Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The EMP Strikes Back
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 03.13.2005
7:30:24. Old MFer is leading a team of commandos through the neighborhood. I'm sure the cinematographer is grateful to the looters for setting enough cars on fire to film by.
Mujibro and Sirajunior finally chain and padlock the door to their store from the inside, while a fairly ambulatory Grayadder stands watch in the front windows. At the gun counter, Kiefer loads up the brothers with extra guns and tells them to fill the pockets of hunting vests with empty clips. Makeshift flak jackets, I suppose, not that human anvils would be susceptible to bullets anyway. They scurry to obey. Kiefer's still got his bulletproof vest on, but what about Grayadder? Never mind, I'm sure he'll be fine.
CTU. Bitchelle comes over to tell Curtis that since Special Agent Breck has been shitcanned, he may want to divide up her workload. Curtis complains, "We're stretched pretty thin as it is." Everyone is either too busy or not qualified to do the nine million jobs that Special Agent Breck did. Where's the damn night shift, already, CTU? God! "You may want to reconsider," Curtis advises. Bitchelle flatly refuses. Curtis doesn't make a big thing of it like he did when he disagreed with Soul Patch last week. I think he's discriminating in favor of Bitchelle because she's a girl and officially above him in rank and not a convicted traitor. But Curtis makes up for it now by suggesting Soul Patch to fill in. Bitchelle is reluctant, but Curtis talks her into calling Soul Patch over and letting him know that he'll be working with Lispy Skip and Curtis. Is it really wise to put all of CTU's speaking parts in one basket like that? Whatever. Bitchelle asks Curtis for an update. Curtis says it's still quiet in the blackout zone, and there's no sign of Kiefer. He figures the only thing they can do is spread teams out around the perimeter and wait for a sign. Soul Patch disagrees. He's already correctly figured out what Kiefer's plan is, and he wants to consolidate the teams somewhere near MF HQ. Bitchelle overrules him. Ooh, bad idea, Bitchelle. Soul Path is on a redemption arc, and you stand in its path at your peril. At least she takes the time to explain: "If we send all our teams to one location and you're wrong, Kiefer and Grayadder won't survive an attack. But if we cover the perimeter we may have a chance to save them. Do it," she tells Curtis. Curtis grabs the phone to order Agent Castle to make it so. Soul Patch goes back to work, knowing that events will inevitably prove him right. He's channeling the Kiefer mojo right now, you see.