantly fighting and winning these squabbles with her staff, they're perhaps trying to show her strength, but what they're actually showing is her inability to deal effectively with dissent, which shows weakness and poor leadership.)