Episode Report Card Gustave: A- | 235 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT The Debriefing of Kiefer
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 14 | Aired on 2002.03.05
Back at the clinic, Bride and Spawn are walking down the hall wrapped in royal blue blankets. The look is very Issey Miyake circa 1989, but I have to ask, what is up with that? I mean, if an earthquake hits your town and you're homeless, I can see how you'd be sitting around in your backyard huddled inside that blanket that a Red Cross volunteer gave you. But if your kidnapping ordeal has just ended and you are now being examined in a climate-controlled government building in Southern California, what's with the matching Pocahontas blankets? Can't someone just give 'em a couple of paper gowns? ["I think the presence of blankets is standard TV/movie shorthand for 'in shock.'" -- Sars] SensitiveEthnicHealthPractitioner leads them into an examining room and asks Bride about any additional "discomfort." Besides the sinking feeling that she must have dropped her daughter on her head when she was little, that is. Bride says "no," but Spawn is all, "Mom!" SEHP senses that something is up, so she gives one of her assistants one of those "get this rape victim's stupid daughter out of here so I can privately give her a pamphlet" hand signals. Spawn is taken to another room. "Mrs. Bauer?" says SEHP in a leading manner. "I was raped," says Bride. SEHP is all, "I see," and proceeds to tell Bride all about the tests they're going to perform on her and how she should speak to the staff psychiatrist. Uh, right. Because if Bride hadn't been raped, she wouldn't need to see a mental health professional about, say, being kidnapped, beaten, and nearly executed twice by homicidal terrorists -- they just give you Tylenol for that. Bride wants to keep the rape "confidential." SEHP tells Bride that the records will be kept private, and only the doctors will have access. "I mean from my husband." SEHP gives her a look as if to say, "Got it, sister." Okay, snarkiness aside, Leslie Hope's acting in this scene rocks. Her face displays a perfect mixture of shame, sadness, and courage. The time is 1:10:50 PM.