# 24: Season 6: Episode 6 (11:00am - 12:00noon) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029 "2007-01-29T23:03:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/21 "2007-01-30T06:21:01Z")
[QUOTE=mack] I always refer to him as [Farmer Hoggett](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0112431/Ss/0112431/fcstil_0151.jpg.html?path=gallery&path_key=0112431). “That’ll do, Jack” [/QUOTE] He’ll always be [Lieutenant Dudley Smith](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119488/) to me. “Knock knock! Who’s there? Dudley Smith, so Reds beware!” Brrrrr, chilling. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/22 "2007-01-30T06:22:49Z")
Couldn’t they find any actors under the height of 6’ 10" to play papa Bauer? Some great lines in this episode, but Chloe is waaaaay too normal. This seemed more like a placeholder episode until next week. ---
**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 30, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/23 "2007-01-30T06:28:24Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Some great lines in this episode, but Chloe is waaaaay too normal. This seemed more like a placeholder episode until next week. [/QUOTE] I’m kind of hoping Bill and Karen will have an impromptu make-out session in the hallway when they’re reunited, giving Chloe reason enough to taser both of them. Chloe doesn’t taser nearly enough people on this show. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/24 "2007-01-30T08:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] He’ll always be [Lieutenant Dudley Smith](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119488/) to me. “Knock knock! Who’s there? Dudley Smith, so Reds beware!” Brrrrr, chilling. [/QUOTE] You’re all wrong. His greatest role is as Mr. Skolnick (Louis’s father) in [Revenge of the Nerds](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088000/). “I’ve, uhh, got the old cruise control set at 35.” ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/25 "2007-01-30T13:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Couldn’t they find any actors under the height of 6’ 10" to play papa Bauer? [/QUOTE] Don’t worry, when Jack’s mom appears, they’ll even it out by hiring an actress that’s 3’2". ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/26 "2007-01-30T14:15:39Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Some great lines in this episode, but Chloe is waaaaay too normal. This seemed more like a placeholder episode until next week. [/QUOTE] She’s actually been way too normal all season so far. Either she’s become more socially adjusted, or they are saving the big Snark Attack for later. ---
**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 30, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/27 "2007-01-30T14:23:33Z")
[QUOTE=interface2x] Don’t worry, when Jack’s mom appears, they’ll even it out by hiring an actress that’s 3’2". [/QUOTE] Hey, if Graham (however he spells it this week) can take over Dad’s goon squad, what about Mama? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/28 "2007-01-30T14:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=interface2x] Don’t worry, when Jack’s mom appears, they’ll even it out by hiring an actress that’s 3’2". [/QUOTE] Either that, or Jack and Graham are revealed to be adopted and next season we’ll be introduced to Jack’s “real” father (who’ll likely also be a major player in the world of international munitions brokering or a '60s radical who went underground after committing a terrorist act). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/29 "2007-01-30T14:46:04Z")
[QUOTE=PastAllReason] Really? It seems to me that he could be doing a lot worse than a show that’s been winning lots of awards not to mention praise. He could be working on, I dunno, a soap, or \*Two and a Half Men \* or something. [/QUOTE] He could be working at a 7-11. Or not working at all. He seems like an assmunch to me. And has everyone forgotten Daddy Bauer’s finesse with joy buzzers and exploding cigars? ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/30 "2007-01-30T15:10:28Z")
As is obvious from the content and tone of the preceding remarks, this was by far the most boring episode of the entire series. I found myself leafing through TV Guide during the show. I hope this year gets better. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/31 "2007-01-30T15:11:05Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] but no… just do what everybody else always does (except Jack) – cave in to pressure from the nearest weasel. [/QUOTE] I know… it’s getting old. Everybody always gives in. Like CTU doesn’t have logs and stuff that will show what really happened when Fayed was in custody. I’m stuck with a redundant login and I had to post this twice, so apologies to anyone whose processes I had to borrow to get it posted. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/32 "2007-01-30T16:04:11Z")
