Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Things Fall Apart
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 23 | Aired on 05.22.2005
Back in the BitchelleHole, Bitchelle breaks down. Okay, she just unzips her suit jacket, but that's practically a breakdown by her standards. After appearing to make a decision, she calls Lispy Skip on the video phone and snippily orders him to send the current deployment pattern sent to her screen. Lispy Skip complies. Bitchelle starts zoning out of the conversation, and she soon hangs up so she can be alone with her BETRAYAL! It's 5:10:12.
5:14:04. Bitchelle contemplates her BETRAYAL, Soul Patch savors that nasty-ass gag in his mouth, and Kiefer's still "searching" the Naked Arms by standing in one place and turning his head in all directions. Buchanan, on his cell phone, comes barging into Bitchelle's office, chattering over his cell phone at the Exposition Call Center in Bangalore. Bitchelle stands up nervously. Having finished his call, Buchanan asks Bitchelle what's up with the search for Mandy. "Nothing so far," she LIES. She's acting ostentatiously nonchalant, with a comically blank expression on her face and one hand leaning on her desk. She might as well be doing her nails. But Buchanan doesn't pick up on her vibe, and he starts to leave. "I can't do this," Bitchelle mutters to herself. Well, no, not if you're going to give yourself away like that. You're already much worse at this than your husband was, and that's saying something. Buchanan stops short. "Can't do what?" he asks. "Can't…sacrifice the lives of all those people if this warhead goes off. She called me." Bitchelle has Buchanan's attention now. "When? What did she say?" he asks urgently. Bitchelle says that it was a couple of minutes ago (LIES! MORE LIES!), and tells Buchanan about Mandy's instructions to clear an escape path, "or Soul Patch dies," she finishes tearfully. Buchanan goes right to her desk phone and dials, asking to be patched through to Kiefer.
5:15:56. Kiefer is still stalking pissily through the Naked Arms. Buchanan comes in over his earpiece with the news that Naked Mandy contacted Bitchelle to make a deal: Soul Patch for safe passage. Kiefer drops to an intense whisper to ask if Bitchelle is there. She is indeed, as she confirms over the speakerphone. Kiefer asks her if Naked Mandy gave any indication as to where she is. Bitchelle says that Naked Mandy's instructions were to clear a path via the northeast driveway, and Bitchelle doesn't know when Mandy will call back to confirm Bitchelle's compliance. Kiefer says he needs Bitchelle to pretend she's playing along to draw Naked Mandy into the open, and they'll "do everything we can for Soul Patch." Bitchelle agrees, doing a pretty good job of holding it together. Kiefer tells Buchanan he's going to have his men make like they're following Mandy's instructions. Once she's fifty yards out and can't get back in, Kiefer's guys will converge. Copy that? Copy that.