Culture: 24, 7pm to 8pm

Been a bit distracted by March Madness so haven't gotten around to checking up and writing on 24.

So to recap the latest hour ...

In the DC thread, the nuclear bomb happy Veep is all set to send Un-named country a message with a nuke attack on a remote part of that country. The implausibility here is that no one seems concerned except Karen.

Meanwhile, at CTU, as usual, we find out there is a mole and at the moment it appears that Nadia is the source of the leak. We shall see how that plays out in the episodes ahead but it doesn't look good for Marisol Nichols' contract negotiations for next season.

The terrorists have loaded one of the nukes onto a drone and have sent it on its way to San Francisco. The implausibility here is that the drones they have look like merely oversized radio control airplanes a hobbiest can buy. I just can't imagine one of those things can (1) carry the nuclear device and (2) has enough fuel to fly from the outskirts of Los Angeles to San Francisco!

We find out that Audrey (Kim Raver) is dead. I suppose it is possible she isn't actually dead but since her fan site says Raver has signed up for another tv series it isn't looking too good for her to return to 24. Also, her part in Night at the Museum suggests she has moved on from 24.

By the way, Night at the Museum was a fun sweet little movie. It isn't high art but for what it is, it was nice.

But back to 24, Jack, tortured for 18 months in China and then beaten by Fayed and beaten by the Russian Consulate Cops is taped up and sent out once again to lead the attack. With the help of Morris' computer skills they find found out where the drone pilot is located. Chloe used to get that part in the show ... oh no, Mary Lynn might need to spruce up her resume?

The raid is successful and Jack pilots the drone into an industrial locale without detonating the nuclear device. Unfortunately, the fire department arrives on the scene to get irradiated because the crash landing has caused a radiation leak.

Implausibility alert: it isn't likely that the device would spill its nuclear contents that easily. Additionally, you would think that CTU would warn those guys to approach the object with caution. Instead, they more or less run up to the thing and then get the gieger counter out to check!