# 24: Season 7: Episode 18 (1:00am - 2:00am)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 13, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997 "2009-04-13T22:27:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/1 "2009-04-13T22:27:58Z")

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**FAQ Bauer (aka Thread Rules)**  
_1) What can be discussed in plain text, unboxed?_  
A: Any events in episodes, once aired on the east coast – as well as any speculation based on these already-aired events.

_2) What should I confine to spoiler boxes?_  
A: Any discussion of upcoming shows that contains information from sources outside the aired material, or any speculation based on such things. This includes the “Next week on 24” previews, which some people choose not to watch.

_3) What’s Jack going to be doing in the upcoming hour?_  
A: Being dizzy and passing out, apparently…

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Previously on 24…

- Olivia’s snottiness is coming back to haunt her. She is forced to bang a reporter to keep him from blackmailing her. But… aha! She took a video of it, to blackmail him! His wife won’t be happy. But Olivia probably won’t either, when it just ends up on the Internet…

- Jack starts showing symptoms. He’s a sick man. There is no cure. Except… well, Kim might have some stem cells that could help. But it’s very experimental. And once you inject yourself with those stem cells, you are very susceptible to wildlife traps.

- Since Jack is still stuck in the FBI office, Tony has to be the action man. Tony sneaks around and finds the bio-weapons. But Dr. Evil Hodges has already loaded them into missiles aimed at big cities. Madame President has to call off the air strike. I guess she does negotiate with terrorists sometimes…

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_24_, Season 7, Episode 18  
1:00 AM - 2:00 AM

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Season 7 threads:  
[1-2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501317) [3-4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=501477) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=502564) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503715) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=504782) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=505793) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=506907) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507883) [11-12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508885) [13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509715) [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=510535) [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511426) [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=512310) [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=513154)

[24: Redemption](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=494375) thread

Season 6 threads:  
[1-2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=404031) [3-4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=404207) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405134) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=406190) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=407210) [8-9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=408162) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409155) [11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=410097) [12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=411097) [13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=412063) [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=413073) [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=414104) [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=414977) [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=415909) [18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416971) [19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=417977) [20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=418918) [21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=419869) [22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=420847) [23-24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421755)

Season 5 threads:  
[1-2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354332) [3-4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354436) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=355459) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356499) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=357589) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=358698) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=359770) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360788) [11-12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=361746) [13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362734) [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363743) [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=364735) [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=365781) [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366813) [18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=367766) [19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=368752) [20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369764) [21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=370750) [22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=371748) [23-24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=372700)

Season 4 threads:  
[1-2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296090) [3-4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296231) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=297399) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=298733) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299932) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301189) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=302470) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=303632)[11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=304737) [12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=305851) [13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=306966) [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=308104) [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309170) [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310254) [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=311420) [18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312536) [19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=313693) [20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=314775) [21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315825) [22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316840) [23-24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=317888)

Season 3 threads:  
[1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=220002) [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=221380) [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=222709) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=224017) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=225274) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=226621) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=228098) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=229589) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=233364) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=234768) [11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=236885) [12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=237968) [13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239159) [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=240183) [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=241649) [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248269) [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249575) [18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=251669) [19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=252057) [20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253222) [21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=254435) [22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=255627) [23](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256792) [24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=258060)

Season 2 threads:  
[1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=141661) [2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=142720) [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=143761) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=144882) [5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=146280) [6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=147635) [7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=149356) [8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=150854) [9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=154843) [10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=156343) [11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160583) [12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=162262) [13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=163850) [14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=165404) [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=167046) [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=172344) [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=174079) [18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=175707) [19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=177496) [20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=178804) [21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=180544) [22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=182018) [23](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=183597) [24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=185081)

Season 1 threads:  
[1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=97572) 2 [3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=100175) [4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=101350) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 [15](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=103851) [16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=104854) [17](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106093) [18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=107360) 19 [20](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=109991) [21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=111266) 22 [23](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=115233) [24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=116289)

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/2 "2009-04-14T01:03:25Z")

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Where’s tonight’s thread?

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/3 "2009-04-14T01:06:05Z")

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Stop asking me questions! If you want to help, stand behind the door with a gun.

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/4 "2009-04-14T01:17:35Z")

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So Tony goes the taking-hostages approach, rather than shoot them and take their key cards… I’m not so sure about that plan…

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/5 "2009-04-14T01:18:09Z")

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How did I get here? I was looking at those rockets that resemble those toys I had. You put water in them and pumped them up with an air pump…Maybe I breathed too many fuel fumes.

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/6 "2009-04-14T01:19:54Z")

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> [@Monstre](#):
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> So Tony goes the taking-hostages approach, rather than shoot them and take their key cards… I’m not so sure about that plan…

Mrs. Plant agrees with you. I say he’s being tidy. Perhaps he’s going to use their bodies to pack the explosives and it’s easier to get them there under there own motive power.

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/7 "2009-04-14T01:22:19Z")

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Where’s your gum and your string?

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/8 "2009-04-14T01:27:31Z")

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_ **What are you talking about?** _  
I added “Season 8” 😃

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/9 "2009-04-14T01:30:22Z")

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You’d think Madame Pres would want to stall Jonas just a little bit longer, until FBI could completely verify that things had definitely been taken care of at Starkwood. Yes, the explosion most likely took out that bunker, but they’ve had the bio-goo on the complex for a while, and there could still be some of it somewhere…

So now Jonas is another small fish in a big pond? Everybody’s a small fish? Apparently there’s always a bigger fish… and the conspiracy reaches everywhere.

Bets on who is REALLY behind it all?

- Olivia?
- Morris O’Brien?
- Kim Bauer? (She planned to get her dad infected with a bio-weapon, just so she would force him to reconcile with her and ask for her stem cell assistance…?)
- Nina Meyers, from beyond the grave…?

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/10 "2009-04-14T01:31:52Z")

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And enter Kim stage right

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/11 "2009-04-14T01:32:25Z")

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MRs. President, I appreciate this phone call, but I’ve talked to cooler Presidents than you.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/12 "2009-04-14T01:33:18Z")

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> [@Monstre](#):
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> Bets on who is REALLY behind it all?
> 
> - Olivia?

When Tony went down the stairs, I asked “Whats Olivia doing in there” :eek:

we are talking fringe, right?

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/13 "2009-04-14T01:37:36Z")

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Lots of ‘just so’ conveniences tonight. Too much for my tastes.

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/14 "2009-04-14T01:38:56Z")

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Maybe Olivia and Kim will duke it out…or mud wrestle.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/15 "2009-04-14T01:41:51Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Maybe Olivia and Kim will duke it out…or mud wrestle.

Ok Well in that case. A 24 / Fringe crossover would be nice. If it happens.

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/16 "2009-04-14T01:44:03Z")

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Did a bee sting her lips?

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/17 "2009-04-14T01:48:50Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Did a bee sting her lips?

Perhaps she picked it up while in CAPTIVITY? 😛

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/18 "2009-04-14T01:53:27Z")

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> [@Meeko](#):
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> Lots of ‘just so’ conveniences tonight. Too much for my tastes.

Now the helicopter is right over where they needed to be? Give me a break!

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**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:** [April 14, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/19 "2009-04-14T01:54:17Z")

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give Tony a gun  
…maybe not.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-7-episode-18-1-00am-2-00am/492997/20 "2009-04-14T01:57:47Z")

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On What Tony did at the end of the ep:

Im not so sure that tony is doubling back, I think he is looking out purely for himself here.

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