First Nina Myers, then Ryan Chappelle. And now another semi-regular cast member leaves the show, obviously for shock impact: Penny JOhnson, aka the wonderfully unreliable Sherry Palmer.
Having helped Senator Keeler frame her ex-husband, she now has to deal with three people: David Palmer, who has one last desperate plan to stop her; Wayne Palmer, who is trying to destroy the evidence she used in her scheme; and the paranoid Julia Milliken (Gina Torres), who believes the truth about her spouse's death might leak out and is determined to prevent that from happening at all costs.
Then we have the virus storyline, which takes an unexpected turn as Stephen Saunders is neutralized early on and the location of ten vials out of eleven is revealed in time. The eleventh, however, is being transported by a man named Rabens onto a subway train in Los Angeles, so Jack and Chase have to find him and stop a massacre.
Generally, the penultimate episode of a 24 season is the one where the situation appears to become unbearably tense, in preparation for the emotional overflow provided by the finale. Not this time, though: the suspense has the courtesy of bowing in favor of Johnson using every minute she has to leave a lasting impression before her departure. For three years, she fulfilled the "backstabbing hag" position admirably, and the 24 universe will be a very different place without her.
Having helped Senator Keeler frame her ex-husband, she now has to deal with three people: David Palmer, who has one last desperate plan to stop her; Wayne Palmer, who is trying to destroy the evidence she used in her scheme; and the paranoid Julia Milliken (Gina Torres), who believes the truth about her spouse's death might leak out and is determined to prevent that from happening at all costs.
Then we have the virus storyline, which takes an unexpected turn as Stephen Saunders is neutralized early on and the location of ten vials out of eleven is revealed in time. The eleventh, however, is being transported by a man named Rabens onto a subway train in Los Angeles, so Jack and Chase have to find him and stop a massacre.
Generally, the penultimate episode of a 24 season is the one where the situation appears to become unbearably tense, in preparation for the emotional overflow provided by the finale. Not this time, though: the suspense has the courtesy of bowing in favor of Johnson using every minute she has to leave a lasting impression before her departure. For three years, she fulfilled the "backstabbing hag" position admirably, and the 24 universe will be a very different place without her.