Okay, on 24 no one is ever safe. Except for Jack Bauer. And even he has been knocked dead a time or two, only to be revived.Last night's murder of Renee Walker, in Hour 7, of the Last Day of 24, with only 6 Hours left, was a bit of a surprise.
Getting shot by the Russian sniper was no great surprise. But, Renee dying after Jack got her taxied to a hospital, promising Renee, en route, that she would make it. And then the docs being unable to save her, leaving Jack a sobbing mess as the Hour ticked to its end.
Well, that was a surprise.
I liked Chloe being made the head of CTU. That was a nice turn of events.
The IRK's (think Iran) Parliament wanting to have Dalia replace her martyred husband, Hassan, as leader, so the Peace Process could continue, was not a big shocker.
The Russians are back being the bad boys, with the Russian delegate to the peace convention, Novakovich, making his bad boyness clear with a phone call with the Russian who stuck a needle in the surviving Hassan-killing terrorist, Samar, to kill him before CTU could question him.
Renee recognized the fake Russian EMT needle sticker, Pavel, but not til she'd had time to relax in Jack's bed. The fake Russian EMT, Pavel, also recognized Renee, telling Novakovich that he needed to kill both Renee and Jack.
So, Jack and Renee, after a really long day of terrorist fighting, after Renee's earlier in the day rape bout with a Russian bad guy, with no time to take a shower or brush their teeth, hop into bed for a thirst inducing round of romping.
The bed romping was watched by the fake Russian EMT, Pavel, now sniper, from a building across from Jack's apartment. After finishing with the bed romping Jack gets out of bed to get a drink of water. The sniper takes aim, shoots Renee, and continues to spray the apartment with gunfire, while Jack picks up Renee and rushes her to the aforementioned hospital, where she dies.
Prior to Renee dying, disgraced ex-President Logan (think Nixon) offers to help get the Russians back in line. After a tense meeting with President Taylor, she agrees to let Logan help. The previews seem to indicate that Logan is back up to no good.
So, with Renee gone, what's next? Ending 24, for all time, by killing off everyone? We still have not seen Jack's daughter, Kim and granddaughter, Terri, put in jeopardy out in Los Angeles. Surely that is coming in the final 6 hours.
Renee Walker became such a popular 24 character, in the past 2 seasons, there is a Wikipedia article about the Renee Walker 24 character.
