Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Guardian Angel
By M. Giant | Season 3 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.10.2004
The firefight is over. Soul Patch and Bitchelle have a joyous reunion, and Spawnders wonders what happens now. Special Agent Charlie Brown jogs by, no more wounded than he was before. Soul Patch and Bitchelle shrink into the lower left-hand corner of the screen, Brother Palmer chauffeurs his hired criminal in the lower right, and in the top half of the screen, Palmer continues to demonstrate his stellar crisis management skills by sitting at his conference table and staring at the pill bottle photograph.
Saunders tries to get up, but Kiefer is standing over him and ordering him not to move. Do I even have to mention that Kiefer's gun is trained on Saunders? Kiefer wants to know where the remaining eleven vials are. Lady Mac has eleven vials? Wow, she doesn't take chances. Oh, wait -- Kiefer's asking about the virus. I'd forgotten all about that. Saunders doesn't answer. Kiefer says, "Stephen, it's over." Saunders says, "No, it's not, Kiefer. It's just beginning." Not at the end of the twenty-second episode, it's not. Saunders again tries to rise, but Kiefer discourages that with a none-too-gentle boot to the shoulder. He again demands to know where the vials are, at full volume this time. Saunders: "You can waste time trying to break me and kill millions of people or you can give me what I want." And what is that, Saunders? I know you told us a couple of hours ago, but I still don't believe you. Kiefer looks about ready to do to Saunders what he did to Nina and Chappelle, but instead reports on his communicator that "Saunders is in custody." He stands over Saunders, a portrait in frustration, the flaming chopper in the background. Don't beat yourself up, Kiefer. How could you have known you'd need marshmallows? It's 11:00:00.
Next week on 24: The virus is being released at noon, Soul Patch is going down for treason, Brother Palmer Bs and Es, and Kiefer falls back on the old tactic of threatening the life of the terrorist's offspring. Works every time.