# 24: Season 8: Episode 5 (8:00pm - 9:00pm) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451 "2010-01-26T00:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/21 "2010-01-26T21:55:41Z")
Jack’s getting kind of old. I think this would be a good season to build up Renee and phase out Jack. Maybe Renee could be the new JB. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/22 "2010-01-26T23:59:35Z")
I was annoyed by the way they’re tiptoeing around the idea that Renee would sleep with the Russian guy. “Did he. … rape… her?” Aw, c’mon. They sent an attractive woman to go undercover long term to weasel out the secrets of a mobster. I think she would have to be fully ready to take advantage if she aroused his interest. Heck, I imagine that was the entire point of sending a woman rather than a man. ---
**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 27, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/23 "2010-01-27T02:25:34Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > Yes. The guy was a criminal (who was in for some bad things, including murder… and I seem to recall something about sexual assault on a child in the description), but he was getting a witness protection deal from the Feds for turning evidence on a bigger honcho. Jack had them bring him in – then he shot the guy twice. THEN, he asked for the hacksaw. 😃 The infamous “Get me a hacksaw!” line I often quote (usually when talking about or to my daughter’s boyfriend). I’m used to Starbuck (Dana) finding new and inventive ways of killing Leoben (Vladimir). She just needs a past life flashback; she doesn’t need Jack (besides, she’d do better with Renee). ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/24 "2010-01-27T05:34:55Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Jack’s getting kind of old. I think this would be a good season to build up Renee and phase out Jack. Maybe Renee could be the new JB. First, she will need to learn to say “DAMMIT!” with the proper inflection and head gesture. She’ll also need her own Jack Sack. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/25 "2010-01-27T05:48:19Z")
I think I’m in love with Renee. She needs to horribly disfigure someone at least once every three episodes. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/26 "2010-01-27T21:59:32Z")
Yeah, the whole tracking bracelet thing didn’t work for me. 1. It was on his arm? Wha? Aren’t those things usually on the ankle? 2. Jack’s reaction, and the memory of the aforementioned hacksaw scene. 3. ??? 4. Profit! Not so say I’m not still enjoying the show, just that stuff didn’t ring very true for me. ---
**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 27, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/27 "2010-01-27T22:08:41Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > 1. It was on his arm? Wha? Aren’t those things usually on the ankle? So how cool would it look for her to cut off his big toe? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/28 "2010-01-27T23:03:58Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Jack’s getting kind of old. I think this would be a good season to build up Renee and phase out Jack. Maybe Renee could be the new JB. She reminds me of a young Jack Bauer. Perhaps the season two Jack? ---
**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 27, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/29 "2010-01-27T23:44:35Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > First, she will need to learn to say “DAMMIT!” with the proper inflection and head gesture. She’ll also need her own Jack Sack. I haven’t read all the threads, but has it been noted that Jack is sporting the New Jack Sack 2.0? If comes with many important tools for “enhanced interrogation.” ---
**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 28, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/30 "2010-01-28T00:08:51Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > If comes with many important tools for “enhanced interrogation.” Including extra batteries for the Dremel. ---
**Author:** ![Baracus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Baracus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baracus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/31 "2010-01-28T02:24:12Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > First, she will need to learn to say “DAMMIT!” with the proper inflection and head gesture. She’ll also need her own Jack Sack. She is off to a good start but also has a lot of catching up in the “people who helped me but now are dead” department. If she really is the new Jack, then the old Jack may want to think about letting someone else take over babysitting. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/32 "2010-01-28T05:17:25Z")
I’d watch a 24 with Renee Walker at the helm, most def. She’s got the Bauer-like ruthless with a suffering heart routine down pat, and she can infiltrate (ahem) in ways that Jack can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/33 "2010-01-28T13:14:29Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > She’ll also need her own Jack Sack. The _Renee Attaché_? ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/34 "2010-01-28T21:22:23Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > First, she will need to learn to say “DAMMIT!” with the proper inflection and head gesture. She’ll also need her own Jack Sack. Since she already has his balls. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/35 "2010-01-29T06:12:27Z")
> [@Windwalker](#): > > I think I’m in love with Renee. She needs to horribly disfigure someone at least once every three episodes. Based on her “history” with Vladimir (according to Chloe), she might go Lorena Bobbitt on him in a few more hours… > [@TBG](#): > > 1. It was on his arm? Wha? Aren’t those things usually on the ankle? In that case, she could have just cut his whole foot off. Might have been more fun! > [@wheelz](#): > > The Renee Attaché? Nice! Classy. 😉 ---
**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 29, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/36 "2010-01-29T15:52:06Z")
I think that the real question in everyone’s mind is, “When is Chloe going to pick up an automatic rifle again?” Any takers on what hour? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/37 "2010-01-30T03:42:05Z")
So, who’s the bad guy inside CTU this season? Director Stoops? Flirty Analyst? The one you guys keep calling “Starbuck” (I don’t get the reference)? ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/38 "2010-01-30T05:26:35Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I think that the real question in everyone’s mind is, “When is Chloe going to pick up an automatic rifle again?” > > Any takers on what hour? The sooner and more often, the better. And Taser, too, if it’s not too much to ask. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/39 "2010-01-30T05:49:59Z")
Pshaw. Tasers and assault rifles are SO last week. I think someone needs to hand her a chainsaw and point her toward a band of terrorists. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451/40 "2010-01-30T09:21:43Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > I think someone needs to hand her a chainsaw and point her toward a band of terrorists. :eek: I’ll… ummm… be in my bunk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-season-8-episode-5-8-00pm-9-00pm/526451.md?page=3)