Mary Lynn Rajskub

After a frantic two-hour premiere in which we barely stopped to breathe, the season’s third hour is a much more taut and streamlined affair. There’s plenty of action, but the focus is on pushing the plot forward. Jack is hunting the young lady who we saw take off with the drone override at the end of last week, Kate uses her interrogation nous to get closer to Jack, and Chloe has a startling reveal that explains much of why she’s an outsider.

Jack Bauer is further outside the system that made his name than he’s ever been, both literally and figuratively.

On the run for years after supposed terrorist acts that actually protected American citizens, he resurfaces in London, far away from the U.S. metropolises he saved so many times. It’s the first time 24 has left the confines of the States for an entire season, though previously took a several-episode detour to Mexico and placed Jack in Africa for the 24: Redemption TV movie.

Today’s short is the 2001 film The Girls Guitar Club. The short is written by Mary Lynn Rajskub and Karen Kilgariff, both of whom also star in the film, and is directed by Ruben Fleischer. The short also features Nick Swardson in a supporting role. Fleischer broke out in 2009 with his horror comedy Zombieland, …