Episode Report Card M. Giant: A- | 305 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Women's Work, Part II
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 17 | Aired on 2010.04.12
"It wasn't their Constitution you trampled," Taylor reminds him. Oh, sure, bring that up. Back to the point, which is her question as to whether he can change Russia's mind. He smugly says he's certain he can. "Let's just say I'm going to be able to exercise some leverage," he says with an evil smile. Taylor, no fan of evil smiles or the people who deploy them, asks for elaboration, but Logan will only promise that no laws will be broken. Wait, isn't blackmail a law? Logan starts talking about how she can't give up on the awesome thing she and Hassan almost did, probably calling on the glorious memory of his own historic treaty with Russia (a glorious day that of course ended up getting marred somewhat by his own arrest), but she interrupts with an impatient, "Don't play me!" She knows this is about his rehabilitation. "You participated in a conspiracy to cover up the assassination of David Palmer." Logan tries to claim that was for the good of the country, which Taylor doesn't buy. Logan admits she's right. "I made mistakes... for which I will be paying for the rest of my life." With the pardon and all. But he still wants to do good, and says this is her only chance to save what she and Hassan built. "Please, let me help you." Taylor agrees, and asks what's next. He says he'll set up a meeting with Novakovich. When Taylor wonders what to do if Novakovich refuses to meet, Logan says, "Make sure he knows it's me. He'll agree to it." So when Logan said that no laws will be broken, I assume he only means that no laws will be broken by Logan himself, which won't count when the Russians kill his smug ass to shut him up. "God help you if you make me regret this," Taylor warns. That's the last thing either of them says before she leaves the room. It's 8:47:36
At 8:51:54, Kiefer and Walker are still in bed, happy as everything, even though Kiefer's just come in contact with even more of Vladimir Laitanan's DNA. "I'm so thirsty," he chuckles romantically, and gets up to get them something to drink. Slipping on his jeans on the way out of the room, he lets her touch the old scars on his back before throwing on a white dress shirt over those, and the bandage covering the spot Bazhaev shot him and the other bandage covering the spot where Walker stabbed him (and now he's returned the favor, squee!). "Don't move," he says, much more gently than when he usually does. Across the street, the assassin in the window watches Kiefer's progress across the apartment through the sniper scope, then returns his gaze to the part of Walker he can see in the mirror. I bet he's wishing for a laser weapon so he could bounce the beam off the mirror at her and be done with this already.