Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT We still have Logan to kick around
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.07.2006
Logan hasn't moved since last we saw him. He's still sitting at his desk, staring out the window. At least his phone has quit ringing. Finally he gets up and walks to a nearby bookshelf, from which he removes a flat, wooden case. I don't think it's a tea chest. Glancing nervously at the door, because what he's got is a dangerous thing for anybody not in the Secret Service to have alone in the President's office, he picks up his cell phone and dials.
It's 3:45:35 as Graham's phone rings. He and the rest of his little cabal are lounging around unhappily in their office, and Graham's got a Jack & Coke on the arm of his chair as he tells Logan, "I've been trying to reach you." He knows everything that's happened, and he goes into his office alone as he reports that the Attorney General has gotten a call from CTU. "I think that phone call was about you," he "speculates." Logan says he didn't expect it to happen so fast. Graham's pretty calm: "I am sorry, Charles," he says. "You don't deserve this." Uh, yeah he does. Isn't that the point? Logan says he still thinks they did the right thing for the country. Graham says they need to keep doing that. Logan agrees with Graham's assessment, saying a trial of a sitting president would not only damage the country, but "expose certain realities that should never see the light of day." "If only we could keep such a trial from taking place," Graham says disingenuously. But Logan's way ahead of him. "That thought occurred to me as well," he says, opening the case on his desk to reveal a handgun. Logan assures Graham that he and his buddies won't be traced, which Graham says he appreciates, although his tone indicates that he'd expect nothing less. Logan mumbles, "There are a few things I'd like to take care of before..." Into the awkward silence, Graham says, "Goodbye, Charles." Totally immune to awkwardness, that guy. That's a superpower I wouldn't mind having, I can tell you. "Goodbye, Graham," Logan says as bravely as he can, and hangs up, He picks up the gun, ejects the clip, checks it, and pops it back into place. He's going to shoot his way into CTU? It's 3:47:42.
3:51:53. FLOTUS has recovered from her freak-out of last hour and is now splayed out on her couch, watching fake cable news coverage of Palmer's mourners from earlier that day. Because it's not like anything else has happened in the past half hour that's newsworthy, like a fucking 727 landing on the fucking 118 freeway or anything. Logan softly knocks on the door and asks to come in. "Now you want to talk?" she grunts, but eventually relents. He comes in and sits across from her, next to her empty wine bottle and glass. "Something else you want to confess?" she asks. Logan says no. Last time didn't go so well, I seem to recall. He says he just wanted to say how sorry he is. He says that he knows what he did was wrong, which of course is pretty much the opposite of what he just told Graham. "What I can't live with is the fact that I hurt you. That's the last thing I wanted to do...That's the truth." Now that he's said the last thing he wanted to say, FLOTUS has a great answer. Bleary and exhausted and drained as she is, she manages to slur, "I had no idea you were such a good liar. If I wasn't so horrified by the fact that I'm married to you, I might actually be impressed." I didn't think Logan could look any more crushed, but he manages it anyway as his wife turns back to the TV, effectively dismissing him without a word. Dude, cheer up; that was the closest thing you're going to get to a compliment from her. Slowly, he gets up and walks out. On the bright side, this'll make the next item on his list of things to do that much easier.