>I do wonder what tomorrow's incredible
>finale could be- I've read
>that it's gonna be huge.

I've seen it. There are two big shock moments, only one of which involves Jack (but that one is really shocking), and it ends with a flash. If you really want to know, I'll tell you in hidden text.

Turns out that Curtis was in a Gulf War unit ambushed by terrorists working for Assad, and two of his men were beheaded on tape. As Wayne, at Jack's urging, is about to offer Assad immunity for his past crimes in return for his help against Fayed, Curtis loses it, swearing that he'll never forgive Assad, and raises his gun to shoot Assad. Jack pulls his pistol and shoots Curtis in the head, saving Assad but killing Curtis, then throws up. At the end of the episode, the teenage terrorist detonates his suitcase nuke, killing the neighbor family that took him in -- and setting off a nice area of destruction in the middle of LA. The episode ends there, with Palmer, CTU and Jack watching the nuke flash. The suitcase nukes were made to take out tank units during the Cold War, so we're not talking about nuclear Armageddon here -- but it's bad enough.

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