[QUOTE=Ronald C. Semone] As is obvious from the content and tone of the preceding remarks, this was by far the most boring episode of the entire series. I found myself leafing through TV Guide during the show. I hope this year gets better. [/QUOTE] Amen to that… did Jack even kill a single person this hour? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2007, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/33 "2007-01-30T16:10:55Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] Amen to that… did Jack even kill a single person this hour? [/QUOTE] I guess torturing one’s brother is enough Jack mayhem for the hour. Plus, it didn’t make the final edit, but I hear Jacked kicked Graem’s puppy on the way out the door. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/34 "2007-01-30T17:01:09Z")
[QUOTE=c\_goat] I’m stuck with a redundant login and I had to post this twice, so apologies to anyone whose processes I had to borrow to get it posted. [/QUOTE] Terrorist! You’re descended from terrorists! _Even if you’re working for the U.S. government!_ What the hell’s up with _that?_ Why keep it secret? And how the hell did Walid expect to return the cellphone? Was he a street urchin and trained by Fagin before becoming head of the Token Good Guy Muslim club? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/35 "2007-01-30T17:21:19Z")
[QUOTE=Barbarian] And how the hell did Walid expect to return the cellphone? Was he a street urchin and trained by Fagin before becoming head of the Token Good Guy Muslim club? [/QUOTE] I was thinking that a simpler strategy would have been, “Hey man, you dropped your phone over there. Quick, put it back away before the Feds see it!” > [@fungi](#): > > Amen to that… did Jack even kill a single person this hour? Nope. And even his “torture” of Graem lacked his usual inventiveness. At least threaten to pluck out an eye, or something! Now I’m reminded of the immortal words uttered in another Keifer Sutherland movie… “Kill your brother. You’ll feel better.” ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/36 "2007-01-30T17:21:29Z")
[QUOTE=c\_goat] I’m stuck with a redundant login and I had to post this twice, so apologies to anyone whose processes I had to borrow to get it posted. [/QUOTE] Doggone it. Let go of my socket! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/37 "2007-01-30T17:25:08Z")
By the way, if the information about the 5 “visitors” was on some publicly accessible website… then why did it take an overheard conversation at a detention facility to come up with that bit of “intel”? Seems like the bit Walid overheard was the first any branch of any government agency had heard of the “5 visitors”. > [@JThunder](#): > > Doggone it. Let go of my socket! Not until we open a new protocol. ---
**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 30, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/38 "2007-01-30T18:11:54Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] By the way, if the information about the 5 “visitors” was on some publicly accessible website… then why did it take an overheard conversation at a detention facility to come up with that bit of “intel”? [/QUOTE] Lennox doesn’t let his guys use the web, and Chloe takes up all the bandwidth at CTU doing whatever it is she does. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/39 "2007-01-30T18:32:28Z")
[QUOTE=Barbarian] And how the hell did Walid expect to return the cellphone? Was he a street urchin and trained by Fagin before becoming head of the Token Good Guy Muslim club? [/QUOTE] Yeah, he should have just dropped the phone on the ground near where he ran into the guy. Stupid Walid! Stupid plotline! Stupid I-wish-I-were-as-badass-as-Sherry lawyer chick! Jack and Graem look like Smurfs next to their dad. ---
**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 30, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029/40 "2007-01-30T18:36:24Z")
[QUOTE=Monstre] By the way, if the information about the 5 “visitors” was on some publicly accessible website… then why did it take an overheard conversation at a detention facility to come up with that bit of “intel”? Seems like the bit Walid overheard was the first any branch of any government agency had heard of the “5 visitors”. [/QUOTE] I think they dropped that a little too quickly. I still have a feeling that at least one of the people in the group Walid was hanging out with actually does have some connection to the day’s events. I am particularly bothered by the poor excuse given for the fact that Mysterious Arab Suspect was able to sneak a cell phone into the facility. After all, if they had time to strip search Walid (they made a point of mentioning that, didn’t they?), I don’t see how they don’t run their hands through all of MAS’s pockets. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-6-episode-6-11-00am-12-00noon/390029.md?page=3)