Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 399 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Nuclear Winner
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 17 | Aired on 2007.04.09
In the Bunker's Lounge -- which I've been mistakenly calling a conference room all this time, oops, how embarrassing -- Wayne tersely greets the ambassador, who has been waiting with Karen. The ambassador is all suave about his Prime Minister's gratitude and relief at Wayne's calling off the earlier strike. Before he can make a polite request to have the U.S. haul its ditched nuke out of Mideastia's waters before all of Mideastia's fish start looking like Blinky Simpson, Wayne grumps that they're not finished yet. "Siddown," he rudely says. The ambassador sits, while Wayne, Tom, and Karen remain standing. Wayne explains the situation to the ambassador, and again we get to hear what we already know, which is that Fayed's waiting to hear from General Habib before he'll lead anyone to the nukes that are in his possession. The ambassador says he's only too glad to relay the request, but warns Wayne that Habib hasn't been too cooperative up until now. Karen advises the ambassador to have his government be "more persuasive." The ambassador wants to assure them that his government is doing everything it can, even going so far as to arrest Habib's family. Hey, that's not cool. "Have you threatened to kill them?" Wayne asks neutrally. Hey! Even less cool! Karen's shocked. Tom's expression is more like, "Too bad he had to ask that." The ambassador is of course all offended that Wayne would dare to suggest such a thing, but Wayne doesn't care. He bitches the ambassador out for a minute, then hands the ambassador a phone and says, "You'll make the call now." The ambassador's expression tells us that he's really wishing he could have been the ambassador to Canada instead. The scene ends before we can witness his further embarrassment at having to ask, "So, do I press 9 for an outside line, or what?"
At 10:31:33, Buchanan tells Nadia that if Habib does call, he won't be speaking English. Nadia offers to set up a separate channel for simultaneous translation. Then she heads over to Milo to ask him to set up the channel for her. At least she knows how to delegate. "I can't, I'm busy," Milo pouts, and tells Nadia to do it herself. She says that she can't do it without the right security clearance. "Hasn't stopped you before now, has it?" Milo grumps, which is probably a reference to how she was using his login ID for half the day, which never really got resolved, did it? Nadia asks him what's wrong. Basically, he's pissed that she was acting all friendly to Doyle earlier over the comm. Nadia plays it off as concern for a field agent. But then she makes it a lot worse by suggesting, "He might not be as bad as you think he is." Because he reads religious texts? I recall Otto in A Fish Called Wanda doing some heavy reading as well. Milo insists that Doyle is every bit the creep he's been acting like, except for that one moment when Doyle covered for Milo without Milo knowing. Nadia is about to give up on Milo and go have Chloe set up the channel instead, but Milo stops her by angrily grabbing her arm. That's the thing about being the grabby guy, Milo -- it stops being charming in a hurry. Or maybe he's just figuring that it worked for Doyle, so he might as well give it a shot. In the background, Morris stands up and leans over the railing next to his desk. He softly and politely says, "Psst -- I know it's none of my business, but do we have bit of a problem?" That's the handy thing about his being a British ex-shoe salesman: he can more easily get away with asking someone, "Do I need to put a loafer in your arse? Because I know where to get lots more." Milo releases Nadia, tells Morris no, and mutters that he'll set up Nadia's channel. On her way back to her desk, she passes Morris, who stops her (not by grabbing her arm, though) to ask if she's all right. She says she is. Milo watches the little scene, probably deciding that now he's jealous of Morris as well. They should both stay clear of his reach.