Episode Report Card Gustave: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Guess Who's Coming To Breakfast?
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on 01.14.2002
Meanwhile, on a second screen, Soul Patch approaches a never-seen-before back entrance to CTU, where Nina has just gotten out of a yellow cab. "Oh my God! What happened to you?" says Soul Patch to Nina, who looks about the same, grooming-wise, as she did when she left CTU with Kiefer. Oh wait, there's a tiny dirt patch on her face. Nina tries to act brave, but Soul Patch takes her into his big lazy arms, comforts her, and pays the cab driver. They enter a spare room in CTU that has no spy cameras installed, and Nina explains to Soul Patch that Kiefer family has been kidnapped by the people who are trying to kill Palmer, and that's why everything has been weird lately. Soul Patch broods over not being told earlier. Nina doesn't fall for the guilt trip and reminds him she had orders to follow. Soul Patch wants to do something about Jalapeno and call the Secret Service to warn them about Jack. Nina is worried about backlash from the TerrorSquad, and wants to learn more before they do anything. Soul Patch tells her they have no choice but to act quickly, and his manly wisdom prevails over Nina. Because if Soul Patch is telling you to stop nosing around and actually do something, he's probably got a point.
Meanwhile, Kiefer is snooping around inside the MedicalHut. FauxMartin enters. Not that they explain how he got past Intense Black Secret Service Guy. He opens his briefcase and tells Kiefer to assemble the rifle inside. While Kiefer puts the gun together, Faux puts some sort of putty over his own fingerprints. He hands Kiefer a bullet. "You want my prints on this weapon?" says Kiefer. "Do you honestly think that anyone is going to believe that I shot David Palmer?" Faux wordlessly puts the gun in his camera bag and starts to walk out the door. Kiefer pulls a gun on him, but Faux coolly reminds him that "someone might get hurt" if he stops the assassination, and continues out the door. The time is 7:37:09 AM.
The time is 7:41:19. Klockwise from the top left, Kiefer peers out of the MedicalHut, Soul Patch makes his way down a CTU hall, Gaines stares at the KieferKonsole, and a TV-inside-a-TV shows Palmer taking the stage. Soul Patch approaches Jalapeno's desk and, solely for the benefit of Jalapeno's ears, tells Milo that the real keycard was found and he put it in the archive room, the room -- I assume -- where Nina is hiding out. Jalapeno's reaction is totally transparent. Her chin starts throbbing uncontrollably. Must… find…keycard. Now that bait has been put out there, Soul Patch exits to go back to work, and I must say that if Soul Patch didn't want Jalapeno to get suspicious, he should have refrained from going back to work that quickly. Milo is all, "A fake keycard? What is that about?" Jalapeno shakes her head a little too quickly and feigns ignorance while her chin sniffs the air in search of blood.