Episode Report Card Gustave: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Koo Koo Ka Choo, Mrs. Milliken
By Gustave | Season 3 | Episode 10 | Aired on 01.12.2004
The time is 10:40:02 PM. Klockwise from the top left, Palmer drafts a memo asking Brother Palmer to have sex with Mrs. Milliken, Chase tries to remember what gets head blood stains out of cotton, and the CTU computers narrow down Kiefer's location in Whatever, Mexico. Back in Chloe's office, seventies made-for-TV movie of the week music plays while that baby cries at her desk. Chappelle enters and asks Chloe if the Delta teams are ready and in the area. Chloe confirms this, and they have some other Whatever Military Strategy discussion. As he turns to leave, he hears the baby cry. I guess 24 doesn't have any "comic relief" music readily available, so instead we get these violins shrieking as Chappelle stops and scans the room for the source of the noise. Finally he sees the baby hiding under Chloe's desk. "Is this your child?" says Chappelle. "Yes, and she hasn't been interfering with my work," says Potato Face. "And technically there's no specific rule against bringing her in here." Chappelle cuts her off. "There's no specific rule because it's common sense," says Chappelle. "Now get rid of it." Potato Face explains that her babysitter flaked on her, but Chappelle isn't having any of it. "I want the baby out of here now!" he says. "Or find someone else to do your job." "Parents are a protected group, Mr. Chappelle," says Potato Face. "This is not fair." Chappelle exits, shaking his head.
Meanwhile, on the CTU floor, Crystal Gael gives more specific instructions to Kiefer on Amador's location. Kiefer and Hartmano pull up to the location, which turns out to be an abandoned church. I've got to go to Mexico for a vacation. From what I'm seeing on this show, it sounds you don't even have to pay for a hotel or anything. You just find an abandoned building and move right in. They're fully furnished and everything. They park and turn off their headlights. Lo and behold, a car pulls up. It's Nina and her henchmen. As they get out of their car and enter the church, Kiefer convinces Hartmano to let him go in alone. "If I go in alone, I might succeed," says Kiefer. "If the two of us go in, we'll both get killed." He gives Hartmano the night vision goggles and tells him to watch him from the Sala-car. While Hartmano watches through the night vision goggles, Kiefer does the velvet creep over to the building, barely evading the guard's detection. When he does finally get to an open window, he hears Nina and Amador going over the terms of their deal. According to Amador, Nina will be called in a half an hour with the location of the V-I-R-U-S. As soon as she gets the call, she is to transfer half the funds into Amador's account. Nina doesn't like "jumping through all these hoops," but Amador assures her that the hoops are there for both of their protection. Amador leaves -- in one of those VW buses that my mother drove me around during the mid-seventies when I was eight years old -- and Nina is alone with her henchmen inside the abandoned church. All of a sudden, a guard spies Kiefer and makes him put his hands up. Kiefer assures the guard that he's unarmed and then knocks him out (or kills him?) with some martial arts moves and takes his gun. When some other guards come around to see what the racket is all about, Kiefer shoots them. Inside, Nina hears the gunshots. One of her guards escorts her to an exit, but Kiefer shoots the guard and stops Nina at gunpoint. Hartmano watches as Kiefer leads her back into the church. "Don't worry," says Kiefer. "If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead by now." A guard enters the church. As Kiefer turns around to see who it is, Nina knocks him out with her briefcase. The time is 10:47:15 PM.