Episode Report Card Gustave: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT When the chips are down...
By Gustave | Season 2 | Episode 21 | Aired on 04.28.2003
CTU. Bitchelle talks Kiefer through the whole long process of Whatever Information Retrieval. Bitchelle is all, "Make sure the leads are exposed." Or maybe she said "leaves," I have no idea. She puts him through some steps while she's patched into his network, i.e. Cate's home AOL connection. Look up her profile! Woo hoo! Kiefer takes out the chip and looks at it closely. It's damaged. Bitchelle tries to make sense of whatever info they have. "If it's on there, we'll find it," she says. Soul Patch orders some IT people to come down and help Bitchelle, even though the minion on the other end of the line reminds him that the IT people are all doing a job for Chappelle. Another call for Soul Patch. It's Spawn, looking for Kiefer. Hey, Spawn! Where have you been hiding? Soul Patch tells Spawn that they're all in the middle of something really important. "It'll just take a minute," says Spawn. Uh, what? A member of the CIA is getting manipulated by Gidget? Meanwhile, Kiefer is pounding on the keys of Cate's computer and going, "Are you getting that, Bitchelle?" Is she getting what? What's with the pounding? Just put it in an email and hit "send." It's not like the computer is powered by your touch. Bitchelle looks it over and concludes that the data is pretty scrambled. Soul Patch patches Spawn through. "Dad?" says Spawn. "Sweetheart?" says Kiefer. Barf, says Gustave. Spawn exposits that the police are taking her to NoDaddyNo Manor to get her things. "I miss you, Dad," says Spawn. "I've missed you too, honey," says Kiefer, making velvety promises of an imminent homecoming. "I love you, Dad," says Spawn. "I love you too, babe," says Kiefer. They hang up, and Kiefer has this cheesy fatherly grin on his face. If I were a betting man, I'd put money on Spawn joining the death pool soon.
The Trial of Friggin' David Palmer. PMHC re-enters the Tokyo Love Hotel and sits with Palmer in silence while they wait for the proceeding, or whatever it is, to continue. "You knew about this, didn't you, PMHC," states Palmer. PMHC reluctantly admits that he knew a couple of hours in advance. Palmer stares PMHC down in disbelief. "You were a part of it, weren't you?" says Palmer. "When all is said and done, you're on Prescott's side." PMHC argues that he is in fact on Palmer's side. He just rilly rilly wants "David" to bomb those countries now, for the good of history and the country. "I'm the president, Mike. Don't call me by my first name," says Palmer coldly. Burn! The time is 04:24:49 AM.