It's never that simple ...

...ya one of 24's most understated lines, as Buchanan told Jack: "...it's never that simple..."

Case in point? Karen, putting the weight of the world, and the life of her brother, on Palmer's sister. And, Little Ricky looked like he was being a bad little boy tonight. But, lo and behold, it was Johnson (another Canadian addition to the cast, by the way) who was in major game mode, making Milo think that Doyle was being a d**k … And, Jack putting it all on Brady, 24's resident Rainman, to maintain his position. Poor Brady. But, Jack pulled him through. Way to go Jack! Even, the dart made it into Gredenko. Va bene!

As of 9:42 tonight, there were 2 "Dammits" (well, Milo had one, does that count?)

Like last week, it seems the best of the episode was the last 15 minutes ... even though we knew that just 10 minutes in, the end of the episode would likely be the Vice President's retaliatory launch ... but wait(!) ... President Palmer comes through to call it off .. ...Palmer looks pretty good, and seems to be making quite a lot of sense after a couple of hours in a coma, dontcha think? But wait (again!!) -- again in shades of previous seasons, now we have to wait for the Attorney General to make his (her?) appearance next week because the Veep is convinced that Palmer is looney and still feeling the affects of the coma ...

...stay tuned ...

Oh, ya, by the way, there *were* 2 Dammit's tonight -- the first was Milo's(!) (Does that count?) ...and the second belonging to Jack ... Cheers!