Episode Report Card M. Giant: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Thrilling Bureaucratic Intrigue!
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 16 | Aired on 04.02.2006
It's 10:46:04 as Kiefer drives the EvelynMobile up to the back entrance of the Henderson Hideout and parks. Good thing Henderson picked a spot so close to the barn. Kiefer, Evelyn, and Wayne all hop out like there aren't ten bad guys on the premises, any number of whom could have them in their sights right now. Kiefer makes sure Evelyn's clear on the plan we haven't heard about yet. She's nervous about being able to pull it off, so Kiefer meanly says, "Evelyn, do you want to see your little girl again? Because these people didn't hesitate to kill President Palmer and they're not going to hesitate to kill you or your daughter once they get what they want. Right now, I am your last chance." Well, that's comforting. Kiefer tells her to stick to the plan, and she nods worriedly. "Let's go," Kiefer whispers, and for once she gets to drive her own car as she leaves Kiefer and Wayne behind.
As Kiefer walks over to the back door, he and Wayne both call out tests for the earpiece comm units they picked up somewhere along the way. Chloe hears both of them back at CTU, where she's still getting real-time images from the infrared satellite. She tells him that there's a tunnel and a conveyor belt on the other side of the door whose lock Kiefer is currently picking. Kiefer copies that, and tells Wayne to draw his weapon as he gets the door open. Wayne draws a silenced handgun just like Kiefer's, presumably produced from somewhere in the depths of the man-purse, and they both disappear through the door. It's 10:47:42.
10:52:04. The leader of the hit squad who tried to kill Wayne is now positioned on a high rooftop above the industrial complex, manning a sniper rifle. Talk about failing upward. Down inside the building, Henderson intones into his walkie-talkie, "Bravo, check. Have you got a visual on the mark?" Bravo the sniper doesn't, and it's weird that it's taking Evelyn longer to drive around the building than it took Kiefer to drive to it. No wonder he and Wayne wouldn't let her take the wheel.
Kiefer's still consulting his PDA as he leads Wayne through the catacombs of the building. "This way," he whispers. Looking at the screen, he spots a bad guy whose patrol is taking him near their position. Kiefer comes up behind the baddie, wraps an arm around his neck, and fires two silenced rounds through the guy's torso at point-blank range. "Let's go," he whispers to Wayne, satisfied that he's given his new sidekick sufficient proof of what a stone-cold bad-ass he is.