24: The Fourth Day
 

24 has been my favourite show since it started. Jack Bauer is an awesome badass. (Wow, do I ever sounds like a pimply fanboy :))

The new season starts in a few days and I have been looking around the Internet trying to get some kind of a scoop on that the plotline is about this year. However, since it has a 2 character title it's nearly impossible to find anything with Google (same goes for 'er').

So other than the fact that some muslim groups are upset about being portrayed as terrorists again, has anyone heard what is going on?

**Mark your spoilers please**

Hey, no spoilers! I'm still downloading season 2! :)

Plot: Someone discovers a conspiracy to destroy the state/country/world/universe, and Jack Bauer is the only one who can stop it, and he only has 24 hours to do an insane amount of things.

;)


We'll see if I'm wrong :D

I'll go ahead and spoiler tag everything I've found about it.

Spoiler: From ew.com: "An explosion on a commuter train sets off another tough day at the office for Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), who has been fired from CTU and is now working for the secretary of defense (William Devane) and secretly dating the secretary's daughter (Kim Raver). Didn't his experience with Nina teach him about combining business and romance? For more on that lesson, see Alias, above. (Fox, 8-10 p.m. and 8-10 p.m. Monday, Jan. 10; regular time period, Mondays, 9-10 p.m.)"

Spoiler: Also from ew.com: "

Arnold Vosloo is best known for playing the tightly wrapped ancient Egyptian villain in The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, but when he joins the cast of 24, he'll play a rebel without a gauze. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the South African actor will play a terrorist leader plotting against the United States throughout the upcoming season, which launches Jan. 9.

Vosloo joins a largely new cast on the Fox drama, including House of Sand and Fog stars Shohreh Aghdashloo and Jonathan Ahdout (again playing a Middle Eastern mother and son; Witchblade's Nestor Serrano completes the family as Aghdashloo's husband, a Middle Eastern businessman); Knots Landing's William Devane as the Secretary of Defense, who is terror fighter Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) new boss; and Third Watch alumna Kim Raver as the defense secretary's daughter and Jack's love interest.

The new season of 24 begins Sunday, Jan. 9, with a double-length episode covering two hours of Jack Bauer's newest day of misery. Then, on Jan. 10 — Monday, 24's regular slot — two episodes covering hours 3 and 4 will air."

This two is my favorite show. The wife and I have waited until the seasons DVD's have come out and bought all 3 so far. Then we end up watching them in about 4 days, and man is my tail tired of sitting on the couch after those 4 days ;)

I'll skip on reading the spoilers for now. I'll figure you have watched through Season 3 which is over, so it isn't a spoiler anymore. If you haven't, don't read on.

How much time will pass between this and the last 24? Will Kim and Chase still have a relationship? Will Chase still have an arm? So is Tony really going away for 20 years, or maybe even the death penalty? Will Jack still be using drugs?

Here's a problem I had with season 3. It didn't continue well from Season 2. The whole president hand poison thing was sort of thrown away. And Jack's female relationship was covered with about a 30 second scene and she was gone... I don't know, if they just drop Kim and Chase, and Tony and Michelle, I think it would be lame. They kill off so many people in this show you are afraid to get attached to any...

But I love it, can't wait for this season. Not sure if I will watch, or buy the DVD's when the season is over ;)

Isn't that why it's such a compelling show besides the time constraints?

If you do like the messing with the stars of the shows, check out MI-5 on A&E or Spooks in the UK. Excellent show.

Wow, Fark was actually good for something, I found a link to this bit of info from http://bacontastesgood.blogspot.com/: (Minor Spoilers)

GREATEST SHOW EVER

Just finished 7:00 - 8:00 am. Thoroughly impressed so far. :D

GREATEST SHOW EVAR

so good.

I love this show sooooo much. I think its because anything they do in it could possibly happen in today's society.

Agreed!

Jus got done watching the first two hours, and it's gonna be a good season. Don't plan on missing any shows...you'll miss a lot. Ever since I found this show, late in Season 1, I've only missed a few shows. I bought Season 1 on DVD, and now must obtain Seasons 2 & 3. Probably the best show going right about now, even if they do take some liberties with the time. I would guess that FX's "The Shield" is just as good, almost. I've watched a few of those, and like 'em.

