Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Out of Time
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.15.2005
McCallan has just finished taking a photo of Naked Man. It's uploaded almost immediately to the monitor in front of DiCK's face. "Whoa," says DiCK. Curtis has to ask twice if he's the guy. DiCK is able to confirm Naked Man's identity, even though McCallan failed to remove Naked Man's pants for the picture. Curtis relays the ID over Kiefer's earpiece. Kiefer stops rooting through someone's closet at 4:58:32 long enough to thank Curtis and order all the teams to start searching the apartment complex. He tells Soul Patch, "We're initiating the search." Naturally, there's no answer. "Castle, why is Soul Patch not on comm?" Again, there's no answer, and Bitchelle has just popped up in a splitscreen window, listening in on her headset and suddenly looking very nervous. Kiefer runs out of the apartment, reaching for his gun and calling Soul Patch's name. Bitchelle holds it together while other splitscreen windows show Naked Mandy tying a gag over Soul Patch's mouth and Kiefer running up the stairs to the roof. When he gets there, he's got the whole screen to himself again, but that's cold comfort in the face of what greets him there: Castle's body and Soul Patch's gun. He announces, "Castle is down and Soul Patch is missing." Bitchelle puts a hand to her face. Kiefer continues, "I repeat, Soul Patch is missing and possibly a hostage. Our communications have been compromised. Move over to secondary frequency. CTU, I need more tactical personnel now." Bitchelle is slow to respond, quietly freaking out as she is, but Kiefer snaps her name and she orders, "You heard him, people. Shift profiles. We may have a hostage situation. Move, now!" She removes her headset, making an anguished "no fucking way" face. It's 5:00:00.
Next week: The two-hour season finale, when the show that's had you on the edge of your seat all season "pulls the chair out." Great; now I'll have carpal tunnel and a herniated disc.