No, that's what I mean: as I said, it was MI-5's ineptitude that saved her. First they stop Belcheck, but because they did they could then barge in and inadvertently cause a distraction on her would-be torturers.

I can completely blame Kate for Audrey's death.
First of all, she makes Audrey get up quickly from the bench despite Cheng's explicit instructions that if she moves from it again, she dies; all so Kate can get a bead on the shooter (despite the fact she has live footage from Cheng himself with the exact point of view…

He's had Erik breathing down his neck this entire time. No way. Guy can't even get up to take a coffee break, let alone contact Cheng via text message.

"Bless your little heart", internet.

No, that was Daddy Bauer I believe.

That's okay, I thought the exact same thing you did.
"Oh blast, that was a stupid thing to do. Well, better curse Bauer with my dying breath. I hear everyone's doing it today."

Really? I find her very one-note and hardly up to Jack standards when it comes to getting the job done at any cost. Her shining moment's been basically being willfully tied up by terrorists to be tortured, and if it weren't for the ineptitude of MI-5 (or was it 6?) barging in, she'd probably be missing a limb. Jack…

On the contrary, it takes one magical commercial break and it'll disappear all on its own, no explanation given.

*PHUT* *pregnant pause* *PHUT*
Double-tap, comrade.

Mark could have easily driven himself there and gotten out, walked over to the gate—but his "they're watching me!" plea kind of shoots that in the foot.

Plus Jack wasn't very stealthy about opening and shutting car doors when switching seats outside of a guarded Russian intelligence residence.
Maybe the guard had his radio on playing Soulfinger too loud.

Honestly, I don't think Audrey's getting out of today alive. She's been used as a pawn for madmen far too many times, and frankly, she's sick of it. Plus she's likely to find courage to mimic her father's actions earlier and sacrifice herself for the greater good. If she's killed, Cheng's got no bargaining power that…

Audrey's not going to make it out of today, if that look on Jack's face in the teaser was any indication.

I do have to add one more thing about this hour: Chloe's been with CTU for years, and even at one point ran the New York bureau—what the hell was she thinking running for the nearest occupied civilian vehicle screaming and shouting when she had a clear route of escape by hurrying over to her pre-determined spot, which…

Jack's brother AND father were the masterminds? I mean, COME ON.

It's a Jactic! Quite Jactical on her part.

I seriously forgot what happened to Chen—mostly due to the fact I just wanted to forget Day 6 even exists.

Interestingly, the idea for season 2 was not to focus solely on Jack, but have parallel but unconnecting storylines for the Bauer clan.
Fortunately, the experiment failed and they went back to what worked best: Jack-focused stories.

Regardless of the beginning of the order, I think we can all agree 6 is the single worst. Amazing considering the "day" before (in my educate opinion) was jaw-droppingly incredible.

Karen Buchanan?