Let's say everything we're thinking! / BILL IS DEAD!

Tonight's episode of HOUSE was interesting: it was about this star author named Nick who said everything he's thinking! Sure, he might ruin his marriage with all that! Hell, he made some interesting comments to the doctor characters as well. Steroids apparently didn't help him, and his daughter Marika had an auditory condition too: they did tests on her, and she didn't want them to know it was hurting because she wanted to help her dad. His lungs filled up with fluid after he finished scolding his wife and daughter about the "auditory processing" and being "average." House was impatient and jealous of someone else... yikes! Later, the wife has been offered a better position: a coordinator in three cities? WOW! It was an interesting episode, for sure. Next week's will be about a cat who predicts someone's death - yikes!

In 24, the Vice President continued to refuse to allow the FBI to invade the White House. Allison (Cherry Jones) and her daughter Olivia bonded, and Jack told Bill about his plan to free the President. Apparently, there was a bunch of C-4 in the walls [reminds me of what Eric was telling me on Friday across the street from the church, about how he had some C-4 in his knapsack JUST IN CASE], and a stray bullet would set off a massive explosion that should take out all the soldiers standing along the perimeter. President Taylor agreed to read Juma's prepared statement over the Internet; she asked Juma to release one of the hostages as a show of good faith, and Juma surprisingly agrees. Of course his definition of "release" differed slightly from the President's... DEATH, anyone?

Bill told Jack that there's someone else involved, and got Jack to promise to follow it through. Bill then bum-rushes one of Juma's men and sets off the device! After Bill died, Jack saved the Senator (WHY?!) and took out one of Juma's men before shooting Juma a few times. Renee saw the human side of Jack and she immediately sympathizes. Jack wanted another go with Burnette. The shipment was WEAPONS... not a big surprise! Moss found out that Renee went over his head, and he looked none too pleased. The President wanted her daughter to join her administration as a special advisor, and Ethan was pissed. Apparently, the First Daughter leaked damaging information about President Daniels during the election. Like what? That he was doing the horizontal tango with that blond chick (Lisa Miller) who was leaking information to evil Russian spies? That he tried to keep Wayne Palmer in his coma?

Renee caught on to the One Fundamental Theorem of the show: "I think if we had listened to him, then none of this would have happened." Moss told Renee to clean out her office, saying that he was still running the operation and he couldn't trust her. Jack and Larry then argued about Renee on the way to see Burnette. Jon Voight was planning multiple strikes around Washington, D.C. He was not pleased about Burnette, but his trusty sidekick that kind of looks like Peter from Office Space has sent someone named "Quinn" to deal with it. A shifty-looking guy started creeping around the hospital, and he smothered some poor guy who's recovering from heart surgery and has no next-of-kin. Aaron was okay, and Olivia alluded to something bad that happened to Martha Logan. Aaron got touchy, which is no surprise.

Then Olivia leaked information about her plan to THE WRONG GUY... NO! Jack went into Burnette's room and it's game-time. Burnette royally freaks when he sees Jack. Can't blame the guy. Quinn cut the audio and dropped a canister into the room. It's a bit smaller than the one that Bierko used, and it temporarily knocked out Jack. Quinn then cuts Burnette's throat with a piece of glass, and then puts a piece of glass in Bauer's hand. Looks like they're trying to frame him, because that always works out in the end. Then the police rushed in and established a perimeter. HMM!