Exciting episodes so far. I cant wait till tomorrow. So is its regular schedule gonna be mon or sun?

its new time slot will be on mondays, im gonna guess at 9 oclock est. but i dont know tomorrow is another two episode deal that starts at 8 pm est.

Personally I can't understand the popularity of this show.

I like Kiefer Sutherland as an actor, but I would have thought the concept was just a bit old. How many bad days can one guy have?

Mr Mephisto

I think the thing is, it's more than just Kiefer. It's more than just one guy's bad day. It encompasses alot more than that. It's hard to explain, but don't knock it til you try it.

And if you've tried it, well... I guess I'm gonna go away.

wow. I can't wait to see how the rest of this season plays out. Amazing

First two episodes = wow!

Since Kim is apparently not going to be there this season, is Debbie going to replace her. B/c this girl is so dumb

Man I was cheering when Jack broke in and started "interrogating" that guy. Awesome episode last night, can't wait for the next one.

"WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE?!?"

I love it. I have high hopes for this season after a little disappointing season three, but, if the episodes last night are any indication, it's going to kick some serious ass.

That being said, I miss me my Kim and David Palmer. Ah well.

yeah! But my whole family was dying w/ laughter when he shot him in the leg and he gave up the info real quick. My mom said, "I thought they were supposed to die for their cause. One gunshot and already he snitching."

lol

OMG I can't believe I missed the first 3 seasons of this show! This show is so great geez! I've turned into a fanboy after watching the first two shows of the new season and I can't wait 6 hours until the next two start!

Day 3 was so bad, I decided to stop watching.

I'll watch every episode but it's more because everything else on TV sucks. I'm tired of Jack's 'extreme' interrogation methods. It's so predictable. I knew right away that he'd shoot the guy, I just didn't know where he would.

He also pressed the hot barrel of the gun into the fresh wound... OUCH.

Well so far this would be his fourth... how many have you had?

Just to clarify in case you didn't know this, there are 24 episodes because there are 24 hours in a day. Each episode being one hour of that day, so we are now on his fourth bad day. Also, the days aren't consecutive in Jack's life. :thumbsup:

LOL

Yeah, I guess. But I've never saved the world.


I know. I just don't have the patience to watch 24 episodes.


Mr Mephisto

Ok... yet another season... I was kinda skeptical when I heard they were continuing the Show. But wow... blew me away with the first two episodes and as I type I am watching 3 and 4. I think the guys writing this shit must be on some kind of mind alterting substance because this stuff is "on the edge of your seat" for an entire episode at a time....

Only thing is Kelly and her sexy self... gonna miss her!

This show is so amazing . . . words can't describe.

The two episodes tonight absolutely blew me away. Damn, that convenience store holdup. Ballsy

This show kicks some serious ass!! I *LOVE* it. And how can you say season 3 was a disappointment???

It's disappointing because it's become way too predictable. I'd really like it if they let the "renegade" aspect of it drop. I'd be much happier if CTU just supported his 'crazy' methods instead on the constant 'you went too far this time'

It just makes the show cheesy.

It still entertains me and I'll watch the whole season, but it is predictable and cheesy nonetheless.

This may sound stupid but...Does he sleep during the 24 hours?

Since this show is in "real time", you should skip the middle 8 episodes where he is sleeping. It gets kinda boring after 4 hours of it.

He pull's an all nighter when national security is at stake. :p

After last night's episode certainly looks like CTU is going to support Jack so long as he gets results.

Now we know what the rest of the season is going to be about anyway. We knew all along it was going to be Nukes or Bio-Terror. I am glad they went the way they did.

::::Sigh::::: I am in love with the character of Jack Bauer. Seriously. He kicks so much ass. Hopefully someday I can kick that much ass :-D

I second that, Jack totally kicks major ass. I love the scenes where he turns into a robot super soldier, nailing the baddies left and right. :cool:

I liked this past episode. Sometimes I feel that the show kills off characters too soon and too often, so I was happy to see the middle-eastern kid survive through at least another episode. I guess the show has to prove that his good ole fashioned American Values (tm) will save the day.

And how about the action scene as they were rescuing the secretary of defense?! That was some edge-of-your-seat Hollywood level stunts going on there. I can't think of another TV show that's come anywhere near to the quality of that scene.

I could rant a bunch more about the show... but i'll just say that i can't wait till next week.

