Except it's not the end of the season, the main story is mostly but by no means completely wrapped up, and the new story Jack is being drawn into is not new, but unfinished - Audrey and the Chinese! The Chinese who kidnapped Jack at the end of last season, because of something Jack did (he broke into the Chinese embassy and their ambassador was killed) the season before!
That's what I call one unusual move, in a show that continues to surprise us.
In fact, I'd say tonight's episode marks the beginning of a new kind of over-arching 24, in which story lines from previous seasons are not just woven into the action, but take center stage themselves. This is something I don't recall ever seeing on television before.
Here's what happened tonight in the now apparently mostly concluding story of the 24 this season: Wayne Palmer was convincingly bluffing about nuking the Arab nation. But this gets them to mostly cooperate, which leads after some fine twists and turns to Jack finally killing Fayed and getting the nukes.
So this story is mostly wrapped, except ... Wayne's not in great shape at all, and he doesn't want to fade out of office and leave it to Daniels, again. And speaking of serious conditions, whatever happened with Logan? And, even more important, there's still Jack's father ... it's hard to believe we've seen the last of him this day/year.
If he has anything to do with the Chinese and Audrey, we may well see Jack's father again - hey, we may well see Audrey's father, the former Secretary of Defense again, too.
So the guns are loaded for an exciting seven hours of television. Doyle is feeling his oats and not exactly following Jack's command without objections. Who knows what condition Wayne will be in the White House, or what Daniels is likely to do or try, even with the goods that Lennox has on him.
The only thing I can't quite see is how Jack's daughter Kim might figure into this, but I wouldn't be surprised to see her again, too, and if Jack's father is still calling some shots, anything's possible, family wise.
Good for 24 for giving us a second, mini-season, and continuing to pull the rug out from under the TV narrative.
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