Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 1 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Busted…Sort Of
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.20.2009
Hodges is dozing on the bunk of his cell when the sergeant guarding him tells him his attorney is there. "It's about damn time," Hodges says, getting up. Yes, he's been under arrest for nearly an hour. Upon turning around and looking through the bars, he clearly sees that's not his attorney, but he plays it cool. She asks the sergeant for some privacy. When the two of them are alone, Hodges remarks, "You're a little taller than her, but it's a good look for you." Totally misreading the situation, he smarms, "I'm not going to ask how you got in, but I'm definitely interested in how you're going to get me out." Feet first? Actually, that's kind of what she wanted to talk to him about. She explains to him about how he's in a "difficult position," and thanks to him, so is everyone else. Hodges isn't exactly repentant. "Where the hell were they when the government came after my company, when Senator Mayer and his subpoena-waving goon squad were trying to ruin me and everything I built?" Nice to see that sense of entitlement he has isn't just directed at the government. She says he and Starkwood would have been protected (which, maybe it would have been smart to tell him that earlier) but he fucked things up. "That bioweapon that you developed for us was not intended for personal use. The consensus is that you've had some sort of psychotic break." Hodges denies it, predictably and futilely. At first I thought she was coming in here as an assassin, but even if she thought she could be escorted in there with him alone, kill him, and get back out, she wouldn't be talking to him this long. Hodges wants to talk to "them," but she says he's already exposed himself and may expose the others, even when he says he doesn't even know who they are. "You know enough, and they need to be certain. I think we can agree that there's no reason for your family to pay for your mistakes." Hodges has a family? Dear God, can you imagine living with that drama queen? Every time he wants you to pass the salt or mow the lawn it would be this whole histrionic production about everything he's done for you for however many years. Hodges thinks she's threatening them, but she says, "I'm here to guarantee your family's safety. If you do the right thing." Which is when she holds out a small red pill. Shouldn't there also be a blue one in her other hand? Apparently it's an untraceable drug that will induce cardiac arrest. "A natural, dignified death," she claims. "Without you to prosecute, the case against you and your company will be difficult, likely impossible. Preserving at least some small part of Starkwood's legacy of patriotic service. Which I know is very important to you." Hodges looks pained, but he reaches through the bars and takes the pill from her hand. Not a moment too soon, because in walk the sergeant and Olivia, who tells them that Hodges is being moved to FBI. "In some countries they'd have shot him by now," she adds charmingly. Very nice, coming from a White House Chief of Staff. The Faux-yer lets it slide, which should have been a sign to anyone paying attention that she isn't a real attorney. As Olivia watches, the Faux-yer leaves the room, and Hodges is fitted with leg irons. Fortunately he's too distracted by thoughts of his own imminent suicide to unspool another self-righteous filibuster.