No Runny Eggs

In case you haven’t guessed by the sudden appearance of Blogs4Bauer in the blogroll, I’m a late arriver to the “24” phenomenon. That isn’t stopping me from speculating who the mole is. You can speculate too by voting in this week’s poll. This poll will close at 2000 CDT 3/19/2007, when my TV will be on 6.1 and my computer will be locked into the B4B live thread (as well as a few others).

A quick summary of who’s who in the mole hunt (all links head to the Wiki 24 lengthier summaries):

• Milo Pressman

  Why Milo? He was brought into CTU by the original mole, Nina Myers, disappeared for several seasons (during which he bedded and dumped Chloe), and magically rose to IP Manager. He also sent Morris out to his meet with the Black and Decker, and he was one of only two to survive the assault on the first Gradenko “safe house”.

  Why not Milo? He did at least try to save Marilyn Bauer.

• Bill Buchanan

  Why Bill? He’s the one that released Abu Fayed, who orchestrated the events leading up to the irradiation of Valencia.

  Why not Bill? He’s in a position of power, and if he wanted to mole out, it would be for something far, far greater than 5 nukes. Of course, that’s what the Rooskies are aiming for.

• Morris O’Brian

  Why Morris? He’s a lush who, after a little bit of persuasion by Black and Decker, created an arming device for the 4 surviving nukes. Also, he’s got a grudge against Milo.

  Why not Morris? Is that arming device actually functional? We’ll know next hour.

• Chloe O’Brian

  Why Chloe? She’s been around longer than anybody other than Jack, and she hasn’t cracked a smile yet.

  Why not Chloe? She’s been around longer than anybody other than Jack.

• Nadia Yassir

  Why Nadia? She has the Middle Eastern background, been pretty much invisible, and she also hasn’t cracked a smile yet. She’s also the token Pubbie, and I have a gut feeling that the folks behind “24” want to re-establish their liberal credentials.

  Why not Nadia? Too damn obvious.

• Mike Doyle

  Why Mike? Frankly, I’ve been scarred for life by “Silver Spoons”.

  Why not Mike? He’s a Johnny-Come-Lately, and the mole has computer experience, something that seems to be missing from his background.

• The Field

  Why the field? Because I can’t think of everything.

  Why not the field? Two words – BODY COUNT!