Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Crushed Velvet
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 1 | Aired on January 13, 2007
At CTU, Morris and his satellite have succeeded in zooming in on the grate Kiefer was chained to a moment ago, while across the floor, Nadia is co-ordinating the assault that's about to occur. "As much as we're trying to prevent civilian losses, our priority is to take out Assad," she tells her people. Again, comforting. Let's hope they kill fewer civilians than the terrorists did forty minutes ago. Fayed's call comes in, and Nadia's genuinely confused when she hears him brusquely order, "Redirect the satellite you have aimed at this sector." Nadia has no idea what he's talking about, until he reads off a frequency number to her (a number we didn't hear his tech-support guy provide him with, by the way). As Nadia's minions scramble to pull it up on their laptops, Fayed threatens that Kiefer's dead either way, but CTU doesn't get Assad unless the satellite is redirected in thirty seconds.
At 6:44:13, Nadia puts Fayed on hold while Milo confirms that a surveillance satellite is indeed sending a transmission to a terminal inside the building -- specifically, to Chloe's desk. Wow, that is one tight transmission beam. Nadia looks up to see Morris at Chloe's terminal and Chloe standing over him looking sneaky. She rushes over, ordering them to redirect the satellite. Morris plays it cool, but Nadia quickly explains that Fayed's onto them. She hits Chloe's speakerphone and tells Fayed, "This was a rogue operation. Redirecting the satellite now." Fayed starts counting down from ten as Morris types frantically. The satellite screen goes snowy with four seconds to go, and his henchman back at HQ informs Fayed that he's off-camera now. But Fayed's still pissed, so he playgrounds that now he's going to have to "think about" giving up Assad. Panicked, Nadia picks up the handset and asks him, "Where is your honor?" in Arabic. How very thoughtful of CTU to have finally hired someone who speaks another language (and Nina doesn't count). Chloe looks miserable. Fayed hangs up his cell phone and goes back to his car.