Even better than I’d thought — Martha Logan zinged pieces of kiwi at her ex-husband (and ex-president), Charles Logan. 24-philes who saw the preview last week had thought it was a lowly peanut. But it was kiwi! Newly chopped-up kiwi pieces that Martha, just so verklempt, couldn’t even eat, but just had to toss at Logan’s head. Priceless.

Before I delve further into the Logan storyline from last night, I must point out that in the preview for next week’s ep, CTU discovers there’s a leak. Shock! Horror! That’s never, ever happened before. I’m still leaning toward Milo. Suggestions, anyone?

So since we started there, let’s review the Logan storyline first.

After Logan’s perp walk through CTU came the best line of the season so far when Chloe gets all squirrely around Logan and he’s quizzing her about when Buchanan’s going to talk to him:

Sorry, I’m feeling ambivalent. I’m gonna go.

Chloe was definitely back to full-blown Chloe-ness last night. I hadn’t realized just how much I missed her perpetual scowl and weirdness until it resumed. Welcome back, Chloe.

Anyhow, did you catch how Martha has a framed photo of herself and Aaron that is almost the same as the framed photo Charles has of himself and Martha? That’s gotta hurt.

Charles knows that Martha and Anya Suvarov are really close and figures Anya can get her husband to at least listen to reason about the “situation” at the consulate. (Turns out ol’ Chuckie boy is right and Suvarov actually OKs the attack on his own consulate.)

But before we get to that point, Charles has to actually get Martha to speak with him, which is much more difficult than convincing Suvarov to OK an American siege of his consulate led by the Rickster.

Martha is totally batty, staying at “Meadowcreek,” a lovely mental institution that apparently is far enough from the radioactive fallout that her favorite produce stand, Mel’s, is still open for business despite the fact THAT A NUKE WENT OFF JUST A FEW HOURS AGO!

It’s a good thing, too, otherwise Martha might not have had kiwi to throw at Charles’ head.

Who else totally freaked out when she stabbed her ex in the shoulder? My jaw dropped and I just sat there, staring. Totally stunned, even though I saw it coming as soon as the camera focused on the plate she was carrying and then she walked behind Chuck. For a second I didn’t think she was going to do it, then WHAM! Holy guacamole.

I have to admit, she did kind of have a point that she should get a medal for killing him instead of being arrested herself.

She does have a pretty good insanity defense, though, given that she’s already in an institution and had just thrown chopped kiwi at his head. Who chops kiwi by the way? People usually just slice it.

All that said, Martha and Aaron are totally cute together. I’m thinking that Aaron and Jack are going to hook up at some point this day and kill some bad guys together, though.

Speaking of killing some bad guys, here’s the solution to the game of Clue — Jack in the basement with a belt. Oh, and then a gun. Yep, Jack plays possum next to dead guy, but eases dead guy’s belt off slowly while comrade with gun is busy talking to Markov. He uses the belt to snag comrade’s hand and gun, then wham, bam, thank you gospozha.

Jack hides in a supply closet (according to the official Fox site) or in the drop ceiling (according to a live blog by Adam at The Jack Sack on the Blogs4Bauer site — and it looked like ceiling tiles to me, so I’m going with Adam on this one).

Bad comrades do not find him, natch, and Jack finds two lovey-dovey Russkies who seem to be ordinary consulate employees as opposed to gun-toting nationalists. And here, from Jack, came the other great line of the night, a great challenge to Chloe’s comment to Logan for the best line of the series so far:

I have no intention of hurting either of you. But if you don’t cooperate, I will kill you.

The thing is, to Jack Bauer, that makes perfect sense. And to anyone who watches “24” regularly, that makes perfect sense.

Anyhow, Jack manages to get the pertinent info to CTU just in time (or is it? previews for next week seem to indicate the drone gets up in the air and it’s questionable whether they manage to intercept it before the bomb goes off. and given the season so far, it’s entirely possible a second nuke will go off.). But then he’s pinned down and runs out of bullets and just in time, the Rickster manages to save him.

But see, Jack’s a nice guy. He tells Doyle that the lovey-dovey couple are “not hostiles.”

Speaking of Doyle, he’s definitely of the Jack Bauer school of anti-terrorism. They’re either going to have killfests together or try to kill one another. He would have been so bummed if Buchanan had called off the attack on the consulate.

But was he even wearing a bullet-proof vest? I didn’t notice one, but he could have had it on underneath his shirt.

Loved the tension between Doyle and Milo. Milo’s such a wuss. But don’t mess with his “team” or he’ll stare you down and tell you not to mess with his team. Morris must feel better already. His shirt, after all, is wrinkle-free.

Morris was asking for it, though. He was being such a wiseacre. Yes, he always is a wiseacre, but they were in a rather tense situation, the Rickster was asking him a rather simple question, and he was just busting Ricky’s hump for no reason. I would have grabbed him by the neck, too.

Ricky’s had that haircut since he was born, I think. But his face has totally aged. This is my main question about him, though — when did he stop going by “Rick Schroeder” and go back to being “Ricky”?

Geez! I almost forgot about the White Bunker. You just know that Lennox isn’t going to lie for Daniels for long. Despite the fact that Daniels is going to institute his policies, Lennox is a true patriot (as opposed to the false patriotism of Daniels and Reed and Chase) and won’t lie for long. He knows that no matter what might seem better and easier in the short term would cause more harm to the country in the long term. I hated Lennox at the beginning, but it’s clear now that he’s a true good guy. He and Karen next week are going to work together to bring down Daniels, I think. Wonder if Muppet Baby Palmer will regain consciousness by then.

So, did I miss anything? Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Other nominations for quote of the night?

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