Episode Report Card M. Giant: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Thrilling Bureaucratic Intrigue!
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 16 | Aired on 04.02.2006
Kiefer has quickly ascertained that Evelyn's wound is a through-and-through that didn't hit an artery; she'll live, but the wound needs to be dressed. And now that Evelyn's got her daughter back, Kiefer needs to know who's behind the big conspiracy. "Is it the Vice President?" "The Vice President's got nothing to do with this!" Evelyn snarls angrily. Kiefer looks confused, either by the news or the vehemence of Evelyn's reaction. Well, then, who is behind it?
Before Evelyn can tell us, we're in her car with Henderson, who's getting a dressing-down from somebody over a cell phone connection so crappy that we can't recognize the voice. That's happening to Henderson a lot the past few minutes. Henderson admits that Kiefer "outmaneuvered" him. As a split-screen window opens up to show the person on the other end of the line -- someone we can only see from the back, in some shadowy location -- Henderson promises that Kiefer and Wayne "won't be around long enough to tell anybody else what they know. I'm putting together another team." What's he going to do, place an ad in next month's Soldier of Fortune? "I will handle this sir, I promise you," Henderson promises. The camera's coming around the other party on the call now, and even in the out-of-focus background, the geometric door pattern unique to Not Camp David is clearly visible. "I will not let you down." Henderson says. "See that you don't," responds President Logan, and hangs up.
I'm not shocked, I'm not scared, I'm not surprised. I'm reserving judgment until I see if or how this is going to end up making a goddamn lick of sense. It's 11:00:00.