24 Live Another Day Series Blog: 19.00-20.00

Following last week’s episode there was talk on the internet that since President Heller did not receive a silent clock, he was still alive. Surely it would have been too far-fetched that someone would survive a drone strike with minimal escape planning. But no, this is 24 after all – anything is possible. It turns out, the President is still alive. Previously, it had seemed as if Margot’s plan was going a little too smoothly, and that Jack Bauer was giving up too soon, but now everything has changed.

It seems that this is one of the situations in 24 where you simply have to take it as it comes and not overthink the realism of the plot.

And how did the President survive? The footage that Margot received of Heller on the pitch was, of course, fake, allowing Heller to get away unharmed with the help of Jack and Chloe. It seems that this is one of the situations in 24 where you simply have to take it as it comes and not overthink the realism of the plot. Likewise, the speed at which it took Sky News to get to the scene and report on the incident: while it was necessary to show the Prime Minister, Audrey and the rest of the staff reacting to the explosion, a five minute gap might have been allowed in this case.

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For Margot, everything quickly unravelled as she discovered that the footage of Heller in the middle of the pitch at Wembley had been faked when she had already destroyed all but one of the drones. Her location was also quickly discovered with the CIA and Jack quickly moving in. Jack subsequently pushed her son out of her window and shot Margot, taking her into custody. In what was perhaps one of the most eventful thirty seconds of the season, Jack accomplished this and then diverted the drone, causing it to explode into the Thames. If that wasn’t enough, Bauer then threw Margot out of the same window of which her son fell to his death. Jack’s cut throat nature has seemed somewhat lessened in Live Another Day, so Margot’s sudden death was somewhat shocking.

Minutes after, Kate received a phone call from a police contact who had found the bodies of Jordan and the hitman. Word then got back to Navarro who panicked, especially when Jack discovered that he was a professional and proceeded to find out his identity. Bauer then soon found out that Navarro was his handler and he was thus a mole. Chloe’s boyfriend, Adrian Cross, was contacted by Navarro in hope he will help aide his escape. Adrian’s price? The override device that has just been retrieved from Margot – which has all of a sudden become extremely important and Navarro had just acquired. What makes things more complicated is that Chloe has rejoined Adrian, unaware of his evil dealings.

With one of the most dramatic half an hours that 24 has arguably ever seen, episode ten has a lot to live up to in order to continue the momentum and propel the potentially boring mole story into new heights.

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It’s not the first time that 24 has brought back a character from almost certain death – think Tony Almeida in season seven – but it seems strange to give a character the perfect send off and then immediately resurrect him. Regardless, this episode has been a definite turning point with the Al-Harazis (appearing to be) dead and the focus now placed upon Steve Navarro, Adrian and the override device.

With one of the most dramatic half an hours that 24 has arguably ever seen, episode ten has a lot to live up to in order to continue the momentum and propel the potentially boring mole story into new heights. It is also a bold move to kill off the villain three episodes before the finale with no strong plot to end the season on, but trust must be placed in the writers. Can Navarro live up to the villainous heights of Margot and act as a fitting antagonist for Jack? It does not seem likely but again, we will have to wait and see.