# 24: Season 5: Episode 14 (8:00pm - 9:00pm) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214 "2006-03-20T23:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/81 "2006-03-22T05:16:59Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > How to spell Bierko? 😉 :smack: Well…um…I just figured that since Jack had spent some time in Mexico, that’s how HE would pronounce it. After all, he’s said “nu-ku-ler” on the show before. :dubious: Perhaps Bierko has something on the vice-president, and that’s how he was able to call in so many favors so quickly on his impromptu plans. \ ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/82 "2006-03-22T14:11:39Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > Why doesn’t CTU bring in the 2nd shift to cover the 40% lost? > > They do have another shift, right? With their operating budget the way it is? We’re talking time-and-a-half, fella. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/83 "2006-03-22T14:44:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Why bother with a second shift? 98% of the time, they have nothing to do but sit around and listen to “chatter.” I figure that when there is NOT a terrorist attack happening, they work an 8-5 shift, then shut the place down at night. IIRC, at the beginning of Season 1 the division guy has to call up the staff and have them come in to work to deal with the Palmer threat, and it’s treated as quite unusual that they’re working at that hour. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/84 "2006-03-22T17:00:38Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > I wouldn’t have surrendered my keycard to the new asshole – I would have made him get the order to me from my immediate superior (i.e. Bill Buchanan). Absolutely. It’s not Chloe’s keycard - it’s CTU’s. She should have held on to it until someone from CTU authorized her to release it. > [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > While I do like new Hot Russian Terror Babe, I do feel a bit betrayed that it’s not Mandy. HRTB couldn’t have been Mandy - Mandy doesn’t get caught. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/85 "2006-03-22T20:07:05Z")
> [@SuperNelson](#): > > HRTB couldn’t have been Mandy - Mandy doesn’t get caught. Well, except by Jack himself. Who caught her last season. As measured by results, Mandy is the #2 badass in the 24-verse after the big dog himself. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/86 "2006-03-22T21:32:39Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Well, except by Jack himself. Who caught her last season. As measured by results, Mandy is the #2 badass in the 24-verse after the big dog himself. I still think Jack should have said “Well, Guess what? We didn’t catch Marwan. Thus, we aren’t letting you go. Tear up the pardon and send her to Gitmo!” She’d be a grandmother before anyone would know about the reneged deal. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/87 "2006-03-22T21:44:31Z")
But Jack gave his **word** … ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2006, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/88 "2006-03-22T22:02:32Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > But Jack gave his **word** … I think there’s something in his High School yearbook about that. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/89 "2006-03-23T01:08:11Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > But Jack gave his **word** … Nobody(except the chinese) even seems to know who Jack is. If they knew who Jack was, they wouldn’t be launching terrorist attacking in the LA area, ever. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214/90 "2006-03-23T01:27:05Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > Nobody(except the chinese) even seems to know who Jack is. His mentor, RoboTerrorist does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-14-8-00pm-9-00pm/349214.md?page=4)