Episode Report Card Gustave: C+ | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Day 3: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
By Gustave | Season 3 | Episode 5 | Aired on November 24, 2003
There's a new "Kiefer Mambo" promo that's just like the old one, but it's got this red "Fox" logo interspersed throughout and breaking up the monochromatic cobalt blue thing they had going on. I'm guessing that this has something to do with the holidays approaching. No, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and already Christmas is everywhere. The Eggnog Lattes have been on sale at Starbucks for weeks now, and all of the stores have had their Christmas decorations up since Halloween. It's not my imagination; they are starting "Christmas" way earlier than usual. And thanks to the feature on my new TiVo that allows me to add a minute onto each end of the episodes that I record, I have to sit through the tail end of An American Idol Christmas. Kelly Clarkson is the grand finale. She's gained the weight back and let her streaks grow in. She's all in white singing Silent Night, and boy does this girl love Jesus. He was born on Christmas Day, you know.
24. Blip blip blip blip blip. Previouslys. Palmer and Dr. Anne are…[yawn]. Excuse me, I totally fell asleep during that segment and I have a splinter on my finger which prevents me from hitting the rewind button and watching it again. Before my head hit the pillow, I thought I heard the word "trust" bandied about. Bitchelle's got quite a lot on her plate these days…I mean, "hours." She's waiting to hear if her husband is going to survive, and she's running CTU singlehandedly. Kyle and Linda, the Quaran-teens, are captured by the Piquante Pickup Partners and placed in the Terror-arium. Special Agent Charlie Brown is tired of sitting around CTU with his wings clipped, so he takes advantage of the disruption in the chain of command to sneak out and go interrogate Felipe Hartmano. Meanwhile Kiefer is plotting to release Felipe Hartmano from U.S. custody in order to satisfy terrorist demands…but as a rogue agent, so Palmer's reputation doesn't get sullied. When Kiefer gets to the prison he finds and knocks out Special Agent Charlie Brown and basically starts a prison riot.
USC. As a lone cornet blares in the distance like a call to battle, the Presidential debate between Palmer and Keeler begins. As the moderator, who looks like Steve Colbert from The Daily Show, makes some opening statements, the camera pans the auditorium so we can see the small audience, as well as Secret Service agents, technicians, campaign aides from both sides, and the television cameras which bring the debate to a much larger audience of home viewers.