There is, of course, a lot I could write about regarding the second season. But I'm going to stick (I think) to just one topic, and the keystone of the whole plot. That is the Secret Evil Cabal Within Our Own Government (SECWOOG) vs. Heroically Restrained President Allstate.

Suppose you've got some high-value prisoner. Does moving him around to different facilities every few weeks make sense to anybody? And speaking of (allegedly) highly secure facilities, does it make sense to have it staffed with 5 guys and a couple janitors? Does it make sense for it not to have it's own back-up generators?

Jeeze, Mrs. Senator Allstate is quite the piece of work, isn't she?

Apparently the cure for Exploding-Car Onset Amnesia is to be nearly shot, and then dramatically rescued at the last second.

Kim Bauer just has the awesomest track record in picking friends.

Yay, Dennis Hopper!

Beep boop... beep boop... only four hours left!

Jack rescues his family, and it looks like the whole Gaines team is dead. I guess that means we've seen the last of Evil Twin Photographer Dude? Wow. I realize I've been obsessing a bit on this guy, but it seems like all the most preposterous elements of the plot have centered up on him, including

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)).

• Oh, look! They didn't forget about the Evil Twin Photographer Dude.
• The Bad Guys are tapped in to all the CTU security cams? Awesome securty, guys.
• The mole is revealed! Not that much of a surprise, since 1) It can't be Jack, 2) it's not the guy their making look guilty (Tony), 3) Nina has an alabi, and 4) that pretty much leaves one other suspect...

Just finished Hour 6. The whole blackmail Jack plot is moving along (although the whole Guy Who Is Not Who He Seems To Be bit doesn't make a lot of sense... if he was just there to kidnap Jack's wife, why didn't he move at his first opportunity?

Meanwhile, the whole Evil Twin Photographer Dude subplot has pretty much disappeared. They are going to get back to that, right?

OK, so the Bad Guys want to assassinate Senator Allstate for reasons yet to be explained. Apparently, this is their plan:

Oh, brother moment #1:

"If I give you a phone number, could you hack in and get all the internet passwords connected to it?"

Developing...

On the other hand, there is this:

1. Do not lie to Jack Bauer. If you do, he will shoot you in the leg with a tranquilizer dart, and when you come to, he will have enough blackmail material to get anything he wants to know.

[T]he most potent FX are Downey's eyes -- those big, expressive brown orbs that seem to be highlighted with natural mascara to make them pop. Downey uses his body like a dancer or an acrobat, but has there been any other actor since, maybe, Bette Davis whose eyelashes are so vital t

It sure seems like it.

Alternate hypothesis: it's a spoof account put up by somebody who only uses it when they're stoned.

Update: alternate hypothesis wins.