Fang's Bites' Grade for 24, Season 7, Hour 17, 12 a.m. – 1 a.m.

Opening Sequence: Confrontation between Moss, Tony, FBI and Starkwood at the Starkwood compound – A.

Hodges comes out to yell at Moss – A.

Hodges tells Moss he has five minutes to get off his property – A.

Jack finds that Douglas Knowles wants to help take down Starkwood – A.

Jack calls Knowles – A.

Knowles says he was hoping someone would call him – A.

Knowles says he can’t believe that the weapons are on the Starkwood compound – A.

Hodges puts his men into position – A.

Jack tells Moss to create a diversion to keep Tony on the compound – A.

Moss being a wimp – F.

Moss creates the diversion by hitting Greg – A.

Moss leaves while Tony finds a way to stay inside – A.

Moss’ men leave while Tony stays on the ground and he finds Knowles – A.

Jack is losing feeling – A.

Knowles leads Tony to where the weapons are stored – A.

Jack staggers to remain on his feet – A.

Jack calls President Taylor to tell her that Starkwood was ready to shoot at the FBI – A.

President Taylor tells him that they need him to verify the canisters – A.

President Taylor says she will not give up on him, but Jack is twitching – A.

Olivia gets a call from sleazy reporter – A.

Reporter tells Olivia not to hang up on him – A.

Reporter forces Olivia to come to him in a time of national crisis – A.

And she calls Aaron Pierce??????? – FFFFF

Tony and Knowles go to search a building and can’t get in – C.

Tony has to hide from a patrol, but Knowles runs away – B.

Knowles distracts guards while Tony gets into the building – A.

Jack collapses as the biological weapon takes hold of his system – B.

Hodges is informed that Knowles was caught – A.

Hodges instructs to put Knowles in his office and keep him there until he arrives – A.

Hodges looks to see if the weapons are ready – A.

Pierce takes Olivia to the reporter’s hotel, but she keeps Aaron out – F.

Olivia enters sleazy reporter’s room – F.

Olivia confirms that WMD was taken from the Arlington Port Authority – F.

Reporter wants to make the story public – A.

Olivia tells the reporter everything about Starkwood – A.

She tells him that an airstrike was ordered and she pleads with him to keep it under wraps – C.

Sleazy reporter wants sex from Olivia – B.

They kiss and I lose the picture from Fox – F.

Jack is injected with a drug to keep him from shaking and is told to inject himself every two hours – A.

Dr. Macer says stem cells are needed to help him and his daughter (KIM!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!) can help him – A.

Jack says he doesn’t want Kim involved – B.

Renee wants Kim to help – B.

Jack says no – A.

Janis says Jack looks better – B.

Tony goes into a room – A.

Jack helps him – A.

Tony uses his Krav Maga skills to knock out two guys and get their weapons – A.

Tony now has his weapons and goes to an elevator, but a resarcher gets in – A.

Tony is four floors down – A.

Tony walks into place and gets a visual on the canisters – A.

Janis and Walker get the coordinates and Jack tells Tony to get out of there – A.

Knowles yells at Hodges – A.

Knowles wants to know if bioweapons are on the compound – A.

Hodges says he kept the country strong and he won’t be persecuted – A.

Hodges tells Knowles that he has to defend the country – A.

Hodges throws Knowles over the railing and kills him – A.

Hodges cleans himself up – A.

Hodges is informed by Greg that F-18’s are on their way for an airstrike – A.

Hodges says he’s going to call President Taylor – A.

Olivia gets up from sleeping with sleazy reporter – F.

Reporter says he has to run it – F.

Olivia shows reporter their sex tape – A.

President Taylor calls Olivia and orders her back to the White House – A.

Joint Chiefs tells President that the bombs will not spread pathogens – A.

Hodges shows researcher and Greg his bloody shirt and informs everyone that Knowles won’t be joining them – A.

Hodges calls President Taylor and gets a private line into one of the offices – A.

Hodges tells the President to turn the planes around – A.

Hodges tells the Preisdent that missiles with pathogens are aimed at three US East Coast cities – A.

Hodges shows the President the canisters – A.

Hodges tells the President if she doesn’t turn the planes around, he’ll attack – A.

Hodges tells her she has 30 seconds to act – A.

Jack gives himself another injection – A.

President Taylor orders to abort the bombing raid – A.

President Taylor is embarrassed and leaves – A.

Good episode even though there was no action. Overall grade – Solid A.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

Quantcast