Tensions between President Heller and Prime Minister Davies boil over, until one of them decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, Jack has a plan for tracking down Margot, but it involves using someone unexpected—and unsuspecting—as bait; and back at the CIA in London, Jordan Reed, the CIA analyst raises suspicions about Kate's late husband.
In May 2011, members of Lulz Security (see Anonymous) gained international attention for hacking into the American Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) website. They stole user data and posted a fake story on the site which claimed that rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls were still alive and living in New Zealand. LulzSec stated that some of its hacks, including its attack on PBS, were motivated by a desire to defend WikiLeaks and its informant Chelsea Manning
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24 has been about cyber-security, the surveillance state, and the contrast with a world of mistrust and extreme reciprocity that is both terror and counter-terror resulting ultimately in life and death decision making. This week makes some of the narrative elements clearer and muddies others, still building on the problems of US policy operating in other countries, allies or not.
MI5 finally makes its appearance in this drone-free episode. The PM Alistair Davies realizes US President Heller's Alzheimer condition makes him less credible in terms of leadership. This same interest in plausibility is given a reminder with the new narrative path that Chief of Staff Mark Boudreau has already forged Heller's signature to Bauer's rendition transfer order and his conversation reveals a tension with the Russian Foreign Minister indicating that he suspects Heller's rescinding of the the rendition order is Boudreau's doing.
Bauer's temporary reinstatement comes with many conditions such as no operational surveillance that will trigger a response by the Brits to deploy MI5's tactical teams which while credible, do seem to not be able to take down the minions of Rask, the arms dealer, who decides to blow himself up with a grenade - a short one episode appearance, but sufficiently ruthless in his mistrust of Jack. Bauer has been working for him for two years and hands Kate Morgan over to him in a ruse to disinform Rask in order to get access to Marot Al-Harazi. We now see that the late Naveed's sister is in danger because Margot orders Simone to kill her and her daughter and gets hit by a bus for her trouble partially because she hesitates to kill them quickly. She will play an instrumental role in the next episode, conflicted perhaps by her relationship with her more ruthless mother.
MI5 decides to intervene, misinterpreting Jack's actions, as he enters Rask's building with agent Kate Morgan drugged up as a ploy to plant a virus in Rask's computer to track Margot. Jack's Serbian associate Belcheck is waiting to rescue Morgan with contact from Chloe when Rask accesses a bank account seeking money Jack supposedly has, the information will allow access to tracking information for Margot. Rask's minions torture Kate Morgan Belcheck gets taken out by MI5 tactical team before he can intervene and save Morgan MI5 makes a dynamic entry much gunplay ensues and Rask is killed as well as Morgan escaping with Bauer. Close-Quarter Battle ensures, perhaps less realistic in how Rask manages to not be secured and grabs a grenade. The major plot development is one we have been expecting from someone within the US camp: CIA station chief Navarro turns out to be the real mole in the CIA who planted stolen information on Kate Morgan's husband. Jack will be outrunning a drone-launched missile in the next episode.
24: Live Another Day has received positive reviews. It currently holds a 84% "Fresh" rating with an average score of 7.4/10 on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Its synopsis cites this rating as a result of "strong action sequences" however it does criticize the season for its "familiarity and sameness".[58] It has also received positive critical reception on Metacritic, with a Metascore of 70, signifying "generally favorable reviews".[59]
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