4 from 24: More on hour 10

The 10th hour of 24 left viewers with a multitude of questions about one of TV's best fictional -- albeit evil -- presidents. As we ponder how former President Charles Logan is connected to various clandestine plots and schemes, let's review some highlights and lowlights from the latest hour:

(*Spoilers from this week ahead*)

Quote(s) of note: "Do you know how to use this?" Jack Bauer asked his sister-in-law Marilyn, about the gun he handed her.

"No," she said.

"Point and shoot," Jack replied. (I think my 5-year-old could've come up with that response.)

Tense moment among White House staffers: Last week, the chief of staff, Tom "The Biscuit" Lennox, seemed willing to go along with a nefarious plot to unseat President Palmer II. This week -- as it became more heavily intimated that Palmer's assassination is in the works instead of a coup -- Lennox got cold feet and tried to back out. Slimy political operative Reed Pollock responded by smacking Lennox with a flashlight and putting duct tape over his mouth. I wonder if Pollock got that idea from a former chief of staff under President Palmer I, Mike Novick, who once locked the presidential press secretary in a closet?

Quote of note II: "No one's life is worth the destruction of everything I've built. Now step away from the door," sinister Papa Bauer told his squinty-eyed grandson Josh while holding him hostage inside a hotel room.

ACLU nightmare moment of the week: If you don't count the assassination plot, I honestly couldn't find a scene from the new hour that would spark ACLU outrage, other than Jack slamming Marilyn up against a wall and holding her by the neck. Let's get real, how do you top the outrage of last week involving a power tool?