Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 1407 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Kill Bi-- Never Mind, He'll Do It Himself
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 13 | Aired on 2009.03.09
At 8:16:13, the whole White House is looking bombed out, with the emergency lights still providing the only illumination and thick smoke still everywhere. FBI and Secret Service agents are roving around, making sure the building is secure again. You know what they should secure, is Juma's entry point. Right now, that route that used to be secured by a wall and a laser grid and a steel grate and a layer of bedrock and the Potomac River is secured by nothing but the river and the laser grid. Any tourist could just wander in there right now.
In the residence, a bearded SWAT agent tells Taylor that she'll stay there until they secure the building, but then she's being moved to Andrews Air Force Base. Why move her after the building's secure? Of course, if there's anything Taylor hates, it's being told where she's going to be, so she refuses to leave. Besides, with all the shooting and explosions this hour, there's no money left to build an AFB set anyway. She asks how many people were killed, and the agent says they don't know yet, although EMTs are on their way and the East Wing is about to become a triage unit. She says she wants to talk to the Veep, and also asks the agent to check in with Henry's surgeon at West Arlington Hospital. Oh, yeah, that guy. Man, can you imagine the kind of misfortunes that would have befallen that poor bastard if he'd been at home during the past hour? When the agent goes to carry out Taylor's orders, leaving Taylor and Olivia more or less alone, Olivia says that Aaron's going to live. "I thought they were going to kill all of us," she says. Taylor goes over to sit next to her, and says they're safe, "Thanks to a lot of brave people." Another agent enters to say that the Veep is on the line, but before Taylor takes the call, she asks Olivia if she was serious about putting the past behind them. Olivia seems quite serious. Taylor leaves, and in the background, Aaron gets up with his unbuttoned shirt and nods over at Olivia, who nods back and looks thoughtful. He shouldn't be walking around the White House with his shirt unbuttoned, she thinks. Meanwhile, I really kind of wish we got to hear the call between Taylor and her vice president. "Madam President, thank God you're syfe. Of course, I did all I could to prevent the riscue from hipp-ning." Would have loved to hear her reaction to that.