Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Terrorist Leader: 2. Bloated Government Bureaucracy: 1.
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.27.2005
Back at the ImHideout, Kiefer has managed to just get himself into position to reach his handcuffed mitts into the junction box and fiddle around in there. Way to leave him alone, you guys. Didn't you learn anything when DaD and DoDder tried to fill the TerrorDome with gas this morning? Oh, wait, all those guys are dead now. Never mind. It's 9:13:38.
9:18:05. Kiefer is still working on his DIY wiring project, ImhoTerror's just getting off the phone again, TerrorTeen's "processing" seems to involve showing him on a video monitor, and CTU folks are positioned around a conference table. At the ImHideout, ImhoTerror asks his IT minion whether the LAPD has sent the news of PMPMES's family to CTU yet. The IT minion, who's pretty well set up with a whole multilevel computer system -- essentially, for the purposes of this episode, the most sophisticated police scanner ever devised -- says that the report has been flagged and will be sent to CTU within the next 15 minutes. ImhoTerror almost looks worried: "If they get hold of that report even a minute too soon, they'll be able to stop us." ImhoTerror wants to know the second CTU catches its snap.
He's right to be nervous, because CTU is doing what it does best: having a meeting. Bitchelle is still wondering why ImhoTerror wants to trade Kiefer for TerrorTeen. Soul Patch has two theories: one, there's a personal connection, and two, TerrorTeen has info that can "damage" ImhoTerror. Both wrong! But Bitchelle agrees anyway. She wants Lispy Skip to dig into TerrorTeen's history. She also asks Curtis to "push harder" with TerrorTeen, and to hurry, since she figures ImhoTerror is going to want to make the swap within the hour. She also instructs Soul Patch to watch Curtis from the observation room. The two men leave the room together at 9:19:20 as Potato Face confirms to Bitchelle that ImhoTerror's voice print confirmed his identity. Which she learned by comparing a "voice memo" from MacGuffin Factories. Too bad the EMP wiped out everything at MF HQ, huh?
On their way to the interrogation room, Soul Patch and Curtis debate how best to get information from TerrorTeen. Curtis thinks threatening the immunity deal (again) will work, but Soul Patch wants to use "physical pressure." Curtis the Conscience scowls uncomfortably, but agrees to call Eric the Torture Guy. That's when DoDder, hair down now, rolls up for a new update. Soul Patch sends Curtis on ahead, then obliges her by saying they now know that Kiefer's being held by ImhoTerror. DoDder gets snippy about not being told this before, but Soul Patch says, "Things are moving pretty fast." Unlike DoDder, he doesn't add. He explains ImhoTerror's trade proposal. "When's that going to happen?" DoDder demands. Soul Patch says that it might not, since TerrorTeen might turn out to have some value after all. Soul Patch says there's a lot to go over before a decision is made and he'll keep her posted, but right now he's got a date with Curtis, TerrorTeen, and Eric the Torture Guy.