Last Time: Julian stopped the zombies by singing songs so bad that the zombies ripped off their own heads. Julian convinced Marwan to leave with him during the middle of a pending attack on Jack on Curtis by saying that he\u2019s looking for a cure for Marwan\u2019s pending zombie-ness. Chloe discovered that RoboEdgar has been having pizza delivered to CTU, and sends him out to help Jack and Curtis. Jack and Curtis head somewhere north of Las Vegas in search of the Marwans, and accidentally end up at Area 51, just in time for the power to all their electrical devices to go out, and a bright white light to shine into their SUV.<\/p>\n
The following occurred between 1 am and 2 am \u2013 Now, if you\u2019ll pardon me, I have to finish building a tower out of these mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n
1:00 am \u2013 Blinding white light fills the cab of the SUV. Jack and Curtis smell a strange odor, and hear a loud humming noise. Curtis tells Jack that he thinks this would probably be a good time to freak out, before their faces start to melt and then he looks over at Jack. Jack is simply putting on his sun glasses. The humming gets a lot louder, and Curtis gets a strange look on his face. He says, \u201cIs it my imagination, or is that\u2026\u201d Jack nods.<\/p>\n
1:02 am – The humming noise seems to be a tune. Curtis realizes it\u2019s the \u201cRide of the Valkyries\u201d, and the odor smells like pepperoni pizza with a mix of apple strudel. Jack says, \u201cI hate the smell of pizza in the morning. It smells like\u2026RoboEdgar!\u201d<\/p>\n
1:03 am \u2013 RoboEdgar lands on the ground, turns down the beacon he was shining into the SUV, and stops humming. He waves at Jack and Curtis, who both get out of the car. Curtis is trying to get his eye to adjust to the darkness. Jack looks at his phone and says that the battery must be dead.<\/p>\n
1:05 am \u2013 Jack tries to get the phone to work by banging his hand on the side of it. The battery drops out of the phone. RoboEdgar reaches down, grabs the battery, and sticks it into his ear. RoboEdgar\u2019s eyes roll around in is head a few times, a \u201cding\u201d like a kitchen timer goes off, and he hands the battery back to Jack. Curtis goes to the SUV to try to get it to start. RoboEdgar pulls out a bag of chips, and starts to eat.<\/p>\n
1:07 am \u2013 Ex-President Manilow is in a tour bus along with his contingent of followers headed down the highway. Manilow reminds the driver of the bus that he wants to take them all to a place that\u2019s low key, subdued, and where he can be well-hidden from everything that\u2019s been going on the last couple of days. The bus driver tells him that he has just the place and not only that, they\u2019ve arrived! They step off the bus in\u2026 Las Vegas. Manilow slaps himself in the head, and slides his hand down his face.<\/p>\n
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1:12 am – Somewhere in the desert, Julian, Marwan and the thugs stop at a gas station. It\u2019s closed. Julian and the thugs break into the building and start the gas pumps so they can pump gas. Marwan gets out of the car, says that he wants something to eat, and heads into the building. The thugs see this as their big break, and try and make a run for it. Julian chases after them.<\/p>\n
1:14 am \u2013 Jack puts the battery back into the phone, and tries to call Chloe. The phone tries to make a connection, but can\u2019t because the reception out here is bad. \u201cYou have to have a satellite phone\u201d, says a man in a suit that walks out of the darkness. This surprises Jack so much that he pulls his gun and points it at the man. This surprises RoboEdgar so much that he stops eating. The man doesn\u2019t seem the least bit surprised by seeing RoboEdgar, and ignores Jack\u2019s gun.<\/p>\n
1:16 am \u2013 The man in the suit introduces himself as \u201cFox\u201d, and asks if they\u2019re fellow \u201cAliens are going to take over the world by taking over people injected with black oil\u201d-conspiracy buffs. Jack says they are not. Fox then asks if they\u2019re people that \u201cbelieve that government has been hiding cars that run on water just to bolster their grip on the nation\u201d-conspiracy buffs.
