Episode Report Card M. Giant: B+ | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT The Odd Couple
By M. Giant | Season 6 | Episode 2 | Aired on January 13, 2007
7:31:22. In an outstanding bit of good fortune, Kiefer and his little party have found a house where people are loading up a U-Haul and driving off, which of course means that the house will be empty now. This is either a very lucky stroke, or Kiefer used his stolen Nextel phone to check online real estate listings. I look at my cell phone, which looks back at me, all, "Shut up." Inside, the house's former tenants turn out to be shitty movers, because there are still boxes and random furniture all over. They haven't even taken down the American flag they're using as a window blind. Maybe they'll be back. Assad dumps his henchman, now unconscious, into a chair as Kiefer warns him that CTU is going to keep looking for Assad when they realize he's alive. One more reason not to hang out here indefinitely. Assad darkly says that he only needs a few minutes to find out from his traitorous henchman where Fayed is, as Kiefer loots a moving box for a change of clothes. Kiefer confirms once again that Assad is planning to disarm and start negotiations with the West. Silhouetted in front of that American flag, Assad says that Fayed is the only one still standing in the way of his plan. Assad trails off as Kiefer takes off his shirt, forgetfully revealing the shocking damage to his back. Kiefer turns, embarrassed, and then ducks into the bathroom for a little privacy. Assad makes a "what the hell?" face. Perhaps he's thinking he's going to have to go be gentle with his fingernails when the time comes.
It's 7:32:55 at CTU as Chloe takes it upon herself to pull up a satellite frame of Assad's house moments before it was leveled by a missile. Three blurry figures are seen running across the yard, but the blur is no match for CTU's image enhancement software, and sure enough, Chloe zooms right in on Kiefer's face. I'm starting to think that the CTU image-enhancement software just has Kiefer as the default for situations like this. Chloe snatches up her phone and quietly calls Buchanan over to show him what she's found, telling him, "Jack rescued Assad." Buchanan's jaw drops, but he's known Kiefer long enough to recover fairly quickly and figure out what happened and why. Chloe says, "President Palmer and your wife -- I mean Karen Hayes -- think he's wrong, so what am I supposed to do with this?" Buchanan tells Chloe to keep this between the two of them. They realize that Kiefer wants to find Fayed, so the two of them are going to start filtering chatter or whatever to help speed that along. "Good work," Buchanan tells Chloe as he leaves. I guess she's not in trouble anymore.