Well, it's about time - three episodes without the Todd! JD and Elliot were becoming better friends, going to movies (produced by Oprah Winfrey) and dinner (at a restaurant Oprah owns) and enjoying breakfast together when JD had Sam (they ate "Oprah-Os". When JD opened the box, Oprah - actually Whitney from payroll doing her "Oprah voice" - said "Who wants to eat some cereal?") Turk (where was he during the last episode anyway?) is applying pressure to a patient's abdomen and a fart is emitted. Turk told the patient "it's perfectly natural" and the patient responded "that was you." Cox was supervising Turk's consult and he wanted to know why. Cox said that the patients would agree to anything that a "blodletting corpse carpenter" (like Turk) would suggest and he wants to make sure the patients make the right choice (and he just doesn't trust Turk). JD noted that Kelso was still hanging out at Coffee Bucks every day. Ted finally asked him why he was spending all of his time at the place where he used to work. He said it was sad, which, by comparison, made his life "seem....sigh..still sad." Ted asked Kelso if he had anything better to do and he said he's got tons of stuff going on - he was just there to stock up on muffins before leaving on a vacation with Enid. Since Maddox was gone, Janitor was back and JD was less-than-thrilled. What was worse was that Jimmy, the overly touchy orderly was back too - and Janitor took the liberty of telling him how much JD "missed him." Uh-oh.

Since I've been with this site since 2006, I can't quit you, Recapist - so I'll be sticking around for a while! JD says that with all of the bureaucracy at the hospital, sometimes the doctors had to bend the rules for their patients a bit. Unfortunately, Dr. Maddox wasn't having that and was seemingly omnipresent in the halls of Sacred Heart. Jd told Elliot that all of a sudden the hospital was a police state. Elliot agreed and said that the next thing you know, they'll be charging doctors for candy at the gift shop (well, Elliot was getting her candy for free because the cashier, Johann, wanted to marry her and take her back to Estonia (which explains why he asked her if she were comfortable around oxen.) JD says he's disturbed that they can't "work the system anymore" but Cox asserts that he's been able to work around Maddox. In fact, he got a 35-year-old patient into a clinical trial with a cut-off age of 30. He asked the patient what he'd say his age was "if anyone asked" and the patient happily yelled "35!" Unfortunately, the trial was for victims of head trauma. Cox told JD he was able to give his patients top-notch care because he was simply a better doctor.

Previously on 24: A few of our old friends from CTU went underground and became the A-Team. Jack helped Tony escape from FBI custody.

FBI. Janis says security saw Jack and Tony get into a van and head West. Sean says the hacker is jamming the traffic cameras so he can't spot them. Renee apologizes to Agent Ass for letting Jack play her; she thinks that Tony offered him a way out of a federal indictment and years in prison. She promises to make things right as Agent Ass goes to take a phone call from the White House. Renee head over to Janis' desk and asks about the status of the shooter. I guess Tanner survived his stint as Jack's human shield. Janis says that he hasn't regained consciousness, but they have ID'd him. She wants to know the second he's awake.

Michael CeraMichael Cera is the only cast member from the dearly departed cult hit Arrested Development that has not signed on for the big screen feature. TV Guide spoke with Jason Bateman, who played Cera's father on the show. "I think Michael is clearly the guy that has come out of Arrested Development with a very big plate, so I think he's trying to really give some responsible thought to what makes sense for him to do with his career," he said. "The guy is 20 years old and I'm sure he doesn't want to screw up this opportunity."

White House. Lurch informs the President that Tony is being transported to the FBI field office for interrogation. She doesn't understand why Tony doesn't have the CIP device, since he was orchestrating the attacks. Steven speaks up and informs everyone that Tony is working for General Candyman's regime, as they just got a phone call from Dubaku. He plays a tape of the message Dubaku left, but due to a mix of audio quality and Dubaku's accent, it's hard to make out exactly what he's saying. Long story short, he wants them to pull the US troops out of Sangala in 24 hours and they need to see them starting to move out in three hours. They discuss several options and Taylor has them issue alerts to first responders to be ready for another attack. She also has them tell the FBI to get their asses in gear and get whatever they can out of Tony.

A heat wave has hit 90210. Annie and Ethan talk on the phone about the snowstorm in Kansas and the heatwave they're having there.  She says she's so hot and is barely wearing anyhting.  He asks what she's wearing.  She lies and tells him it's a thin black nightie.  Debbie picks up and tells Annie it's late and she needs to get off the phone and hangs up.  Annie says she better go.  Ethan says he loves her for the first time.  She is smiling and says she loves him too and they hang up.

Previously on 24: Jack was supoenaed by the Senate, then the FBI, where he teamed up with foxy redhead agent Renee. Tony came back from the dead and is now working for a home-grown terrorist cell that just took navigational control of a commercial aircraft. Jack and Renee tracked down a lead only to have him killed by Tony's sniper. A bunch of other stuff happened too. Read the recap.