Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Shanghaied!
By M. Giant | Season 5 | Episode 24 | Aired on 05.21.2006
Logan notices this from the dais, and pauses nervously as his agents start moving towards him. But he quickly rallies, and continues speaking, even as Novick realizes behind him that something's up. Three men mount the dais and position themselves behind Logan at 6:43:56, waiting for him to finish. Logan spares them a glare without much conviction, then wraps it up, earning a sitting ovation. The guy who got the initial phone call identifies himself to Logan as a Federal Marshal, and asks Logan to come with him. I bet Logan wishes Kiefer were around now. But all he can do is bluster, until the Marshal leans in and whispers something into Logan's ear. "Those are ridiculous accusations," Logan tries, so the Marshal reaches into Logan's suit pocket and pulls out his pen. "You've probably never seen one of these, Mr. President," the Marshal says as he pops a tiny little black button off of his pen. I can barely see it now as it sits in the palm of the Marshal's hand. "It's a microtransmitter," the Marshal says mildly. Wow, the Attorney General is certainly able to convey a great deal of information in a very short amount of time. The Marshal adds insult to injury by handing the Presidential pen (which probably costs more than the Marshal's suit) off to another agent. Logan thinks back to the ugly scene in the hangar a few minutes ago, and turns to look at FLOTUS, who just looks back at him, triumphant. As if this was the plan all along. Which, if it was, I don't know when she was told. And if it wasn't, Kiefer was sure leaving an awful lot to chance. Either way, at this late date it's a hole you could fly Air Force One through, but it's too late to do anything about it now. FLOTUS seems to be thinking at him, Looks like I fucked you twice this hour. Novick is smirking at Logan right along with her. I don't know what he's so smug about: after plotting against two Presidents, I doubt he's ever going to get to be Chief of Staff for a third one. But I've been wrong about that before. Logan makes one last-ditch effort to assert his power, telling his Secret Service agent to arrest the Marshals. The agent says they have their orders. "You take your orders from me," Logan seethes. "Not any more," says the agent. Boo-yah! Logan goes quietly with the officers, back to his limousine.
At the same time, Palmer's casket is carried aboard the transport plane to the sound of a twenty-one gun salute. The music is positively Wagnerian as Logan gets into his car, which drives off at 6:46:36. In the back seat, all alone, Logan stares into the camera, his only consolation the thought that now FLOTUS and Novick are going to have to take a cab.