Generic “24″ episode guide

During the first three minutes of the episode, Jack Bauer gets out of whatever jam he got himself into during the last three minutes of the previous episode. The President is confronted with the terrible truth, only it won’t actually be the terrible truth (though you won’t find that out until next time). The gang who helps Jack will try to help Jack, but there will be some kind of failure of technology which will prevent Jack from getting everything he needs to do his job. Many people will use cell phones. The guy everyone thought was a good guy turned out to be a bad guy. The guy everyone thought was a bad guy turned out to be slightly less of a bad guy (and he considers himself a patriot). If only everyone had listened to Jack, they wouldn’t be in the mess they now find themselves in. During the last three minutes of the episode, Jack Bauer will get into a jam which he will get himself out of during the first three minutes of the next episode.