Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | 113 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Walker Hard
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2010.01.18
After Hassan ends the call, Hastings reenters and Hassan says he wants to get back to the U.N. But first he wants to thank the man who saved his life. Hastings tells him Agent Ortiz is on his way back now. Which is better than saying, "No need to thank me again."
For the second time this evening, Kiefer and Cole get out of a CTUmobile at the tunnel entrance. Kiefer tells Cole to go to Medical, which he agrees to do as soon as he hands Davros over to Forensics. As for Kiefer, he still hopes to catch the last flight to L.A. after his debrief. Cole says it's been an honor and they part friends. Although I can't help wondering why they couldn't talk in the car and had to wait until they arrived to discuss their respective plans.
Inside the building, Chloe greets Kiefer and tells him they think Davros was working for the Russian mob, and they're bringing in an expert. Kiefer's glad to hear that, until he hears that it's Walker. Chloe explains to Kiefer about the flagrant retcon in which Walker has done undercover work with the Russian mob. Chloe asks if he's talked to her, and he says she never returned his calls. We also learn that Walker had a "rough time," as in some kind of breakdown. Yes, I bet Alan Wilson had a rough time as well. Kiefer instructs Chloe, "She didn't want to talk to me then, she's not going to want to talk to me now. I want to respect that. So please, don't tell her I'm here." He goes upstairs for another debriefing, and maybe it's just that he doesn't want her to see him without his briefs (Come on, I can't let them all go by without comment).
At 7:21:42, Davros is already on a slab in the CTU morgue, which is decorated suspiciously like the armory. In fact, if I didn't know better I would suspect it's the same set. And I'm not actually all that sure I know better. The pathologist closes the door on Cole, who then turns to see Hassan and his entourage coming down the hall towards him. Hassan thanks him for saving his life, and Cole modestly shares credit with Kiefer and Chloe. Hassan promises to thank them too, but, "You risked your life for me. You put yourself between me and the bomb. My family and I are in your debt." He's smiling and shaking Cole's hand when an alarm goes off overhead. Cole says it's a hazardous materials alert. He goes back to the morgue, and through the intercom next to the closed door, he finds out from the pathologist that it was Davros's body that triggered the alarm. Wow, I knew he was kind of repulsive, but I wouldn't have expected him to be literally toxic. Actually, it just looks like he's been exposed to trace elements of uranium, but not enough to be dangerous. Just enough to set off the alarm, I guess. And enough to let us know that there are going to be nukes this season after all. Indeed a quick readout confirms that it's weapons-grade stuff, and Davros's contact with it had to have occurred "recently," whatever that means. Fortunately, the one person who's in a position to have a theory about what's going on is right there at CTU, and it's President Omar Hassan. "I need to talk to Mr. Hastings right now," he says. But it's 7:22:58, so he's going to have to wait through the commercials.