\nJack slowly says, \u201cNooooo\u2026.\u201d, and starts to back away. Fox gets really excited and says, \u201cAre you folks who believe in the world-wide plot to take over the world by squirrels, snakes, and other creatures\u2026..No wait, they\u2019re headquartered in Miami\u201d. He thinks about it, and says, \u201cYou\u2019re not the people that believe that by buying baloney we\u2019re going to elect a congress full of Phyllis Diller impersonators are you?\u201d
\nJack assures them that they\u2019re not, and Fox says, \u201cGood, because THOSE guys are really nuts\u201d.<\/p>\n
1:19 am \u2013 All of Manilow\u2019s followers have finally gotten off the bus, and they\u2019re milling around asking each other if this is the \u201cpromised land foretold by the great Manilow\u201d. After a couple of minutes of back and forth, they decide that it\u2019s probably just the \u201ckinda-promised land hinted at by the great Manilow\u201d.<\/p>\n
1:21 am \u2013 Julian has gotten all the thugs back by yelling out lines and scenes from \u201cThe Hills Have Eyes\u201d. They\u2019re all walking back to the car, and the thugs are all trying to convince Julian they were just playing around. The group stops when they see Marwan standing by the car, with two Evergreen car air-fresheners hanging from his ears.<\/p>\n
1:23 am \u2013 Julian speaks slowly, and asks Marwan what he has on his ears. Marwan seems a little out of it, and says that he just wanted to freshen up a little. Julian tells everyone to get back into the car. They drive off. Marwan grabs one of the air fresheners and starts munching on it.<\/p>\n
1:25 am \u2013 Fox asks Jack what they\u2019re all doing out there. Jack tells him that they\u2019re with CTU, and they\u2019ve been trying to follow terrorists. Jack asks to borrow Fox\u2019s phone, and he makes a phone call to Chloe. He tells her the situation, and she tells him that she\u2019s got a lead that says they need to head to Las Vegas to a plumbing convention. Curtis comes over and says that the SUV won\u2019t start. Fox tells Jack that he can drive them back into town, but that \u201cthe robot is going to have to fly\u201d. Curtis starts to ask Fox why he\u2019s not bothered by RoboEdgar, and thinks better of it.<\/p>\n
1:27 am \u2013 Jack tells Fox that Curtis better drive, because he\u2019s got excellent high-speed driving skills. Fox says, \u201cTrust me, you\u2019ll get there fast\u201d.<\/p>\n
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1:32 am \u2013 We see an abandoned factory near the outskirts of Las Vegas. We can tell that because there\u2019s a sign in the parking lot that says, \u201cAbandoned Factory Near the Outskirts of Las Vegas, Inc.\u201d. Suddenly, we hear a loud roar. Wind blows papers in the parking lot everywhere. Out of the sky, we see Fox\u2019s car floating down from above. The base of the car has a ring of lights that strobe on and off.<\/p>\n
1:33 am \u2013 The car lands, and Fox calmly asks if that was fast enough for them. Jack and Curtis have looks of shear terror on their faces. Fox mumbles to himself that \u201cthis always happens\u201d. They start driving in a more conventional manner towards the convention.<\/p>\n
1:34 am \u2013 Elsewhere in Las Vegas, one of the men with a particularly bad toupee in Manilow\u2019s group starts gushing to Manilow about how he had no idea that Manilow had such great singing capabilities. Manilow looks at him as if he had asked if he could mambo dogface in the banana patch. Realizing Manilow\u2019s confusion, he points up at a sign, and then asks if he can be excused because he really does have to mambo dogface in the banana patch. The sign says, \u201cTonight Only: MANILOW!\u201d<\/p>\n
1:37 am – Fox drives towards town as Curtis and Jack slowly start coming out of their stupors. Fox asks Jack where they need to be heading, and Jack tells him a name of a hotel on the strip. Curtis asks where Fox got a car like this, and Fox tells him he has \u201csome little friends that helped me install the extras\u201d.<\/p>\n
