Episode Report Card Gustave: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Cordilla Virus: Catch it!
By Gustave | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on 11.17.2003
Back at USC, Brother Palmer approaches Dr. Anne as she sits in the auditorium, watching the stage for that night's debate and working on a laptop. "How are you going to feel when David loses this election because of you?" he asks. "I don't think that's very likely," says Dr. Anne, cool as a cucumber. They proceed to bicker for a few minutes about Palmer's decision not to pay off Dr. Anne's ex-husband and how it will cost Palmer the election. "You can't stand the fact that your brother wants me in his life," says Dr. Anne. "Because you're a distraction, Anne. And a liability," says Brother Palmer. "Compared to whom?" asks Dr. Anne. "Sherry?" Brother Palmer explains that while Sherry went crazy, at least she understood the game. "You don't know anything about him or what it takes to survive in he world he lives in." Hey, if Brother Palmer is this psycho and overprotective, why haven't we seen, or at least heard, of him in the last two seasons? "We disagree, Wayne," says Dr. Anne. "We always have." Brother Palmer vows not to stand by and let Dr. Anne "jeopardize everything [Palmer] has worked for." "I don't scare easily," says Dr. Anne.
Back at the prison, Special Agent Charlie Brown is bound and gagged and lying in Hartmano's cell as Kiefer is leading Hartmano out of the prison. Does Hartmano taunt Kiefer about setting him free despite his efforts to put him in jail in the first place, and about the fact that he's a junkie? Of course. "Do you want to get out of here?" asks Kiefer. "Then keep your mouth shut and do as I say." Just when they reach the checkpoint -- or wherever it is you need to pass in order to release a prisoner -- the prison guard stops them and announces that the warden wants to see them first. Kiefer agrees to wait. Meanwhile, Special Agent Charlie Brown has regained consciousness. He rubs his bound wrists up against the edge of the cell's sink in an effort to free himself. The warden approaches Kiefer and informs him that the wrong code has been entered into that transfer request that Spawn submitted. Kiefer promises to get him the proper codes retroactively, and claims that he can't afford to lose any time over some "small technical detail." "Where's Charlie Brown?" asks the warden. Kiefer says that Charlie is searching Hartmano's cell for more information, and will help the warden with the paperwork after Kiefer leaves with Hartmano. The warden lets them go. "Thanks, I owe you one," says Kiefer. The gate is opened.
Meanwhile, Charlie Brown is still furiously struggling to free his wrists. The warden asks a prison worker to turn the surveillance cameras back on. When he does, the warden is alarmed to find that the cameras have been turned at the wrong angle. He rushes back to Hartmano's cell to see if there's a problem. Kiefer and Hartmano pass through yet another gate. They're just about the clear the final checkpoint -- the place where Kiefer turned in his gun and his badge -- when the warden finds Charlie Brown tied up in Hartmano's cell. "Whatever Bauer told you," shrieks Charlie Brown, "he's lying!" Kiefer gets his gun and badge back just as an alarm sounds. Kiefer knocks out a guard or two and drags Hartmano to the surveillance room. He pulls a gun on the officer on duty as prison guards all over the prison arm themselves for an emergency. "Open the cell blocks now!" says Kiefer. The guard on duty can't do it from there. "Do it now," shouts Kiefer with all of the Sutherland Velvet he can muster. The guard pulls out a key from his chain and types the command. All over the prison, the cells open and the prisoners walk out of their cells. Chaos ensues as prison guards start getting beaten up by the very prisoners they once had under their thumbs. The screen splits into fourths. Techies prepare for the debate, the Quaran-teens await their fate in the Terror-arium, Bitchelle freaks out at her desk, and the warden and Special Agent Charlie Brown arm themselves for the ensuing prison riot. As shirtless prisoners run down the corridors, Kiefer hides with Hartmano behind a cell block door. The time is 04:59:58…04:59:59…05:00:00 PM.