24 8am-12n

24
Imagine Entertainment
Real Time Productions
20th Century Fox
Fox
Mondays 9pm ET/PT
Episodes 1-4: 8am-12n
Running time: approx 1:24

Carlos Bernard gained some weight.

A good friend of mine never doubted Carlos Bernard's loyalty to CTU because of his Cubs coffee mug. He turned out to be right this time, too, I think. He's Deep Cover? A film with Laurence Fishburne from the previous Bush Administration--around 1991 or so. We've seen this sort of thing before--I distinctly remember someone submitting to pretty serious torture in a previous 24 season to avoid giving up who he was working for. (Can't remember that part.)

Anyone else catch Popular alumna Carly Pope as deceased First Son's ex-girlfriend Samantha Roth? And Janeane Garofalo as an FBI agent--seriously?

I'm trying to figure out the connection between Roger Taylor's murder, his friend's murder, and the vast governmental conspiracy.

The runway incursion and near-crash of two aircraft reminds me of Die Hard II, in which terrorists guided a landing aircraft to a crash by giving inaccurate landing information. Also the clandestine meeting of First Husband Henry Taylor and Samantha at the Tidal Basin reminded me of the murder of the congressman by Jon Voight & Co. that started the surveillance classic Enemy of the State.

This was a gripping opening. I hope the next 20 hours play out just as well.