What do you guys think about Chloe? You think shes gonna be gone for good, or somehow come back to help CTU out when theres something only see can do? I think shell probably come back to help Jack in some way.

I think somehow she'll be the one that figures out that Marianne is up to no good.

I think the black guy (I can't remember his name) is going to end up catching Ms. Marianne although I'd rather it be Chloe. She's such a bitch screwing around with poor, socially dysfunctional Edgar like that.

I really like this show. The first season was pretty good. I didn't care much for the 2nd or 3rd season, but this one is pretty damn good. It's still got a lot of campy dialogue, textbook sitcom situations/conflict and the acting can be a bit much at times, but overall, it's good stuff.

By the way, that was cold shit when the Secretary of Defense authorized the use of 'torture' on his son.

I think that white guy Heller's daughter saw is somehow involved with Heller's son. By the way, do you think they're playing Enya or some shit like that in those headphones they put on the kid? Just a thought.

Behrooz doing some shovel batting practice. How cool was that. Now that he knows his Dad wanted him dead, how many hours before he sends him to Allah?

I get the impression Chloe will be back, too. Her exit wasn't dramtic enough for it to be the last time we see her.

I kinda agree with you, at least with what they have going on in CTU this season. The two black people in CTU (i'm terrible with names) and their story about sleeping with each other for stupid reasons should go back to Melrose Place.

I was kinda suprised about Heller having his son submitted to that torture again, too. I feel like Heller could have gotten him to divulge things with a little sweet talk. After all, the son seemed very relieved to see his father again, after thinking his life was in danger and all that... seems like Heller could have exploited that and gotten him to talk.

I usually don't get that involved in the episodes, but I must admit, when those choppers came flying in over the hills at the last minute, YES! hahahaha

As for the SDT, I have trouble just listening to the very little that they actually play during the show. I can see how that sound would make someone go crazy.

That was pretty intense. I was thinkint the same thing... seemed more like a movie scene than something that was on tv.

As for Heller and having his son submitted to SDT again I was kinda suprised at how it went as well. I think his explination of having a duty to his country was lame, maybe explaining the gravity of the situation would have helped get the info they were after. Although if the the situation with his dad and sister being taken away to be killed wasn't enough I don't know what would be.

Can't wait for next week to see what goes down from 1-2. It's some good watching. Makes Mondays a whole lot better. :thumbsup:

I was skeptical about the show at the start of the season. I still make fun of certain elements (like how the fire department got on-scene and put out the fire during the commercial break, lol) but it has been pretty good.

Chole WILL be back. She's the only one who could do the hacking necessary.

Am I the only one who thinks that Audrey's husband is gionna make it harder for Jack to save the world today?

What the hell is her husband doing there anyway? Is he serving any kind of purpose whatsoever? And when is Dricoll's daughter going to flip out and kill someone?? Hopefully Edgar...

I think he's involved. ;) There's something not right about that guy....

No kidding. Not to mention the "It's my call" crap that they seem to interject at random into the middle of what could be some really good dialogue.

I think you should do this.
IT'S MY CALL!

We need to do this right now.
IT'S MY CALL!

I think I'd like some vanilla ice cream
IT'S MY CALL!

Other than that....pretty good stuff.

i think the ex-husband of Audrey is involved some how. Maybe that is how the terrorist knew where to find the secretary.

Yeah I would guess that the ex-hubby had spoken to the Sec of Defence's son, and that's how the terrorists knew when and where to find him.

Could he have been the one white dude that attacked Heller when he was visiting his son or was that the guy that Audrey remembered?

ok, i admit it:

Spoiler: I cheered when Tony jumped in.

:)

*spoilers warning*






So . . Was it just me or was the re-introduction of TONY amazing tonight . . . I clapped when he came in just in time. I was thinking, "is Jack going to try to take out that guy with the machine gun with his empty pistol? No way. Then out of nowhere BLAM." Amazing Episode . . . I'm ecstatic!!

Moskie . . . word yo

I knew it was going to be him. When he said "The only person I can trust" I knew.

I FUCKEN FLIPPED OUT!

Freakin' sweet.

I thought he called either Chloe, or President Palmer... I wasn't expecting Tony at all. Color me stupid.

another spoiler I picked up from the Tonight Show I saw with Kiefer as a guest last week:
Spoiler: President Palmer is supposed to be coming back, which was why I thought it might be him.