1:39 am \u2013 Julian finally pulls up to a gate in an area with a forest. The sign says, \u201cClosed\u201d. One of the thugs in the back seat says, \u201cHow can a forest be closed?\u201d, and Marwan turns around and shoots him. The other thugs freak out, and jump out of the car. Julian calmly reminds Marwan that if he keeps shooting people, they\u2019re going to run out of thugs again. Marwan mumbles, \u201cOh yeah\u2026. Less brains\u2026\u201d, but Julian doesn\u2019t hear it.<\/p>\n
1:42 am \u2013 Ex-President Manilow has finally gotten his group of followers inside of the hotel. He goes to the check-in counter, and asks for his room key, since he was obviously been expected. The clerk appears really confused as he looks up \u201cManilow\u201d. The clerk\u2019s eyes widen while he reads the screen. He hands Manilow a room key card, apologizes for the inconvenience, and asks for an autograph, which Manilow happily gives.<\/p>\n
1:44 am \u2013 Manilow opens up his arms wide as he turns to address his followers, but they\u2019ve all run off into the hotel. A little old lady with a bucket of quarters is right near Manilow as he turns, and she kicks him right in the shins. Manilow heads off upstairs to his room.<\/p>\n
1:46 am \u2013 Fox arrives at the hotel with Curtis and Jack. RoboEdgar hasn\u2019t arrived yet. There are signs for both a plumbing convention and a hot dog convention in the building. Just as the car pulls up to the door, Fox\u2019s phone goes off, playing the music from \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind\u201d. He answers the phone, listens, and then tells Jack and Curtis that he has to leave now. He has some \u201cvisitors\u201d that he has to go meet right away. Jack and Curtis thank Fox, and he drives away. Jack and Curtis enter the building.<\/p>\n
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1:52 am \u2013 Manilow makes it upstairs to his floor, and tries to slide the key card in the door, but it doesn\u2019t work. He tries it again, and still doesn\u2019t work. Then he slides it through there about 56 times in a row, and finally the door unlocks from the inside, and someone opens the door. It\u2019s Barry Manilow!<\/p>\n
1:53 am \u2013 Barry Manilow takes one look at the ex-president and punches him right in the face! Barry says, \u201cYou\u2019ve nearly ruined my career!\u201d and punches him again! The ex-president runs down the hallway and into the elevator.<\/p>\n
1:54 am \u2013 Curtis and Jack flash their badges at the guard outside the booth area of the plumbing convention, and go in. They go to a company listing on the wall, and look up \u201cHokey Pokey Toilet Company\u201d. They run over to where the booth is, and there\u2019s no evidence that anything has been set up. Jack pulls out his phone, and calls Chloe.<\/p>\n
1:55 am \u2013 Jack tells Chloe that Hokey Pokey never made it to Las Vegas, and wants to know what to do next. Chloe tells him that while they were en-route to Las Vegas, she was able to find out that the Marwans actually headed to the Grand Canyon. She tells Jack that she told RoboEdgar about this as soon as she found out, and he flew after them. She tells Jack she\u2019s worried about RoboEdgar.<\/p>\n
1:56 am \u2013 Jack and Curtis race out of the convention area into the lobby, just as the elevators open. Manilow is still holding his face from where he got bopped in the nose when he sees Jack and Curtis in the lobby. He freaks out and starts pressing \u201cDoor Close\u201d. The elevator door closes. Jack and Curtis don\u2019t notice him as they race outside.<\/p>\n
1:58 am \u2013 Curtis asks Jack how in the heck they\u2019re going to get to the Grand Canyon without a car. Jack points towards a large vehicle used for the hot dog convention and says, \u201cWe\u2019re taking THAT!\u201d<\/p>\n
1:59 am \u2013 Curtis and Jack are driving with lightning speed down the Las Vegas strip and have commandeered the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, and they\u2019re singing \u201cOh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener!\u201d<\/p>\n
2:00 am \u2013 Time\u2019s up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"