Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Good News, Bad News
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.13.2009
At 1:47:35, we're back at Starkwood. What could possibly be left to happen here? Nothing good, I'm afraid. A lone agent shines a flashlight around the chain link fence at the perimeter and gets into his SUV to call in. Then suddenly Poor Man's Tracy Morgan appears at his window and shoots him in the head. Ouch! Tony should have beat him down better. PMTM hauls the body out, and that's when the dead agent's partner appears, gun leveled. He makes the killer raise his hands, and after checking the dead agent's pulse, makes a call of his own: "I have an agent down and a suspect in custody. Code red." The agent tells PMTM to drop the bag and lean against the hood of the car, which PMTM does. The agent unzips the bag, and you'll never believe what he finds inside: a familiar silver canister with the biohazard symbol printed on it and a rime of frost where the neck narrows to meet some kind of portable cryogenic device. I think we can safely assume this is not just some lobster bisque that's gone off. The agent calls in again on his earpiece to be patched through to Moss, whom he tells about what he's found. "He was carrying a canister of the bioweapon. Tried to smuggle it out using one of our vehicles." Shocked, Moss asks if the agent's sure. "I'm looking at it right now," the agent says. Which is a mistake, because he should be looking at the bad guy he hasn't even cuffed yet. Who takes advantage of his momentary distraction by whirling around and kicking him in the face. While the man's down, PMTM grabs the dead agent's gun and uses it to quickly make a second dead agent. He retrieves his bag and jumps in the SUV. Meanwhile Moss yells the agent's name, then disconnects to call Walker on his cell phone.
He quickly tells Walker the situation, and tells her to close down all the access roads and tell everyone on the perimeters as well as local cops. Meanwhile, he's going to chase him down in the chopper, which he now climbs on board. And which Tony is already sitting in. "Alert Homeland. Let them know what's going on," Moss adds. Walker asks if this is another attack, and all Moss knows is that the canister could take out a small city. As the chopper lifts off with Tony still inside, it's 1:49:58. Uh, is it really going to be that tricky to find a stolen FBI vehicle? Presumably it's wired to the deployment grid, and they'll be able to track it until PMTM disables the tracking device, switches cars, or leaves the country, whichever comes first.
Now it's 1:54:24. Poor Man's Tracy Morgan is on the road, and Moss and Tony are in the air. They're concentrating on Highway 42 for now. Back at FBI-DC, Janis has pulled up the stolen SUV's GPS, and is now waiting for a satellite to start tracking it. Janis asks what Walker meant by an attack earlier, and Walker tells her what's going on. "I thought Tony Almeida destroyed all the weapons." "Apparently not," Walker says, and when Janis asks how PMTM got through the perimeter, Walker says he shot and killed two agents. If only it had been a CTU perimeter, PMTM would have gotten away a lot more easily and those agents would still be alive. Bu now, Janis has tracked the SUV to Highway 42 at Smoketree Avenue and going into an industrial area. Walker has Janis patch her into the interagency channel, and announces to everyone listening where the fugitive is. Moss replies that they're over that location now, and are closing in. Walker gives orders to SWAT teams to set up a road block, and a moment later, the helicopter's pilot has pinned the SUV in its searchlight. Realizing he's pinched, PMTM swerves into a parking lot, and Moss orders the pilot to land. PMTM gets out of the truck, leaving the bag behind, and Moss tells Walker they're going after him rather than waiting for backup. Walker says the SWAT team will be there in a few and tells him to be careful. "Yeah," he grunts in reply. As they set down, Moss tells the pilot to take him alive if possible. But no sooner have the skids touched the ground than PMTM jumps out and opens fire, killing the pilot instantly and messily. He keeps shooting, and Moss jumps out and covers Tony while they dive behind a dumpster. PMTM sure has a whole lot of bullets. This firefight goes on longer than you'd expect, but then PMTM goes and gets a shotgun out of the back of the FBI truck and sneaks around to attack Moss's flank. Moss is hit, but manages to return fire, driving PMTM back undercover, probably thanks to the bulletproof vest Moss is wearing. But he's still brought down flat on the pavement, the wind completely knocked out of him. Tony crouches over him and tells him to relax while behind him, PMTM pops out again, shotgun at the ready. Choking, Moss tries to warn Tony about the shooter behind him, but when Tony looks up, he just waves the bad guy's gun down. Moss is confused, and then Tony tells him, "I'm sorry, Larry." "Oh, God," Moss starts to say, "A Reservoir Dogs quote at a time like this?" But then Tony clamps a hand tightly over Moss's nose and mouth. Tony, dude, that is not how you give first aid. Are you confused about the concept of direct pressure, or what? Moss struggles, but Tony is relentless. After all this, he's evil after all? I know it's too early to think about this until we know more about Tony's motives and master plan, but I can't help wondering about all the other stuff Tony's done today if he was just going to go bad at the end. I'm sure all will be answered at some point. Or Tony will be killed again before we get an explanation. Either way, this is like old-school 24. We should have known something was up with Tony when we never saw his Cubs mug.