yellowstone's Journal: 24 Season 1, Hours 9-12

OK, so the Bad Guys removed Real Photographer Dude from the plane's passenger list. Still, why not just jump him in the airport parking lot or something? (Yeah, yeah, I know--sploding plane gives the set-up part of the plot some much-needed life (particularly for a show that hadn't been picked up past 13 episodes yet)).

...and the real Bad Guys start to show up. Has Zeljko Ivanek ever played anything other than a tightly-wound, bitter antagonist?

...and the official motive is revealed: revenge. They are still violating one of the basic rules for evil overlords: "#4: Shooting is not too good for my enemies." They almost certainly could have had Senator Allstate, Jack Bauer, and his whole family dead--all they had to do was dispense with this contrived frame-up plot.

Ah, well. I should say, though, in spite of my plot-point nit-picking, I am enjoying the story. Plus, Dennis Hopper shows up in the second half. He always did a good job as a mentally-unbalanced bad guy.