If I remember right, weren't we led to believe that Tony was going to jail after he put CTU at risk by trying to rescue Michelle? I wonder how he got out of that.

That was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen!! Even for a show as awesome as 24. He is one of my favorite characters, so I love to see him kicking ass!!!!! And now I have to wait another entire week to see both Tony and Jack kick some ass together.

Side note..I was squeeling like a little girl when he came on the screen, jumping up and down. Wow.

So was I :|

I'll admit that when Tony came in to save the day I thought it was pretty cool.
Afterwards though, I got thinking about how Jack knew how to get a hold of Tony and how convenient it was that he was within 15 minutes away ready to take out some terrorists. I seem to remember it the same way as Moskie so wouldn't that mean Tony was a fugitive? Hard to believe that he'd be hiding out right under CTU's nose.

I'm sure they'll clear that all up right away next week though. And the "ex"-husband plot has been pretty uneeded so far so I'm sure there's more to it than it looks right now.

Can't wait for next weeks show. :thumbsup:

I thought it was gonna be Chloe as well, but didn't really know what she could do besides look at the bad guys like she was disgusted.

It was awesome to see Tony come back. After watching the other seasons on DVD or downloaded all right in a row, this waiting a week between episodes is hard...

I have to say that I wanted to throw the remote through the TV when Jack gave that line about the 'only person he can trust.' WTF? Pretty good luck how Tony is able to show up right where Jack needs him in less than 5 minutes, armed and ready to kill terrorists.

Once again, their timing pisses me off. And I thought it was lame when the fire department put out the car fire in less than 5 minutes....

Every time I start to like the show they piss me off with these amazing feats and lame subplots (CTU director's daughter, estranged husband, etc.). The only thing believable was how the Arab mother decided to protect her son.

For those of us tuning in to 24 for the first time (only started watching this season). Who is this Tony guy?

Almeida smokes YOU !!!!

I agree about the subplots being pretty lame... but i gotta call you out on complaining about the timing.

It's called willfully suspending your disbelief, and it's absolutley necessary for 24. The real time aspect of the show is just a gimmick. This show has multiple story arcs, all supposedly happening concurrently and in real time. There's no way they could tell these stories if they didn't cheat a bit, so you just have to accept it.

And if it really bothers you a ton, try pretending the show *isn't* in real time. Ignore the gimmick. It really isn't important if you think about it... without it, it'd be the same story, told at the same pace, with the same characters, same everything... the only difference would be that you don't see a clock appear from time to time. Still, you'd have a great, exciting story. What difference does it make how specific the time frame is?

kind of a loaded question but...

Worked at CTU with Jack, and was a pretty high ranking guy (director of Field Ops? something like that). Towards the end of last season, his wife Michelle (also working at CTU) was held hostage by some baddies. Tony was secretly blackmailed to do some bad things to CTU in order to keep her alive. CTU and Jack ended up finding out and saving Michelle before too much harm was done, but there was talk about Tony being held responsible for putting CTU in danger. That's pretty much the last thing we heard about him before last season ended.

OK I finally watched it last night (I had to download it as my VCR crapped out in a power failure).

When Jack dialed his phone I knew he was calling Tony, I would have prefered Michelle (so hot...want to touch the hiney), but it was clearly going to be Tony. When he arrived 5 minutes later I just could not supress my "AW fuck" reaction. I want to suspend disbelief for 24, but that was just too much. I am willing to bet that down the road (IE: next episode) there is some lame reason for Tony just happening to be so close. Something like Chloe and Tony are tracking Jack for some reason. Some bullshit like that.

Otherwise it was a good episode...

Moskie...Tony was director of CTU by the end of season 2 into season 3.

Ok while it was really cool that it was Tony that saved the day.. or at least the hour.. heh... I am almost apaaled by the storyline of having Driscoll's sick daughter on sight while a major national crisis is developing. At the time, I even said that not even Tony would have been that unprofessional.

That being said, there are parts of this season that get my heart racing everyweek.

Okay...the timing thing with Tony was a bit unbelievable, but...

How cool was that ending?!? Huh???

Jack and Audrey pinned down, out of ammo and being advanced on by the bad guys....and in runs Tony to clean up.

