Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT What is it with chicks, man?
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.26.2006
Kiefer spots the first pair of bad guys in the bowels of the facility. He crouches down behind some pipes, motioning everyone to do the same. He shares a silent look with Curtis and they both pop up together, each shooting one henchman with a single silenced round. Slick. Moments later, they're outside the entrances to the control room. Kiefer sends one of the non-speaking guys to the far door, whispering, "Silencers off," because he wants to make a nice big racket when the time comes. His own silencer gets stored in the man-purse, which of course got to come along. The other non-speaking agent is picking the lock when the scout peers unseen through the window of the other door and signals back that he counts four hostiles. Kiefer nods, and the door is opened at 9:56:23.
It's not that dramatic an entrance, because the door is around the corner from the main part of the control room and they hide behind large equipment banks. But a bad guy happens to see them, yelling, "Bierko!" and popping off one of the CTU guys before they can react. And then the firefight is on. Sam dives under the desk while the cops and robbers go at it. Bierko's returning fire from where he's pinned down, but then he spots the Sentox canisters on the security feed into the main tank, and remembers what he came for in the first place. Especially now that the pressure has dropped to 50%. With bullets flying all over, he pulls a jury-rigged remote control out of his overcoat pocket, extends the antenna, and starts punching a code into the keypad. And the canisters start opening up like little soldiers with the world's worst halitosis. Bierko grabs his gun and darts for an unguarded exit. Kiefer can't allow that, of course, so the gunfight is finally jolted out of its static state as Kiefer asks for cover so he can give chase. He slides into the open on his belly, just as a fire extinguisher hung low on the wall takes a bullet meant for him and starts spewing foam out its side right above him. It's neato. He gets the shooter, of course. Soon the control room is secured, but Kiefer spots the video feed from the tank, where a thick cloud of Sentox is forming as a quite clear indication that all is not well. Kiefer turns for help to Sam, who's come out of his hidey-hole, but Sam says by the time they shut down, the gas will have already reached the main tanks and thence straight into the city. Kiefer asks where to find the main pipeline that feeds the tanks, and Sam directs him right out the door and to his left. "It'll have a red arrow on it," he adds helpfully. Kiefer tells Curtis to give him C-4 and a timer and get everyone out. Buchanan comes in over his earpiece to ask what he's doing, and Kiefer says he plans to incinerate the Sentox before it leaves the plant. "Bill, this is the last chance we've got to stop this threat." Curtis loads Kiefer up and he heads out the door.
The canisters are still opening one at a time. What's the rush, really?