Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 310 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Undercover Brothers
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2009.01.12
Janis flags down a passing Agent Walker to let her know that Tanner has woken up, and has already asked for lawyers. "Grab your laptop, Janis, you're coming with me," Walker says. She makes up some reason, which, since it's going to be totally different from what she ends up using Janis for, we don't really need to know. Suffice to say that both women are out of there like a bad double date.
At 11:21:06, Tony drives Kiefer in a Ford sedan through a fancy shopping district. There's a Gap store there and everything. Kiefer asks for the bullet on Emerson. Tony begins, "He's British." Which I was going to say is odd, because Emerson's accent is kind of a non-specific East Coast/congested, but we already know that the presence or absence of a British accent for any given character on this show can never be taken as a reliable indicator of his or her Britishness. Tony continues, "Former SAS, urban warfare, sniping, close quarter-combat, saw action in Beirut and Mogadishu." Kiefer figures Emerson sounds like he knows what he's doing. "But he's not some whack job or ideologue," Tony insists. "He's about two things: money, and personal loyalty." Kiefer wonders if Tony still admires Emerson. "He treated me like a brother when I thought I had nobody else," Tony says. Kiefer asks if this will be a problem. Tony assures him no. "I know he's on the wrong side of this. I'll do what has to be done." Which has kind of always been the problem with Tony, if you think about it.
They pull up across the street from a Georgetown row house, and as they walk up to the door, Tony says, "We're here" into some kind of electronic Tic-Tac before slipping it into the pocket of his jeans. Apparently that little announcement was for Buchanan and Chloe's benefit. Tony rings the doorbell, and one of Emerson's henchmen answers it. They're invited in, and there's clearly some kind of weird vibe already, even though the upstairs of this house is much nicer than the downstairs. Emerson orders his men, "Take Mr. Bauer downstairs. I need to talk to Tony." Red flags are going up everywhere as the two henchmen usher Kiefer into the dungeon-like basement. Once they're out of the room, Emerson quietly tells Tony, "Bringing in Bauer is not worth the risk." Listening in from home base, Buchanan and Chloe look worried as Kiefer's led downstairs at 11:23:07. "Have a seat. Mr. Emerson will be right with you," Morgan tells Kiefer in what he probably thinks is a polite voice. Kiefer sits, but doesn't relax. Upstairs, Tony tries to convince Emerson that they not only need but owe Kiefer, but Emerson isn't listening. He pulls out a gun. "So what, you're going to kill him?" Tony asks. Emerson, calmly: "No, you are." I'm sorry, that's one prediction I just can't get behind.