Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Down with the Sickness
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.06.2009
Where she runs to is the workstation where Kiefer has gotten himself set up. She tells him about the five-minute deadline. Matter-of-factly, Kiefer says, "We lost that situation. We were outmaneuvered." He's so Zen now that he's dying. "But I think I found us a new way in." Oh, that explains it. Digging through the late Senator Mayer's files that he's somehow remotely accessed without anyone's help, he's found the dossier of Doug Knowles, that guy on the board that Hodges was arguing with a couple of hours ago. In fact, he's Starkwood's chairman of the board, and was actively helping with Mayer's investigation for some reason. Whatever that reason is, Kiefer thinks it's worth a shot to ask for his help, and it's not like there's a lot of time to argue about it.
So Kiefer dials Knowles's office number, and Doug fortunately answers on the first ring. Just as any corporate chairman would do if you called his office a few minutes after midnight. In this case, it's because he's sitting at his desk, watching the security feeds of the standoff with the FBI on his computer monitor. Kiefer introduces himself and says he got Doug's number from Mayer. "Senator Mayer is dead," Doug says. Kiefer responds, "Yes, I know, I was with him when he was killed." Uh, better clarify that, Kiefer. "By one of your employees, a man named John Quinn?" he adds. Doug sighs and says, "You have no idea how much I was hoping someone would call." Too bad his phone doesn't dial out. Doug says he's watching what's going on outside with the FBI, and has heard about the bioweapons. Kiefer confirms for Doug that Hodges has them in his hot little hands. "It's not where they think it is. They're all standing in front of an empty hangar," Doug says. Thanks for the news flash. Kiefer says that Seaton led them astray, but since he himself has been contaminated, he knows they were brought in as of ninety minutes ago. "Ninety minutes ago, Jonas was handing down his new strategy to the board," Doug says. "Stonewall the government. No cooperation whatsoever." The good news is that Doug thinks he might know where the weapons are. Kiefer promises to call him right back, and he and Walker start running back to the area of the bullpen where the remote coordination of the raid is taking place. Couldn't Kiefer have commandeered a workstation over there to begin with?
At 12:07:02, Stokes stands next to the parked Humvee holding Hodges, telling him that some of the men weren't happy about threatening federal agents, but they can be counted on. "Let's show our guests the door," Hodges says. Stokes orders his men into position, which means closer, encircling Moss and his men shoulder-to-shoulder, weapons at the ready. As this happens, Moss surreptitiously hands Tony an extra earpiece. Now that Tony's on comm with Kiefer and Walker, Kiefer tells Moss to take off and leave Tony behind to meet up with Doug Knowles. Moss quietly protests, "I got 400 eyeballs trained on me right now. How the hell are we supposed to get Almeida to stay behind?" Kiefer tells Moss to create a diversion. Sounds simple enough. After a long pause worthy of Walker herself, Moss says, "I'll do what I can." To Tony, he quietly says, "Take his bag," indicating the nearest soldier. Moss loudly says they're moving out, and he grabs Seaton to lead him to one of the helicopters. Seaton protests, and Moss pops him in the mush. A Starkwood guy clubs Moss with his rifle, and while that's going on, Tony snags that soldier's bag and ducks back into the empty warehouse. Nice diversion, Larry. Although Tony probably would have preferred to create that one rather than benefiting from it. Moss straightens up, spitting blood and dignity, and orders his men back onto the helicopters, which lift off into the night and clear out of the episode.