24! YES, I SAID 24!!!

24 is one of those shows either you love or you hate. I happen to LOVE the damn thing. Yeah, yeah, it's completely out there that he has all of these bad days, how does he stay up for twenty four hours? When does he eat? Go to the bathroom? All of these are valid questions but I DON'T CARE. The show keeps me on the edge of my seat the entire hour and there are more "a-ha!" moments then any show I watch, dare I say more than LOST? Yes, even. And they're not even "a-ha!" moments they're "HOT DAMN" moments. So imagine my complete and utter happiness when I read that if you buy season 4 of the DVD set, you get a special "where has Jack been" 10 minute mini-episode that shows a bit of what Jack's been up to since Day 4 ended and before Day 5 begins in January. I was lucky enough to get my hands on it and watched it. Shout out to G-Led for hookin' a sista up!

Just a quick recap. When we last saw our dear Agent Jack Bauer he was going into exile. If you remember he was being targeted by our own government. That dumbass Vice President/President Logan had ordered Jack brought in and turned over to the Chinese for leading the raid on the embassy and getting a man killed. Of course, the true President, Palmer, gives Jack the heads up to avoid being sent to China and most likely killed. So Jack, with the help of Tony (was it not the best last season when he showed up out of nowhere and saved Jack?!?), Michelle, and Chloe, Jack faked his death.

In this mini-ep we're treated to the last scene with Palmer and Jack where Palmer wishes Jack luck and says that this is the last time the two will talk. I remember when I first saw this scene last May, cried like a BABY! Then Jack walks into the sunset, a marked man. (Damn) Flash to 12 months later in Chicago, Illinois. It's light out and Jack drives to what looks like an alley. He's in a hooded jacket pulled up with long hair. He gets out, and is suspicious of two men getting out of a truck nearby. Another car pulls up and it's Chloe. She walks towards the parked trucks on some sort of lot and is pulled between the two by Jack. She says that after Jack "died" she used a program to access the medical examiner's database and mess with his autopsy. Apparently, three days ago someone accessed her computer and realized she did that. Of course this means this person now knows that something's up and can assume that Jack is alive. On top of that they've tapped into her phone records and realize she's been in contact with someone in deep cover in Chicago, of course that's our Jack. Chloe tells him that he needs to leave Chicago. She starts to leave and he asks about Kim. Chloe says that she was devastated, but it's been a year, so she's better. Ah, how I've missed Chloe. She takes off and Jack goes to his car. As he's getting in, someone drives by on a motorcycle. And since most people on motorcycles are evil, he keeps an eye on them as he gets in and starts the car. Soon, a BMW shows up and starts chasing Jack through the deserted city streets and alleys. Jack sees a forklift in one parking lot and in true Jack genius he circles around and forces the tinted window BMW into the forklift, disabling it and probably killing whoever's inside. He checks out what just happened and puts his hood up, walking back into the sunset. The mystery person on the motorcycle watches all of this from afar.

January 15th and 16th will be the four, count 'em, 4 HOUR season 5 premiere!!!! Some of you complain about this show being unbelievable and, "how many disasters can Jack be a part of?" Blah blah blah. Jack is a rogue agent, everyone but four people believe he's dead, including his own daughter. He's created a life for himself under a fake name and now someone's after him. How much more exciting can you get!?!