I am – Hercules!!


“I’m going to track down the people responsible, and I’m going to finish this!!”

“Terrorists have launched a single drone!!”

“We will retaliate with our own nuclear strike!!”

“You better pray that CTU can stop that drone!!”

“We have a leak!! Our satellite data is being relayed to the drone pilot!!”

“The drone will detonate in 30 seconds!!”

“We could start another world war!!”

“20 seconds!!”

“We have to find out who’s subverting our systems!!”

“10 seconds!!”

“The order’s given!! Launch the missile!!”

TV Guide says:

Jack deals with devastating news, and acting president Noah Daniels (Powers Boothe) mulls enacting controversial measures. Mike Doyle: Ricky Schroder. Dmitri Gredenko: Rade Sherbedgia.

What is TV Guide not telling us? “Dr. Robert Hume” believes he knows what happens. Beware!! Gigantic enjoyment-squelching spoilers lurk in the invisotext!

-Gredenko and Fayed launch one of the drones with a nuke. Where is it headed?

-CTU tries to track it but, thanks to that tried-and-true CTU security, of course someone has hacked into the system and figured out a way to get the drones to evade their satellites.

-Who could the mole be? A quick check of the computers confirms Ricky Schroeder's suspicions--It's Nadja! Get the foreigner! They lock her up right quick. But Milo still believes in her innocence.

-Meanwhile, Jack's not-at-all-bereaved sister-in-law tries to put the moves on him. Jack tells her he was involved with Audrey before his incarceration. Then, sis-in-law drops the bomb--Audrey was killed in a suspicious car accident in China while trying to free Jack! Jack is speechless but still manages to bitch out Chloe for not telling him earlier.

-CTU figures out that the drone is being piloted from a house basically across the street from their offices (note to future terrorists--not a good plan). So Ricky and Jack go next door and kick the guy's ass.

-In a pretty effective scene, Jack figures out that the drone is headed for San Francisco and if it gets to a certain range of coordinates, the nuke will automatically go off. So he must try to swerve the drone off course at the last minute without stalling it. It's very tense and all, but he's Jack Bauer, so he pulls it off. However, the drone does end up stalling out and Jack crash-lands it on an industrial loading dock. The bomb doesn't go off, but the early responders do get a healthy dose of radiation and probably won't make it.

-Everybody breathes a sigh of relief. The bomb didn't go off, so the crazy VP won't nuke Iran. "Screw it" says the VP (figuratively) and gives the strike order anyway. Suck it, Iran! Dink-dank-dink-dank...

Next week?

* Two members of CTU start making out, and at least one of them isn’t named O’Brien.

* Mike Doyle hides something.

* Palmer’s sister is recruited to risk the president’s life.

* A strange new character enters the fray.

What other devastating news might Jack have to contend with down the road? A reader, “TMM,” writes:

I'm watching Day 4 Hour 1 and Jack just told Chloe "Kim and Chase are fine they got a house in Valencia."

Of course we learned last season that Kim and Chase split – but who got the house that was just vaporized?

9 p.m. Monday. Fox.