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Spoiling 24Dissecting Day 6, Hour 16.

By June Thomas
Posted Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at 6:11 PM ET

To listen to Slate's Spoiler Special about Hour 16 of Season 6 of 24, click the arrow button on the player below:

You can also click here* to download the MP3 file, or you can subscribe to the Spoiler Special podcast feed in iTunes by clicking here.

If the 9 p.m. hour were an episode of Sesame Street, it would have been brought to us by the word "affadavit" and the phrase "for the good of the country." Once again, Jack Bauer had very little to do, but hijinks in the White House bunker and interterrorist rivalries between Gredenko and Fayed almost made up for his absence from the screen. Tom Lennox found a very creative use for the only interior-design accessory in the entire bunker, President Wayne Palmer became an adrenaline addict, and Gredenko was rendered harmless by the end of the show.

As part of Slate's Spoiler Special podcast series, we've been hosting regular "post-view" discussions of Season 6 of 24. (Click here to listen to a discussion of the first four hours, here for a discussion of Hour 5, here for Hour 6, here for Hour 7, here for Hours 8 and 9, here for Hour 10, here for Hour 11, here for Hour 12, here for Hour 13, here for Hour 14, and here for Hour 15.)

In this podcast, Slate's June Thomas and Julia Turner ask if Vice President Noah Daniels is a patriot or a plotter, wonder if Tom Doyle is an earnest spiritual quester or a twisted schemer, and ponder if Chloe O'Brian has taken a vow of silence.

Because we reveal plot twists in these chats, we recommend—but don't insist—that you watch the show before listening to the program.

We'd love to hear your thoughts on these podcasts—or about 24. Send e-mail to .

Here are links to our previous Spoiler Specials:
24: Day 6, Hour 15
24: Day 6, Hour 14
24: Day 6, Hour 13
24: Day 6, Hour 12
24: Day 6, Hour 11
24: Day 6, Hour 10
Music and Lyrics
24: Day 6, Hours 8 and 9
24: Day 6, Hour 7
24: Day 6, Hour 6
Factory Girl
24: Day 6, Hour 5
24: Day 6, Hours 1-4
Notes on a Scandal
Dreamgirls
Casino Royale
Sleeper Cell
The History Boys
Fur
Borat
30 Rock
The Prestige
Marie Antoinette
The Departed
The Black Dahlia
Snakes on a Plane
World Trade Center
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Miami Vice
Scoop
Lady in the Water
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Devil Wears Prada

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