TV: 24: 1/31/2005

On last night's episode, CTU tried to regain control of the reactors with some more of the show's familiar techno-jargon ("I might be able to modify the kernels if I don't touch the pre-compiled headers"). Ok - can you "send that to my screen" while you're at it? And maybe "open up a socket"? Annoying as it is, though, this kind of stuff is what makes the show so endearing to us techies.

Also, Jack and the new girlfriend (daughter of Sec. of State) escaped from the building where the security tapes were stored after being ambushed, thus revealing the presence of a mole in CTU. Jack called on the only person he could trust to save them: Tony Alameda from previous seasons. We knew someone from the past was coming, but I was a little disappointed to find out it wasn't Kim :) I've heard from articles on the web that ex-pres Palmer will be showing up in later episodes.

The son of the evil terrorist people managed to kill his would-be killer in the last episode, and now he calls his mother to save him. I hope I'm not the only one who thinks this kid is a complete idiot - his mother killed his girlfriend for cryin' out loud! Did he really think she would help him? Even if she would (which is what she ended up trying to do), did he think they could hide from his father? I would have hopped on the first bus to anywhere and never looked back. I think the writers needed a new character that was as prone to misfortune as Kim Bauer, but they figured she'd been kidnapped enough times.