Episode Report Card Gustave: B+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The final hour
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 24 | Aired on 05.20.2002
Back at the Scooby Docks, Kiefer finds a Coast Guard officer and asks him to take him to his daughter's body. Coast Guard officer informs Kiefer that there have been no bodies found that night on the shores of Lake Terrorpisakee, and that he must have gotten some bad information. He even double-checks with his superior officer.
Back at The Secret Infotronic Room, which is totally reminding me right now of the lower level of the Rem Koolhaas-designed NYC Prada store, Nina puts some tape on Bride's mouth. Although you just know that they totally made out right before that. Nina gets out an iBook -- the hell? -- and starts to delete a bunch of sensitive files. Yeah, I'm just going to make sex jokes, because there is no way they're going to touch a hair on Bride's head. She's pregnant. They don't kill pregnant ladies on TV, do they? Do they? Nah. Nina's gonna let Bride live, because deep down inside, Nina does love Kiefer. But she loves him in a selfless way and wouldn't want him to lose his wife. And that's the theme of the season, folks: Kiefer's love can mend everything.
Kiefer is in yet another SUV, speeding toward CTU. He calls Mason and asks about his daughter. Mason tells him that Spawn is safe and that they've known that for most of the episode. Kiefer tells Mason that Nina is Mole Two and that Mason should prevent her from leaving the building. Mason doesn't want to jump to any conclusions, and wants some proof. "I'll get you your proof," says Kiefer. "Just don't let her out of your sight." The time is 11:37:29 PM.
The time is 11:42:29 PM. Klockwise from the top left, GaggedBride awaits her fate, Kiefer makes a kall on his kar phone, and Palmer paces. The phone rings at the desk of some computer nerd in the archives department, who would have been Milo if Eric Balfour hadn't gone off to do that pilot. Kiefer asks him to retrieve the videotape from the room where Jalapeño kommitted suicide. NotMilo locates the footage, but discovers that the tape was erased. Kiefer gives him another access code so that he can locate the digital back-up. NotMilo promises to get back to Kiefer in a few minutes when he locates the tape. Kiefer runs a red light.
Back at the Palmer Hotel, Lady Mac is walking through the hotel kitchen on her way to meet with Palmer. She pauses briefly and checks out how good she looks in a full-length mirror, then enters the ballroom, where Palmer is waiting. What a lame party! It started less than two hours ago, and already the room is empty. Palmer steps on a red, white, and blue steamer -- that's a little symbolism there for you, folks! -- and walks over to Lady Mac. Lady Mac begs Palmer to table the discussion until after they've both had some sleep. Palmer doesn't want to. Lady Mac delivers her forty-seventh speech about how she only has Palmer's best interests at heart. Palmer tells her that she's lost touch with what it is to be a mother, friend, and wife. "After tonight, I don't want to see you again," says Palmer. "I just don't think you're fit to be First Lady." Lady Mac doesn't believe him. She tells him he isn't capable of leaving her. Palmer tells her that the Secret Service is waiting to take her back to Washington. He walks away. "You just don't walk away from me!" she shrieks after him. Oh, but he does. The Secret Service even hold her back as she tries to chase him. She loses her mind and walks around in a circle with her hands palms-down in front of her like she's sitting at a sewing machine. Oh, like a presidential candidate would ever get divorced. If this were real life, he'd just take away her power and put up a public front. But then again, it's television. And any plotline that gives an excuse for Lady Mac to say "you don't just walk away from me" and do that crazy rain dance is okay by me.