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[Vauxhall]

I believe it is likely to be a sequel of sorts yep. Perhaps the season will end with a few loose ends which need to be tied up. I would think that the next season will also be set in Washington DC, particularly given the characters we know to be returning.

Interestingly, just been reading a few things, and a trustworthy source who has already seen Season 7 has just posted the following:

I'm not going to say why, but I was thinking it might be even sooner than that, like a few hours or days instead of a few weeks.

I feel we have a huge season cliff-hanger in the offing...

As for Anil Kapoor, if that piece of news is accurate, I would be surprised if he was a major villain for the season. It's possible that he is not even a villain at all of course! Personally, I'd like the Starkwood/government conspiracy to span Seasons 7 and 8.

[Greene Planet]

Agreed on that last part. Jon Voight has been doing a terrific job playing his character.

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However, I'm sad that Kurtwood Smith had to die...

[Vauxhall]

And you posted about that Indian actor being cast for next season, does that give a clue as to a possible location, or angle that the story will take, I wonder. An Indian villain would be fresh, unless they've hired him to play a generic Muslim character or something.

Update on this. I've read an article saying that Anil Kapoor will play an Indian intelligence officer. Not sure on its veracity though.

[Vauxhall]

Spoiler anagram for this evening's episode:

A PARACHUTED SPY NOT DIRTY

[Matt_13]

Tony is in there, can't find anything else that really makes sense at the moment.

[Vauxhall]

Tony is in there, can't find anything else that really makes sense at the moment.

Yep, keep running with that:

TONY -------- -- --------

Only a few hours for you lucky people in the US. I've seen a couple of reviews for the last part of the season - one which says that your heart won't stop racing for about half an hour after episodes 16, 17 and 18; the other descibes the final episode as the most important series finale ever. Make of that what you will!

[Professor Dent]

Only about an hour to go for us folks on the east coast! In the meantime, here is an interview with Kiefer that I came across today. No spoilers on this season.

[Matt_13]

Tony is in there, can't find anything else that really makes sense at the moment.

Yep, keep running with that:

TONY -------- -- --------

Only a few hours for you lucky people in the US. I've seen a couple of reviews for the last part of the season - one which says that your heart won't stop racing for about half an hour after episodes 16, 17 and 18; the other descibes the final episode as the most important series finale ever. Make of that what you will!

Exciting stuff! Only a half hour to go.

[Matt_13]

Forgive the double post but WOW! What a cliffhanger!!!

[maersk seeland]

season 7, i now proclaim thee "best season of the series"

[A Kristatos]

Forgive the double post but WOW! What a cliffhanger!!!

Another great episode! Still don't see how Olivia fits into the main plot. That may be the only "crack" in the season so far, but that's all I'll say for now for those who have not seen tonight's episode yet.

[dodge]

Better and better and better. Or, to unscramble Vauxhall's anagram: It blew my blinkin' socks off.

[Matt_13]

The shift in quality from the pre-writers strike eps and now is astonishing. The actors seem to have even stepped up their game. This season is definitely going down as one of the best. Do we know when they start to shoot next seasons episodes?

[Doctor Shatterhand]

By the way, who the hell is Jon Voight's character supposed to be? Philip Bauer 2.0?

More likely a founding member of a Blackwater organization.

[Doctor Shatterhand]

I believe it is likely to be a sequel of sorts yep. Perhaps the season will end with a few loose ends which need to be tied up. I would think that the next season will also be set in Washington DC, particularly given the characters we know to be returning.

Since I live in the Washington area and work only a few blocks from the locations they have filmed for Season 7, there appears to be no shooting in DC for Season 8. Fox is looking elsewhere, but never say never.

[Mr. Blofeld]

I'm afraid I laughed when they replayed Jack Bauer's "NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" upon Senator Mayer being shot.

[dinovelvet]

Spoiler anagram for this evening's episode:

I got it! Of course, after seeing it, but I'm pretending I'm clever anyway :

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TONY CAPTURED AT SHIP YARD

PS - SPECTRE vibes in Voight's briefing to his cronies? Yes? No?

PPS - Bet Jack was exposed to nitrogen or something else harmless, which was being used to keep the bioweapon stable. From the laboratory setup at Starkwood, it looks as if they have to do something to it to get it 'working'.

