Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | 113 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Walker Hard
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2010.01.18
7:17:22. Getting off the elevator to return to the U.N. Council Chamber, Taylor gets confirmation from U.N. security chief Manners that the bomb threat was a hoax and the room is clear. "I'm glad to hear it," Taylor says, shaking his hand warmly. Meanwhile, Rob tells her that Hassan is at CTU, waiting on the line to talk to her. She asks how he is, and Rob says, "Well, he narrowly escaped getting blown to pieces by his own brother so, not too well." Thanks, Chief of Staff Glass-Half-Empty. He pushes her to find out right away if Hassan still wants to continue the talks. Taylor doesn't think this is the time, but Rob insists. Isn't it kind of after business hours anyway? Had they been planning to negotiate all night? Ignoring all these questions, Taylor has Rob put Hassan on speakerphone.
From inside Hastings' office, Hassan hears Taylor express her relief at his survival. "I'm mortified that this outrage happened on U.S. soil," she adds. But Hassan is the one who is embarrassed, what with his brother turning out to be such a fuckhole. "He betrayed me, and worse, he put you in harm's way." Taylor says he fooled everyone. Rob cuts in to ask what Farhad's plan might be, "Aside from targeting you." Taylor cringes at Rob's clumsiness, prompting him to rephrase. "Regime change," Hassan says, unfazed. "Isn't that what you Americans call it?" Taylor offers to let Hassan off the hook for the talks, but Hassan wants to continue. "I would not give [Farhad] the satisfaction," Hassan says, and adds that he's ready to continue when she is. But who will take Farhad's place at the negotiating table? Hassan's bodyguard? But I guess with Ethan not having been seen since the evacuation and being completely absent from this episode, they could just go one-on-one.