Episode Report Card M. Giant: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Unresolved
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 24 | Aired on 05.20.2007
In a bedroom in the house, bright sunlight is filtering through wicker blinds onto a full array of medical monitors set up on stands. Where do you get all that crap in the middle of the night? Heller opens the door and lets Kiefer in to see Audrey, who is lying on her back in bed, her hair finally brushed and clean. She's fast asleep. Kiefer sits at her side, takes her hand, and quietly says, "It's me, I'm here." Audrey doesn't stir. Kiefer starts getting teary, looking at the light coming in the window and realizing that Heller's right. He says he knows he promised to take care of her and protect her. "But I'm at a crossroads." Oh, come on, who says "crossroads" in real life who doesn't have a divinity degree? He says that he now sees that the only way to keep his promise is to let her go. "I hope one day you can understand that. I hope one day you can forgive me. I love you with all my heart." He kisses her on the forehead. "And I always will." Before he starts crying, he gets up and goes out into the hallway, where Heller's been waiting with his arms folded. Kiefer walks right past him without either of them saying a word. Kiefer walks out Heller's back door and into the beautiful yard, straight to a railing overlooking the sea. He looks at the sky, now turning blue. His eyes get scary, and he looks down the cliff below him, than back up into the new day as he wonders what the hell he's going to do next. I mean, seriously, there's not an apartment manager in the world who's going to accept that sack of guns as a security deposit. The clock fades in and rolls over to 6:00:00. They saved this season's "silent clock" for the very end.
So now it's the part of the season where I thank everyone, including the cast and crew of 24, as well as my ever-patient wife Trash and son M. Small, my excellent editors Miss Alli and Wing Chun, and all you readers and posters. And most importantly of all, I couldn't possibly forget to thank Chad Lowe.