Jack needs a fellow badass in the field. I kind of liked the first guy (the guy who was shot at the train depot), but Tony will do in a pinch.

Now all we need is somebody to 'out' Marianne as the badguy inside. I thought it might be the black guy (still not that good with names...), but it'll probably be Chloe. Although it would be nice to see Edgar do it as pasty, overweight, socially-inept computer nerds hardly ever have any 'hero' time.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that next week, they're going to explain Tony's proximity to Jack's location was due to the fact that Jack had already contacted him earlier. It's the only thing that makes sense. The promo for next week eludes to Tony being a fugitive, but it will be interesting to see how the storyline plays out.

Is it me or do you think a goverment orginization that has had this many infiltrations in such a short period of time would be dissolved? That is the one problem I've had with the series. This week, Marianne, a "temorary employee", steps ten feet from the main floor, flips up a server hub access terminal and although asked about it initially is able to cause no suspiction. Then later after being busted for lying, no one bothers to check that terminal? I know part of television is to suspend disbelief, but just think it out a little more is all I'm saying.

Audrey's husband should die.

Behroot should slit his dad's throat while his mom runs the hot bath water (with, like, Middle Eastern type music playing in the background).

They should put Driscoll's schizo daughter in the same room with Heller's son. Then he'll talk.

In fantasy 24, Tony, Jack and Audrey will race to the beach where the man from the ball room has been spotted. As Tony and Jack persue, Audrey glances over towards the water and sees Michelle slowing walking from the surf wet, in a red bikini. She does not know who she is, yet is strangely attracted to her. As she runs to Michelle she slowly removes her...

...aw screw it.


Oh yeah...and Bill Devane rocks.

I miss Michelle. She was so hot.

Alright so here;s my theory on why Tony was so close to Jack last week...

After Chloe was kicked out of CTU a few hours back she called Tony on his secret cell fone to ask him to "look out" for Jack since Erin Driscoll is so massively incompetent. Since then Tony has been tracking Jack via satellite imagery.

TaDa!

Not surprisingly, this is not that far fetched for the show.

I am very excited for tonight though!

quick question that someone might be able to clear up for me:

When people refer to "division", what the hell are they talking about? I've never been quite clear on that...

Quick question:

I don't watch the show very much, I only really have minimal knowledge on it, but I did hear that he's doesn't sleep for the series because it's 24 hours. So has he been awake for 96 hours straight, or was there napping involved somewhere?

The days are not consecutive, last season took place 18 months ago.

Oh okay, that makes sense.

Thanks.

Everyone like the PSA about terrorism and Muslims? I thought it was funny they had to do that. However, it was a very good idea, since people are ignorant and get their views from shows like this, so I am glad they set the record straight that it is just a show.

Anyhow, I liked it tonight. Good fun.

I don't watch this show, but isn't the entire season supposed to be over a 24 hour period in real time? How come it's now on "day four?"

Just curious.

there are 24 episodes in a season....this is the 4th season....therefore, the fourth "day"

Got it. Thanks.

Ah, it's great to have Tony back in action. But WTF is up with his bitch "friend"??? He went from Michelle to that?? No wonder he's so upset! Jack did say Michelle works for another division now so maybe that means she will be on the show this season. Sweet!

I'm not a big Edgar fan but I must admit, it was pretty cool when he busted Marianne. That bitch went runnin! I bet Driscoll feels like shit after zapping the hell out of Sarah!

Damn snipers! They seem to always be at the right place at the right time. Jack had just captured that dude and then *BAM*! Sniper on the roof! He probably could have taken both Jack and Tony out and save the dude but he shot him in the chest instead. Jack must be thinking, "If I had a nickle for every time that's happened...".

So it looks like one of the nuclear power plants is going to meltdown next week. Sweet! Damn, this show kicks ass!

So, when they showed the map of the power plants that refused to come under control of CTU Edgar's hacking, they zoomed in on the Oregon portion of the map. I got to thinking, "there's no reactor in that part of Oregon! That's almost exactly where I am at!"

Then I remembered the experimental reactor here on campus.

Oregon State University, REPRESENT'N!!!

ps; down with Aisha (ctu mole)!! biatch!

