One of my fellow Blogs4Bauer bloggers commented Monday night during the liveblog (had a sick toddler, so I couldn’t watch and blog and snuggle at the same time) that Chewbacca’s girlfriend is the cougar of this season, and I have to agree.

I do not consider that to be a liability, however. The cougar has given us years of laughter amidst the tears.

And, honestly, I consider Season 2 to be equal to Season 5 in awesomeness.

But Season 7 seems to be giving those two a run for their money.

Monday’s Hour of Bauer was quite excellent.

I SQUEEE!d when Agent Aaron Pierce (ret.) showed up. And I recognized his voice immediately. Did you know that Glenn Morshower is the only character other than Jack to appear in every single season so far? Yes, last season he had a poor cameo as Crazy Martha’s grocery shopper, but at least he was still there.

And as craptastic as Season 6 was, without Pierce’s trip to the farmer’s market, we never would have had the Great Kiwi Toss of Day 6, which, of course, immediatley preceded the Great Presidential Stabbing of Day 6, both of which were excellent.

I loved the President just being all, “Bill B., you’re in charge of my security,” and telling Ethan (mole or not? discuss) where to toss it when he tried to prevent her from visiting the Lord Marshal in the hospital.

Anyhow, I had to give Chewbacca’s girlfriend a tip of the hat when she agreed to meet up with her murderous liar of a boyfriend because it was the right thing to do. Agent Walker’s still got a way to go before she’s truly the female Jack, because she totally lets her emotions get in the way. When Jack stopped her from giving the girlfriend a signal to give them if she wanted out, her look could have killed … well, anyone except for Jack, of course. (Never bring a knife to a Jack fight!)

The other big deal of the night was the outing of Queens Boulevard as the mole. We think, at least. Because who knows what QB actually thinks he’s doing? He’s so obvious as the mole that it seems rather anticlimactic.

Very sneaky, though, sending out that warrant. Bastard. WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME! I wonder if he sent the other person into the server room, causing Janis to pull the digital key out, causing Chloe’s monitor to crap out? Oh, and Janis, don’t even try to out-geek Chloe. You can’t compete. Hell, you can’t even compete with Morris, and I hate Morris.

Other notes:
• Loved seeing Sprague Grayden show up. She’s late of my beloved Jericho, and is a very good actress. Kept waiting for Skeet Ulrich to show up, though.
• Did I mention how great it was to see Aaron Pierce?
• Chloe’s complete dissing of Larry and his networking skills (btw, what senior agent sets up the network?? huh? that made no sense, but it was great comic relief) was awesome. And when she tells him that she’d take Jack over him anytime, GO GIRL! I love Chloe almost as much as Pierce. And the first time we met Chloe, she annoyed the crap outta me. She sure grows on you. Like mold.

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