Episode Report Card Sobell: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Score one for the Darwinists
By Sobell | Season 1 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.06.2005
Quinn plops into a chair and says, "The reason I'm here is because there's a discrepancy between what you know and what you have said to the vice president. The lawyers you tried to blow up -- they're still running around, healthy as thoroughbreds. You know it, I know it. Same thing goes with the kid, who you were silly enough to tell the old lady you were actually in possession of --" The camera cuts to the agents' faces: Kellerman is still wearing his I'm-humoring-you look, and Hale's expression is a mixture of wariness and vindication. Quinn continues, still smiling and enthusiastic, "Now everything I'm saying boils down to this: you gotta hand the reins over to me now so that I can save your ass."
This chaps Kellerman's ass, so he smirks and chuckles, walks over to where Quinn is sitting, and says, "First of all -- AIIIIIGH!" That yell's because Quinn just grabbed his outstretched index finger and snapped it. Kellerman collapses to the floor, groaning in pain. So, Big K, is now a bad time to tell you that I've just dumped you for Quinn? A girl can only be faithful to one magnificent bastard per show. Hale rushes over and Kellerman waves him off. Quinn says, "See? You made me make a wave." He stands up impatiently and tells Hale over Kellerman's outraged moans, "You and your partner are [off] the job until further notice. That doesn't come from me, that doesn't come from the White House, it comes from the company. You understand?' Hale nods. I think he secretly digs being bossed around. As Quinn shambles to the door, he turns around and tells Kellerman, "Your proximal and medial phalanges are broken. Just ice it for 45 minutes, then splint it. That's what a doctor would do, so you don't need to go see one." Kellerman does not look grateful that Quinn's just saved him a trip to the HMO. But I don't care, because I LOVE QUINN. Oh, you magnificent bastard, you can snap proximal and medial phalanges around me all day! Just don't snap mine.
Back at the Unalawyer cabin, Veronica's gaping at a computer screen. Nick comes over and we see that she's reading through EcoField's SEC filings. Veronica reasons that Terence Steadman was murdered so the information from his indictment wouldn't be made public, ergo the numbers might hold some clue as to the wrongdoing. Their first indication: the U.S. government gave EcoField over $500 million in grants for alternative fuel research, but the company produced vaporware. Veronica wonders what the company was really doing.