The TV Zone

Let's be honest here: I truly think “24” has not merely jumped the shark, but pole-vaulted the damn fish this season. Yet I continue to watch. Look, I’m a Mets fan of longstanding and out of loyalty to the team, I’ve watched September games when they were, like, 30 games out of place. I kinda feel the same way about “24.”

So here are my random thoughts on Monday’s episode:

Jack saves Defense Secretary Heller’s life two seasons ago — and this is the thanks he gets?

Does Heller have an office somewhere in the CTU complex? How the heck did he get to Jack’s holding cell so quickly?

Where did Chloe go? A) Ladies room to cry over Morris B) Beer run C) To Cheng, because she is the component “expert” whom the Chinese baddie so desperately needs.

Best line of the night: Nadia to Morris: You're asking me to indulge your personal melodrama when we're in the middle of an International crisis.

Where in the world is Old Man Bauer? He’s gotta show up sometime in the next three weeks, right?

That CTU shrink’s bedside manner made Dr. House seem like Marcus Welby.