Episode Report Card M. Giant: B- | 256 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Ill Bill
By M. Giant | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 2004.04.20
7:53:49. Kiefer watches Spawn from the AV trailer. An unconscious Spawnders is being tied to a chair in the next room. Kiefer, satisfied, heads over to have a talk with her. He dismisses Agent Custodian and Agent Hair and Makeup, so now he's alone with her, with the door closed. This could get ugly. Kiefer opens a metal briefcase whose contents we can't see. Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is going to get ugly. He pulls out a capsule which he pops under Spawnders's nose, and she wakes up. "What's going on?" she sputters. "Who are you?" Oh, Spawnders, I bet you ask someone those questions every morning. Kiefer introduces himself and explains that they need Spawnders's help to find her father. Kiefer says, "You don't know who your father really is." And again, I don't know how he knows that, but he tells Spawnders that her dad killed a few hundred people this morning and is threatening to kill thousands more. "Now I can only imagine how difficult this must be for you to believe, but trust me: you're going to cooperate with us." Spawnders's response? She wants a lawyer. Kiefer says, "Oh, rats. I guess we're done then." No, actually he says, "There's no lawyer. There's just you and me." Oh, Kiefer, I bet you say that to all the girls. Spawnders finally catches a clue and starts talking: "I don't know anything about my father. He comes into town twice a year. I have dinner with him. I don't even know where he lives." Kiefer asks how she contacts him, and she says he calls her. Kiefer's not buying it. He threatens, "You have no idea how far I'm willing to go to acquire your cooperation." Yeah, Spawnders. He's prepared to put you on a live satellite video feed and have somebody pretend to shoot you. Kiefer screams, "Where is your father?" as her panic rises, until Forrester interrupts with the news that Red Herring is moving towards Spawn's position.
Kiefer rushes back out into the monitoring area, where the screens are showing Red Herring leaning over the desk trying to get Spawn's attention as creepily as possible. "I need help…uh…finding a book." How long did you practice that line, Red? As per Kiefer's instructions in her earpiece, Spawn keeps her face turned away from Red Herring. Another librarian is dispatched to answer his "question," but Red Herring keeps directing his slimy gaze at the back of Spawn's head. Kiefer directs Spawn to get up and move away from him towards another set of bookcases. Red Herring watches her go, creepily. It's 7:58:00 as Spawn wanders deeply into the stacks and hides out in clear view of one of the security cameras. She's doing everything right. Have we slipped into a parallel universe?