Day 1, 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. : still held hostage by the Drazens, Jack Bauer is used as a bargaining chip to get Alexis Drazen out of custody; back at CTU, no one knows what do to regarding him or his daughter, who has been recaptured by Drazen's men; and Senator Palmer flirts with one of his staffers while celebrating his success, not knowing it's all a scheme organized by Sherry.
As the day comes closer to its end, tension rises as events start to lead to a no-doubt shocking finale. Don't let the apparent happiness at Palmer's party be deceiving: the situation couldn't become much bleaker. Jack at the mercy of terrorists is bad enough, but the real surprise comes from seeing an already established villain and an unreliable character show exactly how far they are willing to go: Victor Drazen, played with top-class coldness by Dennis Hopper, doesn't hesitate to shoot a friend in order to prove his newfound superiority, while Sherry is depicted at her most Machiavellian, any sign of scruples gone in the name of power. Godard once said: "All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.". That is not necessarily true (it depends on the girl/woman and the guy holding the gun), but in this case (an we're talking about a TV episode) it works beautifully.
Tick, tock...
As the day comes closer to its end, tension rises as events start to lead to a no-doubt shocking finale. Don't let the apparent happiness at Palmer's party be deceiving: the situation couldn't become much bleaker. Jack at the mercy of terrorists is bad enough, but the real surprise comes from seeing an already established villain and an unreliable character show exactly how far they are willing to go: Victor Drazen, played with top-class coldness by Dennis Hopper, doesn't hesitate to shoot a friend in order to prove his newfound superiority, while Sherry is depicted at her most Machiavellian, any sign of scruples gone in the name of power. Godard once said: "All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.". That is not necessarily true (it depends on the girl/woman and the guy holding the gun), but in this case (an we're talking about a TV episode) it works beautifully.
Tick, tock...
