And the whole caring about plot and whatnot section of 24 has apparently ended. A good firefight, dying confession, and a magic bullet microchip. After 7+ episodes we're finally on to the mass killing and ridiculous technology section of the season.

-What consquences can there possibly be to going to war with the Russians?
-Yeah, yeah. The office of the president never does anything bad . . .
-Source code rejected? Is that a real error message? Can we get that for our software? It would save so much time.
-If the hobbit is on medication, he really needs to take the full dosage.
-Isn't this pretty much the same role he played as a hobbit?