Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Glower, Cower, And Tower
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 6 | Aired on January 28, 2007
Kiefer's doing some pretty reckless driving at 11:16:22. Inside the CTUmobile, Graem is saying that giving McCarthy to CTU will lead CTU back to the family. Kiefer says that CTU won't care, but Graem disagrees: "CTU, like every other federal organization, is made up of human beings with ambition." Graem has not been to get a passport recently, I can promise you. He says that even after the crisis is over, CTU will keep digging. Kiefer says that's just too bad. I would assure Graem that, after this is all over, CTU will be too busy returning all the cars Kiefer's stolen to their rightful owners to look into this any deeper.
Kiefer's cell phone rings, and he answers it to find Buchanan on the other end. Kiefer tells Buchanan about the lead on McCarthy, and explains McCarthy's role in all this. He says he's on his way to McCarthy's office now to look for something on his computer, and hangs up. Graem keeps badgering Kiefer, saying that if he's trying to get his brother, then their dad is also going to get dragged into it: "Maybe you want Dad to go to prison too." Kiefer doesn't say anything, and Graem tweaks him for his lack of loyalty to the family. "If I were you, I wouldn't talk about loyalty," Kiefer warns. But then how are we to glean all of the juicy family backstory that's just waiting to reveal itself?
McCarthy is driving along, yelling at someone on his cell phone to find someone for Fayed. For, like, $7 million. That seems pretty cheap to me, but then I guess it's not like he plans to pay taxes on that money. He hangs up, and his girlfriend starts in on him, saying that he's wasting a bunch of time on a longshot and that it's just going to end up making it harder for them to get out of the city. McCarthy screeches to a halt by the curb and tells her to get out of the car, yelling, "Your negativity is not what I need right now." Rather than getting out, she leans in close and asks how certain the $7 million is. McCarthy's glad she's on board now, like he gave her a choice. But before McCarthy can properly enjoy the moment, Fayed calls his cell phone to harangue him about finding an engineer. McCarthy impatiently says that it's taking longer than he thought, and then hangs up. And starts driving again. Did you know Eddie Izzard was originally cast in this role and he quit after one day of shooting? Which is weird; I can't imagine that he felt more ill-suited to this role than the one he played in Ocean's Twelve.