Episode Report Card Gustave: A- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Guess Who's Coming To Breakfast?
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on January 14, 2002
The Food-Free Palmer Breakfast. Kiefer is standing around with the other low-level politicos, trying to look like he belongs there. Gaines can see all from the Kiefer Konsole. He orders Kiefer through the earpiece to move over to the "south wall." Kiefer komplies, but bumps into Photogenic Mary Matalin on the way there and finds himself forced to make small talk about old names from high school. Pho Mo pulls out a big "agenda" bat and hits Kiefer over the head with it by telling him she heard through the grapevine that Kiefer divorced Bride. Oh, like the Pho Mos of the world ever date CIA guys! Pretending to be handing her his phone number, Kiefer tries to warn her via a note to get Palmer off the stage. Gaines sends a HardHatTerrorMinion over to bump into them and prevent the note from being passed. Kiefer gives up and walks over to the south wall. Gaines directs him into a dark unused industrial area of the building with a lot of dusty machines installed everywhere. Kiefer has to present his ID to an intense black Secret Service guy to gain entry and then, at Gaines's kommand, enters a small "medical station" at the end of corridor, where he waits for further orders.
Meanwhile, on a second screen, Soul Patch approaches a never-seen-before back entrance to CTU, where Nina has just gotten out of a yellow cab. "Oh my God! What happened to you?" says Soul Patch to Nina, who looks about the same, grooming-wise, as she did when she left CTU with Kiefer. Oh wait, there's a tiny dirt patch on her face. Nina tries to act brave, but Soul Patch takes her into his big lazy arms, comforts her, and pays the cab driver. They enter a spare room in CTU that has no spy cameras installed, and Nina explains to Soul Patch that Kiefer family has been kidnapped by the people who are trying to kill Palmer, and that's why everything has been weird lately. Soul Patch broods over not being told earlier. Nina doesn't fall for the guilt trip and reminds him she had orders to follow. Soul Patch wants to do something about Jalapeno and call the Secret Service to warn them about Jack. Nina is worried about backlash from the TerrorSquad, and wants to learn more before they do anything. Soul Patch tells her they have no choice but to act quickly, and his manly wisdom prevails over Nina. Because if Soul Patch is telling you to stop nosing around and actually do something, he's probably got a point.