Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Everything Changes
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 11 | Aired on 03.02.2009
At 6:12:52, Kiefer has already cleared security and is inside the White House. A uniformed soldier ushers him into the office that Buchanan's been using, and gets clubbed unconscious by Kiefer for his trouble. Buchanan's shocked, and even more so when Kiefer takes the guard's gun and points it Buchanan, ordering him to disarm. Buchanan knows enough to get very obedient, even though Kiefer can't seem to talk nicely even to his friends when he's pointing guns at them. Kiefer wants to know where Ryan Burnett is, and when Buchanan refuses to tell him without knowing what's going on, Kiefer tells Buchanan what they know about the upcoming attack that's occurring with Burnett's support. "So you can either tell me where he is, or I will find him myself." Wow, that is one ice-cold ultimatum, right there. Buchanan refuses, and argues that there are other methods as Kiefer handcuffs him. Kiefer says there's no time for other methods, and commandeers Buchanan's laptop to look up where in the White House Burnett is supposed to be. At the same time, Buchanan alerts Kiefer that Taylor's trying to get him off the hook, but Kiefer's current project won't exactly help with that. Kiefer's not only not swayed, but says he has to do this alone to keep Buchanan out of it. And then comes one of his patented "Don't fight it" sleeper holds that he uses on his friends, and it's naptime for Billy. Before going back out to the hallway, Kiefer takes a taser gun off the belt of the unconscious soldier and gives it a test-zap. You know, just to juice things up a bit. It's 6:15:02.
6:19:25. Moss is in his office when he gets a call from Walker telling him that Dubaku is dead. What's she been doing for the last 13 minutes, anyway? Well, she's been busy, actually. She did a little homework and found out that Dubaku had an eight-member team around him in the ICU, but there was a ninth guy there at the time he crashed. See, this kind of incisive investigative thinking is exactly why we need the FBI. She's even printed out a security camera photo of the dude, and nobody knows who he is. "Are you saying you think Dubaku was murdered?" Moss duhs. Walker admits that the orderly might have been a floater from another hospital, but what if Dubaku was silenced? "Is this Bauer's theory too?" Moss wonders. That gets Walker all kinds of irritated, as she says that Kiefer's not even there and claims that she's been in charge of the investigation all along. Right, it was her idea to threaten a baby a few hours ago. Now I remember. Moss mildly says he wasn't implying anything, and reassures her that they've got what they needed from Dubaku. He also gives her the green light to wrap up her little investigation with hospital security first. See how much more agreeable he is when Kiefer isn't around?