Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Manning Down
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 01.14.2007
At 9:11:54, Dad's still pacing by the same pay phone. It rings, and his wife is on the other end, already driving down the street and telling him she's fine and that Scott's still with Ahmed. They have a tense discussion as to what to do next. They worry that Ahmed will still kill Scott even if they do what Ahmed says, and wonder if they shouldn't call the police after all. Dad says that it's too risky and that he's going to continue following instructions. Before hanging up to call Ahmed back, Dad tells Mom, "Do not call the police." The safety of her child is at stake. Therefore, I predict that she will do the opposite.
Dad calls Ahmed back, and is told to bring the package to 351 Old Mill Road in Valencia. Ahmed says that he'll call Fayed and tell him to expect Dad instead of Ahmed: "Call me when you get there. It should not take you more than thirty minutes. If it does--" But Dad's already on his way. He's in such a hurry that he doesn't even take the time to check the coin slot before rushing back to his car. I suppose Scott's college fund has slipped down the list of priorities anyway.
Meanwhile, as I predicted, Mom's decided on a change of plan. Because Ahmed told her he'd kill Scott if she called the police, that's exactly what she does. She pulls over first, because she doesn't want to get hurt. "A terrorist is holding my son hostage," she tells the 911 operator. It's 9:13:38.
9:19:35. Milo and Morris are working side by side, and Milo's pissed because Morris is working in tab-delimited format instead of tables. Riveting! Morris says that he works faster that way. Milo calls Morris a pain in the ass, and then both of them are up and out of their chairs, squaring off. Amazingly, it's Chloe who rushes up to defuse the situation. She's decided to clear the air: "We all know what this is about. Milo, you and I dated a couple of times before Morris and I got back together." What? Milo agrees with Chloe's assessment that "it wasn't really happening." Like that's going to help me get some truly horrifying images out of my mind. I'm donning a mental hazmat suit as we speak. Chloe then turns to Morris, saying, "I chose you. So why don't you get over it and stop trying to beat him up?" Morris wants to argue the point further, but finally lets it drop, saying, "Let's just stop this mad psychotic terrorist bad guy before he detonates a nuke on Wilshire Boulevard, all right?" As Chloe stomps off, her work here done, Milo takes a deep breath and rejoins Morris at the grindstone. Morris offers what sounds like a sincere apology to Milo, adding, "And just for the record, there's no lingering jealousy about any films you two may have seen together." Milo opens his mouth for a stinging retort, but then thinks better of it and mumbles, "No problem." Can this storyline be over now? Please? If I'm not permitted to stop thinking about Milo giving Chloe a motorboat, I'll never sleep again.