Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Dead Boss Walking
By M. Giant | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 2004.04.18
A guy comes into the office with Palmer and Brother Palmer, saying he's starting to get calls from the Los Angeles Times about what's going on at Inn Fection. His assessment is that the reporter was fishing. I guess this guy must be Palmer's press secretary. Palmer and Brother Palmer agree that Poor Man's Scott McClellan will be better able to handle the press if he knows what's going on. That guy? He looks like he would have trouble handling a moderately aggressive telemarketer. But Palmer didn't listen to me the first two seasons, and he isn't about to start now. They bring him into the loop. Brother Palmer watches his reaction closely, or perhaps he's trying to get Poor Man's Scott McClellan to tell him how pretty he is. Poor Man's Scott McClellan swallows hard and goes back out to face the voracious news media, which is barely even nibbling yet. I smell a weak link. The V-I-R-U-S may not be the only thing that's about to get out.
It's 6:34:35 at CTU. Kiefer and Chappelle walk out onto the roof and into a golden sunrise that symbolizes hope and renewal, except for all those people who are about to die. Kiefer and Chappelle are heading for the helipad when Special Agent Charlie Brown shows his round, beat-up face for the first time in the episode. He wants to know why Kiefer isn't part of the strike team that's going after Saunders. Chappelle makes up some ridiculous lie about wanting Kiefer to answer questions downtown, and I don't know if it says more about him or Charlie Brown that he is instantly believed. Charlie Brown lays into Chappelle: "You know what, Ryan? All you do is put obstacles in our way. We have a chance to get Saunders. We need our best people and you tie us down with your bureaucratic BS." Ooh, watch it, Charlie Brown. He might hug you. But no, Chappelle just sadly says, "Those are the orders," and keeps walking toward the chopper. Special Agent Charlie Brown's super secret agent senses finally tell him something's up, and he asks Kiefer what it is. Kiefer's not saying. Man, Special Agent Charlie Brown is going to feel like such a putz if Kiefer comes back alone and with one less bullet. As the symphonically heroic (or perhaps heroically symphonic) music swells, Kiefer climbs into the helicopter's pilot seat next to Chappelle. The chopper lifts off and flits into the sunrise. So now we know that CTU is west of downtown, I guess. It's 6:36:02.