Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT What is it with chicks, man?
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.26.2006
Wayne and Aaron make it back to the former's overturned car at 9:46:46, and I have to assume that Aaron must have spotted it from the road, because he's parked a big black Secret ServiceMobile at the side of the road above. Don't ask me where the bad guys' van went. Instead of jumping right in, Aaron stands there for a second listening while Wayne whispers, "What is it?" "Get down!" Aaron yells over the sound of a bazooka round streaking through the night. It hits the ground near where they were a moment ago, then ricochets around a time or two before going off, sending Wayne to the ground unconscious or dead. But at least obedient. The hitmen open fire with their machine guns from that direction, and Aaron schleps Wayne into the back seat while providing himself covering fire. The bad guys are closing in, but Aaron's already on the road. He spares a glance at his unconscious passenger in the back seat, thinking, Shit, now he's going to hit on me too, and he's way prettier than the First Lady. It's 9:47:53.
9:52:03. A CTU helicopter carrying Kiefer, Curtis, and a strike team is circling in over Wilshire Gas Company. Chloe reports that the PSI is down to 57%; only 7% to go, which is only a few minutes away. Chloe adds that the pressure can only be changed from the main control room, and she gives him directions to that part of the structure. Kiefer plans their insertion, using a light pen to draw on the electronic schematic of the gas plant on his PDA. Hey, where'd he find ten million dollars to buy those plans from Audrey, anyway? The pilot helpfully remarks that the noise of the plant should cover that of the helicopter.
The last of the seventeen Sentox canisters is being set up inside the tank. A gas-mask wearing henchman plugs in the blinky wiring and extends a teeny little antenna, and he's done. He radios as much to Bierko, who orders him back to the control room. Sam tells Bierko he needs a couple more minutes. "I can't lower the pressure any faster without risking a shutdown," he pleads. Bierko nods understandingly, and goes back to watching the live video feed of his babies in the main distribution tank. See, he's not such a tough guy to get along with as long as you don't get in the way of his killing a couple hundred thousand people and their gas ranges. Sam watches his pressure gauge drop down to 55%.
CTU's helicopter zooms in over the plant, out of sight of the VladimirKo perimeter guards that Chloe spotted on infrared. Ropes snake out the side of the craft at 9:54:14, and Kiefer and Curtis do a Blackhawk Down slide to the roof below, followed by the two non-speaking members of their team. The pilot reports to CTU that the team's away. I can't remember the last time we even saw a helicopter pilot besides Kiefer, let alone one with lines, so I'm pretty sure he's going to get killed. Chloe reports that the PSI is now 54%. Taking turns covering each other, Kiefer and his team make their way into the building. And Sam watches the pressure drop to 53%.