Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Manning Down
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2007.01.15
Dad calls Ahmed back, and is told to bring the package to 351 Old Mill Road in Valencia. Ahmed says that he'll call Fayed and tell him to expect Dad instead of Ahmed: "Call me when you get there. It should not take you more than thirty minutes. If it does--" But Dad's already on his way. He's in such a hurry that he doesn't even take the time to check the coin slot before rushing back to his car. I suppose Scott's college fund has slipped down the list of priorities anyway.
Meanwhile, as I predicted, Mom's decided on a change of plan. Because Ahmed told her he'd kill Scott if she called the police, that's exactly what she does. She pulls over first, because she doesn't want to get hurt. "A terrorist is holding my son hostage," she tells the 911 operator. It's 9:13:38.
9:19:35. Milo and Morris are working side by side, and Milo's pissed because Morris is working in tab-delimited format instead of tables. Riveting! Morris says that he works faster that way. Milo calls Morris a pain in the ass, and then both of them are up and out of their chairs, squaring off. Amazingly, it's Chloe who rushes up to defuse the situation. She's decided to clear the air: "We all know what this is about. Milo, you and I dated a couple of times before Morris and I got back together." What? Milo agrees with Chloe's assessment that "it wasn't really happening." Like that's going to help me get some truly horrifying images out of my mind. I'm donning a mental hazmat suit as we speak. Chloe then turns to Morris, saying, "I chose you. So why don't you get over it and stop trying to beat him up?" Morris wants to argue the point further, but finally lets it drop, saying, "Let's just stop this mad psychotic terrorist bad guy before he detonates a nuke on Wilshire Boulevard, all right?" As Chloe stomps off, her work here done, Milo takes a deep breath and rejoins Morris at the grindstone. Morris offers what sounds like a sincere apology to Milo, adding, "And just for the record, there's no lingering jealousy about any films you two may have seen together." Milo opens his mouth for a stinging retort, but then thinks better of it and mumbles, "No problem." Can this storyline be over now? Please? If I'm not permitted to stop thinking about Milo giving Chloe a motorboat, I'll never sleep again.
Kiefer's back on the road, riding in the shotgun seat of Curtis's CTUmobile. Mom's 911 call has already worked its way through the system to CTU, and at 9:21:05, Buchanan's calling Kiefer to give him a heads-up. Kiefer tells Buchanan to patch the call in, and a moment later, Kiefer's talking to Mom. She quickly tells Kiefer her story, mentioning the package. She's got a pretty incomplete picture of the situation, but as soon as she drops the name "Fayed," she's got Kiefer's full attention. Trouble is, Mom says that Dad's not carrying a cell phone, and she doesn't know where he's taking the package. This is all beside the point to her, though; she just wants her son safe. Or so she claims. Kiefer says that they'll do what they can. After she drops off the call, Kiefer asks Buchanan where Mom lives. "Why didn't you ask her?" Buchanan doesn't say. Kiefer is given a location in Grenada Hills, and asks where the nearest TAC team is to that area. Wouldn't you know it, it's Curtis's team. Kiefer says that they're on their way. After he hangs up, he tells Curtis where they need to go, but Curtis protests, "We can't take him on a tactical mission." "Him" is, of course, Assad, who's sitting right there in the back seat. "We may need him when we get there," says Kiefer. Curtis isn't happy about it, but he gets on his earpiece and tells his guys to head to Grenada Hills.