Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Day 6: 1:00 AM - 2:00 AM
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 20 | Aired on April 29, 2007
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.The Russians already know that the Chinese have the chip from the suitcase nuke, and some cutting-edge telecommunications equipment (which just happens to be advertised during a later commercial break) allows them to tell the Veep just how pissed off they are about it. In fact, President Suvarov is threatening military action. But how did the Russians find out so quickly? Well, in addition to her affair with the Veep, Lisa has been having sex with someone who she didn't know is spying for the Russians. Still, resolving that question doesn't let CTU off the hook as far as finding and retrieving the chip, and neither does the fact that the chip is damaged and thus useless to Cheng at present. The Veep confronts Lisa and forces her to agree to lie to her spy boyfriend, and I guess we'll see how that works out next hour.
Nadia quickly finds herself in over her head as CTU's acting director. Because Audrey is CTU's only lead to Cheng, a hotshot shrink from District wants to "shock" her out of her torture-induced catatonic state with a bit more torture. Nobody at CTU thinks this is a good idea, but Nadia lets the shrink pull rank and get ready to do his thing. That's when Doyle decides to let Kiefer escape to have a few moments with Audrey to see if he can get through to her instead. Kiefer's "kinder, gentler" questioning involves physically assaulting Audrey's would-be questioners in her presence, and then dragging her in her hospital gown to the bowels of CTU to try to connect with her while a crew forces entry with a cutting torch. Just in time, Audrey manages to utter the word "Bloomfield," which is enough of a clue to give Nadia the gumption to call off the shrink. Audrey's dad, Ex-SecDef James Heller, shows up to take care of Audrey, and also to ground Kiefer from ever seeing her again.
Oh, and Morris dumps Chloe for being mean to him. We all knew it was only a matter of time. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
It's the aftermath of the fake hostage exchange that went horribly wrong and turned into a real hostage exchange. (There's a sentence no other recapper will ever have to write.) CTU is still scrambling around the abandoned motel instead of trying to pursue Cheng and his men up into the hills. An agent ascertains that the C-4 charge Kiefer set is the only one in the building. Which it is, as far as Kiefer knows. But then he happens to glance up into the building's window and see another ticking time bomb inside that he forgot about, name of Audrey Raines. He remembers to look worried and guilty about her state, just in case anybody's watching him for signs of anything but an intention to escape.
Inside, Doyle approaches Audrey -- still tucked up in the fetal position in her chair -- and introduces himself. He explains that he's hoping Audrey might have some kind of lead that will help him to find Cheng. Which I'm sure is the case, if Cheng was actually willing to hand her over to Kiefer. Cheng's nothing if not sloppy, right? Audrey isn't talking at all, so Doyle assures her that she's safe now. Still no response, until Doyle asks if she understands. She finally speaks: "Help me, Jack. Please don't let them do this to me." Sadly, in her current state, it appears that one blond, psychopathic, torture-happy, seen-more-boyish-looking-days government agent looks much like another.
Back at CTU, Nadia has already taken over Buchanan's old office and is barking orders at her speakerphone to have roadblocks set up around Cheng's last known location. Which should be useful, since we all know that Cheng isn't on the road. Maybe setting up hill blocks and field blocks would be a good idea, too. She blows off the caller's complaints about the overloaded system and hangs up. Morris arrives in the office, because in the past ten minutes, while Nadia was learning her new job and dealing with the fact that her agency allowed a highly sensitive piece of Russian technology to fall into Chinese hands, she somehow found time to read Morris's transfer request. She's basically called him up here to tell him it's denied. Down on the floor, Chloe is watching this scene through the glass walls of the BossCube, and she doesn't look happy, even though she can't hear what her boss and her boyfriend are saying to each other. But it's never good when your boss and your boyfriend are talking. It either means you're dating a coworker, which is a recipe for disaster; or you're at a work party, which is generally a disaster in progress.