Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 23 | Aired on 05.20.2007
4:19:25. Doyle earpieces to CTU that there's still nobody around. Nadia says that they've been trying to figure out a way to get satellite coverage without Dad's knowing, but Morris just shakes his head rather than bring up his illegal Uzbek satellite from the previous morning. Doyle asks how he's going to verify that the component is real once he has it. Chloe chimes in to report that the component has a port that will fit right onto his PDA, so he can upload the circuitry to CTU so that they can verify it. That's a handy feature for something that predates most forms of electronic security. Doyle walks a short distance from Josh to tell Nadia that once he's satisfied with the component's authenticity, he's going to get Josh back if he has a chance. "No you're not, Mike," Nadia says, citing their orders to not retrieve Josh until the component is back at CTU. Doyle starts to go all higher morality on her, but Nadia tells him to do what he's told and asks him to acknowledge. Before he does so, an extra tells Nadia that Karen is on the line for her. Nadia gets off comm, telling Doyle that he's still online with Chloe and Morris. How nice for him.
Karen's calling Nadia from her office, claiming to want an update on the exchange. Nadia says that Doyle and Josh are in position, and sounds a bit confused, not to say suspicious, as she reminds Karen that she promised to notify the White House when it goes down. Karen lies that she's just making sure nobody has any doubts, and asks what's up with Kiefer. Nadia says that Kiefer's in custody, and on his way back to CTU. Karen oh-so-casually says that she needs to plug in to CTU's system to monitor the operation. Nadia thinks it's a little weird, but Karen pulls rank and gets Nadia to give her the security code so that she can log in from her desk. A moment later, Karen's laptop is showing an L.A. street map with a little blip marked AGENT BAUER heading up San Vicente Boulevard. Come on, we're supposed to believe that Karen's never heard of JackTracker?
As soon as Nadia's off the phone, Chloe comes up and tells her that Security just called her; there's some shit going down in the Lounge. "Marilyn Bauer," Chloe says by way of explanation. So it's going to be fairly thin, watery shit, at least. Sorry, that grossed out even me. Nadia tells Chloe that she's on her way. Chloe looks at Morris, who just glances back at her blankly while adjusting his ass in his chair. Seeing no help there, Chloe turns at 4:22:02 and returns to her own seat.