24 5-6pm

24
Fox Mondays 9pm ET/PT
Imagine Entertainment
Real Time Productions
Twentieth Century Fox Television
Seventh Season
Feb. 23 episode: 5-6pm
Director: Milan Cheylov

After just a few hours, the plot line that began this season draws to a close. Viewers worried about Col. Ike Dubaku's nefarious plans can rest easy. He is in a hospital and under arrest.

I must give proper credit to my friend Keith, who correctly predicted that Shawn's girlfriend Erica was in on the conspiracy with him. I certainly didn't expect Shawn to shoot her. Yick. Now the FBI has two counts on him: aiding and abetting a terrorist conspiracy; and murder one. In Illinois, the latter could be construed as "murder in the course of a felony," which is a capital crime.

It's not mentioned in the show, but I wonder what the payoff amount was for cooperating with Dubaku and betraying one's country.

Marika was not wearing her seat belt, right? In a simple rollover accident with marginal collision impact, it probably would have saved her life. Especially in an SUV. Obviously, I'm speculating on a fictional event, which is a bit silly. But I think 24 tries to be as faithful to real-world events, as much as it can.

Is there going to be a separate story line about the First Daughter?

24 rarely revisits characters or events from previous episodes, so we probably won't see this resolved. I wonder if Dubaku's goons who interrogated and murdered Samantha Roth's boyfriend's techie friend will be discovered and arrested. Were they on Dubaku's list? (From the 2-hr. tv movie that preceded this season.)