Fang's Bites Grade for 24, Season 8, Hour 7, 10 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Opening Sequence: President Taylor gets support for the treaty – B.

President Taylor tells British Ambassador Dalton about the nuclear material on American soil – D. Don’t do that, Madame President

Jack is taken to Vladimir by Lugo – A.

Arlo is an idiot – F.

Dana is called by Kevin – F.

Chloe scolds Arlo – A.

Jack arrives at Vladi’s place with Lugo in tow – B.

Jack brings Lugo in at gunpoint – A.

Jack scolds Vladi – A.

Vladi tells Jack it’s a misunderstanding – A.

Jack tells Renee he’s pulling her out – C.

Renee refuses – A.

Vladi plays grabass with Renee – D.

Dana calls Kevin – F.

Dana calls up a bunch of security pictures and gives Kevin a security code to break into an evidence locker – F.

Kevin and his man are in. Can’t anyone at CTU see what Dana’s doing? – F. F. F. F.

Kevin and his man are stupid – F.

Why is this storyline continuing? – F.

Kevin and his accomplice are leaving, but accomplice gets greedy – F.

Dana heads back to her station – F.

Brad Garrett 7Up ad – F (not included in the grade)

Vladimir calls a contact to find weapons grade uranium – B.

Vladi wants Jack to drink vodka which he does – C.

Vladi continues to feel up Renee – D.

Vladi is getting drunk – C.

Jack tells Vladi to call his contacts – A.

Vladi wants more vodka – C.

Jack waits with Lugo and Vladi’s other men – B.

Bazhaev tells one of his men to bury Oleg with full military honors –  B.

Bazhaev sees a catatonic Josef and tells him to get up – C.

Bazhaev says he had to kill Oleg – B.

Bazhaev says he wants to leave Josef a big inheritance – B.

Bazhaev finds Vladi on the phone –  B.

Vladi wants weapons grade uranium – A.

Bazhaev calls Vladi stupid and not to call again – B.

Renee tells Vladi to call someone else – B.

Vladi wants to kiss Renee – D.

Renee stops him and has him calls others – B.

Bazhaev is worried about Vladi knowing about uranium – B.

Bazhaev calls one of his men in a tractor trailer and instructs him to pull off the road with the uranium – C.

President Hassan gets a phone call from President Taylor and she wants him to continue to work on the treaty – B.

President Taylor says she knows about the arrest of Jamot – B.

Hassan says he’ll release Jamot – C.

Taylor doesn’t believe him – B.

Hassan finds that the interrogation of Jamot was very hard, but yielded nothing – B.

President Hassan wants Jamot’s children and wife arrested – A.

Tarin tells Hassan that he will not do what is asked – B.

Hassan then gets a reality check – A.

Tarin leaves and then Hassan tells another one of his men to arrest Jamot’s family – B.

Now Hassan wants to find stuff on Tarin – B.

Nick is getting greedy – F.

Chloe talks with Dana and Dana leaves Chloe to try to fix a bad situation. This is a horrible storyline – F.

A cop now enters where Kevin and Nick were ransacking and they try to slip past him. – F.

The cop tries to call in the complaint, but Nick beats the cop – F.

Tarin goes to see Kayla – A.

She lets Tarin into her room – A.

He hugs her and cops a feel – A.

Tarin now tells Kayla about what her father is doing – C.

Tarin says he knows Hassan went behind his back – B.

Hassan’s man, Tabil knocks on the door and wants Tarin – B.

Tarin goes with him after Kayla lies to Tabil – C.

Kayla is told not to bother Hassan – D.

Jack is worried about the situation – A.

Vladi has reached the end of his rope – A.

Renee tries to convince Vladi to keep calling – B.

Vladi cops a feel – F.

Vladi punches Renee – B.

Renee stabs Vladi dead – A.

Jack runs in to save Renee and she stabs him by accident – A.

Lugo tries to run in and Jack throws the knife and HITS HIM IN THE NECK – A+

Jack kills two more men – A.

Jack hugs Renee – A. 

Jack patches himself up – A.

Jack says noo-cu-lar – A.

Hastings is an idiot – F.

Hastings is really an idiot – F.

Cole is instructed to go to Jack – B.

Dana is distracted – F.

Hastings yells at Dana – A. That’s the best thing he’s done all season.

Renee is catatonic – A.

Renee says she couldn’t handle it – A

Renee falls apart – A.

Jack says Renee has him – A.

He gets her back – A.

Jack says they have more info than they had three hours ago – A.

Jack says he’ll back up Renee on Vladi’s attack – A.

Now Bazhaev’s men come into Vladi’s compound – A.

Jack goes back to Renee and they decide to get Bazhaev – A.

Jack convinces Bazhaev’s men to do the deal over the uranium – A.

One of Bazhaev’s men sees a door and almost encounters Renee, but he’s called away – A

Jack leaves with them – A.

Cole shows Hastings the scene at Vladi’s hideout – A.

Renee tells Cole that Jack left with Bazhaev’s men – A.

CTU hasn’t seen anything – D.

But Jack and the men have left via underground tunnel to a car waiting nearby and they leave – A. Holy frijoles!!!!!

Final grade – 80, B minus. After a weak start, a very strong finish.

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.

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