Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Can You Dig It
By M. Giant | Season 7 | Episode 5 | Aired on 01.19.2009
Walker has turned off her siren again as she pulls up outside the gate at Matobo's place at 12:18:45. Inside the house, Litvak and even Emerson are getting impatient at how long this is taking. "It's up to them," Kiefer says.
Both Matobos are now flat on the floor, holding each other's hands. "Close your eyes and let it happen," he gasps, and adds, "I love you." What else are you going to say to the wife you're subjecting to an agonizing death? But she lets go of his hands, then crawls to the door and manages to raise the handle that opens the room. Kiefer and crew haul them out of there, the gas seeming to have no effect on them as it disperses into the outer room. Of course we are already familiar with such capricious properties of poisonous gases from Season Five. "Just breathe, you'll be all right," Kiefer urges Matobo with what looks like real concern. They're dragged out of the house as Mrs. M. apologizes to her husband for saving their lives, however briefly.
At 12:20:15, Emerson leads the way to the big yellow prisoner-van that's parked, apparently, right outside the bedroom. He signals for the others to follow as he throws open the back gate. Across the driveway, where she can see the whole thing, Walker lurks behind a corner of the house and dials her cell phone. Back at the office, Moss is glad to hear from her, and lets her know that the bad guys are already there. She's like, yeah, I got that memo. Moss has to tell her that the SWAT team is still five minutes out, and he orders her to wait for them to arrive. Walker wants to get a plate number off the van, as though a huge generic corrections vehicle isn't distinctive enough, and that's when Litvak appears out of nowhere, his gun to her head and telling her to drop her weapon. He also breaks her cell phone, cutting Moss off. "Dammit!" Moss nearly sobs, and orders Janis to get Walker back on the line. And then he backs into some extra, bellowing, "Move!" at her before storming off. This, then, is Boss Moss at a loss.
Litvak drags Walker over to the back of the van. Kiefer's pretty surprised and none too pleased to see her, obvs. "Damn you, Bauer, you son of a bitch!" she cusses at him, as if he weren't already finding this moment awkward enough. Kiefer stares at her slackjawed for a minute before explaining to Emerson, "She's FBI. Her name is Walker. She's the one who pulled me out of the Senate hearing to help me find Tony." Emerson raises her gun to Walker's face, but Kiefer stops him, on the pretext that they can't kill her until they know how much she learned from Tanner. Tony backs Kiefer up on that, and Emerson orders her put into the back of the van with the Matobos. In character as the big bad kidnapper, Kiefer slams her against the gate, disarms her, and gives her the patting down he's been wanting to give her for hours now. She gets loaded in the back with the Matobos, and the van is out of there with Litvak at the wheel. Well, that was the worst arrest ever.