[Vauxhall]

I got it! Of course, after seeing it, but I'm pretending I'm clever anyway :

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TONY CAPTURED AT SHIP YARD

Correct!

Fantastic cliffhanger to another excellent episode. I genuinely think Jack was exposed to the weapon, and I think he's going to become increasingly incapacitated as we reach the end of the season.

[Professor Dent]

Another great episode! Still don't see how Olivia fits into the main plot. That may be the only "crack" in the season so far, but that's all I'll say for now for those who have not seen tonight's episode yet.

Hard to tell what her angle is at this point but I do think that crack may begin to close in the next few episodes.

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I was a little bummed to see Ethan resign. I only hope he comes back to expose Olivia's treachery!

Also, from the previews for next week, it looks like they bought a few more helicopters.

[Mr. Blofeld]

As soon as I saw that helicopter come down, I cried out loud, "Oh, come on!" What a complete deux ex machina...

[dinovelvet]

I got it! Of course, after seeing it, but I'm pretending I'm clever anyway :

Spoiler

TONY CAPTURED AT SHIP YARD

Correct!

Fantastic cliffhanger to another excellent episode. I genuinely think Jack was exposed to the weapon, and I think he's going to become increasingly incapacitated as we reach the end of the season.

Maybe. But from the scene with Jon Voight standing in a laboratory with a bunch of scientists standing around, I think they need to do something to "wake up" the bio-weapon before it can be effective. Maybe Bauer got a low dose of it.

And when will Kim Bauer be making her surprise appearance? Unless they've dumped her entire plot on the cutting room floor, I'm guessing that Voight has her kidnapped to keep Jack under his thumb. This will work neatly with Renee being able to see that he does have feelings after all

[Vauxhall]

And when will Kim Bauer be making her surprise appearance? Unless they've dumped her entire plot on the cutting room floor, I'm guessing that Voight has her kidnapped to keep Jack under his thumb. This will work neatly with Renee being able to see that he does have feelings after all

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I believe she returns in either episode 19 or 20, apparently with something for Jack which only she can give him. Now, I imagine that could either be simply information or an item, but it could also conceivably be some sort of medical assistance (maybe Jack has a particularly rare blood type!).

[Greene Planet]

JACCKKK! He's been expposed to the chemical.

[Vauxhall]

JACCKKK! He's been expposed to the chemical.

Or has he...?

[dodge]

JACCKKK! He's been expposed to the chemical.

Or has he...?

I pity the poor germ that messes with Jack.

[killkenny kid]

JACCKKK! He's been expposed to the chemical.

Or has he...?

Great minds, my friend. I was thinking the same thing.

[Red Barchetta]

Ok, after talking to someone inside Fox, here is what's going to happen...

Jack has been exposed to 'air', and will become increasingly dependent on it.

Renee will marry Larry Moss in an outdoor wedding, and Jack (who is best man) will shoot Larry in the foot by mistake.

President Taylor will hold e-seminars in the Oval Office, in an attempt to connect with younger voters.

Agent Pierce brings Bill back from the dead in a voodoo ritual.

And- the big surprise... Starkwood turns out to be a dummy holding company for Disney World!

I'm sure this is accurate!

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

Does anyone mind recapping the episode for me? I'm afraid that I missed it due to rehearsal on Monday night...
Plus, I was having a little bit of trouble with the Fox website...

[Vauxhall]

Does anyone mind recapping the episode for me? I'm afraid that I missed it due to rehearsal on Monday night...
Plus, I was having a little bit of trouble with the Fox website...

I can do, but if you'd like to watch it for yourself, I believe it's available in the United States at Hulu?

Alternatively, this is the episode summary from Fox:

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As the FBI continue their search for Jack, Larry calls Ethan and tells him that Senator Mayer is dead. They believe that Jack murdered him. Ethan is angry with Larry for letting Jack get away, but Larry reminds him that he advised Ethan against using Jack in the first place. This sobers Ethan, who subsequently tenders his resignation to the President.

With her husband on the mend, the President was hoping the day would end on a more positive note. She tries to persuade Ethan not to resign, but he feels that his poor decisions will tarnish her administration if he does not resign immediately.

