Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Not-So-Grandfather
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 9 | Aired on 02.11.2007
Meanwhile, Marilyn has found the house Dad directed her to, and points it out to Kiefer. He relays the address to Milo in the SWAT van and tells him to have CTU pull the house's schematics and meet him in the alley in back. Both vehicles quickly pull into position, and Kiefer gets out and tells the TAC leader to take Gredenko alive. Marilyn also gets out of the car and tries to get Kiefer's attention, having second thoughts again. But as far as Kiefer's concerned, she's served her purpose. He tells her to stay with Milo at the van. Seconds later, Kiefer's leading his team across the back yard to the rear entrance.
At 2:57:16, Kiefer and five armored CTU guys are working their way around the house, not being nearly careful enough around the windows, not that it matters. Kiefer gives the go order, and an agent batters the door open and they all swarm inside. The house is empty, except for themselves and a few boxes stacked in the living room. Kiefer peeks behind them and sees a much smaller box, one covered with red lights like a Cartoon Network promo device. "Bomb! Everyone out!" He hollers, and dives out the front window. He hasn't even hit the ground before the entire house explodes.
Watching from the alley, Marilyn gasps in horror and screams Kiefer's name. She's a lot more upset about this than she was by her husband's death. I'm just saying. Milo, realizing that this means more bad guys are close by, urgently tells her that they have to go, and drags her back to the SWAT van. While he's backing the van out of the alley and trying to raise Kiefer on comm, a couple of henchmen types are leaping into a Land Rover that's parked in the alley and giving chase. Milo throws the van into the worst J-turn I've ever seen, knocking down a fence and plowing through a (thankfully empty) playground. The Land Rover's right behind them. Milo reaches the street, whipping that thing around so violently that I can't believe it doesn't turn over. From behind them, the Land Rover passenger opens up on them with a machine gun, taking out a tire. Milo promptly crashes the van into a cinder block wall. He pulls Marilyn out to take shelter behind the van, and then climbs back in himself as one of the guys keeps shooting. "Don't hit the woman! We need her alive!" warns one of the men. Inside the van, with bullets pinging steadily against the outer wall, Milo grabs a handgun, and then pulls the pin out of a hand grenade and leaves it in the case holding the rest of them. He climbs back out, telling Marilyn to run and not to stop. Seconds later, the van blows up behind them, knocking both gunmen over. But there are more on the way, and they're off in pursuit.