ALKJDFLASKJ, SSS! Thank you so much for my rose! :(( You are Brian and I'm Justin and you totally bought me flowers from the street vendor! *doesn't leave you for a musician*

SECONDLY, OMG RANDY IS MERE MILES FROM ME. THIS EXPLAINS THE RECENT CLOUD COVER SUNNY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS EXPERIENCED. IT IS THE RANDY FRONT CONVERGING WITH THE GALE, UM, FORCE. THEIR CHEMISTRY EVEN AFFECTS THE WEATHER, YO.

Also, I need to stalk like celery. Which is harder when you are on foot. If anyone sees a woman stealing a bike from a wee child to madly cycle after a car containing a not-blond-anymore-cos-he's-not-Justin-dammit head down Ventura Blvd., that would be, um, me.


- Jack makes a gas mask look hot. You watch. Next season's fashion show models are going to be striking bioterrorism poses.

- The mall. OMG THAT WAS TOTALLY A WWJ(ACK)D MOMENT! And do you know what Jack would do? HE WOULD NOT GIVE THE RIGHT CODE, BEYOTCH. What I think tripped him up (beyond the usual Killing Innocents Is Bad) was the amount of children involved. Would the same events have happened had the target been a factory? In all honesty, I think Jack would have gone through with it. He's been able to sacrifice innocents before when millions have been at risk. Of course, he always tries to prevent it, just as he did here. But I think the key here was the kids. In that lull, I totally picture him remembering Kim when she was small and her mother brought her to the mall. Then later when she was a teen and spent her entire life there with her friends. He was on home ground.

- That said, he screwed up finding the terrorists fast. :| Then again, this show is not called 8.

- Okay, so I think I've figured out a big reason why I love Lynn so much. HE'S JACK. No, really. His "the end justifies the means" approach to the job is exactly how Jack operates. Tough decision that needs to be made? Lynn's your man. And just like Jack, he's emotionally affected by his decisions. He just doesn't have time to delve deeper beyond simple acknowledgement that they exist.

- Um, Lynn. You have wonky timing. Wouldn't you want to straighten yourself up before you walked back into work? But more importantly, how did you get back into CTU? Your security card was stolen. :| Which is totally going to bite you in the ass later. And why does every CTU director have the unstable woman in the immediate family? Dude, as an unstable woman, I take offense. :| But, damn, you definitely rock at bucking up and moving on. :X

- When Jack is dragged into the other room, his shirt rucks up and you can see this tantilizing patch of side/tummy skin. Um, alkfajlasjfd.

- Jack has his Body Count Total (via my Tech Support lennongirl), but I think we should start a Times Logan Tries To Avoid Responsibility Tally, too. I mean, WTF. There was no less than three attempts at it in this episode alone. Twice for making the bomb decision and another for making his wife tell the widow about Walt. But, ha ha, Bill and Mike wouldn't let you foist it on them. Nice try, Mr. Presidon't.

- Wouldn't it have been better to just tell the widow? Now she's going to blame herself for not being there for "emotionally distraught" Walt, when really he was a coward with a PR problem. (Assuming Walt wasn't murdered. And you know what they say about assuming.)

- If at all possible, avoid becoming 3rd in Command of your terrorist group. Past years have continually shown you will inevitably fuck up and be ordered to sacrifice yourself for the greater good of hayhem.

GUH. I LOVE THIS SHOW.