Plot! Yay! Plot!
So that’s who you’ll know, now here’s who you won’t…
The “Newcomers Department,” and proof that Jack always packs an anterior motive, appears in the form of Agent Kate Morgan (Dexter‘s Yvonne Srahovski), a talented field operative on the verge of a station transfer. She is also the only agent who sees the proverbial writing on the proverbial wall, only to butt heads with company men Steve Navarro (Despicable Me 2‘s Benjamin Bratt), her superior, vying to keep his job, and fellow Agent Erik Ritter (Graceland‘s Gbenge Akinnagbe), vying to get Kate’s.
But, uh-oh, Kate is ultimately so sorry to have been so right about Jack Bauer and everything else, and is immediately reinstated to highest level clearance so she can spearhead the “Jack Bauer Case” after Jack Bauer goes all Jack Bauer and does what he does best — finally throws his shit at all of his fans (metaphorically speaking) and the writing on the wall becomes a rocket launcher through it.
I loathe to give too much away here, but suffice to say, die-hard 24 fans will rejoice when Jack re-ignites the flames on what is the most sophisticated plutonic relationship in history and rescues his hacker extraordinaire and all-around plucky sidekick, Chloe O’Brian (2 Broke Girl‘s Mary Lynn Rajskub), from her three days trapped in the clutches of CIA’s “Special Activities” Division, which is just a pleasant way of saying “torture chamber.” Then, Jack and Chloe ride off into the sunset, right? Yes. Pursued by, at the very least, all of the U.S. Government Agencies.
Just to whet your palette, watch this new season of 24 and look forward to, as always, the reveal of…
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