Bladder Control
 

I do love much of 24 (I'm back to being a fan - last year's kind of jumped the shark for me). I do wish that they'd show SOMEBODY having to go to the bathroom, though. Talk about bladder control!

Wow, Tony's house really has a central location. 5 min from the security place, CTU headquarters, Van Nuys, etc. What great luck.

I did enjoy this weeks ep though.

No kidding. :)

Well, we all knew it was coming, right?


Ahhh, the classic car bomb. I have to admit, it didn't really surprise me all that much.

I remember a few weeks ago? when she finished her phone call to ???. Marianne was worried about being compensated/caught and the guy told her not to worry, "you know I'll take care of you...." or something like that. I just knew something wicked was in store for the mole.

Two more disjointed thoughts...

I really dislike the new 'assistant' that's been brought in for the Defense Secretary as well.

I wonder if Sarah will be back next week. I mean, how could she possibly continue to work for Driscoll after Driscoll had her zapped and drugged? (By the way, some horrendously bad acting in that episode from the gal who plays Driscoll.)

Looking forward to next week's episode. :)

Actually, unless I'm going crazy, the guy said that early on in this same episode! :p Yea, you knew he was gonna have the bitch killed.

I think that assistant dude is a secret service agent, right? Maybe you're talking about someone else, but i don't think he's gonna be around much. I felt he was just there to help with the flushing-out-the-mole part, then he'll be on his way.

I'm with you there... the woman who plays Driscoll, and the character herself actually, are pretty much the worst part of the show for me. I just don't care about the character at all, and her horrible acting isn't helping things.

I think CTU needs to review their torture policy (do they have one??). They've now severely tortured two innocent people, one of them their own agents. a little too much masochism going on there.

It's all because Jack isn't in charge of the torturing. He never tortures the wrong person. I'm definitely interested in finding out if Sarah will be back next week.

Sarah may have been innocent, but the kid isn't. He told someone (probably Audrey's ex-husband) that the William Devane was coming to his house that morning.

My money says we never see the Secretary of Defense's son again. I think they just decided not to do anything with that thread of the story, and now he's gone... so innocent until proven guilty? i guess we'll never know.

You know, you may be right....he might have....I'll have to ahem*download_it*ahem just to check that out. I'm looking forward Marianne's 'interrogation.'


I don't think so. I was under the impression that he was called in specifically. Again, I'd have to check.... If he's just another secret service agent, why not just ask one of the several the Defense secretary has hanging around to do the job? He's also had quite a bit of screen time to be just a bit player. Of course, that's just my opinion?

I liked tonight's episode a lot, especially the last 15 minutes or so. Once you knew that the shit was gonna hit the fan at the hospital, with everyone converging there, I was really curious how things were gonna turn out.

Man, with 24, you never know who's gonna be offed. I really have no idea who's (not) gonna get out of the hospital alive. Possible casualties: Behrooz, Navi, Dina, Tony. At least one of 'em has to go, but it really could be any of them.

And I loved the last line of the show, with Jack saying "You got that?"... pretty hilarous :p

I loved that line too :lol:

:thumbsup:

Last night's episode was kinda weak in my mind. I guess they have to use the odd show to set up for the big pay off next week, but so far this was the slowest episode so far this season. Maybe I shouldn't really complain.

I'm guessing we're going to see an appearance by Michelle (Tony's ex-wife) next week as the enigmatic "Division" is being called in to deal with all the security breaches at CTU today. That should be awesome. My money is on Tony getting shot and dying in Michelle's arms.

When Jack stopped a speeding car with his body and recovered quickly it made me really excited. I knew all along Jack was God!

I thought I might have seen him flinch in pain for a brief second. :lol:

:thumbsup:

The man is unstoppable!

he's fuckin Jack Bauer. He already died once, but he was way too badass for death, and he came back to life. He's been shot, he's been killed, he's been beaten, tortured, burned, taser'd , and lord knows what else.

Ain't nothin gonn' stop Jack Bauer.

Only 6 Days, 8 Hours and 50 Minutes until the next Jack Bauer Power Hour. So, as Joe Swanson would say....

BRING IT ON!

did anyone else think he was gonna go into some super-torture-mode before he talked to Navi? i was a bit creeped out when he went to the bathroom to wash his hands and face first, as if he was cleaning himself up before it was time to get dirty.

then he went the sympathetic route. hmph.