Episode Report Card Gustave: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Spawn Behind Bars
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.15.2002
The time is 7:43:05 PM. Klockwise from the top left, Dennis Hopper sits at a bare table, Palmer makes some influential phone calls, and Kiefer argues some more with Special Guest Agent La Bamba. SGALB needs some "quid pro quo." Who is this guy and why does Kiefer need to interrogate him? Kiefer tells SGALB that the prisoner is Victor Drazen, a man he thought he killed himself during Operation Nightfall and is now secretly in federal custody. He begs SGALB to have Dennis Hopper moved so the Drazen brothers kan't liberate him. SGALB says not until he "makes a call."
Back at the LeafyTerrorKamp, ForeignAccentedTerrorBoss has figured out -- and accepted -- that something bad has probably happened to LittleTerrorBrother. "He would have called by now...if he were alive," says FATB to LeafySuitedGeneral as he tries to figure out how they can cut the power themselves. Using WhateverTerrorSoftware is on his WhateverTerrorLaptop, he determines the location of the electrical substation and orders a unit of LeafyTerrorMinions to go blow it up. LeafySuitedGeneral is opposed to such a plan. "The idea is not to attract attention," insists LeafySuitedGeneral. "The idea is to liberate my father," answers FATB.
Back at CTU, Xander enters a room we've never seen before, where Nina is going over some Whatever Computer Simulation Graphics with an underling/extra. Nina looks up from her work, surprised to see Xander back. "Where's Kiefer?" demands Nina. Xander tells Nina about Kiefer staying behind in the field while he went over to the hospital to interrogate LittleTerrorBrother. "He wasn't talking yet but I cut off his morphine supply," says Xander impishly. "He'll be pretty chatty in an hour." Nina asks him if he told Kiefer about his family yet. Xander says no and, when she gives him gruff about it, reminds her that she's his subordinate.
The time is 7:46:16 PM. It's party time back at the Palmer suite. The volunteers, aides, and advisors are in a sparkly mood thanks to champagne as they watch the Whatever Polls on TV that bode well for Palmer. Strangely cheery is Lady Mac herself. She beams as she pushes her way through the crowd, gives a thumbs-up signal to PoorMan'sHumeCronyn, and grabs some Champagne for Two. She enters Palmer's office, where he's alone doing work. "Come on out, sweetheart," she says all Stepford Wife-like. Palmer just stares at her silently. She closes the door behind her and asks him what's wrong. Palmer wants to discuss their krappy marriage and how he can't trust her. "And if I can't trust you," he says, "then how can I love you?" "Well David," says Lady Mac with the presence and poise of Sigourney Weaver in Aliens, "you may not love me...but you will never leave me." She vows to be beside him when he's sworn in as president and exits. Go on, Girl! The time is 7:49:43 PM.