Jack calls Tony and explains about the bioweapon that Starkwood is about to get a hold of in order to fight their congressional order to be dismantled. U.S. civilians will be killed to prove that Starkwood is needed as a secondary security force. Jack believes the weapon is still at the port. There's only one Port Authority Officer on duty, named Carl Gadsen. As Gadsen gets off the phone with his very pregnant wife while working double shifts to make ends meet, Jack and Tony grab him. They disarm him and force him at gunpoint to get the port manifest.

At Starkwood, Hodges is informed that Quinn hasn't checked in. He then addresses Starkwood's board, exhorting them to stop cooperating with the government subcommittee. They are not to answer any more subpoenas. Starkwood can be a vital tool in protecting an America that has an army stretched to the breaking point and the draft off the table. After the meeting, Douglas Knowles, the Board's chairman, tells Hodges he thinks it's folly to fight Senator Mayer. Hodges informs him that Mayer has been killed by a rogue federal agent. Knowles is horrified, and asks for Hodges' assurance that he wasn't involved. Hodges feigns offense, but coolly suggests that while Starkwood is not in the business of political assassinations, it's certainly a growth market they could look into.

At the port, Gadsen tells Jack and Tony that he was trying to make extra cash to support his impending twins conceived with expensive fertility treatments. He had planned to aid men that he thought were simple electronics smugglers. They haven't arrived yet. Jack tries to call in the FBI, but communication is jammed. The men arrive at the gate. Jack tells Gadsen to let them in. He and Tony will follow them and call for help once they're out of jamming range. Gadsen is reluctant, but Jack promises that they have his back. Gadsen opens the gate to find a small army waiting, led by Stokes, who is suspicious of how nervous Gadsen is. He forces Gadsen to come along with them to the pickup site. Tony whispers to Jack that he knew Gadsen was a dead man the moment he walked out that door.

Olivia tells Ethan that she is personally sorry for his resignation, though she still think it's what's best for her mother. Ethan apologizes for accusing her of leaking his role in Jack's escape to the press. He advises her that running the country isn't like running a campaign -- you need to do what's right for the people, not just whatever it takes to win. Olivia responds that sometimes those things aren't mutually exclusive. Once he's gone, she calls network White House reporter Ken Dellao to inform him that he can now run with the story about Ethan and Jack. She was the leak.

At Senator Mayer's home, evidence is found that points to a third person being involved with the murder. Larry calls Renee to say that he is prepared to entertain the idea that Jack is innocent. He wants her to tell him what she knows. She's reluctant to blow Jack's cover, but finally discloses what she knows about Quinn and Starkwood, and the fact that Jack was trying to prove that Starkwood was behind today's attacks.

At the port, Tony wants to move out, but Jack can't abandon Gadsen. He already promised one person today that he'd protect them, and now they are dead. He can't let that happen again. When a thug is dispatched to lead Gadsen off to be executed, Jack takes aim. Tony exhorts him not to do it because it will blow the whole mission, causing so many more innocents to die. Jack pulls the trigger, saving Gadsen, who runs away to safety.

Jack and Tony come up with a fallback plan: hijack the truck. The dead man is found in short order, and Tony and Jack open fire. In the course of the gunfire, Jack manages to leap aboard the truck and throw the driver out of the cab while Tony keeps them distracted. However, Tony gets captured. As Jack prepares to drive away with the bioweapon, he hears over the walkie-talkie about Tony getting caught. Stokes recognizes him. Jack calls Larry and asks him to scramble together teams to meet him at a weigh station.

Just as Jack gets off the phone, a flashing light alerts him to a breach. He stops the truck and checks in the truck's pallet to find a gash in one of the containers causing bioweapon gas to leak out. Unfortunately, he's stopped near a suburban area. Jack desperately manages to hammer the leak closed.

Moments later, the Starkwood team arrives with gunmen and a helicopter. Jack is forced to take cover while the gunmen airlift the bioweapon away. Stokes calls Hodges and reports he'll be there in ten minutes. Meanwhile, Jack calls Larry and tells him that Starkwood recovered the weapon and headed due west from his position. Larry says there's a large military facility in that area, but he can't assault a private compound without evidence that a weapon exists. Jack tells him to send his CDC men to him and they'll have all the proof they need -- Jack was exposed to the bioweapon chemical.

[Greene Planet]

Exellent summary, Vauxhall. Very detailed.