Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Can You Dig It
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 5 | Aired on 01.19.2009
12:40:13. Moss is frantically working the phones, trying to pull together search teams to look for Walker. Of course, since anyone who finds Tony and Kiefer will also find Walker, it shouldn't be too much of a priority issue. Sean comments to Janis, "He looks like his head's going to explode." Janis isn't surprised. "It's fairly obvious he has feelings for Renee." Sean asks how she knows that. Uh, eyes? Ears? No, she claims it's "Instinct. I just know." Yes, it's all the little intangibles that make up the whole picture. Like how you know a bus is nearby when you notice subtle signals like the way its bumper knocks you to the pavement and you sense its tires powdering your ribcage. "Stay on task," she tells Sean. He follows her advice by ogling Erica from across the office some more. No, Sean, she said "task," not "Erica."
At the command center, Dubaku is speaking some more French into his cell phone. After wrapping up the call, he complains to Nichols that the U.S. forces have still not withdrawn. "Apparently our demonstration was not convincing enough. This woman is more stubborn than I expected." That's what he gets for spending too much of his military career giving orders to preteen boys. Nichols thinks Taylor will change her mind when she hears about Matobo's abduction. And if not, Nichols suggests, "Launch another attack. Let's see how stubborn she is after American civilians start dying." As if Dubaku needs any encouragement on that score. Instead of ordering a 747 crashed into a water treatment plant next to a regional power station, Dubaku changes the subject to Matobo's ETA, and isn't happy to hear that it's only going to be within the next hour. "An FBI agent got in the way," Nichols explains smoothly. "I needed to make sure she hadn't compromised the operation." Nichols promises to pick up Matobo and bring him to Dubaku himself. Dubaku thinks about that, and glares over at the CIP device. You know, whatever else is going on in Dubaku's head, he is not going to be happy when he finds out that one of his subcontractors is the guy who killed his brother. That'll be an awkward reunion, I can tell you.
Henry and Agent Gedge get off the elevator at an apartment building, Henry now toting a cardboard coffee cup. Because while Henry might not rest until he exposes the mystery of his son's death, he'll still get thirsty. He thanks Gedge once again, and the young agent retrieves the key from under the mat. Great idea, especially knowing what we're about to find out. Gedge lets them in at 12:42:54, and replaces the key in its "hiding place." They find themselves inside a spacious loft, and Henry asks Gedge to turn on some A/C, since he's suddenly finding it hot. Try shedding that David Byrne jacket you're wearing, then, Sparky. Instead, Henry wanders over to some pictures on a side table, which show Sam and Roger together. Henry's confused about what those photos are doing there. "This is Samantha's apartment," Gedge mildly explains, pulling on a pair of rubber gloves. Oh, no -- Sam is living in sin with Gedge's cryptographer friend Ian, so soon after Roger's death? And, uh, Gedge is...going to...clean the apartment? Okay, obviously we're able to figure out pretty quickly that Gedge is in on the conspiracy, as if that sinister shot of him on the Ohio Avenue Bridge during the last hour hadn't been tip-off enough. Even Henry catches the snap. "Why?" He asks. "Roger was looking into things he shouldn't have," Gedge sighs regretfully. "I tried to protect him too, but he wouldn't let me. He inherited your determination." Henry realizes, "You killed my son!" He takes a step toward Gedge, and I'm hoping he's about to do something bad-ass with that cup of coffee, but alas, the exact opposite is the case. He collapses to the floor, spilling it and gasping for breath. Adjusting his gloves, Gedge picks up the cup and explains, "It's tetric diazine, sir. It's a neuromuscular paralytic." Holy shit, how much did Gedge tip that barista, anyway? "Also paralyzes your vocal cords," Gedge adds in response to Henry's pathetic whimpers as he takes the thumb drive from Henry's suit pocket. To try and cheer Henry up a bit, Gedge adds that Roger died quickly. "I'm going to make sure you do too." He leaves Henry on the floor, contemplating his clawed hand, while he goes to the kitchen and dials his cell phone. Oh, stupid Henry. Trusting your Secret Service agent this much was bad enough, but you wouldn't even be in this situation if you'd ever bothered to visit your future daughter-in-law's home.