# 24: Season 5: Episode 5 (11:00am - 12:00noon) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263 "2006-01-23T17:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/101 "2006-01-25T16:50:02Z")
Can someone explain to me this “Waaaaalt” reference everyone keeps making? I guess I’m not well-versed in whatever it is. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/102 "2006-01-25T17:30:05Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Forget looking…Bauer still goes outside right? How about accidently running into Buchannan or Edger at the mall or something? That would be the Mojave Desert Mall, would it? Which lures L.A. buyers with it’s unique wares all the time? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/103 "2006-01-25T17:38:55Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > Can someone explain to me this “Waaaaalt” reference everyone keeps making? I guess I’m not well-versed in whatever it is. It’s from the show “Lost” and has become a repeated joke in those threads. There’s a character named Michael who has a young son named Walt. Walt was kidnapped by mysterious bad guys on the island, and Michael’s best strategy for getting him back has so far been to take off aimlessly into the jungle yelling, “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLTTTTTTTTTT!” ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/104 "2006-01-25T17:45:32Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Forget looking…Bauer still goes outside right? How about accidently running into Buchannan or Edger at the mall or something? Unless Jack was hitting the Waffle House in the mornings and Sizzler in the p.m., he probably had zero chance of running into Edgar (edger? Dunno). When Jack had the scissors in the assassin’s neck, did anyone else think of the similar scene in _Absolute Power_? I won’t give away what happened beyond that it involved President Palmer. ‘Mercy?’ ‘Sorry - I’m fresh out’ Chloe’s gone from JarJar ugly to ‘not bad as long as she’s not scowling, smirking or doing anything else similar with her face.’ It’s depressing that a dork like the President could have a wife with that kind of cleavage. And Audrey is hotter than ever, though my wife said something about her having a crooked nose and I kept looking at that the rest of the episode. Speaking of Audrey, couldn’t she have told the Hobbit to shove off when he basically ordered her to question the MJLF? She’s w DOD, right? Twerpy little bastard. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/105 "2006-01-26T06:11:52Z")
[QUOTE=RancidYakButterTeaParty] So when does the first lady come back, and how does she fit in at this point? [QUOTE] Rumor has it she runs off to Atlanta and joins three other women and one black guy in an interior decorating business. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/106 "2006-01-26T07:11:15Z")
> [@Slacker](#): > > Moscow eh? Fair warning, bring something to read for episodes 10 through 22 (i.e. the plane ride). Next time, on “24”!!! Flight Attendant: “Would you like headphones for the in-flight movie, sir?” Jack: “No, just get me a pillow. GET ME A PILLOW, NOW!” ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/107 "2006-01-26T07:42:35Z")
Hmmm…so, they manage to drag things out for the rest of the day in LA, looking for the nerve gas, foiling assorted idiotic subplots, etc. Then, next season of _24_ takes place _entirely on an airplane to Moscow!_ (Well, at least the first half of it does.) Of course this is an aiplane with assorted hijackers and terrorists, an attractive flight attendant (who somehow manages to get her foot caught in a cougar trap in the galley), maybe a nun and a kid who needs a heart transplant, and a few poisonous snakes. And Jack Bauer. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/108 "2006-01-26T07:45:09Z")
Mojave is not a bad place to hang out if you want to stay away from Los Angeles and still be relatively close to it. There is very little reason for anyone from L.A. to go there. There’s nothing there. There’s not even a Waffle House. And I don’t believe there’s a Sizzler either. ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/109 "2006-01-26T13:21:26Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > They wouldn’t recognize him in the hard hat. If you saw the prequel included on the season 4 dvds, the original plan involved a mullet as well. Come to think of it, he was in Chicago in the prequel…he only came back to Cali after there was an attempt on his life (he referenced this in this episode.) SO perhaps Jack knew that something was coming down and re-located so he would be closer to the action. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/110 "2006-01-26T13:55:44Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > There’s not even a Waffle House. You say that like it’s a _bad_ thing. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/111 "2006-01-26T16:56:30Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Mojave is not a bad place to hang out if you want to stay away from Los Angeles and still be relatively close to it. There is very little reason for anyone from L.A. to go there. There’s nothing there. There’s not even a Waffle House. And I don’t believe there’s a Sizzler either. The nearest Sizzler is apparently 25 miles away in Lancaster. But let’s not forget: Jack can commandeer a helicopter if needed. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/112 "2006-01-26T16:59:06Z")
Chloe, there’s too long of a line at the salad bar, can you pull up the schematics of this Sizzler and can I burrow underneath it? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/113 "2006-01-26T17:54:32Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > Chloe, there’s too long of a line at the salad bar, can you pull up the schematics of this Sizzler and can I burrow underneath it? And make sure you give me the positions of the waiters and the busboys. I need to know where they are deployed. And hurry! I’m hungry! ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/114 "2006-01-26T18:06:01Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > And make sure you give me the positions of the waiters and the busboys. I need to know where they are deployed. And hurry! I’m hungry! My lunch break is almost over - WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME!! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/115 "2006-01-26T18:25:08Z")
Manager: Mr. Bauer, if you don’t show yourself, I’m going to remove the spitguard! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/116 "2006-01-26T18:33:39Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Manager: Mr. Bauer, if you don’t show yourself, I’m going to remove the spitguard! Manager: Uh, make that the sneezeguard! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/117 "2006-01-26T18:45:49Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Manager: Mr. Bauer, if you don’t show yourself, I’m going to remove the spitguard! Terrorist leader: If the President doesn’t meet with our demands, we will spit into the lettuce! Then into the tomatoes! And every 15 minutes, into another dish, until our demands are met! > [@BobT](#): > > Mojave is not a bad place to hang out if you want to stay away from Los Angeles and still be relatively close to it. There is very little reason for anyone from L.A. to go there. There’s nothing there. I’ll vouch for that. I have an uncle who lives in Antelope Valley – I think his house is about 25 miles west of Lancaster. I’ve been there. Once. The nearest item of interest was a tumbleweed. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/118 "2006-01-26T19:45:52Z")
Chloe, I’ve got a problem here. Just what do you tip the waiters here? I mean I had to stand in line to order my food? Do they get the full 15%? I need information here Chloe! Oh, dammit, they’re jamming the signals! ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/119 "2006-01-27T04:33:42Z")
They have found out the moles WAY too early - there has to be another set of them. (when following somwone, always folow with two vehicles, one obvious tailer that the suspect vehicle will lose and get a flase sense of security and the real tailing vehicle) Obvioulsy the nerve gas will be used to steal a submarine or something (there has to be another layer to the plan) Brian ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263/120 "2006-01-27T05:38:00Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Obvioulsy the nerve gas will be used to steal a submarine or something (there has to be another layer to the plan) > > Brian I read an article in Entertainment Weekly that mentioned Minor Spoiler: The terrorists are going to test the Nerve Gas at a Mall [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-5-episode-5-11-00am-12-00noon/341263.md?page=7)