"24": A No Realism Zone

The thing to remember about watching “24” is that you have to check your sense of realism at the door.

And that was certainly the case last night, or at least I hope so. I mean, I’d like to think that in today’s world it wouldn’t be so easy for a person to sneak inside a plane, knock out the air marshal and then sneak away with a passenger. I’d also like to think that an air marshal wouldn’t be such a coward. I admire the guy who decided he’d take Jack out, but thank goodness Jack didn’t have to shoot him. The pilot deserves some admiration, too, for trying to protect his plane, even though we were all rooting against him (Tell me you didn’t cheer when Jack threatened to crash the plane.).

Having the co-pilot be the bad guy was a good twist as well and pretty genius on Henderson’s part. I’m just sorry that the pilot saw the light too late and ended up being killed (Or at least I think that’s what happened. That sequence was terribly vague—maybe to spare us a little violence.).

And now the secret bad guy wants Logan to shoot the plane down. What happened to just having the Secret Service apprehend Jack? I guess he realizes that one listen of the recording and the agents would want to take out Logan themselves. But shoot the plane down?

Now granted, that will provide some great tension as we head into the final hours, but you have to admit it’s a little creepy.

Speaking of creepy, I’ve never really cared for Mike Novick and his squinty eyes, but I’m really hoping he comes through this time. He owes us after that whole overthrow of President Palmer thing in season two. And if he finds Aaron (alive, that is), he’s totally forgiven for everything.

And that weasel, Miles? He’s going to screw this thing up yet.

Stay tuned…