Be very, very quiet…. I’m hunting moles!!
Hey again!! I’m in a hunting mood today, so who wants to join me on a mole hunt? Be sure to share your own guesses. I can’t wait to read other people’s theories (and why mine are crazy 
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I’m zeroing in on my first target. He’s not new, but he’s just looking shadier and shadier as time goes on. He’s Ethan. Exhibit A: Olivia has pointed out that all the White House corruption happened under his watch. Doesn’t seem very becoming to a White House Chief of Staff, does it? Unless, of course, he recruited the bad guys himself. Exhibit B: His convenient absence during the White House Siege. Exhibit C: He was one of the only people that knew about Jack heading to the hospital to question Burnett. Exhibit D: He’s way too gung-ho about discrediting Olivia, as we saw last episode.
My next target is relatively new to the show: Olivia Taylor. She’s definitely got motive after being kicked off the campaign and she seems childish enough to want to get back at them for it. Exhibit A: Her insistence on President Taylor declaring victory in her speech, which seemed a bit much to me, especially after she already gave a speech like that earlier in the day that was quickly followed by an attack. Can’t imagine she’s got much credibility right now with the American people. Exhibit B: The leak (I don’t believe for one second she wasn’t in some way behind that) designed to make her mom’s chief advisor look bad and the way she seems to be trying to finger him for everything. Exhibit C: She practically jumped at the chance to be in her mom’s administration and seems a bit power-hungry.
I think Larry is another one who needs to be watched more carefully after this episode. Why? Well, besides doing nothing last week when it looked like there was something up with the audio/video feed (which either makes him evil or totally incompetent), this week another mission he’s in charge of failed. Could it be because he’s sabotaging them? I guess we’ll see. Another strike against him is his treatment of Renee. She’s been one of his only agents to get any results and suddenly he’s ready to put her in holding. Seems off to me… how about you?
Janis is on my radar again this week as well. She can help out Sean and risk a lot by sneaking into those files for a lame excuse, but she fights Renee on giving her info because she’s suspended? Nice that you start playing by the rules now. Also? She’s a bit too eager and helpful and we all know how that worked out with Nina back in the day.
Finally, I have to say that I see one more hint that Tony is possibly bad. Not only has his info not really helped all that much, he disappears a lot. Finally? He was sitting in a café and seemed to be relaxing a bit. Who else has been able to actually relax a little during the day’s events? That’s right… Hodges and a few of his people! Plus, I don’t remember any good guys really getting to do that before on this show unless they’re in intensive care or, well, dead.
March 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 am
I agree that something seems to be amiss with Ethan but he was cleared in my mind by how he acted during the President’s husband’s “road trip”. He seemed genuinely concerned about him and I doubt that would be the case if he was a mole. I think he is motivated by power, greed and ambition and I believe he hates Olivia’s position of power with the President.
I am probably alone in this but I hated last weeks episode. I am tired of the Jack against the US and the Terrorists plot. I find it unbelievable. In any resemblance of the real world, Jack would either be in jail, dead, or a hero. He would not be out and about with the US still looking for him. I believe this show works best when Jack works within the system as a loose cannon. That makes more sense logically and more exciting television. In that scenerio, he is still free to go off on his adventures but the support of a structure around him makes it a bit more believable. I think they wasted a great relationship when they killed Bill and ruined a potentially great plot by killing the Senator. I was looking forward to them working together on the fringes of the system. Now it looks like a repeat of the worst seasons, Jack off on his own kills the terrorists against all logic, exposes the moles and goes away at the end of the day. I hope I am wrong because up to the point when they killed Bill, I thought it was a great season. Now I feel as if I know how the rest turns out and it will be boring. One thing that could make things interesting is if the President from last season shows up as the brains behind Bill’s little adventure.
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:00 pm
So this is how it ends. Spoiler alert for those that didn’t read the previous post. We know that next season is a short time from the end of this season in 24 time. Jack just got exposed to a biochemical weapon. I think Jack dies next year from his exposure. I really liked this weeks episode. I’m glad they went back to Jack working with the FBI. I can’t wait to see what happens when the Prez finds out her daughter is leak and a sneak.