Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT There's No "I" in Kiefer -- Oh, Wait.
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 2 | Aired on 01.14.2006
Inside the white van in the parking garage, Chloe and Derek nervously watch the door Kiefer disappeared through earlier, willing him to appear. Right then, the side door of the van slides open, startling both of them out of their skins. But it's just Kiefer, who jumps in. He's already bugging Chloe for what she found out about Chevensky. Somehow, with everything else that's been going on the last couple of minutes, she's been able to determine that Chevensky is the baggage supervisor at Ontario Airport. Before they can figure out what to make of that, a voice booms out through the garage: "Jack Bauer! Agent O'Brian! The perimeter is sealed. There is no way out." Yeah, I've heard that before. A whole squad of agents is slowly sweeping the garage, guns out. Their leader, an Agent Jennings, orders them to show themselves. It's 8:36:27 as Jennings signals for his men to fan out. Then, with a squeal of tires, the van breaks cover and roars toward the exit, barely giving Jennings time to leap out of the way. ["I really hoped they'd managed to rig up a Malloy-style remote-control set-up a la Ocean's Eleven." -- Sars] He orders his men to hold their fire, and about a dozen uniformed and plainclothes guys chase the van up the ramp on foot. At the garage's exit, the van smashes through a flimsy barricade (sealed, my ass), skids, and clips a parked car while trying to turn up the road. So we know it's not Kiefer driving. The van doesn't get far before two police cars cut off its path. It comes to a stop and is quickly surrounded by angry, out-of-breath agents with their guns out. Chloe gets out of the van with her hands up, and is quickly cuffed. Other guys open the back of the van, and instantly see that Kiefer's not in it. "Bauer's not here," Jennings says to his shirt cuff. "Secure the area." Uh, yeah, good idea. Do you need to unseal the perimeter to do that?
It's moot anyway, because Kiefer and Derek are already in the process of stealing a car. From the shotgun seat, Derek watches with more than just idle interest as Kiefer uses a tool from his man-purse to pop the ignition lock and get the car started. With that, they're on their way. It's 8:38:07.
8:42:32. Buchanan and Audrey are hard at work at CTU, no doubt preparing for their next meeting. Logan surveys his domain, and the stolen Kiefermobile zips down an empty street. Sometimes I wonder if people in Los Angeles watch this show and think they'd be willing to put up with periodic national security breaches in exchange for the constant lack of traffic in the 24-verse. Fortunately, I can poll you on that. Kiefer whips out his cell phone to call Diane with an update. She says she's "on the 210 at the 10." Kiefer tells her to take the 10 east to Ontario Airport and meet him at the terminal parking lot. That done, he sincerely apologizes for getting her and Derek mixed up in the situation, and promises to be there in a few minutes. Do you think he'll reimburse her for parking?