Episode Report Card M. Giant: A | 113 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Walker Hard
By M. Giant | Season 8 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2010.01.18
In a conference room, Walker is going over a whole wall of tattoo photos for Dana and Chloe. For instance, she can tell that Davros was sentenced to three life terms in a Siberian prison camp. As for the other two corpses Kiefer has made today, all three men have the same tattoo shaped like a broken cross. "So what does it mean?" Hastings asks, having walked in unannounced. He introduces himself and repeats the question. Walker says it means they won't talk even if every bone in their body is broken. But of course if you kill them, their tattoos will tell you everything you need to know. Way to think it through, Russian mafia guys. She says the broken cross is the symbol for a group called Red Square, if they actually exist. Hastings assures her they do exist, and they need to find them. "You're aware of the attack in Midtown today?" he asks her. "You mean the smoking crater by the U.N.? Yeah, it was hard to miss." I suppose if one finds oneself on a CTU helicopter, there's a fair chance that the ride will be extra-scenic. Hastings alludes to the connection between that and some allegedly loose nuclear material, and says he has a big favor to ask. He reminds her that she went undercover with the Russian mob for two years, and her cover is still intact, which sounds like a neat trick considering how many busts she made. When she asks if he wants her to return, Hastings kicks Dana and Chloe out to talk to Walker in private. When they're alone, he confirms that's what he's asking. This strikes Walker as ironic, but he offers to get her badge back. "I laid down my badge, Mr. Hastings," Walker says mildly. "I took it from my pocket and I laid it down. So why would you possibly think that I want it back?" Because he can't just ask anyone to do something without threatening or bribing them, Hastings asks what she does want, which she says is nothing. It's just that the Russian mob has weapons-grade uranium. "I can do something about that, so I'll go back in. But not for a badge." All Hastings can think to say is "thank you," and invite her to a briefing in ten minutes. He leaves her sitting in a chair, gazing up at the tattoos on the screen, with her back to the glass wall. Careless much?